[applause] there are books in the lobby. thank you to our friends at c-span. >> interested in american history tv? visit our website. you can view our tv schedule, programs andng watch college lectures, archival films and more. american history tv, and c-span.org/history. >> behind me and the shawnee milling company. it is one of two locally owned businesses that have been open for 100 years. come with us as we visit these two companies and learn about their history and whether commitment to shawnee remain strong. >> it has very interesting history.

here,south of the town andss the river a man came built the mill. 1895, andre until then the town wanted to grow and be prosperous. they encourage the man to bring the mill to the present site that is now in 1895. along, hether came stayed with his family are the shawnee. through the years, granddad worked in oklahoma city. iny purchased a wood barn 1906. it has been in our family since that time. third -- my son is now the fourth generation to be president of the company.

>> we are at roundhouse overalls. we are the largest maker of overalls. that is because we have a large -- lot of brand loyalty. father,hose grandfather, great-grandfather, and even great great grandfather wore these. we started in 1903. that is four years before oklahoma was a state, back when it was indian territory. we started making overalls for the railroad. shawnee was really a boomtown for the railroad industry. here in this photo, you can see these are the railroad employees. 1000 working on

the repair station. a roundhouse is a prepare station for railroads that will have lots of railroad turntable track so they can move the different cars into different parts of the roundhouse and work on them. the you can see where station was. 1903riginal building in was down here. originalcan see the building, this is from the 1920's. we stayed downtown until the 1990's when it got too difficult being downtown in a very old building. that happens all of the time. it goes through on in -- on

hand. you take them to the third floor and then back down to the second floor, and then back to the first. tobecame a nightmare trying get the production made. you are able to expand and hire more employees and make it much more profitable. the 60's my grandfather around the plant. it has always been locally owned. keeping the employees here has

been very important. having that network of people who know how to make overalls are some of the most important factors to do this. we have some employees who have been here over 20 years. i would say the connection between the railroad and roundhouse is strong. we had those railroads here in shawnee. over time, there is less and less. railroad employees, the has dramatically decreased. there is many fewer people ready railroads. there is not much of a connection at all anymore. still -- still see people wearing overalls outside. anymore, people just where those overalls day to day. that is what they wear.

they really have no connection to the railroad anymore. that is how it began. now we see people wearing overalls just as part of their day to day where. or facility has grown over the years. this will hold about 530 truckloads of corn. then you see a concrete structure which is our elevators. altogether we have 2.5 million bushels of wheat on site. the multistory part of the facility that you see behind me is the actual location of the flour mill and corn mill processing equipment.

that is where the mill was when my first grandfather built it and when my grandfather originally built that it was a wooden structure. that has all been added since that time. those kinds of facilities were as a stable foundation of long-term growth. weoss the state of oklahoma have two production facilities. we employtal company about 200 employees. you're in and is over 200. the people you see behind me on this production floor is a product for 25 pound institution's that go into restaurants and other establishments.

that goes throughout the united states. betterlaws or something creating greater awareness for the public. with this safety programs we have is a company they have been around for 30 years. we work to provide safe products for the customers and we work with big retailers in the industry. we have four to cooperate with them on things like clearly pulling, things like that for a number of decades. the government has stepped in with this which is a new federally mandated for its food safety laws. adopted by have been food companies like ours for many decades already. >> it was a crisis mode of pride there is this.

people chair that sense of pride. real partnership. there has been times when we need support from the city when it comes to moving the utility line or closing the road to a level was to do more expansion. we have always had such great cooperation from the city government down to all of the services they provide. >> our city staff recently traveled to shawnee, oklahoma to learn about its rich history. to learn more about other steps in our two or go to our website. watching american history tv. all we can every weekend, on c-span3.

mr. kennan was a diplomatic and historian who assisted in the truman doctrine. this was recorded at the hungarian embassy in 2007. it is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the hungarian embassy. my name is andras simonyi. i'm the ambassador, and i am, your, host tonight which promises to be an extraordinary event. i'm so honored that my good friend and personal hero john lukacs with us here tonight to talk about with a subject that is so dear to all of us.