Presentation of the colors that will be followed by the singing of the national anthem. [inaudible conversations] poco [applause] [applause] [applause] please be seated. Thank you to the West Covina High School and rotc honor guar guard. I would like to recognize some special guests with us this evening. Please welcome to members from the board of directors of the Richard Nixon foundation, john and sandy quinn. [applause] Orange County supervisor. Members of the city council including the mayor, and mark blown. [applause] Close Friends of the Richard Nixon foundation and ruth b shannon. The National Archives and Records Administration director for the Nixon Library and his associate left wallace, director of education. And our most important resource that is the envy of the other 12 president ial libraries represent 150 volunteers, thank you. [applause] the Nixon Foundation is largely supported by its members. Membership support Educational Programs and opportunities for our youth to e
President ial races, and this week from the 1960 Campaign Massachusetts senator john f. Kennedy and incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon square off in the first ever televised debate between president ial nominees. Thats started right now on American History tv on cspan3. You are watching booktv. Nexium former Army Sniper Nicholas Irving reminisces missions in iraq and afghanistan. We want to thank her for being here. To the next talk about his book, way of the reaper. Whenever youre ready. On what you thank you for heading out in the storm and whatnot. Ill make this with open and whatnot. Dont want to waste too much of your time, beat the storm back and stuff like that but it because of questions i will give you some guy some insight on where the stories came from. T stories that didnt make it inside, what it because want to ask him anything. Wi i guess ill open up with that definitely. If you guys have any questions, like that. You look like you have one. You do. [inaudible] dont d
Welcome to the mosys myers house. Mosys myers was born in new york aty and 1752 and he made fortune as a maritime merchant. He did serve as an American Revolutionary war veteran and thats it direct result of his efforts to supply the american cause during the revolution, he. Uffered his first bankruptcy that bankruptcy that caused him to move away from your city and resettle here in norfolk, virginia. We think he chose norfolk for three reasons. It was one of the most prominent colonial seaports. That was important to him. Secondly, it had been burned to the ground during the American Revolution and they were rebuilding and he was rebuilding of his life. It was a good match. Thirdly and maybe most , he moved here in 1787, virginia had just passed a statute of religious freedom five years before the bill of rights. This would be important to him and his new wife because they were jewish. They moved to norfolk, virginia in 1787, becoming norfolks First Permanent jewish residents. They es
Company, which was the american wests largest industrial leader. It was headquartered right here in pueblo. The main steel mill was located here in pueblo. As the industry began, it of course relied heavily on Mineral Resources and those mines were located all over colorado, northern new mexico, eastern wyoming, and they had other Mining Enterprises in other western states as well. Most of the mines were located here in southern colorado. William Jackson Palmer began cf is Predecessor Company in 1872. Palmers dream was to make a Railroad Ride test line that connected line that connected denver all the way south into mexico and the only way to do this to economically in the 1870s, of course, was to build the rails himself. Because of our geographic location to all of the resources needed to make the steel for making railroad tracks. Years,e next couple of Palmers Company experienced a lot of competition, primarily for the Coal Resources that he was mining. His competition was a man by t
Please welcome the 43rd president of the United States, george w. Bush and former first lady, mrs. Laura bush. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States, accompanied by first Lady Michelle obama. [applause] please remain standing for the national anthem. Detail, halt oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] release step [drumbeat] [applause] please welcome, pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in new york city, reverend dr. Calvin o. Butts iii. [applause] rev. Butts it is hard to believe it has been years since we were here for the groundbreaking. Such an accom