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Bush pushed president world war wilson watch beginning at eight eastern and enjoy American History tv every weekend on cspan 3. In 1915, the president Woodrow Wilson place the memorable box in the cornerstone at the memorial 105 years later, in april 2020, the box was carefully removed and opened to discover what was inside. Next on american artifacts, we visit arlington to see the contents with cemetery historians tim frank and conservator caitlin smith. In order to talk about this member label and cornerstone we really have to take you back to 1864, and bringing forward to 1950. In 1864 we buried the first soldier here, private william, in may of 1864, and one month later, the secretary of war satisfy 200 acres to become a national secretary. By the end of the civil war, there were 15,000 union and confederate soldiers buried here, and in 1868, general john logan who come ....
Historian tim frank and caitlin smith. In order to talk about this, i really have to take you back to 1964, in 1864 we bury the first soldier here, in may of 1864, and then one month later we set aside 200 acres to set aside for national cemetery. There were 15,000 confederate soldiers buried here. In 1868 general john logan established Decoration Day, which he declared may 30th of every year. The idea was that throughout the country people would visit the graves of the civil war fallen and placed flowers on their graves. Decoration day eventually became memorial day. It became so popular that in 1873, quartermaster general Montgomery Meigs held to Decoration Day ceremonies, and at the time it became a small venue. Every year thousands of people would show up to arlington. One year we found that 25,000 people showed up ....
Stream or ondemand at cspan. Org or listen on the cspan radio app. Your place for an unfiltered view of politics. In 1988, republican Vice President ial candidate dan quayle and candidate Lloyd Bentsen debated while a panelist asked questions of the candidates. Good evening. Im pleased to welcome you to this Vice President ial debate. Im Judy Woodruff of pbss newshour and front line. My colleagues on the panel are john margoules of the chicago tribune, tom brokaw of nbc news and britt hume of abc news. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 50 50 chance that one of the two men ....
Tribune, tom brokaw of nbc, and brit hume of abc news. The importance of tonights debate is underscored by two facts. Both george bush and Michael Dukakis said their selections of a running mate would reveal a lot about themselves. And based on the history since world war ii, there is almost a 5050 chance that one of the two men here tonight will become president of the United States. The candidates are senator dan quayle, the republican nominee, and senator Lloyd Bentsen, the democratic nominee. [applause] Judy Woodruff for the next 90 minutes, we will be questioning the candidates following a format designed and agreed to by representatives of the two campaigns. However, there are no restrictions on the questions that my colleagues and i may ask this evening. By pri ....