Tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History tv douglas wrinkly, author of the wilderness warrior recounts Theodore Roosevelts time in the west and how his experience there shaped his presidency. We also hear about roosevelts charge of San Juan Hill in the spanishamerican war and how his conservation efforts led to the protection of over 150 thousand acres 150 million acres of american land. This is about two hours. Doug good evening. It is an honor to be here at the New York Historical society and try to shed some light on one of my heroes, Theodore Roosevelt, and why hes considered a great leader. When the schwartzes wanted to make this series go, they really want us to focus on leadership qualities. And im telling you theres no president quite like t. R. To get to talk about that. I wanted to begin thinking about roosevelt being new york citys president. Being born here in 1858. Because in his household growing up in new york, he had a father who was a dutch
Walked out of the brooklyn robbery squad headquarters, accused in robberies targeting women in the bronx. He hit me in the face. Reporter she takes her chihuahuas out for walks and the suspect followed her in to her Ocean Parkway building after grocery shopping. He broke her nose and gave her two black eyesment Police Released videos of the suspects seen in a black jacket or hoodie since the crime spree started in january. Monday morning came a tip jones was on 8th avenue. 20 minutes later he was busted reporter the victims ranged from 71 to 91. The eldest this woman, attacked on her way in to her park slope apartment. Her son is relieved because the likely found another defenseless senior citizen. They are vulnerable. Thats the most despicable thing. Reporter her moms black eyes healed and she is able to laugh about the suspect walking away empty handed. She still has her sense of humor. Jones is facing 9 criminal charges, Assault Robbery and criminal possession of a weapon. He has 19
Up next on American History tv Douglas Brinkley author of the wilderness warrior Theodore Roosevelt and the crusade for america recounts roosevelts time in the west and explains how his experiences there shaped his presidency. We also hear about roosevelts charge up San Juan Hill as a rough rider in the spanish american war his involvement in the creation of the panama canal, and how his conservation efforts led to the protection of over 150 million acres of public lands. This session from the New York Historical society is about two hours. Well, good evening. Its an honor to be here at New York Historical society and try to shed some light on one of my heroes Theodore Roosevelt and why hes considered a great leader. When the swartzs wanted to make this series go they really want us to focus on leadership qualities. And im telling you theres no president quite like t. R. To get to talk about that. I wanted to begin thinking about roosevelt being new york citys president. Being born her
Was a dutch knickerbocker here from new york and a mother from the bullet family. She came from georgia. 1858 you all know something about history. The civil war is upon us. In the roosevelt family, you have a feud, a mother who loved robert ulee and a father who loved grant. T. R. Decided to love the west instead. As i talk about some of his formative years in the dakota territory, it will be clear what the west meant. If i focus for a moment on 1858, one year after he was born 1859 was darwins on the origin of species. Theodore roosevelts father was one of the founders of the institute next door, the American Museum of natural history, but he had an uncle Robert Barnwell roosevelt who was called the audubon of the civil war era and went on to write books like fishing on Lake Superior and a book on the waterfowl of florida. Uncle rob was an ardent darwinian and wrote seminal things about eels and frogs. She ran for congress to save the shad, because they were being fished out of the h
There was a very scary situation that happened the other day at the University at Buffalo where one driver was going the wrong way on John James Audubon and come face-to-face with one of the blue UB Stampede buses.