Learn more about austin all weekend, here on American History tv. The capitol has a commanding presence in austin. It is at the top of the hill. Capitol square is over 22 acres of parklike grounds. It has this beautiful renaissance revival style with sunset red granite. It is easy to see from almost any Vantage Point in downtown austin. We have a round dome, not unlike the nations capitol, topped by the goddess of liberty at the top of the capitol dome. Texans are proud of the fact that the Texas Capitol is actually taller than the national capital. When the first capitol was completed in 1853, it was very small and was not popular. Officials started to make plans for a grander, more fitting state capital for texas. Capitol for texas. They realize they could not afford what they had in mind and so they were able to set aside acres of land in the panhandle, and trade that so the Texas Capitol could be completed in 1888. It imparts to visitors the story of texas, the story of the land it
Placed a 15 foot wide by 50 foot 55 foot wide case that will stand about five feet high. The visitor is able to come to the museum and walk over the top , look down into the hold and love the contents which will be put back in, roughly in the places they were found and following these frame sets, the ship above will be reconstructed, so you will get the feeling you are sort of walking inside what labelle was and look down and see labelle and her contents. We have 125 of the best artifacts we found here and for each artifact, we tell the story of that artifact. Some of my favorites are the glass beads and these are trinkets brought back with him to trade with the indians. He knew when he got to the new world after some point in time he would have to be getting additional Food Supplies and first and hides that he could ship back to france. He knew the kinds of things they cherished because he had been doing exploration in the great lakes. He had interacted with native people there for ye
The capitol has a commanding presence in austin. It is at the top of the hill. Capitol square is over 22 acres of parklike grounds. It has this beautiful renaissance revival style with sunset red granite. It is easy to see from almost any Vantage Point in downtown austin. We have a round dome, not unlike the nations capitol, topped by the goddess of liberty at the top of the capitol dome. Texans are proud of the fact that the Texas Capitol is actually taller than the national capital. When the first capitol was completed in 1853, it was very small and was not popular. Officials started to make plans for a grander, more fitting State Capitol for texas. They realized they could not afford what they had in mind and so they were able to set aside acres of land in the panhandle, and trade that so the Texas Capitol could be completed in 1888. It imparts to visitors the story of texas, the story of the land it took to build the capitol but also about the history of the state of texas, not onl
Also the author of american revolution. In addition to being a fulbright scholar in japan, he has also served at many venues, including on Good Morning America and all things considered. Our other speaker is a doctorate at the university of melbourne and has specialized training in editing from Arizona State university, and neil was up until recently a editor at the adams papers and worked at the university of South Carolina and earned a masters degree in public history from North Carolina state. So i want to welcome steve, our first speaker. [applause] thank you. On the last day of march, 17 76 3 months before america broke free from britain, epic 1776, three month before america broke free from britain, Abigail Adams declared that john should have broken free. Let me find my slides. Let me try to get this going. Here we are. John adams was then serving on the Second Continental Congress in philadelphia, urging congress to do just that. Abigail, at the familys house in braintree massa
In president johnsons case he chose george washington, Andrew Jackson and his hero, Franklin Roosevelt. Very much a product of the new deal and was a protege in many respects of Franklin Roosevelt who saw the Great Potential in young Lyndon Johnson. When johnson became president it was his hope that he would finish the new deal he would finish with his Great Society what president roosevelt started with the new deal. One of the things that fdr left unaddressed in his presidency was civil rights. I think ultimately president johnson will be remember d as a civil rights president for having signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which broke the back of jim crow and separate but equal laws and Voting Rights act which gave all americans unimpeded access to the ballot box and Fair Housing Act of 1968 which allowed fair housing for all americans. That is a triumverrant of civil rights legislation and a legacy of Lyndon Johnson. The capitol has a commander presence here in austin. It is at the t