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he has more than 30 years of experience at the national archives and records administration. first with the office of presidential libraries here in washington, d.c. and then with the ronald reagan library in california, , and now the bush library museum. trained as an archivist he was detailed to the bush white house in 1992 to assist with the move of the bush presidential materials to texas, and has been at college station ever since. now let's hear from jean becker and warren finch. thank you for joining us today. >> hello, jean. >> good eating, , warren. great to see. >> thanks to the archivist for the kind introduction. also i would like to shout out to our partners in crime, the george and barbara bush foundation, max, my colleague from l.a., lower alabama, and then also to the dean of the bush school and the staff at the library have been so helpful here during the covid and also to the staff of the former president's office. it's a great organization we belong to you we have been very lucky to be a part of it and be a part of the life of george and barbara bush for al

. >> readings from the national archives. united states, welcome to today's virtual panel discussion led by lisa, author of susan linton in kobe, extraordinary story of the founding mothers of npr. today's book is sadly not with us, robert who died in september 2019 national public radio in 1978 spent more than 40 years in broadcasting commentator for abc news and npr, she won countless awards, inducted into the broadcast cable hall of fame incited by the american women in radio and television, one of the greatest women in the history of broadcast. longtime member of our national archives foundation for working tirelessly on behalf of our education and outreach activities. ten years together, we would find ourselves in the rotunda of the national archives conversation turning to the signing of the declaration of independence and the constitution. there were no women. her rise intelligence and passion for the role of women in our society will be missed but never forgotten. born and raised in brooklyn, new york early in the ris

my 10,000 images or so of photos that we took at the national archives or we've downloaded of service records or newspapers etc. and we just put up a selection of the the best that really give you the voice of these people. so it's not just me telling you what happened to james ts taylor you get to hear his voice as well. so with that being let me go. through the website so the first place you're going to want to go? is probably right here to the people search and this will if you you know someone you want to to research if you know someone of a regimen that you were interested in, so like how many of these men are in the 54th? well, there's actually only one man who was in the 54th from albemarle county and he enlisted too late to be involved in the famous battle of fort wagner, which is in the movie glory, but there are a lot of men who were in the 55th which and you can search here for you can select for just the men you can select just for the women you can search for the children as well. you can search on where they enlisted when they enlisted some basic data like that. so, let

in the national archives that we call the declaration of independence. has lived an interesting life. it's only been on display and that massive bomb-proof building since 1952 before that. it lived in the library of congress though for two years during world war two it hunkered down in a deep vault at at fort knox in kentucky. before that it bounced back and forth between the state department and the patent office. though during the centennial back in 1876. it did briefly return to philadelphia the city of its birth there a grandson of one of its original signers read it publicly as part of this country's 100th birthday celebrations and reports tell us that the massive crowd of people there that day burst into cheers at the sight of it. and it's first 50 years it traveled much more frequently when the british burned down washington dc during the war of 1812 the document we think of as the declaration of independence was not there. it was hiding in, leesburg, virginia. and you may know that it's spent the second half of the american revolution years earli

they recommend the creation and safe spaces at every national archive. thomas jefferson may need one of those safe spaces, as well as the other founding fathers. can we still use the term founding fathers? at the federal reserve, you cannot. avoiding constructions like founding fathers, bandmate, and those bothersome personal pronouns. it divides people by, race, religion. we don't even agree on a common language anymore per the consequences of those were dramatized vividly by the sad spectacle of olympic contender quintin berry. last year she made a big show of disrespecting the flag of the country she competed to represent. not only did she ignore the anthem, she threw a t-shirt over her head in protest. but this is her in 2015 for the first time she qualified for the olympics. she had no problem waving her flag and representing her country then. what happened between 2015 and 2021? clearly quintin berry, like many others, were repeatedly told about the gloom of america focusing on her problems and setbacks and sins. but like the people who make up ame

additionally they recommend the creation of safe spaces at every national archive facility. thomas jefferson and the other founding fathers, can we still use the term founding father? at the federal reserve you can't, they instructed employees to embrace bias free language avoiding construction like founding fathers, man-made and those bothersome personal pronouns. whatever the intentions all of this divides people by sex, race, religion, we don't even agree on a common language anymore. the consequences of this were dramatized heavily by the said spectacle of olympic contender glengarry last week she made a big show of disrespecting the flag of the country she competed to represent, not only did she ignore that and the but she threw a t-shirt over her head in protest. this is glenn barry in 2015, the first time she qualified for the olympics, she had no problem waving a flag and representing her country then. what happened between 2015, and 2021? clearly glenn barry like many others were repeatedly told about the gloom of america focusing on problems and setbacks and sins b

the center as part of the national archives but critics wonder how the national archives has time to conduct a full-blown internal study on racism earlier this year but on the eve of her 90th birthday susanna takes comfort in the memory she shared with her husband frank's and honors his request before he died where his dog tag around her neck so he could be with her in spirit. >> very courageous and hopefully. >> susanna's attorneys are pressing the archives to expedite the process. in the meantime, they are insisting the va should help supply the records but her attorneys point out that it's only a few records are digitized. they are in paper form. >> shannon: anita vogel, thank you. time for night court. an fbi raid of a company led to the seizure of hundreds of customers deposit boxes, some with assets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. some of the owners have been forced to come plaintiffs suing the government in an effort to give their belongings back. that's when things get interesting. we talk with tonight's legal eagles, robert patillo. david gibbs. welcome to you both.

wanting member of our national archives foundation o board who worked tirelessly on behalf of our education and outreach activities. over ten years, cokie and i tfound ourselves in the nationl archives with a conversation turning to euros, the signing of the declaration of independence and constitution. cokie knew the fact that there were no women depicted. the role of women in society will be missed but never forgotten. today, born and raised in brooklyn new york, the rise covering technology and culture at the new york times on msnbc and public radio marketplace.rk the chance to start a station in the kingdom, her first book, radio shangri-la on my journey to the happiest kingdom on earth. her biography titled ray jones demand who made the mcdonald's fortune the woman who gave it all away. the third book up all night, cnn and making 24 hour news. i am pleased and honored to welcome our three special guests, susan, nina and lindabe cokie roberts, the four founding fathers of title, susan whose been with npr t since the netwok began in 1971, the first woman to anchor our national nightly ne

national archive online every letter, word searchable. from every major founder. and so remarkably literate culture. that includes women to. i feel bad so i said as does not have. she's amazing .'s is a public service and he sacrifices himself virtuously for his country. he only video for a long time . because he often friends, there's lots of letter back and forth. david is a place, actually they will do the same place. they love each other each other and she's smart on three but because they're separated, amazing letter for . john is. because is really the poster is the culture. class one questioner asked about linguistics diversey in the united states. there were a lot of german speakers found in these documents to what extent were later translated into german language newspapers. >> because i don't speak german ones are pennsylvanians and independence are native german speakers. your paper are really important and as late as the first congress, there's discussion about translating proceedings at least in pennsylvania into german. the new lumber, is the house,

i'm told that the documents in question have been transferred to the national archives, mr. speaker, but i will make sure that the relevant minister meets to discus the matter further. >> 8,000 students self-isolating and after reforms of bubbling system the government's failure to get delta under control, infections over the summer will mean that the autumn term will be very severely affected in our schools. if the jcbi says it is safe and appropriate for adolescence to receive the vaccine, will the prime minister promise that every single adolescent will be offered the vaccine over the summer and parents given all the information they need to make informed decisions so that schools can return and not continue to be affected by the bad policy making of this government and the failure to get the delta variant under control. >> mr. speaker, the honorable gentleman seems to want us to relax our rules on protecting people from coronavirus, protecting, the right thing to do at this time on self-isolation and also calls for -- to go against the jcbi and that is a matter, mr. spea

meanwhile at the requests are piling up, and the national archives did find time to conduct a massive internal study on racism and determined that the rotunda itself had problems with structural racism and was too favorable to the white founding fathers. in the meantime, her husband's military dog tags and a cross around her neck to help her maintain hope for the future and does have hope. tomorrow happens to be her 90th birthday and her hope this year is to see her husband's military records arise in the mail. back to you. >> gillian: thank you for tracking the story for us, we wish them all the best, keep us posted. hunter biden preparing now for his first big solo art show in the fall. ethics watchdogs and the government say they are concerned. the paintings are expected to fetch up to his much is half a million dollars apiece and buyers are going to remain anonymous. "washington post" reports today the white house has worked out a deal where buyers will be kept confidential from hunter himself can do ethics concerns. but served as former president obama's ethics chief just tweeted

>> the library of congress, the national archives, and the good folks at the national park service and the white house historical association for the most part. also, online newspapers were actually wonderful source of information. especially for something like the easter egg roll. you know with the easter is in any given year, and you are able to find the news coverage. and will always have plenty of news coverage. >> do you know in the earliest photographs are from? >> the earliest photographs are from about the 18 seventies. they show children of all ages and period attire. it looks much more like sunday finery's than what we would expect current children to be wearing. big gowns, suits and ties, sometimes three piece suits and ties. >> a little children? >> a little children. >> everyone was form going to the white house? >> only in their attire. it was a big deal, but also a time to have fun. like i said, kids are rolling down the hills. in the cleveland administration, in addition to the easter egg roll and races the rules also egg croquet. and baseball, and all manner of miss th

and i found an incredible amount of treasure here in the national archives. history is always told from the perspective of the great men, whether it's david livingstone or civil john rose all robot mcguffey. i feel that my responsibility as, as well when writer is to tell there's involved when story in a way that it hasn't fully been told before. and i plan to do that with every book that i write me. we're going to, we're going to the hype, 14. yeah. i'm setting up an entry office because i can write at home. but i like the illusion of having a job to go to, especially when i'm writing. and right now i'm facing as self imposed deadline. i need to finish a manuscript by the end of the year the i decided on that i wanted to be a writer. but i couldn't see how, it's only when i read it and it was book nervous condition when i was already in law school, that i realized that a black and white woman could reagan novel in english because she was the 1st person to do it. so by the time i read her and for getting other, you know, 20 morrison alice walker and other bla

. >> reporter: in washington dc the national archives celebrated the fourth of july with its first in person event since the start of the pandemic and in san francisco this weekend people gathered from all around for a block party. >> it is great. after a whole year of following the rules and not going out and now we are finally safe and it's nice to see the smiles again. >> reporter: busy airports in crowds and close contact celebrations nationwide are raising concerns that pockets of unvaccinated americans could put those gatherings at risk. the numbers vary by state and the southern states in particular are lagging behind with low vaccination rates as the more contagious delta variant is now present across the country. utah's governor said his state is seeing rising hospitalizations. >> we are working hard to encourage the younger population to get vaccinated and we have 89% of those over the age of 65, so we do feel good about that and the death rate has come down because of that, but we desperately need more. >> reporter: the u.s. can close but didn't reach president biden's goal

i'm told that the documents in question have been transferred to the national archives, mr. speaker. i will make sure that the relevant nestor will discuss that. >> there are currently 800,000 students. even after the reforms of the system, the government will try to get it under control. it means the infections raising over the summer will mean that the autumn term will be very affected in our schools. in particular, if they say it is appropriate for adolescents to receive the vaccine, will the prime minister promised to make sure that parents can get all the information they need to make a full decision. so schools can not be affected by the bad policymaking of this government and the failure to get it under control? >> i don't think relaxing our rules on coronavirus is the right thing to do. and there are calls for us to go against. and that is a matter for the jcb i. >> with the economy rebounding, a great many job vacancies are currently available. does my right honorable friend agree that there is a tremendous opportunity emerging for a stronger british labor market po

the other part is archival research and most of the records for the project are in the national archives so i took many trips down there and have good friends that love me stay in their house and i became a frequent guest of theirs. there's a huge amount of material more than anyone could go through in a lifetime. there's a line about how when you are doing research you have to get every box out, churn every page. that only works if you have a decade or so to write the book and if you are on a shorter line like i was, you have to be more strategic. >> i did hire one researcher who helped me but most of the records are in washington and scattered across the entire country and archives in every state, state archives like trenton new jersey and also universities. you could never cover all of it so looking at that as much as i wanted to it was a little bit complicated doing this research like when i went to the national archives i met an archivist who was an expert on the new deal and he was telling me what to look for and finally said how many of these boxes do you want to look at. thankful

. >> greetings from the national archives. i'm the archivistit of the unitd states and it is my pleasure to welcome you to today's virtual panel discussion led by the author of susan linda and cokie the extraordinary story of the founding mothers of npr. one of the founding mothers of today's book is sadly not with us. she died in september, 2019 joined the national public radio in 197

no, i think that actually the national archives it's there. i think it's just really, you know, omission in many ways by, you know, by the united states. i think the archivist to be tremendously helpful. i think they want people to come look at their archive. so it's there i think are real stumbling block is going to be with the christian denominations, particularly with the catholics, who mocker. that's your cue. yes, i mean, i actually really agree with a lot of what mary had said here. you know, even though we are one catholic institution that is engaging in that you may be called for the catholic church widely or the pope for example, to apologize. that's the easiest and least that they could do the more difficult work in the engagement and the, and the opening up that record of the record, the confrontation with that. sure. history that our hope is that you are inspiration here. that that will happen more broadly. and really the catholic church, you know, i hope, had learned from its history in recent memory from their sexual abuse crisis

. >> readings from the national archives. united states, welcome to today's virtual panel discussion led by lisa, author of susan linton in kobe, extraordinary story of the founding mothers of npr. today's book is sadly not with us, robert who died in september 2019 national public radio in 1978 spent more than 40 years in broadcasting commentator for abc news and npr

>> greetings from the national archives. i'm the archivistit of the unitd states and it is my pleasure to welcome you to today's virtual panel discussion led by the author of susan linda and cokie the extraordinary story of the founding mothers of npr. one of the founding mothers of today's book is sadly not with us. she died in september, 2019 joined the national public radio in 1978 and spend more than 40 years in broadcasting as a political commentator for abc, news and npr, she won countless awards and was inducted into the broadcast and cable hall of fame and decided by the american television as one of the 50 greatest women in the history of broadcasting. cokie was a member of the board who worked tirelessly on the education and outreach activities. over ten years together, cokie and i found ourselves in the rotunda of the archives of the conversation turned to depicting the signing of the declaration of independence and t the constitution. cokie always bemoaned the fact there were no women depicted.li for the role of

the national world war i museum and memorial, national archives at kansas city, and greater kansas city black history study group co-hosted this even. the national world war i museum provided the video. >> this evening we are pleased to have two distinguished speakers scholars with us in dialogue with the red summer of 1919. we'll have a discussion between our guests followed by a brief q and a should there be time for to us do that. i am so pleased tonight to introduce two of our friends and colleagues. the first being dr. saje

the national world war one museum and memorial, national archives at kansas city, and greater kansas city black history study group cohosted this event. the national world war one museum provided the video. >> this evening, we are pleased to have to distinguished speakers, scholars with us in dialogue about the red summer of 1919. we will have a discussion between our guests followed by a brief q and a, should there be time for us to do that. i'm so pleased tonight to introduce two of our friends and colleagues. the first being doctor saje mathieu. doctor mathieu is an associate professor of history at the university

the national world war i museum and memorial, national archives at kansas city and greater kansas city black history study group co-hosted this event. the national world war i museum provided the video. >> and this evening we're pleased to have two distinguished speakers,

we have probably tens of thousands of images, photos we took at the national archives or we have downloaded, service records or newspapers, etc.. we just put up a selection of the best they give you the voice of these people so it is not just me telling people what happened, you to hear their voices well. >> learn more about the black virginians in blue project today at 6 p.m. eastern, 3:00 pacific on american history tv. >> this week, we are looking back to this state in history. >> the army displays its missile arsenal and gives a first demonstration of the nike hursley lease. -- nike hercules. hercules can carry an atomic warhead. in two minutes, it smashes a target 55 miles off. the press corps turned from government and politics to a lighter matter. 42nd weather anniversary. major and misses john eisenhower and the president's grandchildren accompany them. one thing that made this anniversary celebration noteworthy, was the first time the district was used last september. >> follow us on social media at c-span history. >> american history tv on c-span3. every weekend, documenting ameri

., for the fireworks, the parade, the national archive, a tour of the museums. we will have more calls and comments in just a moment. should republicans serve on this select committee announced yesterday by the speaker of the house nancy pelosi? inside "the washington post" is more on the condo collapsed in florida. a photograph of the president and first lady, makeshift memorial with pictures of loved ones lost as the rescue and recovery efforts continue. the president spending hours meeting with the victims and their family members. here is part of what he had to say. [video clip] >> the whole nation's morning with these families. they see it every day on television. they have gone through hell. and those that survived the collapse, as well as those who are missing loved ones. i realize i am a little late because i spent a lot of time with the families, a a lot of t iiem--whole lot of time. i apologize for taking so long to get here, because i think it was important to speak to every person who wanted to speak with me. after what you are covered when i open up

right now the white house says the log of people who were there that day is with the national archives. typically they don't start to release that information until five years after they've left office. whether or not that changes this investigation remains to be seen. the call logs would be the most interesting. we know who was with trump that day, same or similar circumstance, ivanka trump, pat cipo cipollone, mark meadows. that could be fascinating if that does happen. >> part of it is this is all part of the republican effort to rewrite what happened that day or wipe away what happened that day. congressman clyde said it was tourists. if you watched yesterday, compelling testimony about the horrors that day and the risks they took to save lives. congressman raskin was in a meeting with congressman clyde who said they were a bunch of tourists. they had an interesting exchange. >> did you watch the testimony or not? >> it's irrelevant. >> if you didn't footage was video from january 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit. those are your words. >> aptd i stand by

next on real america from the national archives its fresh colors using his own narration animation and archival footage the filmmaker honors his new country and laments the soviet crushing of a 1968 student uprising in his home country. mr. fearlinger went on to receive many awards including an academy award and a peabody award and has created animation for several pbs programs including sesame street. in 25 minutes university of maryland history professor richard bell talks about the declaration of independence its origins purpose and global significance during and after the american revolution. in one hour and 55 minutes historians discuss the lives of loyalists native americans and african-american's in the aftermath of the july 4th 1776 declaration of independence. hello, welcome to week four. is great. and welcome to today's lecture. it's liberty's daughters republican mothers and beyond so we'll talk about liberty's daughters republican mothers and then we'll see what beyond is. let's start in the spring of 1776 when john adams was in philadelphia with a second continental congre

many question though how the national archives had time to conduct a huge internal study on racism with a 35-member task force that found there was too much attention on the founding fathers in the rotunda and not enough on other cultures. lawyers working with susana say people like her should be the priority. >> if they don't have access to these records, they can't even meet the basic eligibility to prove that they can get these benefits. so we need these records in order to show when the veteran served, how long they served, what type of discharge hay had. >> reporter: -- they had. >> reporter: susana's lawyers are asking them to expedite the requests to older veterans' spouses. she turns 90 tomorrow. david: good luck to her. it's hard to get the government moving. anita, thank you very much. >>> an air force academy professor thinks that not to do so, not to provide woke training in the air force, would be unpatriotic. why i teach critical race theory, she said, quote: it is vital that cadets understand the history of the racism that has shaped both foreign and domestic policy. here

weekends on c-span2. >> greetings from the national archives collection building in washington, d.c. which sits on the ancestral lands of the -- i'm david ferrier, archivist of the united states and is a pleasure to welcome you to

>> i'm doing find and i want to thank the national archive foundation and those of you responsible and their sponsors for having this program. i saw some of the incidents from slavery time forward and am happy to be part of your program today. thank you for the invitation. >> absolutely. we are honored. i want to jump in. we talked about the honor to read your biography and see some of your other interviews. i have my own questions but we will get some audience questions along the way. i wanted to start with a quote i pulled out of your biography that struck me. you opened up one of your chapters with the words "segregation was the order of the day. when i was admitted to practice law in alabama in september of 1954, we were segregated from the cradle to the grave, from the toilet to the train, the courtroom to the classroom." that struck me. can you take us back and help our audience understand about your background, what it was like to grow up in montgomery and your experience that started it off? >> you have to understand, i was born on december 14, 1930. that's over 90 years ago. i

. >> reporter: in washington dc the national archives celebrated the fourth of july with its big first in-person event since the start of the pandemic and in san francisco this weekend people gathered from all around for a block party. >> after a whole year of the following the rules and not going out and it's nice to see smiles again. >> reporter: but with big crowds in close contact celebrations nationwide a recent concern that pockets of unvaccinated americans could put the gatherings at risk. the numbers are different by states but southern states in particular are lagging behind with low vaccination rates as the more contagious delta variant is now present across the country. utah's governor said his state sees rising hospitalizations. >> we are working hard to encourage the younger population to get vaccinated and 99% of those over the age of 65 and the death rates have come down because of that but what we desperately need is more. >> reporter: the u.s. came close but didn't reach the presidents goal to get 70% of adults at least partially vaccinated by independence day. >> than

while they were piling up, the national archives found time to conduct a massive internal study on racism and determined the rotunda itself had elements of structural racism and was too favorable to the white founding fathers. in the meantime, mrs. malinson waters her husband's military dog tagses and across around her neck to keep her spirits up. today happens to be her 90th birthday. it's her hope this year to see her husband's military records arrive in the mail. trace? >> trace: anita vogel live in d.c. thanks. $100 fill-ups becoming the norm. the white house responding to how high your gas prices could soar this summer. next! >> what is your message to motorists out there concerned about how much it cost to get to work every day, how it's really impacting their family budgets? their lowest rate ever. the two and a quarter refi. two and a quarter percent. just 2.48 apr. save thousands every year. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement

in our audience can read these letters free online in the national archives has every letter word searchable to and from every major founder's are remarkable literary culture. i don't talk about women i feel that.out but ik did talk about apical, amazing and because adams is a public service, and he sacrifices himself, virtuously for the country. he is away from abigail for a long time. because he is away in france, there's lots of letters back and forth they been in the same place. they would love to be the same place, they really love each other and respect each other. and she is a smart and fun to read but because they are separated, we have amazing letters back w and forth between abigail and john. is really a highly red newspaper culture. richard: what about the linguistics, german speakers. to what extent were these documents translated into german language. akhil: because i don't speak german i was interested in that. but the declaration of independence, german speakers i think as late as the first congress, discussion about translating congressional proceedings place in pennsylvania

>> i am doing fine and i would like to thank the national archive foundation and those of you that are responsible for having this program. i sat and listened and saw some of the incidents from slavery forward and i am happy to be a part of your program here today and thanks for the imitation. >> absolutely. we are honored. i want to jump right in. we talked a few days ago. i was honored to read your biography and see some of your other interview so i have my own questions but we will get some audience questions along the way. i wanted to start with a quote that i pulled out of your biography that really struck me. you opened up one of your chapters with the words "segregation was the order of the day. when i was admitted to practice law in alabama in september, 1954, we were segregated from the clay -- grable -- cradle to the grave. that really struck me. as the first step in our conversation, can you take us back and help our audience understand a little about your background and what it was like to grow up in montgomery and your experiences that started it all off? >> well, you have

i'm a few yards away from the national archive which houses the declaration of independence and of course the constitution, signed several years later in 1787. back to what we're talking about here today, a lot of crowds expected from the national park service. people are celebrating their freedom, that is the theme from the white house today. people that are outside on the national mall, enjoying themselves. there's a lot of road closures, so people need to pay attention to those road closures. allysia, we stopped by the reflecting pool in front of the lincoln memorial for a taste of what things looked like when crews set up fire works. griff jenkins did that yesterday. 6500 fire work shells are used to set up, takes hours and hours, not easy work. things have to be precise. it's worth it for those who put on the show and for those who are watching the show. listen here. >> a year ago, we were out here. we did a fireworks show last year but we were actively encouraging people to stay home, enjoy it virtually, not come out because of the pandemic. so to be here a year later, no masks on,