corner. president truman continues his swing around the circuit. the chief executive get a president. he writes to the home of his own his old friend cactus aand it s a war record warm welcome on route to. he visits the alamo. the historic shrine of texas independence. in austin, a big crowd to greet the president as he continues his campaign for the lone star state s 23 electoral votes. on his tour, the president spoke and visited with sam rayburn, former soup e. dewey s campaign manager and the confidence they had early on. take a look. champagne flows freely. victory is in the air. the first returns had truman in the lead, but republicans are not worried. and then he brings good news secured we now know that governor do we will carry new york state by 50,000 . . . . . . . . . dewey represented that. opposed to that were the conservatives, but westerners, many of them isolationists who rallied around bob rttaft. he had precipitated the split. that never really
mariners museum in newport news. it s an amazing collection of material they have in their exhibit. he s the author of 17 books, two in particular, that will be interesting to all of you is css virginia, sink before surrender, and the monitor boys. he has received many awards, including the national trust for historic preservations presidents award for historic preservation, and many others. his talk today is the ship that saved the nation, the monitor s recovery and confirmation. please welcome mr. quarstein. [applause] mr. quarstein: thank you. on march 8, 1862, there was a terrible day for the union. it turned the tide in favor of the confederacy when the css virginia emerged from the elizabeth river and sunk two major union warships. they were the cumberland and the congress. the union navy was in disarray, people were in the white house looking out the curtains, down the potomac, fearing this super weapon, as they would call the merrimack, would be there soon, and th
on behalf of the honorable antonin scalia a, mrs. maureen scalia. [applause] dr. miriam ade dr. miriam adelson. [applause] mr. roger staubach. [applause] the honorable allen c. page. [applause] on behalf of george herman babe ruth, mr. thomas stevens. [applause] him him on behalf of elvis aaron presley, mr. jeff soden. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. trump. [hail to the chief plays] [applause] president trump: thank you very much. please. it s a great honor. melania and i are thrilled to welcome you to the white house as we honor the recipients of our nation s highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. something very, very special. we re joined today by many members of my administration including secretary of state mike pompeo, hello, mike. steve mnuchin. steve, thank you very much. wilbur ross. alex acosta. matt whittaker. ben carson. betsy devos. administrator linda mcmahon. ambassador lighthizer. and acting
on behalf of the honorable antonin scalia, mrs. maureen scalia. [applause] dr. miriam adelson. [applause] mr. roger staubach. [applause] the honorable allen c. page. [applause] on behalf of george herman babe ruth, mr. thomas stevens. [applause] him him on behalf of elvis aaron presley, mr. jeff soden. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. trump. [hail to the chief plays] [applause] president trump: thank you very much. please. it s a great honor. melania and i are thrilled to welcome you to the white house as we honor the recipients of our nation s highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. something very, very special. we re joined today by many members of my administration including secretary of state mike pompeo, hello, mike. steve mnuchin. steve, thank you very much. wilbur ross. alex acosta. matt whittaker. ben carson. betsy devos. administrator linda mcmahon. ambassador lighthizer. and acting administrator
antonin scalia, mrs. maureen scalia. [applause] [applause] dr. miriam adelson. [applause] mr. roger tal [applause] honorable alan c. page. [applause] on behalf of george herrmann, babe ruth, mr. thomas stevens. [applause] him on behalf of elvis aaron presley, mr. jeff soden. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. trump. [hail to the chief plays] [applause] president trump: thank you very much. please. it s a great honor. melania and i are thrilled to welcome you to the white house as we honor the recipients of our nation s highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. something very, very special. we re joined today by many members of my administration including secretary of state mike pompeo, hello, mike. steve mnuchin. steve, thank you very much. wilbur ross. alex acosta. matt whittaker. ben carson. betsy devos. administrator linda mcmahon. ambassador lighthizer. and acting administrator who i will tell you is g