Nonfunctional park 12 miles from here to his property here as a way to store them temporarily until he figured out what he wanted to do with them. The sculptor of all of these is a gentleman by the name of david attics. Not as in a home addict, but ad i c k e s. And he if hes still alive is probably in his early 90s. He was a painter. From an artist based out of houston who was visiting friends in canada . And it was coming home by way of mount rushmore. And became so inspired by what he saw that he wanted to recreate. The president s albeit on a smaller scale and he ended up creating three sets of them one of which went to a little town in, south dakota. To a park that is also now abandoned he has a set himself in his now. I believe defunct studio in houston. And this was the third set that was in president s park and is now here in the little town of kroger. And here we are. You know nine years later and you can see that all of them have experienced. A significant amount of decay and
Bankrupt nonfunctional park 12 miles from here to his property here as a way to store them temporarily until he figured out what he wanted to do with them. The sculptor of all of these is a gentleman by the name of david attics. Not as in a home addict, but ad i c k e s. And he if hes still alive is probably in his early 90s. He was a painter. From an artist based out of houston who was visiting friends in canada . And it was coming home by way of mount rushmore. And became so inspired by what he saw that he wanted to recreate. The president s albeit on a smaller scale and he ended up creating three sets of them one of which went to a little town in, south dakota. To a park that is also now abandoned he has a set himself in his now. I believe defunct studio in houston. And this was the third set that was in president s park and is now here in the little town of kroger. And here we are. You know nine years later and you can see that all of them have experienced. A significant amount of
The first panelists is doctor thomas burton, Professor Emeritus at east tennessee university, he produced 3 documentaries on serpent handling and is the author of serpent handling believers, the serpent and the spirit, and Beach Mountain man, the memoirs of rhonda lee hicks. His most recent book, voices were soliciting, three women of appalachia is out for Mercury University press. Please join me in welcoming doctor thomas burton. The next person that i would like to introduce is sarah smarsh, a kansasbased journalist who has reported for the new york times, the guardian and many other publications. Her first book heartland, a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on earth which is a very relatable title, was a finalist for the National Book award, 2018 Research Fellow at Harvard University on media politics and public policy, sarah smarsh is a frequent commentator on economic inequality. The most recent book she come i it natural, dolly parton and the women who
Youre watching American History tv. Every weekend on cspan 3, explore our nations past. Cspan 3, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. We are four trillion dollars in debt, going into debt an additional one billion dollars every working day of the year. While we sit here tonight, we will go into debt an additional 50 Million Dollars an hour and a half. Its not the republicans fault. Its not the democrats fault. What im looking for is who did it. They are the two folks involved, so maybe together they didnt. The facts are, we have to fix it. Somewhere out there, there is an extra terrestrial doing this to us i guess. Everyone says they take responsibility. Someone, somewhere has to take responsibility for this. That was independent candidate ross perot during the second of three president ial debates on october 15th, 1992. He was talking about one of his favorite issues, the u. S. Debt. In the election, t
Proud and privileged that we are able to have Judy Woodruff and jon meacham here to join us today for the second part of the discussion of a critical element in the relationship, of course, the country has with the press and the president. I turn it over to Judy Woodruff and jon meacham. Thank you. What a great panel. I was taking notes and listening, learning a lot from the conversation. Full disclosure. Im sitting here with an amazing historian but im the true antique in the room. Ive covered seven president s going back to jimmy carter. So hearing some of these stories was just terrific, jon. Thats great. I had the great good fortune to have this conversation with one of americas extraordinary president ial, americas historian and someone who has written about a number of american president s over the span of our extraordinary history, thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, Franklin Roosevelt and his relationship with Winston Churchill and most recently, george h. W. Bush, you also wrote