let's hear from grant quertermous, thank you for joining us today. grant: thank you. it's a pleasure to be here this afternoon and i'm going to focus on how britannia's reminiscences were created. let me get my power-point going here. when subscribers to the century illustrated monthly magazine received their current issue in may of 1890, they would have been presented with a variety of reading options. a new poem by walt whitman, a treatise on agricultural irrigation for the desert southwest by john wesley powell, then director of the u.s. geological survey or a collection of relics that was associated with george and martha washington that was owned. as the article noted, mrs. kennon was at the time the closest living descendant of martha washington. her only surviving great granddaughter. the article described how britannia lived at tudor place surrounded by a collection of objects that had been used by the president and mrs. washington at the executive mansion they inhabited in new york as well as the one in philadelphia and later during their retirement at mount

washington used it at the executive mansion in philadelphia and in mount vernon. here you can see britannia's grandson seated at the writing table where it was placed in the tudor place parlor and an image of the piece that is now back in mount vernon's collection. in britannia's reminiscences, she provides a fascinating insight into life not only in the tudor place property but in georgetown surrounding the estate. she included history of some of the adjacent houses and properties and the fascinating individuals she had interacted with. such as the former empress of mexico who after her husband's abdication and execution, brought her large family to the u.s. and settled in georgetown. britannia actually recalled that she attended visitation with several of the express's daughters, the former royal princesses. another interesting person she discusses is harriet williams who as a school girl of 16 married the much older widower russian ambassador in 1840. britannia also focused on 19th century washington. she discusses the early infrastructure of the city describin

this is where a street used to be. it actually stops over here and the supreme court has been built out there but a street came through here in the old brick capitol is located here in the corner of a street in the walkers building was located about here. in right appearance where the women's party moved and that is where the patio is from the walkers tavern and this is where the market was here along east capitol street at print is houses about here. and that statute was located just about here after they've moved it out of the rotunda over here. so i am ready for questions. >> i'm firing the video back up there so thank you steve, fascinated and we a few questions for you. first, going back to mcneil elliott met, we have a question, viewer noted it at the state maryland was listed as one of the land owners are curious about how that might've come to be. steve: there was land complicated by the state of maryland because it belonged to a loyalist. and i believe it was the land that was shown there will actually make a

they had been used as the headquarters of the women's suffrage campaign. they are associates associated with that at the end of the life of the building. now were going to talk about the statute. here you can see this is lincoln's inauguration. again the blue arrow shows you where the statue was at that point. the statue was designed for the rotunda. it is by horatio greenough paid he thought he would help educate americans with great arts. he lived in italy was the most prominent american sculpture there. he thought the art there was a wonderful unclothed bodies added to the beauty. americans did not agree with that. the statue itself looked rather awkward inside the building. until they moved it outside. here is group of schoolchildren looking at it. you can look at the homestead lamp post in the background there. this is what it looked like outside. you can get a good picture of george washington there showing off his muscles and teaching us like he was a greek leader. but americans did not like that. this is the map in 1815 i put the blue arrow to show

just a few of us are there as historians. i think a lot of the expertise in the coalition is, relates to what happens in american classrooms and includes the national association of school boards, it includes the superintendents' organization. and we're part of it, i think as is the national council for social studies, the organization of american historians and the american association for state and local history. the four of us are there to help them with the historical part of this, content. but what we're trying to do is to help teachers think about how you can teach what you already described in a way that is professional and honest. so as you were saying, we've always taught about jim crow. this legislation, when you read it carefully, says that teachers in some of these states, teachers must teach that slavery, jim crow, lynching were deviations from the broader arc of american freedom. and the deviations especially from the visions and the values embodied in the declaration of independence, the constitution, etc. now,

using the legislature as a springboard. he got himself nominated as vice president by the whigs at their convention in december of 1839, their national convention that nominated william henry harrison. and, of course, defeated the incumbent martin van buren in november of 1840. harrison, as you know, died 32 day into his term, tyler became president. this image on the right is a romanticized image of tyler receiving news of harrison's passing and his elevation to the presidency. >> watch this program and thousands more online at c-span.org/history. >> we welcome you to the washington times for this special episode of "history as it happens" podcast. it's for people who want to think about current events historically, and it's available wherever you get your podcast cans or at history as it happens.com. i'm martin decare row, and today we're joined by james grossman of the american historical association. we welcome you, sir. >> good afternoon. thank you for having me. >> excited to have you here for an important discussion

in other words, using the word foundational. it's also very different ways of seeing it, and students aren't stupid. they can understand the importance of arguing about this, that in 1619 we can locate in some ways the beginnings of the institution of slavery in the united states and we can argue that slave which was the foundation of the economy in the early years of the united states. >> in a large part of the country, absolutely. >> and that slavery was also, by the -- by the early 18th century, in essence baked in to the culture and social relations of much of the country. and that gets you in an argument of what do we think about founding. there is a -- give you a good example. historians actually were arguing for a while over the difference between a society with slaves and a slave society. the 1619 project is arguing that we were a slave society from the beginning, which i think is hard to argue with. people who are writing these laws that are saying this is a deviation from the founding principles and the general arc of

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joining us is lawrence roberts. mr. roberts, thank you for being with us. lawrence: thank you for having me. i am looking forward to it. greta: let's look what is going on with the vietnam war at the time. lawrence: let me paint a picture. it was also sunday morning, may 2. president richard nixon and his aides ordered hundreds of d.c. policeman riot squad to clear out a park down by the potomac river, in which tens of thousands of mostly young people had been camping, in preparation for what would be the most audacious protest and all of the antiwar movement. people had come from all over the country to camp in west potomac park to get ready for this traffic blockade, which was sort of a last-ditch effort after six years of the movement, to force the government to pull all of the u.s. troops out of vietnam. greta: why did they come? what was happening that they decided that they needed to descend on washington? lawrence: the war had been going on for six years in intense way. the movement started almost the same time that the war did, by people who believe

what it does not say is that the tax makes the police used and the nixon administration used turned out to be entirely unconstitutional. in the end, the federal courts throughout, based -- threw out every single arrest that was made that day and the subsequent two days after that. 12,000 people were taken into custody and kept in detention without charges. police l were kept in detention without charges and the police had launched, particularly on the first day, a dragnet where they moved through the city, arresting not only people who were -- had been sitting in the streets but anyone who looked like they might have been a protester, they had long hair, they were wearing hippie style clothing. and so thousands of the people who were swept up the first day hadn't beenalong the river's edge. you could see the washington monument in the distance. so it was very much a feeling of being near the heart of washington. when the police deployed and the military deployed on the morning of may 3rd. rush hour. they were sent all over the city. now you may have noticed in the film that the police p

to use it. so, thank you to him. >>> week nights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight american history tv and washington journal study session for high school students preparing for the advanced placement u.s. history exam. jason stacey and matthew wellington, skills and sources for the ap u.s. history course, provide strategies for the free response answers and demonstrate how to analyze historical documents. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, and watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. ♪♪ >>> professor david farber teaches a class on the 1960s vietnam anti-war movement and how, in his view, it helped demonstrate the democratic process. temple university in philadelphia. professor farber now teaches at the university of kansas. >> so we've been talking these last few weeks out loud about a few core issues tt

at least tell us some of the lyrics of the songs? >> sure you're no soldier, you're a man like me, so why can't you look and why can't you see. and just walk away and remember this day for the rest of your life. and i have. >> lawrence roberts? >> fascinating. you know one thing that sometimes gets lost about these protests. and you brought up greta, this notion that it was the you know the culture at the time it wasn't just radical prompt politics there was also the counterculture. it was sort of a cultural revolution going on in the late sixties and throughout the sixties and early seventies. so when renÉe davis decided to push for this idea of mass civil disobedience in d.c. as a way to try to attract more people, he set up a all day rock concert that would start on saturday may 1st, and go through sunday may 2nd. that was an order to set up for the may 3rd protest. so there were groups like linda ronstadt she was there, charlie mingles was there. and the opening group for the made a concert at the west potomac park was the beach

the main reason i went there is because nixon lied to us, didn't tell us the truth and the war wasn't a good war to start with. that's how i feel about it and most of the guys i served with, when you got out of high school, you didn't have a choice then, which unless your parent s had money to send you to college, which dint. but i did protest because the war wasn't right. >> there was so much disinfection with the military. hundreds of thousands of young men volunteered or were drafted to go to vietnam. i think it's safe to say when they went, most felt they were doing something honorable. they were there to contain communism as they were told by the government. and once they got there, they fought bravely to keep themselves and their buddies alive. and, you know, that -- that was just simply the way it went. after being there many of the -- many soldiers and folks who were there came to believe that what they had been told about the war was not right. that there was no love for the south vietnamese regime by its own people. and that that it wasn't strictly a question of, you know, o

has already attacked us in the village killing residents driving them away they are causing us so much suffering we need help to stop this disaster. but the leaders of the kurdish autonomous region are hopelessly overwhelmed thousands of fighters are said to have taken up residence in the vast desert the kurds lack aircraft and special equipment to track them down allies such as the us have withdrawn. the kurdish units are the only ones still fighting i-s. that's what we're experiencing here right now and we're suffering because of it. tens of thousands of supporters mostly women and children remain in. 250 kilometers to the north. after the terror groups defeat in 29000 they were captured by kurdish fighters since then many have become further radicalized. coming back hopefully you hope it will come back yes where where exactly what makes you think it will come back. victory is near. is now pulling the strings behind the scenes of the camp smuggling in weapons arming its. following kurdish control of the camp is in danger of slipping away. and islamic state in miniature has practicall

i think with the passage of the american rescue plan, it will finally allow us to do what most of us came to government for, not simply to fight fires and resolve crises, but to build a better country. after all, for so many people, simply returning to 2019 economy is not sufficient or even desirable. that year, despite strong labor markets, we have some deep structural problems in the economy. people worried, but long before covid-19 infected a single american, some people did very well, but many more did not. those without a college degree had seen net pay not go up in half a century. the same is true for black americans writ large. millions of -- were being pushed out of the labor force lack of e childcare. with climate change, i worry that many american cities will relive the lake charles experience in the back half of the century. many declared disasters each year. indeed, if we want the united states to remain a leading force in the 21st century, we will have to attack these challenges. that's the opportunity we are given with the passage of the american rescue plan. this will

i think with the passage of the american rescue plan, it will finally allow us to do what most of us came to government for, not simply to fight fires and resolve crises, but to build a better country. after all, for so many people, simply returning to a 2019 economy is not sufficient or even desirable. that year, despite strong labor markets, we had some deep structural problems in the economy. people worry about a k-shaped recovery to this pandemic but long before covid-19 infected a single american, we were living in a k-shaped economy. some people did very well. but many more did not. men without a college degree had not seen their real pay go up in half a century. and the same was true for black americans writ large. even before the pandemic closed daycare centers and moved school online, millions of women were being pushed out of the labor force, often due to lack of affordable childcare. and by the way, we should ask, was it a coincidence that lake charles was hit with three freak storms in just 12 months? if we do not address the threat of climate change i worry that many ame

let us know what you need. i don't mean just the projects although of course you are in that robust process going back -- going to bat with what we can help with the federal dollars but process wise in the same way you work with your stakeholders to make things simpler dealing with the cities you run. i want to do the same thing in this department. if there is a process or form that is 10 pages that could have been five and meet the same goals, a process that takes a couple years and could of been six months with the same results and needs, let us know what that is like because i want this to be a user-friendly department for intergovernmental partners and we will be all ears. then we shape up we will turn -- that common vision, i will turn to you to build public and congressional support for big investments without big -- because without those big investments, we are not going to get where we need to be is a country when it comes to our infrastructure. sec. buttigieg: mr. secretary -- mayor williams: mr. secre

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using would have gone anyway no way. and the images that you've got in your head to shave this major hello will i live on in your mind i don't think they'll ever go away. hidden away in their room a 1000000 japanese shun the outside world one o one east investigates why so many young and old feel lost in japan on al-jazeera . teaching you can watch out just the way english streaming live i'm not teaching channel. plus thousands of up programs award winning documentary and dead news reports. subscribe to e.g. bullets last al-jazeera english. the end the end. pushing for peace in yemen the u.s. calls on treaty rebels to suspend the offensive on the city of merit and return to negotiations. there and start the attack in the says al jazeera live from doha also coming up the president's counterpart is king some on the white house says president joe biden will deal directly with king south as the u.s. seeks to reset relations with.

it is good to have you with us hello adrian for the good here in doha the headlines allows us here a u.s. house democrats have introduced a resolution to impeach president donald trump for inciting violence on capitol hill last week also urging vice president by pens to invoke the 25th amendments declaring trump unfit to hold office meanwhile an f.b.i. memo leaked to the media is warning of armed protests in washington d.c. and all 50 states in the days leading up to joe biden's inauguration security is being stepped up a week earlier than planned the national guard is deploying up 215000 troops. i'm all for it if you. can read but i don't. think it's critically important to be a real serious or. holy those folks who are a nice addition. read people a lot. of base for me probably cause great damage to the economy and i think it's amusing more than journeymen because the republicans in. the us state department has designated cuba a state sponsor of terrorism a statement from secretary of state by composed said that cuba heard repeatedly provided support for acts of international terro

indication that the house needs to push him to do show his record of sound judgment should speak to us on this issue as such i urge my colleagues to reject the resolution i urge a no vote on the rule a no vote on the underlying measure and i reserve the balance of my time german reserves gentle woman from pennsylvania is recognized mr speaker i hear 2 minutes to the china woman from texas ms jackson bill gentleman from texas is recognized for 2 minutes let me thank the general lady from can survey you for her leadership and my good friend from oklahoma as well my friend from oklahoma may be in fact accurate to the extent. that the 25th amendment stands on its own as actions that the vice president will take but we are a co-equal branch of government and mr raskin resolution is an appropriate resolution because we have a responsibility to govern and to protect the american people and so this resolution is not in violation of the constitution because it is the congress calling upon the vice president to reflect on january 6th a day in infamy to reflect the fact that there were 6 people t

profit those of us who want to talk wished for. and the bottled water poured out of their throats the government could talk with us. i almost kind of appeared at the autumn too it's like there's a. definite aftermath of that kind of thing up to. the death of a lot of. animals must travel further and further to find food the soil is becoming less 1st off this temperatures here rai's at triple the global average. winters most extreme days still remain blisteringly called are not present in the us i have a look at over 2 or 3. old all of them by some but they didn't come for us to talk i didn't have on earth the tighten the order on glass so the prospectus on the internet didn't just lose it didn't i thought it was out on display john and the during that winter almost 10000000 animals died nearly a quarter of all livestock such disasters annoying as. they often occur after a dry summer when animals struggle to rebuild their reserves. used to only occur about once a decade now they hit some regions every 2 years and mace year old just

us up and i did that overnight and then. i still feel around i have a good night and i know especially in florida and. you got convicted of on top of it i want to look at these pictures we didn't get just what led to his state. drugs occasional use of fake $20.00 not a reasonable amount of well you have to build a system. with each one of us no matter what we're working class what class and what. ship at this time i guess is interesting to consider what the reaction of the members of police forces around the country will be as they watch these verdicts. you know it's very interesting i was just looking at the tweets which. many police officers i've spoken to say yeah we know this really was about this is an exceptional case and that's part of the problem is that this is such a bad case. a jury had to render this verdict it would seem because of the 9 minutes 29 seconds even joe biden he went back to god yeah one of them are vast majority of police officers are fine it's just a few bad apples and that i think is the real conc

it took us 11 days for us to reach this point and we always knew that we're going to come to it. it's always come to see via it's always the question on when and what will be lost and then, and we have seen $1111.00 days. what we haven't seen in the last years, what's more of it? so it's really disappointment. that's the only after 11 days the community build up some efforts for the fire to take place and we're still, it's 20 minutes away from it. so we don't know what will happen next time. there's been talk also the un today of trying to build from the seas fund come back to some kind of a and a piece process. how optimistic are you that, that things might be different this time and, and that there is some kind of momentum towards resolving the issue more fully. i haven't seen in my life any really strong efforts and strong infrastructure for a peace process. i don't know how this would be built on these other send messages . we keep hearing every plan after rounds of escalation and aggressions. and we haven't really touched a really strong political will and actions to both of

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they were used to actually shuttle coal. they would have been using those to transport many of these soldiers across and on those boats. he actually many of people would be standing up on those boats because they are so large and also to squeeze as many guys in these boats as they could one of the neat little accurate things the sword you see there hanging off. washington side that's an exact replica of the sword that washington carried later in the war. so that's actually on display at the smithsonian. but the sword he didn't actually get this until 1778. so previously at the actual crossing he had a different sword. he was carrying. there's a great book called the swords of george washington that shows you that sort still exists, which is pretty amazing. although it is in private hands. um, so yes this painting you see is not an accurate historically accurate representation of the crossing now that became you know other people are gonna try and do images of washing crossing the delaware after the extreme success that leitz