. ♪ general dwight d eisenhower raised arrived in the car of kenneth world behind it marks the futurede mid- shipment of the naval academy passes in review. ♪ ♪ ♪ next come the cadets of the united states postcard academy. ♪ ♪ ♪ then the marine corps marched avenue which is a parade ground for every branch of the armed services. ♪ the flank boxcars lead when the greatest air are modest ever to fly over the capitol. more than 700 planes in all. [background noises] giant bombers pass overhead. ♪ the parade includes not only the military but the panorama of american life. president's home state of missouri has several displays drawn.them a wagon ♪ others depict the products and scenery of the various states. this is kentucky the vice president's home state. state of texas float ms. down the avenue. ♪ columbia display reproductive of the capitol and the washington monument. ♪ massachusetts comes afloat honoring the early american settlers to land on the shores of that state. ♪ a figure of uncle sam drives down the avenue. ♪ civic business labor and fraternal organizations representing mil

with dwight d. eisenhowericially has two of the most iconic and recognizable american heroes, representing any states and the united states capitol. i think just a few people in the room who made this happen. jackie, predawn, karen seabird, and read burger with the acheson a millionaire heart foundation. thank you for never giving up. [applause] thank you for never giving, perhaps amelia was your role model. amelia's ambition and spirit of adventure, the truck around the world, was built on a foundational upbringing and acheson. it is fitting today that the foundation on which the stances from limestone, from the flint hills of kansas. between two and 3 million people from around the world will visit the u.s. capitol every year, and it's our hope that with the statue of a millionaire heart, it will encourage other girls and boys from small towns across the country, to dream, dream bag, and work hard to achieve those dreams. as with as you can travel to the u.s. capital, they can visit the amelia earhart hangar

who better to represent our great state in statuary hall than dwight d eisenhower and now i native daughterongressional leaders at art arkansas delegation for the opportunity to honor one of kansas most iconic figures. a woman who showed all of this what it means to reach for the stars. amelia earhart was born and raised in atchison, kansas a small town overlooking the missouri river. from a very earlyam age amelia t was a dreamer. her dreams went far beyond the bank so that river and far beyond the prescribed gender roles of that's our time. kansas have long celebrated our women trailblazers. susanna salter the first woman elected mayor in the united states in 1887. long before women had the right to vote. who during the truman firststration became the woman to serve as united states treasurer. and lucinda todd who actually lit the flame that resulted in the 1964 decision brown versus versus board of education. a ruling that change the world d as we know it. so it is fitting today, we are dedicating a statue in honor of one ofen the most notable pioner women. let it be an inspiration for a

we percentage better the dress by the president united states dwight d. eisenhower. mr.ident of the united states. good evening, my fellow citizens: for a few minutes this evening i should like to speak to you about the serious situation that has arisen in little rock. to make this talk, i have come to the president's office in the white house. i could have spoken from rhode island, where i have been staying recently. but i felt that, in speaking from the house of lincoln, of jackson, and of wilson, my words would better convey both the sadness i feel in the action i was compelled today to make and the firmness with which i intend to pursue this course until the orders of the federal court at little rock can be executed without unlawful interference. in that city, under the leadership of demagogic extremists, disorderly mobs have deliberately prevented the carrying out of proper orders from a federal court. local authorities have not eliminated that violent opposition and, under the law, i yesterday issued a proclamation calling upon the mob to disperse. this morning the

house in washington, d.c., we present a special address by the president of the united states, dwight d eisenhower. mr. eisenhower discusses the integration problem at little rock, arkansas. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. good evening, my fellow citizens. for a few minutes this evening, i should like to speak to you about the serious for a few minutes this evening i should like to speak to you about the serious situation that has arisen in the little rock. to make this talk i've come to the president office in the white house. i could is spoken from rhode island of where i've been staying recently but i felt that in speaking from the house of lincoln, objection and wilson my words would better convey both the sadness i feel and action i was compelled today to make, and the stern is with which intend to pursue this course until the orders of theit federal court at little rock can be executed without unlawful interference. in that city under the leadership of demagogic extremists, disorderly mobs have deliberately prevented a caring out of proper orders from a federal cour

. >> representative a farewell address by the president of the united states dwight d eisenhower movinge house. >> thanks for joining us on c-span's american history tv. special series of speeches that defined the presidency. next week we will hear from john kennedy his 1961 inaugural address and speeches on the race to the moon and the cold war. a reminder all of the speeches that we have played in the series are available to watch on line at c-span.org/history. you are watching c-span's

i mentioned dwight d eisenhower writing the speech, apologized for what could have been the massacre of d-day emperor hirohito in japan writing a speech apologizing for the horrors of world war two. take us through those speeches. yeah, apologies are really interesting. and we talked about this a little before when we were busy coordinating our outfits the evening the there is some evidence now sort of scholarly evidence that you should never that an demoralizes your supporters and emboldens your detractors never apologize and it's really tough to see that because and you see a lot of people in elected elected officials and other business leaders absolutely taking advice. right because people short attention spans people things blow over. but part of why i highlighted these apology speeches, even though in one case it didn't have to be given, and in another case, an emperor hirohito prevented it from being given, is that there's such examples of the importance of taking responsibility eisenhower in this very short speech that he's written in. and he misstates it. he only takes time t

straight to the heart of berlin, the supreme commander of the allied forces in europe, general dwight d eisenhower, had grave concerns that if he marched his men into paris, they would likely bogged themselves down in brutal street by street combat with seasoned enemy troops and reduce one of the world's most magnificent cities to a charred graveyard, not even an impassioned plea from the french commander, general general charles de gaulle had been able to dissuade him. then on august 22nd, 1944, the french resistance, his chief of staff, roger goga, slipped through german lines on the outskirts of paris and found his way to general george s patent's headquarters. the situation on the ground was not what the americans thought. kawhi told general omar bradley's chief intelligence officer. the resistance movement in the capital city had infiltrated the police force, and the week before, 15,000 parisian policemen had gone on strike. more than that, the tens of thousands of resistance fighters had risen up to attack and harass their nazi occupiers, even though they were armed with not much more than a

lieve that benjamin franklin had invented the light and 12% believed that dwight d eisenhower led our war.tary in the american civil way, i put in parentheses here a bit of a bit of humor pr civil eed in 1865 and einhower was not born until 1890, right. by the way, just a bit of humor ctually said that climate change caused the cold war. okay. i maybe they thought it was funny as well. by the way, there was 2017 survey that was done by the american council of trustees and alumni. i was taken by this particular survey and they found that 43% of all college graduates do not know that the first amendment gave them guarantees, codifies freedom of speech by. the way i think this explains a lot, don't you? even as an inveterate and i am one. thank you for saying so. this is sobering. we're not on the road to we're there we are living in a time of mass historic, cultural and, constitutional, measurable illiteracy and. i think it's application is colossal. by the way. i to make religious liberty and the rights of conscience a substantial part this book because vocationally and profession full

in 1956, dwight d eisenhower the president, signed the bill making it the national model.s a strong show the american fate at the foundation against the 80's and communist regime of the soviet union. critics challenge and violate separate church and state. 2011, congress reaffirmed as the nation's model. citing our own declaration of independent recognize god as the source of the rights. >> louisiana joins other state that similarly pass laws requiring the model be displayed in classrooms including florida arkansas south dakota tennessee south carolina and texas. she says her office is being bombarded for calls outside her district criticizing the bill. she says on the facebook post, these are dark times, we must stand firm in support of and in defense of our pro- american christian values that are under constant attack by the radical woke let. >> the louisiana law does not require schools to spend money on the display it also allows for funds or the signs themselves to be donated. >> lauren thank you coming coming up no bad blood between taylor swift and some of her tour

the president, dwight d. eisenhowerituation over the course of 18 days while these nine students stayed home. the students return to the school on the 19th day, entering through a side door to avoid conflict. they were still attacked. the students were once again sent home. they returned the next day. this time protected by u.s. soldiers. over the rest of the year, the little rock nine kept facing physical and verbal attack from white students. many jayne brown actually fought back, for that, she was expelled. the remaining eight students attended the school for the rest of the academic year. fast forward until today, after all they've been through in the name of education, several surviving members of the little rock nine are still denouncing the arkansas department of education's restrictions on the states ap african american studies course. on the other side of this break, all speak to the little rock nine member, terrence roberts, and dr. ivory tolson, national director of education and research for the naacp. (chri

dwight d. eisenhower's when he left office, george washington's all time best farewell speech where he said thate would base our foreign policy based on what advances american interest. so that's the prism through which i will view everything. i don't think we have independent humanitarian obligations. i think our best version of being a humanitarian in the world is by being strong at home. when america is strong, the rest of the free world still has hope that we are that shining city on the hill and what hope we have is america ourselves is weak. that's what i think of foreign policy and why i come down strongly on the side of israel rather than dignifying a lot of the nonsense the biden administration has been paying homage to in the last four years. thank for you that question. thank you. if we'll go to -- ok. we'll go to the back later. a young woman in the front. >> thank you so much. i just wanted to ask, so i'm 17, i'm going to be coming out of high school here. and of course i'm thinking about college. i've also spent my first year in high school during the pandemic and those were the wo

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