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. >> patty, north branford, connecticut. >> i want to make a comment. they talk about making laws about the police. why don't they pass a law about resisting arrest, give ten years in jail, automatic, and a high fine. >> patty, there are laws about resisting arrest on the books. >> no, they're not strict enough. this is why they're getting killed. i obey the law, i put my hands up, on the steering wheel, why can't they? another thing. keith ellison. who is he is pass judgment? he was charged with raping two women, nothing ever came of that. >> that's patty in connecticut. this is terry in bellwood, illinois. good morning. >> good morning. sorry about that. hey, i think we need to recruit more young police officers regardless of their race, because they understand the culture. a lot of the officers, they got embedded in their mind -- can you hear me? >> i can hear you, terry. a lot of officers what? >> a lot of the officers had, you know, from the old school, have embedded in their mind, was this -- i hate to say this racist mentality, but that's the way
. >> patty, north branford, connecticut. >> i want to make a comment. they talk about making laws about the police. why don't they pass a law about resisting arrest, give ten years in jail, automatic, and a high fine. >> patty, there are laws about resisting arrest on the books. >> no, they're not strict enough. this is why they're getting killed. i obey the law, i put my hands up, on the steering wheel, why can't they? another thing. keith ellison. who is he is pass...
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the course of the life of the green book it the content expanded from just new york, new jersey and connecticut to the entire east coast, then the entire united states then all of north america and finally to europe africa and asia. but there were other travel guides like this one. this is the baltimore afro-american travel map. that was a part of the afro-american newspaper. other guides were called the go guide travel guide the travel guide and the bronze american just to name a few. and you can also see the kind of middle class iconography here with the the couple playing golf. in the upper right hand corner. many of the places that were listed in the guides, especially the early ones were either ymca dorm rooms or the homes of african-american families. so you might if you had an empty room or an extra room women rented their rooms out. and might provide a good breakfast as a way to make extra money for their families and this is a ymca room. this is the rock you if any of you have visited the african-american museum in washington dc. you've seen the the rock for rock which was a a leash a
the course of the life of the green book it the content expanded from just new york, new jersey and connecticut to the entire east coast, then the entire united states then all of north america and finally to europe africa and asia. but there were other travel guides like this one. this is the baltimore afro-american travel map. that was a part of the afro-american newspaper. other guides were called the go guide travel guide the travel guide and the bronze american just to name a few. and you...
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in connecticut we don't have counties, so either the state of connecticut applying or a municipality that may only have 20 or 20,000 individuals and in fact, on the shoreline, where you know, you've got some really important national assets like the northeast corridor radio, line, interstate 95. some of those communities, again, only may have 50,000 people in them and they worry about their ability to compete for brick allocations, especially with these bigger jurisdictions and putting together much larger applications. coming from region nine, you've got big jurisdictions, small jurisdictions, do you share that concern, is there a way to make sure that small municipalities get to compete fairly alongside big counties for brick dollars? >> yeah, so within the brick program, there are some set asides within there to ensure that there is opportunity, a couple of them are -- they put aside 20 million dollars just for tribes so that they are able to compete, as i understand, a little bit over 60 tribes of already submitted applications for this brick program. also for small communities u
in connecticut we don't have counties, so either the state of connecticut applying or a municipality that may only have 20 or 20,000 individuals and in fact, on the shoreline, where you know, you've got some really important national assets like the northeast corridor radio, line, interstate 95. some of those communities, again, only may have 50,000 people in them and they worry about their ability to compete for brick allocations, especially with these bigger jurisdictions and putting together...
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we were contacted recently by the connecticut historical society about borrowing the hat because the american school for the deaf in connecticut was founded during monroe's tour in 1817 and he visited there. and they did not have a sign in american sign language yet for president. so the stories related to us is the sign was created that day and this is still today the asl sign for president. it's this. and the story is it's because of the hat he was wearing. i wish we could claim we made that up. we didn't. the story was brought to us. we're about to loan the hat for that purpose for that school. i think it's a wonderful visual image that has helped influence something that has endured here for 200 years. even if it's not true, it's a great story. i love it. [ inaudible ] >> packed with real stuff. [ inaudible ] >> thank you. unsolicited endorsement there from my friend tracy. we have brochures and our program schedule out in the hallway. i encourage you to take those if you haven't already. and i thank you. [ applause ]. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv
we were contacted recently by the connecticut historical society about borrowing the hat because the american school for the deaf in connecticut was founded during monroe's tour in 1817 and he visited there. and they did not have a sign in american sign language yet for president. so the stories related to us is the sign was created that day and this is still today the asl sign for president. it's this. and the story is it's because of the hat he was wearing. i wish we could claim we made that...
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the marine -- the guy was a marine reservreservist, he was g for governor -- or senator of connecticut. senator of connecticut and he said during the vietnam war he was a marine reservist and he put down vietnam service and somebody busted him. he didn't really go, but he was giving everybody the impression that he was a vietnam vet and he was running for senator of connecticut. i was telling denise, just say you're a reservist and i didn't get called up. fine. but don't try to tell anybody that you really did go. >> cash in on something -- >> say again, sir. >> trying to cash in on something -- >> yeah, trying to cash in on what fame. we didn't win that one vern. that super bowl went to somebody else. we did not get the ring for that one. desert storm, we got the ring for that one. but we went 0 for 1 on that one, that type of thing. so in closing, that's my story. you have any questions for me about anything, i'm an open book. >> not that i can think of. >> do you have any questions? >> no. >> i hope i made you life, because i think i have. >> clyde, it's a good story. >> everyone te
the marine -- the guy was a marine reservreservist, he was g for governor -- or senator of connecticut. senator of connecticut and he said during the vietnam war he was a marine reservist and he put down vietnam service and somebody busted him. he didn't really go, but he was giving everybody the impression that he was a vietnam vet and he was running for senator of connecticut. i was telling denise, just say you're a reservist and i didn't get called up. fine. but don't try to tell anybody...
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kimberly from farmington, connecticut -- not enclosing. i want to give a special thanks to virginia hall's niece who gave us permission to use these photographs and also peggy in france for acquiring the footage of josephine we used in our program. now, kimberly from farmington, connecticut has written to say thank you for this conversation. learning about powerful, courageous women learning from these knowledgeable hosts is so empowering and inspiring. i have two angry that i wasn't -- i have to agree that i was inspired. thank you for teaching us. prof. baer: it has been an honor. janelle: thank you for having us. >> american history tv, 48 hours of people and events that documents the american story. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> 60 years ago on april 17 1961 a force of 1500 cia trained cuban exiles launched an invasion on the bay of pigs on the southern coast of cuba. the
kimberly from farmington, connecticut -- not enclosing. i want to give a special thanks to virginia hall's niece who gave us permission to use these photographs and also peggy in france for acquiring the footage of josephine we used in our program. now, kimberly from farmington, connecticut has written to say thank you for this conversation. learning about powerful, courageous women learning from these knowledgeable hosts is so empowering and inspiring. i have two angry that i wasn't -- i have...
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i taught freshman english at the university of connecticut for six years and one of my courses was on censored books in the 1950s and what i realized was my students were so very young and came from a different moral climate that peyton place wasn't shocking to them at all. so i needed to give them the milieu of the moment to understand just how radical the novel was. so we are going to take a little time to give you the puritan mentality so that when the quakers enter your world, you can understand just how frightening it is. we're going to be looking at a time when the world was turned upside down between the years 1649 and 1660 or 1661. though we are all sweltering in the quaker meeting house what i need you to do is imagine the coldest day in london that you can possibly imagine, bitterly cold. the end of january 1649. and there is a very smallman, smaller than i am, about 5 feet getting dressed in the morning for his execution. and the king is very frightened that those who have come to witness his beheading will think him frightened so he has commissioned an personally thick und
i taught freshman english at the university of connecticut for six years and one of my courses was on censored books in the 1950s and what i realized was my students were so very young and came from a different moral climate that peyton place wasn't shocking to them at all. so i needed to give them the milieu of the moment to understand just how radical the novel was. so we are going to take a little time to give you the puritan mentality so that when the quakers enter your world, you can...
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we have an example of a team in 1880s in danbury, connecticut. it's not until 1820 that foster establishes the negro leagues, a professional league. there were a number of incarnations, a number of teams participated in that. we have examples from indianapolis clowns, a program from one of their games. a signed baseball by satchel page, a phenomenal pitcher who got his start and spent many years in the negro leagues, doesn't become a rookie in the major leagues until 42 and continues to pitch until he's 59 in the major leagues actually. while that's going on, while african-americans are having to make their way with their own leagues, other brands of baseball are developing. what we have here is an image of the world champions indoor baseball team from 1905. indoor baseball was invented in 1887 in chicago. it was way for teams to keep in shape in the off-season in the winter. almost immediately indoor baseball moves outdoors. what characterizes indoor baseball is larger balls, smaller bats, smaller diamonds. it's not until 1926 indoor baseball ad
we have an example of a team in 1880s in danbury, connecticut. it's not until 1820 that foster establishes the negro leagues, a professional league. there were a number of incarnations, a number of teams participated in that. we have examples from indianapolis clowns, a program from one of their games. a signed baseball by satchel page, a phenomenal pitcher who got his start and spent many years in the negro leagues, doesn't become a rookie in the major leagues until 42 and continues to pitch...
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she served for 12 years as the president of connecticut college she writes prolifically and lectures widely. and her brand new book, which we will be talking about tonight is called generosity unbound. how american philanthropist can strengthen the economy and rebuild the american middle class. so claire welcome. thank you very much. you are you have an argument to make you have a story to tell? what tell it to us take a few minutes just put the id on the table. okay before i do that, can i thank you and reina for this beautiful center for public conversation. i think all the guests present tonight understand what an important place this is and the fact that democracy is a discussion. and this is a place that starts from that position and then invites the thinkers and the writers and talkers together to engage in democratic action, which begins with thinking and speaking together and remembering where we came from where we are and where we're going because they're all connected and in the church of what's happening now. which is 24/7 television news wonderful we can get so focused on
she served for 12 years as the president of connecticut college she writes prolifically and lectures widely. and her brand new book, which we will be talking about tonight is called generosity unbound. how american philanthropist can strengthen the economy and rebuild the american middle class. so claire welcome. thank you very much. you are you have an argument to make you have a story to tell? what tell it to us take a few minutes just put the id on the table. okay before i do that, can i...
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while we have seen a decrease in overall unemployment over the past year, over 143,000 connecticut residents are still without jobs. as i have said before, we know that women and people of color have been disproportionately affected. for example there are about 3.7 million fewer women working now than february of last year. to be clear these women are not opting out of the workforce they are being pushed out by inadequate policies, challenges like access to child care, work place flexibility are making it much more difficult for women to reclaim the jobs they lost. many have been forced to consider new careers because the jobs they had prior to the pandemic no longer exist. that is why i'm so encouraged that you and president biden have made it a priority to invest in american jobs and that means investing in workforce development, including sector based training, apprenticeship programs, partnerships between institutions of higher education and employers. as you know the subcommittee was instrumental in creating the apprenticeship program in 2016 has continued to fund the program with $185
while we have seen a decrease in overall unemployment over the past year, over 143,000 connecticut residents are still without jobs. as i have said before, we know that women and people of color have been disproportionately affected. for example there are about 3.7 million fewer women working now than february of last year. to be clear these women are not opting out of the workforce they are being pushed out by inadequate policies, challenges like access to child care, work place flexibility...
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hundreds of pequot men, women and children would die, be massacred a fort that is now in mystic, connecticut. that led to a violence of brutality that was not a part of native warfare prior to this. this was a real wake up call to the stakes of any type of conflict that might spread beyond something. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [applause]
hundreds of pequot men, women and children would die, be massacred a fort that is now in mystic, connecticut. that led to a violence of brutality that was not a part of native warfare prior to this. this was a real wake up call to the stakes of any type of conflict that might spread beyond something. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [applause]
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they quickly spread not only through massachusetts, maine, and new hampshire, but also to connecticut. it was the puritans that were really the motivators behind the pequot war. plymouth colony, their soldiers did not arrive in time to be part of the conflict. that may have been intended. and yet i see that conflict, sort of peek the being a conflict that would radically change the balance of power particularly among the native groups of the region and would anticipate in many troubling ways what would happen next because the scale of what happened in the pequot war was very different. hundreds of pequot men, women, and children would die, be massacred at a fort in what's now mystic, connecticut. and this brought a level of violence and brutality that was not a part of native warfare prior to this. this was a real wake-up call to the stakes of any kind of conflict that might spread beyond something that was very local. thank you very much. [ applause ] >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. toni
they quickly spread not only through massachusetts, maine, and new hampshire, but also to connecticut. it was the puritans that were really the motivators behind the pequot war. plymouth colony, their soldiers did not arrive in time to be part of the conflict. that may have been intended. and yet i see that conflict, sort of peek the being a conflict that would radically change the balance of power particularly among the native groups of the region and would anticipate in many troubling ways...
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senator loeffler yet, cost of connecticut disputed the minnesota senators claim that the war was lost. though he did agree, with the end that no improvements could be expected out of affairs as long as mr. -- remained in the cabinet. he spoke in a similar vein, fan wade went for a severely criticize lincoln, far placing other armies under the command of officers who do not believe in the policy of government and most importantly with -- senator jacob of vermont announced that the difficult it was to be found and the fact of the president had no cabinet in the true sense of the word. coleman explain. it was notorious that the president did not consult his cabinet councils, as a body of important manners. the vermont senator reported that he had missed him, that he understood the president to express the opinion that it was best to have no policy and that each member of the cabinet portent to the duties of the department. this was poor management and a recipe for failure he believed. he thought that measures should be taken to bring about eight different state of thinks in me administra
senator loeffler yet, cost of connecticut disputed the minnesota senators claim that the war was lost. though he did agree, with the end that no improvements could be expected out of affairs as long as mr. -- remained in the cabinet. he spoke in a similar vein, fan wade went for a severely criticize lincoln, far placing other armies under the command of officers who do not believe in the policy of government and most importantly with -- senator jacob of vermont announced that the difficult it...
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gonna have different perspectives, and i'm thinking of leslie gordon's fascinating book on the 16th, connecticut a broken regiment and if you ever curious, you know, how does a regiment this this is one of probably most unlucky regiments an entire union army in terms of experiencing defeat and one of the things gordon says, is that kind of gives them a very discordant sort of post-war experience, right? where a lot of other regiments are celebrating victory. i mean they have to celebrate what breaking it antietam and then the disaster at plymouth and then so many of them being carted off, andersonville. and social i thought one of the striking parts of her book was saying, you know a lot of these veterans are very insistent on placing, you know, some kind of market anderson buildup to mark what they went through and and to me that's another sort of fascinating aspect of the veteran experience. you know, who who's really pushing the monuments. i mean who's interested in placing monuments? where do you want to place monuments? what what kind of monuments do you? place, you know what sort of archit
gonna have different perspectives, and i'm thinking of leslie gordon's fascinating book on the 16th, connecticut a broken regiment and if you ever curious, you know, how does a regiment this this is one of probably most unlucky regiments an entire union army in terms of experiencing defeat and one of the things gordon says, is that kind of gives them a very discordant sort of post-war experience, right? where a lot of other regiments are celebrating victory. i mean they have to celebrate what...
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boynton beach, florida, farmington, connecticut. and centerville, minnesota and good morning to you in birmingham, alabama. we would like to welcome our international viewers, whatever the time of day is in berlin, london, nicaragua, barcelona, in brazil, argentina, peru and tanzania. we are glad to have so many of you watching. lynn, dineen has described the way the u.s. military was segregated and unjust. let's make this more personal. you knew one of these black soldiers later in his life. please tell us about dr. leon bass and his experience as a black soldier during his training, even before deployment. lynn: i had the privilege of spending a great about of time with dr. bass because he volunteered and spoke to young people from all over at the museum. this is a picture of dr. bass in his uniform when he was a sergeant. he grew up -- he was born in 1925 and grew up in philadelphia. his parents were part of the great migration that was happening throughout this period, where blacks removing up new york and into cities and changi
boynton beach, florida, farmington, connecticut. and centerville, minnesota and good morning to you in birmingham, alabama. we would like to welcome our international viewers, whatever the time of day is in berlin, london, nicaragua, barcelona, in brazil, argentina, peru and tanzania. we are glad to have so many of you watching. lynn, dineen has described the way the u.s. military was segregated and unjust. let's make this more personal. you knew one of these black soldiers later in his life....
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. >> tony from connecticut. you are next. good morning cynthia, watching with great interest and you put in your report today and i'm trying to square it with what i see on the actual border, these poor children, i'm a christian and i see these poor children stuck in cages -- the capacities of 250 enters thousands and they're, there's children being found dead in the real -- rio grande. those coyotes are making 14 million dollars a day. i don't understand, i understand that the vice president will come down there to take care of the long term problem, but this is a daily occurrence. we just saw pictures of children being put over the wall and dropped off and it's just heartbreaking. and not to mention, the covid. there are so many of these migrants with covid being released into our country. i don't understand why doesn't the vice president go down there, go to those cages, i mean a el-sisi went there a couple of years ago, remember that? she said oh, what is going on here? to me, the silence is deafening. >> okay, i'm going
. >> tony from connecticut. you are next. good morning cynthia, watching with great interest and you put in your report today and i'm trying to square it with what i see on the actual border, these poor children, i'm a christian and i see these poor children stuck in cages -- the capacities of 250 enters thousands and they're, there's children being found dead in the real -- rio grande. those coyotes are making 14 million dollars a day. i don't understand, i understand that the vice...
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organization, she spent most of the past few decades working as a litigation attorney in new haven, connecticut. we're joined remotely by william kovaced. professor kocacik has taught anti-trust contracts and government contracts before joining the law school in 1999, he was the george mason university foundation professor at the george mason university school of law and he was a member of the ftc from january 2006 to october 2011, and he chaired the agency from 2008 to march 2009. kevin rhodes is senior vice president and deputy counsel, general counsel at 3m. he leads that company's legal team on a global basis and he has helped lead 3m's ongoing efforts during the covid-19 pandemic to address fraud, counterfeiting and price gouging of personal protective equipment, most notably of 3ms n95 respirators. i held up one of them a few moments ago. prior to joining 3m in 2000, he was a partner at kirkland ellis in chicago where he specialized in intellectual property litigation. he received his jd magna cum laude from northwestern university and b. ancht from grinell college. cynthia alexander is a
organization, she spent most of the past few decades working as a litigation attorney in new haven, connecticut. we're joined remotely by william kovaced. professor kocacik has taught anti-trust contracts and government contracts before joining the law school in 1999, he was the george mason university foundation professor at the george mason university school of law and he was a member of the ftc from january 2006 to october 2011, and he chaired the agency from 2008 to march 2009. kevin rhodes...
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so anyway, so i do come from university the unpronounceable university in connecticut, but you may hear from my accent. i've moved around a lot my family i explained to the ambassador. we're from mayo and temporary they emigrated through poverty to liverpool when i became teenager. i wanted to return to ireland, so i went to trinity college in dublin after a few years. i moved to belfast and then moved around and five. no ten years ago. i came to america and five years ago. i moved to quinnipiac. so i have moved around quite a bit and my accent probably reflects that we were speaking with the ambassador before about a wonderful irish man. john hugh another wonderful irishman and the ambassador was saying you his message is that unity comes through accepting diversity and to me that is exactly the message preached through frederick douglass and just hearing what molly has planned for this year. i think it's for because frederick douglass as we know he didn't know is 200 years old this year and if you did notice he is dead but you to agree he is doing wonderful work. he is incredible and
so anyway, so i do come from university the unpronounceable university in connecticut, but you may hear from my accent. i've moved around a lot my family i explained to the ambassador. we're from mayo and temporary they emigrated through poverty to liverpool when i became teenager. i wanted to return to ireland, so i went to trinity college in dublin after a few years. i moved to belfast and then moved around and five. no ten years ago. i came to america and five years ago. i moved to...
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everyone in connecticut wanted hartford or new haven everyone in delaware. wanted wilmington everyone in massachusetts wanted boston parochial interests reigned. nobody wanted to capital to be in another state. they all knew that political power would follow the capital. that would be an economic boom and no one wanted another city to have a leg up. everybody wanted its own city and for 25 years. there is a fight over where the capital city should be next slide. or a function in government. we were working under the articles of confederation a loose quote unquote league of friendship. you know, it took several drafts and years to even ratify the articles the problem the articles didn't have a president didn't have courts. it had a unicameral legislature. that's it. they couldn't raise money to pay back the veterans. they couldn't govern it was utterly and holy and effectual so we lack the capital city. we lack the functioning government. good luck with that. and this is what washington responds to next slide. on everyone's minds and it was written in newspap
everyone in connecticut wanted hartford or new haven everyone in delaware. wanted wilmington everyone in massachusetts wanted boston parochial interests reigned. nobody wanted to capital to be in another state. they all knew that political power would follow the capital. that would be an economic boom and no one wanted another city to have a leg up. everybody wanted its own city and for 25 years. there is a fight over where the capital city should be next slide. or a function in government. we...
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he was running for governor of or senator of connecticut. okay. yeah senator of connecticut and he said during the vietnam war he was a marine reservist and he put down vietnam service and somebody busted him but he really was a marine reservist, but he didn't go but he was giving everybody the impression that was a vietnam vet. and that and he was running for senator of connecticut, and i was telling denise just say you're a reservist. and during the vietnam and i didn't get called up fine, but don't try to tell anybody that you really did go because channel and something that you know, say again sir that you know, it's trying to cash in. yeah trying to cash in on what things it was like we didn't win that one vern we do that that's super bowl went the summary else and we did not get the ring for that one now desert storm. yeah. we got the ring for that one. but you know, we went over one on that one. you know that type of thing. so in closing that's what my story you have any questions for me about anything? i'm gonna open a book. and i could th
he was running for governor of or senator of connecticut. okay. yeah senator of connecticut and he said during the vietnam war he was a marine reservist and he put down vietnam service and somebody busted him but he really was a marine reservist, but he didn't go but he was giving everybody the impression that was a vietnam vet. and that and he was running for senator of connecticut, and i was telling denise just say you're a reservist. and during the vietnam and i didn't get called up fine,...
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got back to us on august 10th, from a three-year restoration at the mystic seaport museum in mystic connecticut. i hope you will get the same sense of history, that i do when i look at the ship. for us, keeping the knowledge skills, and the abilities to be able to sail the ship and maintain a ship of this age. as well as tell the multiple stories, that it has to tell, all of the good and the bad and the ugly of all aspects of history, is so important to where we are going, and for me of course the maritime part of the ship itself, you know again the knowledge skills, and abilities necessary to build and to sail and to maintain a ship like mayflower two, is very very important. i am richard pickering, deputy executive director at plymouth museums and we are in the 17th century english village. a ec
got back to us on august 10th, from a three-year restoration at the mystic seaport museum in mystic connecticut. i hope you will get the same sense of history, that i do when i look at the ship. for us, keeping the knowledge skills, and the abilities to be able to sail the ship and maintain a ship of this age. as well as tell the multiple stories, that it has to tell, all of the good and the bad and the ugly of all aspects of history, is so important to where we are going, and for me of course...
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back to plymouth on august 10th after a three-year restoration at mystics sea port museum and mystic, connecticut. i hope people get the same sense of history that i do when i look at this ship, and for us, keeping the knowledge, skills, and abilities to be able to sail a ship and maintain a ship of this age, as well as tell the multiple stories that plymouth has to tell. the good, the bad, and the ugly of all aspects of history, so important to where we are going. to me, the maritime part of the ship itself and the knowledge, skills, hand abilities to build, sale, and maintain a ship like mayflower two is very important.
back to plymouth on august 10th after a three-year restoration at mystics sea port museum and mystic, connecticut. i hope people get the same sense of history that i do when i look at this ship, and for us, keeping the knowledge, skills, and abilities to be able to sail a ship and maintain a ship of this age, as well as tell the multiple stories that plymouth has to tell. the good, the bad, and the ugly of all aspects of history, so important to where we are going. to me, the maritime part of...
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" and just got back here on august 10th from a three-year restoration at mystic sea port in mystic, connecticut. i hope that people get the same sense of history that i do when i look at this ship. and for us, keeping the knowledge, skills and abilities to be able to sail a ship and maintain a ship of this age as well as tell the multiple stories that plimoth patuxet has to tell, all the good, the bad and ugly of all aspects of history is so important to where we're going. for me, of course, the maritime part of the ship itself and again, the knowledge, skills and ability necessary to build, sail and maintain a ship like "mayflower ii" is very, very important. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, milton-jones recalls his experiences as a u.s. marine during the vietnam war. he talks about his initial reluctance to serve in vietnam and his journey to meet his unit in the caisson. part of vietnam war oral histories conducted by the atlanta history research for the veterans history project. watch t
" and just got back here on august 10th from a three-year restoration at mystic sea port in mystic, connecticut. i hope that people get the same sense of history that i do when i look at this ship. and for us, keeping the knowledge, skills and abilities to be able to sail a ship and maintain a ship of this age as well as tell the multiple stories that plimoth patuxet has to tell, all the good, the bad and ugly of all aspects of history is so important to where we're going. for me, of...
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the same way that they did in the field then it's likely that soldiers brought lincoln, new york and connecticut. the one election where soldiers votes made a huge difference was in, maryland. in october of 1864, maryland had a referendum for a new state constitution that would abolish slavery in the state. and the home voters of maryland voted against the constitution. but the union soldiers from maryland were so supportive of it that and voted so overwhelmingly in favor of it that they actually carried that election. freedom in maryland, and this is a celebration that took place of emancipation in maryland. this fall i'm going to be publishing a collection of 125 letters from african-american's to lincoln. and i want to read you just a short excerpt from one of the black men who wrote to lincoln to give you a sense of what this election meant to a lot of african-american's during the period because for them this is lincoln defeating the slave holding confederacy pledging himself to amend the constitution to end slavery forever and restoring the union. and there was a man named richard brumby w
the same way that they did in the field then it's likely that soldiers brought lincoln, new york and connecticut. the one election where soldiers votes made a huge difference was in, maryland. in october of 1864, maryland had a referendum for a new state constitution that would abolish slavery in the state. and the home voters of maryland voted against the constitution. but the union soldiers from maryland were so supportive of it that and voted so overwhelmingly in favor of it that they...
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four officers, their lives are shattered financially and some will later leave long island and go to connecticut because they cannot rebuild their lives in flushing. peter will step in and say, no longer can there be strictly english officers in these communities and they must be biligual, they must be dutch leaning and speaking because we can't have these foreign elements here in new england. third and final is james cudworth. he is the son of a well respected pure tan minister in england. his brother is one of the most respected platonic scholars at cambridge in mid century and he comes over in 1634 with a liberal church founded in london. he rises to great status. he's one of six men to write plymouth's new law code. in the town of scituate, he's a respected member of the church and with the quakers that all comes to a horrific end. what you find is plymouth was willing to listen to quakers because they were trying to debate with them, but they only wanted authorized officials there. almost in a way of keeping what they considered to be evil away from everybody, i'll send you in because you l
four officers, their lives are shattered financially and some will later leave long island and go to connecticut because they cannot rebuild their lives in flushing. peter will step in and say, no longer can there be strictly english officers in these communities and they must be biligual, they must be dutch leaning and speaking because we can't have these foreign elements here in new england. third and final is james cudworth. he is the son of a well respected pure tan minister in england. his...
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because the american school for the death and connecticut was founded during monroe's tour in 1817, and he visited there. and they did not have a sign, an american sign language at four presidents. i'm so the stories related to us is, the sign was created that day and this is still today the, asl sign for president. it's this on the story, is it's because of the hat he was wearing. i wish we could claim remain that, up we didn't, this was brought to us. so we're about to -- do the observers of the school. but i think it's a wonderful image to help influence something that is under two for 200 years, and if it's not true, it's a great story. >> thank, you are slated in there are some of their. and we do have brochures and our program is scheduled ongoing always. so encourage you to take those if you haven't already. thank you. next on american history tv, sculptor gordon trey, speaks about creating a statue of james monroe for the college in williamsburg virginia. the president attended the college until he enlisted in 1776 to fight the british.
because the american school for the death and connecticut was founded during monroe's tour in 1817, and he visited there. and they did not have a sign, an american sign language at four presidents. i'm so the stories related to us is, the sign was created that day and this is still today the, asl sign for president. it's this on the story, is it's because of the hat he was wearing. i wish we could claim remain that, up we didn't, this was brought to us. so we're about to -- do the observers of...
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senator lafayette foster of connecticut disputed the minnesota senator's claim that the war was lost. though he did agree with him that no improvements could be expected out of affairs as long as mr. seward remained in the cabinet. others spoke in a similar vein. ben wade went further. he severely criticized lincoln for placing our armies under the command of officers who did not believe in the policy of the government and no sympathy with its purposes. senator jacob colymer of vermont said difficulty was to be found in the fact that the president had no cabinet in the true sense of the word. he explained, it was notorious that the president did not consult his cabinet counselors as a body upon important matters. the that it was best to have no policy and let each member of the cabinet attend to the duties of their department. of his department. this is poor management and a recipe for failure collamer believed. he thought that the measures should be taken to bring about a different state of things in the administration. senator fessenden then told the republican senators that a crisi
senator lafayette foster of connecticut disputed the minnesota senator's claim that the war was lost. though he did agree with him that no improvements could be expected out of affairs as long as mr. seward remained in the cabinet. others spoke in a similar vein. ben wade went further. he severely criticized lincoln for placing our armies under the command of officers who did not believe in the policy of the government and no sympathy with its purposes. senator jacob colymer of vermont said...
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eliminate as many opportunities for those kinds of doubts regardless of who wins, whether it's georgia or connecticut or the whole united states, that we possibly can. and i think we have the opportunity to do that by putting in some basic common sense laws, and we're seeing that happen in some states around the country. and really the arguments against them so far have been largely rhetorical. they haven't engaged so much on the substance. and you see that, obviously i'm a conservative, i'm right-of-center. but even "the washington post" is giving joe biden four pinocchios in their fact check for some of his comments about the georgia law, his jim crow language, and the suggestion that it suppresses voting hours when it expands them, and other things like that. we're just seeing this war of words. that's why i keep going back to the point, when we as just fellow americans talk about the elements of an election, we have really broad agreement, robert from lynchburg was an example. doesn't mean we'll have universal agreement. but the difference is don't have to, nor do they normally break down on part
eliminate as many opportunities for those kinds of doubts regardless of who wins, whether it's georgia or connecticut or the whole united states, that we possibly can. and i think we have the opportunity to do that by putting in some basic common sense laws, and we're seeing that happen in some states around the country. and really the arguments against them so far have been largely rhetorical. they haven't engaged so much on the substance. and you see that, obviously i'm a conservative, i'm...
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its spread is unbelievable from connecticut, southern new york, southern ontario, northern ohio. all the way down to louisiana and florida. it's a massive-growth area. this particular tudor place tulip poplar is significant due to its association with georgetown. tudor place was designed by the same architect that designed the large structure across the street, the u.s. capitol. but occupies an extremely prominent location on the south lawn. certainly, among one of the oldest tulip poplars in washington, d.c. and interestingly, tudor place is the only-private property protected by a national park service. here is a local boy or girl. this is union square -- the zelkova. zelkova located just at the bottom of the hill here and union square. the botanic garden elm is an absolutely incredible ornamental shade tree unlike any other tree in the mall. it's significant because its rarity, its longevity. and its association with the original united states botanic garden. it is also significant due to its preservation, recognizing its uniqueness in the world and certainly in washington, d.
its spread is unbelievable from connecticut, southern new york, southern ontario, northern ohio. all the way down to louisiana and florida. it's a massive-growth area. this particular tudor place tulip poplar is significant due to its association with georgetown. tudor place was designed by the same architect that designed the large structure across the street, the u.s. capitol. but occupies an extremely prominent location on the south lawn. certainly, among one of the oldest tulip poplars in...
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. >> let's go to dennis who is calling from norwich, connecticut. dennis, good morning. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. everybody knows that churchill had a great geopolitical vision. is it possible he actually saw the iron curtain maybe two or three years before when he recommended that the allies establish a front through greece and eastern europe to actually block the soviet army from overtaking eastern europe? as i recall, the allies rejected that front. is that true? thanks. >> i think an argument can be made that that is very true. in fact, in the iron curtain speech itself, there is a section where churchill refers to greece and takes credit for greece as being the birthplace of democracy, as still being democratic and said his intercession earlier helped make that so. but there were other countries in other areas in other regions that were under threat. so i think you're right, churchill using his prescience, was thinking about this long before march 5th, 1946. >> let's talk to carol who is calling from hawley's island
. >> let's go to dennis who is calling from norwich, connecticut. dennis, good morning. >> caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. everybody knows that churchill had a great geopolitical vision. is it possible he actually saw the iron curtain maybe two or three years before when he recommended that the allies establish a front through greece and eastern europe to actually block the soviet army from overtaking eastern europe? as i recall, the allies rejected that front....
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a place i call connecticut. i studied architectural history. art and architectural history. then became a journalist. i toyed with going to architecture school but i thought the world had enough second grade architects. it is not need another, necessarily. i did think it was a pretty decent writer, so i went that route. >> what was it like working at the new yorker, for instance? >> that was the second chapter of my career. i started with the new york times and went to the new yorker. >> i mean, what's the difference between working at the times and new york? those are two great jobs. >> yes there to great institutions. the difference is kind of like -- the new york times is like a huge university. it does everything and has amazing people and a huge range, that not everybody is necessarily -- >> there are some stone hours. >> exactly. it's a mixed bag. everybody says a certain level obviously but not necessarily the most amazing. the new yorker was like -- where everybody was as good as the best people in the big university. that's how it sort of felt to me when i went from
a place i call connecticut. i studied architectural history. art and architectural history. then became a journalist. i toyed with going to architecture school but i thought the world had enough second grade architects. it is not need another, necessarily. i did think it was a pretty decent writer, so i went that route. >> what was it like working at the new yorker, for instance? >> that was the second chapter of my career. i started with the new york times and went to the new...
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and, again, we have some of the oldest infrastructure in the nation in the state of connecticut. what we need to deal with is revitalization and repair. i just will mention this one other item because we spoke about this when we had a chance to have a conversation, and i spoke to you about an infrastructure bank and the opportunities that might afford us in terms of looking at robust investment in infrastructure. and, mr. secretary, you spoke a moment ago about the transcontinental railroad, lincoln did that. eisenhower did the roads. and others have -- we did rural electrification and all of those efforts. so big concepts, which i hope that you are up to as well. i believe you are. my question is, how do we build on the american jobs plan and proposals like an infrastructure bank to help regions of the country address the state of good repair backlogs while also expanding passenger rail service? >> well, thank you very much, madam chair. i think that what you're describing is in keeping with america's tradition of always looking for newer, bigger, and original ways to deliver on
and, again, we have some of the oldest infrastructure in the nation in the state of connecticut. what we need to deal with is revitalization and repair. i just will mention this one other item because we spoke about this when we had a chance to have a conversation, and i spoke to you about an infrastructure bank and the opportunities that might afford us in terms of looking at robust investment in infrastructure. and, mr. secretary, you spoke a moment ago about the transcontinental railroad,...
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little to the north in a place called connecticut. and studied architectural history. then began a career as a journalist. i toyed with the idea of going to architectural school. i thought the world had enough mediocre architects and didn't need another. i thought i was a decent writer so i went that route. >> what was it like working as a -- at the new yorker? >> second chapter of my career. i started at "the new york times" then went to the new yorker. >> what's the difference between the two? those are two great jobs. >> two great institutions in many ways. "the new york times" is like a huge university. it does everything and has amazing people and a huge range, but not everybody is necessarily you know -- >> stoners. >> exactly. >> sort of a mixed bag. everybody's at a certain level, obviously, but not necessarily the most amazing. "the new yorker" was like a small liberal arts college that where everybody was as good as the best people in the big university. that's how it sort of felt to me when i went from one to the other. i had great time there. >> did you off
little to the north in a place called connecticut. and studied architectural history. then began a career as a journalist. i toyed with the idea of going to architectural school. i thought the world had enough mediocre architects and didn't need another. i thought i was a decent writer so i went that route. >> what was it like working as a -- at the new yorker? >> second chapter of my career. i started at "the new york times" then went to the new yorker. >> what's...
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he wanted a corporation in connecticut the rest of his life and it changed the lives of many people in the cia whose careers were basically not just the top three guys but ended with that kennedy that he wanted to shatter the cia into a thousand pieces. he didn't do that, but he was certainly upset. do we have time for one more? let's do one more question here and then we'll. >> does the book explore the issue of why alan dulles was in puerto rico, left to run probably one of the highest profile operations the cia had planned in many, many years to joe bissell who was, or richard bissell, who was an underling of his, was there any further delving into that situation? >> yeah, it was an imitation that had been to dulles many months before and dulles, i found the invitation.
he wanted a corporation in connecticut the rest of his life and it changed the lives of many people in the cia whose careers were basically not just the top three guys but ended with that kennedy that he wanted to shatter the cia into a thousand pieces. he didn't do that, but he was certainly upset. do we have time for one more? let's do one more question here and then we'll. >> does the book explore the issue of why alan dulles was in puerto rico, left to run probably one of the highest...
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article one, inevitably, virginia's vote should count in accordance with its population, just as as connecticut, just as rhode island, something which if we are masters of arithmetic, we know shall not cede any sovereignty other than that which is owed. virginia being the largest, the wealthiest of the provinces, and we three gentlemen, likely constituting the whole population of rhode island upon this stage. it comes down to that self same idea, mr. harris, woman shall we be? citizens of virginia, or citizens of these united states? >> thank you, mr. madison. mr. mason, do you agree with mr. patrick henry, or with mr. madison on this issue? >> to say i count mr. henry as a good friend, he, having been born in a time of cuneiforms would have undoubtedly been the head of that most glorious commonwealth, a man whose oration is praised and is yet one of the least of his great qualities, no, i should say though, that i attended that convention in philadelphia, quite for the same reason mr. henry did not. the concern that those there present would see the faults with that system, those articles of c
article one, inevitably, virginia's vote should count in accordance with its population, just as as connecticut, just as rhode island, something which if we are masters of arithmetic, we know shall not cede any sovereignty other than that which is owed. virginia being the largest, the wealthiest of the provinces, and we three gentlemen, likely constituting the whole population of rhode island upon this stage. it comes down to that self same idea, mr. harris, woman shall we be? citizens of...
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proposed article 1, inevitably, virginia's vote should count in accordance with its population just as connecticut's, just as rhode island's. something which if we are masters of arithmetic we know shall not seed any sovereignty other than that which is owed. virginia being the largest and wealthiest and we three gentlemen likely constitutes the whole population of rhode island on this stage. it comes down to the idea, who shall we be? citizens of virginia or citizens of these united states? >> thank you, mr. madison. mr. mason, do you agree with mr. patrick henry or with mr. madison on this issue? >> i should say i count mr. henry as a good friend. having been born in the time of the wards would have been the head of that most glorious commonwealth. a man's who oruation is paradesed. i should say, though, that i attended that convention in philadelphia for the same reason mr. henry did not, a concern that those there present would see the faults with that system, those articles of confederation being insufficient for our purposes, far too weak that men would instead run too far in the other directi
proposed article 1, inevitably, virginia's vote should count in accordance with its population just as connecticut's, just as rhode island's. something which if we are masters of arithmetic we know shall not seed any sovereignty other than that which is owed. virginia being the largest and wealthiest and we three gentlemen likely constitutes the whole population of rhode island on this stage. it comes down to the idea, who shall we be? citizens of virginia or citizens of these united states?...