Ladies and gentlemen, my name is lou hardy, im one of the cofounders [applause] bostonians [inaudible] and we do a lot of Educational Forums like this to talk about immigration. I want to welcome all the people that are assembled, i want to welcome everyone who may be watching on live stream and the people who are watching on cspan booktv. And i want to let you know that, despite the covid regulations in boston which used to be the cradle of liberty and we are now in lockdown all the time, but what were doing tonight is were skirting the law and were getting together for this wonderful event to talk about a very important book. More than 50 of it deals with immigration, both legal and illegal, and i would like everyone to welcome mr. Harlan hill and mr. Ryan girdusky. [applause] apparently im going to be doing marco rubio all night. [laughter] its very hot here in boston, but lets are get right to it. Harlan is a political consulling about the, an adviser to the [inaudible] weve seen h
Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy. Her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact that she took no interest in politics and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature. She would not have married him had he been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. It became a shrine to her husband. She would invite anybody who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had accrued over there long and illustrious career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would visit her to pay their respects. It was very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went t
[sneeze] narrator the symptoms are familiar. Very likely will come up with a correct diagnosis. Yes, it looks like a common cold. Running nose, headache, achiness, very often a slight fever. Those are some of the symptoms of the common cold. How do we get into that unhappy state . Do we have colds simply because of cold, because of ice, snow, and low temperature . No. Funny thing about colds. Where it is coldest, the inhabitants hardly ever get colds. Explorers tell us eskimos are coldfree, unless they come into contact with visitors from outside their frozen world. Then if it is not just cold weather, what is it that causes so many of us to catch cold . Scientists think that most colds are caused by extremely small microorganisms called viruses. Viruses and there are many different kinds of them can be scattered with each particle of saliva and mucus. When one sneezes or coughs, for instance. But do not think for a moment that coldproducing viruses are spread only by sneezing and coug
While it has not pleased the almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on guided by the best light he gives us, trusting in his in his own time and wise way, all will yet be well. George buss, that is from cspans archives of you portraying abraham like him. What is the value to understanding history of the reenactment . It reaches a population that might not pick up a book, but they want to have the experience. That is what they have reported over the years. That they are not readers. They are not picking up the written word, but they went the experience. How many years have you been portraying Abraham Lincoln . 33 this year. Started extremely small, but i wish i could tell you there was a grand plan and it is certainly not mine. How did it get started . I was on the board of the illinois education association. One of the Board Members came up to this skinny man with a black beard and said, you know if you dressed, we could all come on the floor of the convention an
It explains its history and some of the traditions that we have. Texas a m was opened on october the 4th, 1876. But unfortunately, they did not have the student population to actually start classes. So on october 6, 1876, 2 days later, it actually opened its doors to 40 students. From that point to today where we are not only the Largest University in the state of texas, but we started as the Largest University in the United States. We have approximately 60,000 students here on campus, of which 2300 of those were members of the corps of cadets. From 1876 for the next 24 years, a m had to struggle in order to be able to maintain a university here in College Station. It was not until a former governor of the state of texas came here in 1890 that the university took off. At that point, his reputation allowed the mothers and fathers of the state of texas to want to actually send their sons here to the university. Because it was established under the morrill act of 1862, a m was an all male