It is about 90 minutes. Tonight as i said we are partnering with the Hauenstein Center. If you have not heard bill brands speak before, you will be delighted, and if you have been here in the past, youre in for another treat. Please join me in welcoming my colleague, gleaves whitney, director of the Hauenstein Center to introduce our speaker. [applause] thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction. We really appreciate our partnership with the ford. It is always a treat. We will continue to bring you excellent programs. That stimulate the mind and heart for public service. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and our audience here at the ford. Its really neat to be here recognizing washingtons birthday. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. We have had him back to west michigan so many times i have lost count. He should be awarded a lifetime tenure award. I have probably personally introduced bill more than a dozen times. Each time i go back and check his bi
National gallery. I have five from the museum of american art, from a collection called the frost collection. All from the United States. In the period, roughly from the 1920s into the 1930s. Did you pick them yourself . Yes. Which one in here is your favorite . My favorite is called the infinity. Its the figure eight. These are both from the national gallery. Those are my number one favorites of the items of the museum of american art. I like cunninghams infinity. Talk about these photos over here. Tell us just about anyone that comes to mind. In this photo, justice kennedy, Justice Breyer and i are taking part in the Washington National operas production. We were extras. This is the ball seen. The prince welcomes guests of various kinds. We brought them the ambassador of russia, the ambassador of hungary, and then he greeted the three supremes, and we marched on to the stage and sat for the rest of that act and watched the show. What about the gavels . They were given to me by variou
Christmas million optional museum, here in washington d. C. Its just over an hour. So its absolutely a thrill to see so many people here for this kind of a program, my name is johnny gray, and i have the wonderful privilege of being the director of your National Museum of American History. Particularly on nights like tonight, and which we really can look at American History in unique and unusual ways. We are really honored to be joined by tonight panel Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applause Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayor, applause catherine fit, applause and Supreme Court Society Publications director claire kushner, applause it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, doctor david horton. Hes on Board Certified cardiologist a jazz musician, and doctor scorching with most recently the president of cornell university, and previously served as president of the university of iowa. Doctor gordon has interest in learning as wide
The civil war and using 50 objects, while the multi layered and political history, takes in the totality context of the war, it does not consider the history, or sequence of battle. Harold what do you think about that . Well it is a fair enough comment of course the objects that we are discussing are all in some way related to new york history so it relates to the soldiers who served the leaders who helped or hindered the union war effort, and along the way here, over these last few weeks weve touched on bells. Those who experience them, and certainly the battle for new york city because early on we dealt with the draft riots, indeed indeed. So we are doing okay i think. That is a fair comment. I agree. I thought we might as well air. It yes. Tonights evening has two objects. The portrait of ulyssesesque grant from 1860, eight and a coined by Benjamin Franklin butler. So first up is the london portrait of grant such 1864 and ulysses as grant arrives in washington to receive his promoti
Court nominations. You are watching American History tv on cspan three. My name is naomi and im 11 years old. Me and my friend carter led a walkout earner alum entry school and are on the 14th. Im a sophomore at aubergine aversive three years ago, i stood exactly where yall are today and attended my first march for life. We march for our whole generation. We are the generation. One more cases, cspans special history series. Produced in partnership with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice, made please the court. Good evening, and welcome to cspans landmark cases. Tonights case is tinker versus Des Moines Independent Community School District. In this 1969 case, a court in a seven to two decision ruled that students First Amendment rights to free speech are still protected even when they are at school. For the next 90 minutes, we will learn more about the history of this case