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CSPAN3 American Artifacts November 29, 2015

Lyndon johnson read before the nation upon the signing of the act on july 2, 1964. This is the copy that was put into the teleprompter. My fellow americans, im about to sign into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I want to take this occasion to talk to you about what that law means to every american. 188 years ago this week, a small band of valiant men began a long struggle for freedom. He did six drafts of the speech, and then he added extemporaneously the word long, to indicate the many decades, really centuries in the slow progression towards realizing civil rights. This bill began as a culmination of the struggles of decades of struggles of africanamericans, but it encompassed all americans, it encompassed everyone regardless of race, color, sex or National Origin. It was really about the ongoing struggle in this country to achieve that more perfect union. Coming up ne ....

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CSPAN3 Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier November 28, 2015

Our logo and in this case here, this is the second least awarded badge with the exception of the astronauts badge. The astronaut badge is in the low 200. Today, we are giving badge number 634 to a young man who has completed his training and is ready to be considered a badge holder and of the fraternity and sorority, brotherhood or fellowship of tomb guard. We are a 501 c 3 organization and part of our bylaws is that we do Community Outreach to educate the public about the tomb. I find that your generation, sort of a sweeping generalization, that your generation knows about the tomb. I talked to School Groups and it is appalling how little they know of our history. It is not their fault. We have failed them because we have allowed all of this testing and teaching to the test and not put history on the test. I will get off my soapbox. Just think of that. I do speak to a lot ....

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