I think the projects in this studio wouldve included the famous kootenai playhouse in riverside, illinois, which you may remember the kind of balloon and confetti windows. It was supposed to be like a parade for childrens school, a private school. He also did the designs for this huge and very successful, while it lasted, midway gardens, which was a big, big garden and conserve card that took up a whole city block in chicago and had indoor and Outdoor Entertainment and no person in the summer of 1914 just before it was burned down. In fact, he was working on the final details of it when he got the news. Those plans would have been done here as well. There was a number of pretty famous places. He also did the early drawings for the Imperial Hotel here in the little house it was not a little house, the little house in minnesota matcher powhatan museum. It was salvaged and replaced very. They can at the studios. One of the main themes was that he was always trying to get americans and cre
Thing, but we cannot deny it is part of our past. All weekend, American History tv is featuring wisconsins state capital, madison. The city was named for james madison. Many streets surrounding the Capitol Square are named after other signers of the constitution. Posted by our Charter Cable partners, our staff recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more about madison all weekend on American History tv. Great things i have been able to do is to get elected in the last two campaigns, 1976 and 1982, without accepting any contributions at all and spending less than 200 in each campaign. I spent 177 in 1976. 145. 10. I spent in 1976 pending no money, i got more votes than anyone had gotten running for office in wisconsin. Do you think your other colleagues could do the same thing . No question. 2 3 could be reelected at least. We are at the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters in madison, deep in the archives stacks where the public never gets to go. This is wh
Alright, very well said and so thats why we do celebrate the 800th anniversary of magna carta. Thank you very much for coming this afternoon. I hope you join me in thanking lord judge and chief justice roberts. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Well done. I hope youll join us for a small reception in the back of the room. We open our exposition tomorrow. It will be here through january 19 of next year. Please come back and see it often. Thank you. Guest[captions copyright nationl cable satellite corp. 2014] watching American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Forow us on twitter information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. Cspan is touring cities across the country exploring American History. Next, our recent visit to madison, wisconsin. You are watching American History tv all weekend on cspan3. One of the great things i have been able to do is get a two campaignsst without accepting any contributions at all and spending less t
Government. So there are many different approaches. Jimmy carter, for example, wrote a wonderful book of poetry, called always a reckoning. It reflects the man. The good man that he is and the life that he has led, and his insights into the world around him and into the life of the south, for example, where he came from. And some of the contradictions of life in the south. He captures those things in poetry and he talks about his politics, too, in poetry. So yes, in all of those things, president s wrote poetry also did that. Ok. Well, thank you very much, i appreciate your attention [applause] i wanted to point out that he has some copies of his books over here on the table if anybody would like to look at that. I thought he was going to bring a whole bunch and this was all he had left so if youre interested in seeing the book, you may want to take a look at it tonight. Thank you very much for coming, and thank you so very much. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite
To learn more about the cities on our 2014 tour, visit www. Cspan. Org localcontent. We continue with our look at the history of madison. This is American History tv on cspan3. [traffic noises] together we were very small when the Movement Began. Ago, 49 yearss ago, those opposed to the war were in a distinct minority. But over the course of the next six years, we would grow into wherejority to the point the majority of the American People became opposed to the United States being involved in the war in vietnam. We are on the steps of the state capital of wisconsin in madison. This location was significant for two reasons, i think. In the first instant, it is where the first demonstration against the war in vietnam was held in february of 1965. Four years later in 1969 and of0, this was the location the massive antiwar demonstrations against the war in vietnam with tens of thousands of people, so that is why this is significant. When the United States started escalating its role in vie