Statehood in 1860. After a few years, it became obvious we needed a new capital city in the middle, so we built one, we built the city of indianapolis here on the white river, and we have had two statehouses here. Actually, contest, when they were building this particular building. They were replacing a building that had not been well built, and they had torn that building down. They had a number of architects submit the drawings. This particular blueprint by an wpnitect called edwin may the won the contest. This building is primarily made of Indiana Limestone, and Indiana Limestone is used around the country. The Empire State Building is Indiana Limestone. The pentagon, the biltmore mansion, Yankee Stadium are made of Indiana Limestone. We are proud of that, its a big industry in indiana. The building is built to last a long time, it has been here 130 one years and i suspect it will be here another 131 years and longer. The statehouse opened in 1888, built at a cost of less than 2 bil
Roughly one million images covering world war i through 1981, on military activities during war and on the home front. As we will examine tonight, the aftermath of war. In this veterans day tribute we , remember and honor the soldier photographers who, through their a witness to the postwar destruction in a world forever changed. Now we would like to welcome lee reynolds the strategic , Communications Officer for the u. S. Army center of military history. He retired from the army reserve in june of 2017, with the rank of colonel and 35 years of military service. Colonel reynolds deployed three times and commanded the American Forces network in iraq, in baghdad Media Operations and and directed Media Operations and assisted spokesman for commissions at guantanamo bay, cuba and was the chief of Media Operations and a senior spokesman for detention operations at guantanamo. He was also an assistant professor of military science at usc. Please welcome lee reynolds. [applause] good evening
That it is a government out of sight. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Soviet, millions of citizens faced starvation in one of the worst famines in history. Setting aside political differences, Vladimir Lenins new soviet government asked Herbert Hoovers American Relief administration for help. Next on American History tv, historian Douglas Smith gives an illustrator talk about the story based on his book, the russian job the forgotten story of how america saved the soviet union from ruin. Estate museum and gardens hosted this event. Good evening and welcome to Hillwood Estate Museum and gardens. Already,ny of you know but in case we have not met, my name is kate mark kirk m arker, the executive director here. I want to thank you in joining us tonight as we welcome back Douglas Smith, longtime friend of hillwood and author of the book the russian job the forgotten story of how america saved the soviet union from ruin. You may have noticed that the theater looks just a little
Theater, National Archives staff and volunteers will present each of you with a lapel pin. United states of america vietnam War Corporation is an initiative and the lapel pin is the nations lasting memento of thanks. Tonights program is one in a series of events we are presenting in conjunction with our new exhibit, remembering vietnam, which just opened upstairs. The exhibit is a media rich exhibition of the vietnam war, featuring historic analysis and newly discovered iconic original documents, some footage, and artifacts illuminating 12 critical episodes in the war that divided the peoples of the United States and vietnam. Remembering vietnam draws on remembering vietnam draws on National Archives records for all parts of our agency. President ial library, still photography, sound recordings, electronic records. The title of the exhibit, remembering the non bering yet non vietnam was inspired by a quote, all wars are fought twice, the first on a battlefield, the second time in memor
Individual you have all seen but whose name you may not recognize, natalie larson. Natalie larson is the unsung hero of mount vernon. She is responsible for physically recreating beds, curtains, and household textiles that make mount vernon believable as a home. Natalie is widely recognized as on leading american expert furnishing textiles of the 18th and 19th century and is the sole textilesr of historic incorporated of williamsburg, virginia. She began her career as an archaeologist, deeply interested in the ways people lived in the past and how they lived with and expressed themselves through their material possessions. Over the past 30 years, natalie has taken that approach above andnd by studying documenting surviving furnishing textiles to recreate them for use and house museums. An began her career as archaeological draftsman and Colonial Williamsburg before becoming a versions specialist. At williamsburg natalie refurnished nearly every exhibition building, including the most r