Some of these authors have appeared on booktv. You can watch online, booktv. Org. Later story of hello girls of world war i. We begin the special features of the mayors of bryan and college station. One of the wonderful things of bryan, college station, you have two cities, the city of bryan started a couple of years before, really right after the civil war. There was a railroad coming from houston that was marching its way here. Stopped before the civil war and after civil warred and it continued on and bryan for the first few years after the civil war struggled to get itself created and was able to do that. The University Got its first six students and city of bryan was getting going and the area that you see around us today are still some of the first buildings that were being built at the time, 25 years ago this was a ghosttown. Because of area of state, geographically blurred too. Texas a m was one of the land grant institutions and over time it grew but it was 5 miles from a town
We travel to bryanCollege Station texas. Coming up will feature the citys local authors including Nikki Van Hightower. Then 12 minutes would visit the museum of the american g. I. And about the role Elvis Presley played in the Cold War Army in the 1950s. Later in about 45 minutes the story of the the hello girls of world war i. We begin our special feature with the mayors of bryan and College Station. One of the wonderful thinks about bryanCollege Station come get to cities, one community. The universe you start in the 1870s, the city of brian start a couple years before. Really right after the civil war. There was a railroad from houston that was marching its way here come stop before the civil war and then after the civil war it continued on and brian for the first years after the civil war struggled to get it selfcreated but was able to do that. In 1876 the University Got its first six students and the city of brian was really getting going and airy you see around us today are still
Supplemented. Madam chair, i yield time to the gentleman from texas. The chair the gentleman from texas is recognized. I thank the gentleman from maryland. I appreciate my friend from new yorks concern about this important issue thats obviously paramount for the nation, her state, and the union is touched by the tragedy of the opioid abuse. Mr. Roy i do want to i do want to point out, as i ourk has been made clear by continued lack of dealing with the crisis at our border, that the impact on the opioid problem by the trafficking going on at our southern boarder is significant. And i think we all agree on that. We all recognize that. My colleague from new york and i have sat in oversight hearings where weve had witnesses there where we talk about the massive increase over the last several years in the amount of narcotics that are coming through our southern border. And this is just something that i hope we can have a bipartisan understanding and agreement on about addressing. And actual
More cameras gathered here today than covered the visit of president eisenhower to western germany. Questions at the event. The first and only News Conference that the army has permitted its best known sergeant, Elvis Presley, to give. Just prior to his departure for the United States, i titled his elviss army in part because of a remark that an officer made to me. And i was saying that, you know, if you really want an interesting army, an army thats really working with change, social change, military change, technological change, this is the best army that you can study. And he got very dismissive and he said, well, that was a terrible army. It had Elvis Presley in it. You know what . What kind of army is Elvis Presley . And as a historian, i thought thats a really interesting question. What kind of army does have Elvis Presley . What kind of Society Makes Elvis Presley . You know, serve and and what is the army that elvis enters . What does the army want from him . What does elvis ex
More cameras gathered here today than covered the visit of president eisenhower to western germany. Questions at the event. The first and only News Conference that the army has permitted its best known sergeant, Elvis Presley, to give. Just prior to his departure for the United States, i titled his elviss army in part because of a remark that an officer made to me. And i was saying that, you know, if you really want an interesting army, an army thats really working with change, social change, military change, technological change, this is the best army that you can study. And he got very dismissive and he said, well, that was a terrible army. It had Elvis Presley in it. You know what . What kind of army is Elvis Presley . And as a historian, i thought thats a really interesting question. What kind of army does have Elvis Presley . What kind of Society Makes Elvis Presley . You know, serve and and what is the army that elvis enters . What does the army want from him . What does elvis ex