this from the president's remarks yesterday at the national archives museum. president trump calling for patriotic education of american children. the president speaking at the national archives museum vowed to counter what he calls an herging classroom, saying would create a new 1776 commission to restore patriotic education to our schools. we are going to be talking more about that in our last half-hour of washington journal, getting your reaction to it. a story you might have seen from the presidents or yesterday at the national archives museum. my producer talked to chris, so i am going to go to pat in asheboro, north carolina. a business owner. good morning. caller: good morning. i have been watching you guys for several years. i'm a business owner and normally i take off during the winter and come back in the early part of spring. , i'm in retail business and the reason why is not because of this china virus, it's because of all the civil unrest. this country is so divided and the democratic party and cnn, these and a lot of left-wing people have caused t

series of measures to promote what he calls patrick arctic education in a speech at the national archives museum he said the new so-called $776.00 commission would quote teach our youth to love america he criticized what he called leftwing indoctrination which he said use every issue through the lens of race the movie is a response to the new york times 6019 project it highlights the long term consequences of slavery and the contributions of black americans trump has already threatened to cut off funding from schools that have incorporated elements of the $16000.00 project into their classes jason nichols is a senior lecturer in the african-american studies department at the university of maryland college park he thinks donald trump's plan is going to hurt students. i think it's terrifying i think whenever you talk about patriotic education it means that you won't acknowledge the mistakes that the nation has made throughout its history and when you don't acknowledge mistakes you're doomed to repeat them so this is another culture war tactic that the president is using and it's actually more divi

series of measures to promote what he's calling patry arctic education in a speech to the national archives museum he said the new so-called $776.00 commission would quote teach our youth to love america is criticize what he called leftwing indoctrination which he said views every issue through the lens of race the moves in response to the new york times 1619 project it highlights the long term consequences of slavery and the contributions of black americans the f.b.i. is warning u.s. politicians that people working on behalf of russia are trying to influence the upcoming election the writer christopher ray says they're trying to undermine confidence in the democratic process and they're issuing a steady stream of misinformation aimed at denigrating the democratic candidate joe biden. tropical storm sally's bringing to rental rain to the u.s. state of georgia and the carolinas it's already rich havoc in florida and alabama it's now been downgraded to a tropical depression but officials say it's not over yet with warnings of widespread flash flooding. peru's president will face an impeachment heari

series of measures to promote what he calls patry arctic education in his speech at the national archives museum he said the new so-called $776.00 commission would quote teach our youth to love america criticize what he called leftwing indoctrination which he said views every issue through the lens of race the movie's a response to the new york times $1619.00 project it highlights the long term consequences of slavery and the contributions of black americans trump has already threatened to cut funding from schools that have incorporated elements of the 161000 project into their classes. as many of you just today the left wing writing in me are the direct result of decades of left wing indoctrination in our school. to. our children instruction from propaganda tricks like those of howard zinn that try to make students ashamed of their own history tropical storm sally's bringing torrential rain to the u.s. state of georgia and the carolinas as it moves north from the gulf coast it's all it already wreaked havoc in florida and alabama where at least one person has been killed in the 500000 homes and

trump was speaking at the national archives museum in washshington. pres. trump: left-wing writing direct result the of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools. it is gone on far too long. our children are instructed from propaganda tracks like those of howard zinn that try to make students ashamed of their own history. amy: president trump was referencing howard zinn's "a people's history of the united states." in response, the zinn education project tweeted -- "so what explains the rebellions in 1676, 1680, 1786, 1831, 1859, and more by native americans, enslaved africans, coal miners, and more? #howardzinn wasn't alive then." trump also called the teaching of critical race theory a "form of child abuse" and lashed out at the 1619 project, the pulitzer prize-winning series which reexamines the legacy of slavery. on twitter, 1619 creator nicole hannah-jones pointed out -- "the white house conference on american history has not a single black historian on it. strange." howard zinn -- we will hear straight howard zinn in his own words later in the

series of measures to promote what he calls pottery arctic education in a speech at the national archives museum he said the new so-called $776.00 commission would quote teach our youth to love america it criticized what he called leftwing indoctrination which he said views every issue through the lens of race the movie's a response to the new york times and 1619 project it highlights the long term consequences of slavery and the contributions of black americans trump has already threatened to cut funding from schools that have incorporated elements of the 161000 project into their classes those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera and about half an hour after rewind goodbye. these days it's hard to filter out the newly seen keep track of what's really important the bottom line tackles the big. states its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the bottom line. hello and welcome to rewind i'm come on santa maria here on rewind we're opening up the al-jazeera archive to bring you some of the most powerful documentaries of the past decade and news of how the sto

name and cheap himself one and only donald trump stood in the hollowed echoing all's of the national archives museum and declared the following. we must clear away the twisted web of lies in our schools and classrooms. and teach our children the magnificent truth about our country. we want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional nation in the history of the world. of the remote.

name and cheap himself one and only donald trump stood in the hollowed echoing halls of the national archives museum and declared the following. mostly away the twisted web of lies in our school classroom. and teach our children the magnificent is about our country. we want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional nation. in the history of the world. the most exceptional nation in the history of the world he says greeks mayans chinese in can roam and gyptian all child's play compared to the dynamism the last 250 years the united states of america. but according to donald trump and many others that exceptionalism. is under attack and black lives matter and n.d.p. are destroying our streets and our statues because the true patriotic history of the united states is no longer being taught in schools oh my goodness what will we do that is the reason that all hell is broken loose in 2020 yes instead of patriotism and being taught in our schools about it has been replaced by cancel culture critical race theory and the new york times 1619 project and the dreaded teac

name and cheap himself one and only donald trump stood in the hollowed echoing all of the national archives museum and declared.

brand name and cheap himself one and only donald trump stood in the hollowed echoing all the national archives museum and declared the following. mostly away the twisted web of lies in our school classroom. and teach our children the magnificent is about our country. we want our sons and daughters to know that they are the citizens of the most exceptional nation. in the history of the world. the most exceptional nation in the history of the world he says greeks mayans chinese in can roam and egypt should all child's play compared to the dynamism the last 250 years the united states of america. but according to donald trump and many others that exceptionalism. is under attack and black lives matter and deep are destroying our streets and our statues because the true patriotic history of the united states is no longer being taught in schools oh my goodness what will we do not as the.

announced a series of measures to promote what he calls patriotic education in a speech at the national archives museum he said the new so-called $776.00 commission would quote teach our youth to love america the move is a response to the new york times 161000 projects that highlights the long term consequences are slavery and the contributions of african-americans. as many of you testified today the left wing writing in may are the direct result of decades of leftwing indoctrination in our school. far too long. our children are instructed from propaganda tricks like those of howard. to try to make students ashamed of their own history. but levy is interim president is withdrawing from elections one month before they held janine on years says it's a bid to avoid stating the vote and to keep the socialist party of former president evo morales from winning he was forced into exile last year following weeks of violent protests over his disputed reelection. or in their home a level meeting today i put aside my candidacy for the presidency of bolivia to take care of democracy it's not a sacrifice it's an ho

showing some pictures there of the national archives museum, president trump will be there in this houro give a speech, a speech which i am told is going to go off very strongly against protesters who are ripping down statues over the summer and for democrats not standing up against them, including joe biden. he's also going to announce that he will include a statue of delaware founding fathers caesar rodney in the president's proposed garden of heroes he talked about out there in south dakota, back on the 3rd of july. he's one of the lesser-known founding fathers but was integral in american independence, making h in our midnight ride from delaware to philadelphia to cast a tie-breaking vote in the second continental congress to declare independence. because he was a slave owner, officials in wilmington back in june took on a statue of him and rodney square fearing it might be torn down. the president is either going to take that statue or erect a new one in his garden of heroes, the location of that still to be determined. the white house also pushing back again against a statement fr

from president's remarks yesterday at the national archives museum, president trump calling for "patrioticducation of american children." the president speaking at the national archives museum about what he calls "an emerging classroom narrative that america is a wicked and racist nation," and said that he would create a new "1776 commission help restore patriotic education to our schools." we will be talking about that in our last half-hour of " today.ton journal toda i think my producer talked to chris, so i am going to go to pat in asheboro, north carolina, a business owner. good morning. caller: good morning. i have been watching you guys for several years, you know, but i am a business owner, and normally i take off during the winter. early --me back in the early spring. this year, i decided not to open up my retail business, and the reason why is not because of this coronavirus, it is because of all the civil unrest. is so divided, and the democratic party and cnn, these and a lot of left-wing people have caused this country to go out of control. business owners tell me in this count

the national world war i museum and the memorial, national archives at kansas city and greater kansas city black history study group cohosted this event. the national world war i museum provided the video. >> this evening we are pleased to have two distinguished speakers scholars with us in dialogue about the red summer of 1919. we will have a dis

the national congress of american history has thousands of photographs in the archives at the national museum of the american indian represent a who's who of american indians, of events, of moments that are happening, and much of it in the 1960's and 1970's. there, we are seeing a pageant winner from one of the events at the congress. but you will see men and women and students who are very active in american indian life on the reservation, coming to washington, really moving forward. what some of the treaties had not accomplished earlier, which was sovereignty over land and the leadership of their own tribes and communities. you will see many museums and cultural institutions arise in the latter part of the 20th century. our museum is working to connect with tribal leaders, tribal communities to share the history of the objects we have, the photographs we have, and having something like this collection, where we see the evolution of native american life and the influence on america, is just exceptional, a word i use with the gems of these archives, and of who's who, and meeting with presiden

each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums, archives, and historic places. the national museum of african-american history and culture opened in september of 2016. located on the national mall near the washington monument, the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nation's capital with capacity crowds almost every day. up next, we visit the museum to tour the history galleries which begins three stories underground. mary: welcome to the exhibition. my name is mary elliott and i am a museum specialist and co-curator of the slavery and freedom exhibition, which is one of three exhibitions in the history gallery. we actually have three exhibitions in this gallery and those exhibitions cover 15th-century africa and europe all the way to today. some of the themes we cover in the exhibition include holding onto humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. we look at the harsh realities of slavery and freedom, the resistance and survival of a people. we look at how africans and african-americans shaped the world as well as a nation. we look at how the

the originals are in the national archives in washington, d.c. and the war museum in tokyo.e have a replica of one of macarthur's pens. he used six pins to send the documents, which sounds strange. he only had to sign his name twice, one on each copy, but he used one each for "douglas," "mac," and "arthur." and on the second document. he did this very simple reason and one we still do today when we look at lawmakers when they sign important laws. what he wanted to do afterward was to give these pens away as souvenirs. following the last signature, macarthur stepped up to the microphone and said simply "these proceedings are closed." he gave a signal, and above the missouri come over 1000 aircraft flew in formation. from the beginning of the ceremony at 9:02 to 9:25, 23 minutes, that is all it took to end the bloodiest conflict in human history. ♪ now we are back in this area of the uss missouri, and we have come to recognize this part of the ship for an event that happened in world war ii. and it is a touching event, and it tells you a lot about the ship and its crew, partic

the originals are in the national archive and no washington, d.c. and a war museum in tokyo.e have a replica of one of macarthur's pens. he used six pens, and he only had to sign his name twice, one oneach copy, but he used and for "douglas," "mac," "arthur." what he wanted to do afterward was to give these pens away as souvenirs. following the last, macarthur set up to the microphone and said simply "these procedures are closed." allied aircraft flew information. from the beginning of the ceremony at 9:02 to 9:25, 23 minutes, that is all it took to end the bloodiest conflict in human history. ♪ back in this area of the uss missouri, and we recognize part of the ship for an event that happened in world war ii. it is a touching event, and it tells you a lot about the ship and its crew, particularly its commanding officer. the battle of okinawa, the last great naval battle of world war ii, the missouri soccer self under, because the attack. sawoft herself under -- amakazi under k attack. twicerd is older, win japan was found itself under attack by a mondelez fleet. twice, it wa

the national world war i museum and the memorial, national archives at kansas city and greater kansas city black history study group cohosted this event. the national world war i museum provided the video. >> this evening we are pleased to have two distinguished speakers scholars with us in dialogue about the red summer of 1919. we will have a discussion followed by a brief q&a should there be time for us to do that. i am so pleased tonight to introduce two of our friends and colleagues, the first being dr. saje mathieu. dr. mathieu is an associate professor of history at the university of minnesota. she is just finishing a faculty fellowship at harvard university's center for studies in american history. she earned a joint phd in history and african-american studies and specializes in 20th century american and african-american history with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements and political resistance. she is the author of a number of books, one of which is available outside and i would encourage you to grab a copy while you can. an oncoming book as w

real interest in photography's and we have also over 500,000 photographs in the national museum of the american indian archive center. so, i have been working very hard in the years i spent to this museum, i am a 30 year career at the smithsonian but i just joined the american indian museum in the last year and these photographs are of much interest to me as an archivist. >> you wrote an article about the collection. tell us why you wrote this article "a virtual tour history." ms. delaney: thanks, richard. we have a great magazine. american indian magazine that is a members magazine for our museums. it has become more and more familiar with it over time, so when i was asked to think about the opportunity to consider what photographs we have online for the public to see and for students to study online, it was a great opportunity, because i was able to review and get really deep into all of the collections of photography that are online, about 25,000 photographs of the 500,000 we are continuing to work all the time to get more online. but for me to do a deep dive into everything we have to was just fantastic.

] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content american history tv's american artifacts visits museums, archives, and historic places. of africanl museum american history and culture opened in 2016. the museum has quickly become one of the most visited in the nation's capital, with capacity crowds almost every day. the second of a two-part look at the museum history of galleries, we tour the exhibit titled the era of segregation, ar theo 1968, and her history of african-americans after the civil war. >> at the end of the civil war, african americans released from their bondage immediately thought about creating their own lives with their own resources. one of the first things many of them tried to do was reconnect with family members who had been separated during that period of slavery. they traveled the country looking for their relatives. they placed ads in newspapers, primarily church-related newspapers, seeking to find their kinfolk. they wrote letters to the freedman's bureau. they wanted to build communities among themselves. one of the major elements of that process was creating all-black

the originals are in the national archives in washington d.c. and in a war museum in tokyo. we also have a replica of one of mcarthur's pins. he used six pens to sign the documents which sounds a bit strange. he only had to sign is named twice, one on each copy. instead, he chose to use six pens. he did it for a simple reason and one we still do today if you look at lawmakers when they sign important laws. what he wanted to do afterwards was give these pens away as souvenirs. following the lasting nature, mccarthy stepped up to the microphone and simply said, these proceedings are closed. he gave a signal and above the missouri, over 1000 allied aircraft flew information. from the beginning of the ceremony to the end, 23 minutes long, that's all it took to end the bloodiest conflict in human history. at the end of the war, the united states would emerge as the world's first nuclear power. soon afterward, the soviet union would join the arms race which led to a protracted cold war with each country adding to their nuclear arsenals. in the united states, testing of these weapo

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though, i believe the tombs at least, like the museums, aren't part of the national archive system. but they're attached to papers. my question is, was any effort made after washington's death to link his legacy to his papers that the nation could buy or that the nation could own? i know dolly tried to sell her husband's papers. did the washington family try to sell his papers to the country? dr. costello: so there were some instances with washington's papers. so the first one that comes to mind is john marshall. he essentially volunteers to the family that he's going to write the first major biography about george washington. they are willing -- bushrod washington is willing to hand over the papers. and, every time that happens, when a new biographer gets involved and the family essentially says, here, have at it, depending on who you're dealing with, some of them will just take papers. some of them will cut them up, like jared sparks. it's part of the reason why the letters of washington and at this point the papers product is up to about 150,000 different bits and pieces of lette

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american history tv, featuring events, interviews, archival films and visit the college classrooms, museums and historic places. exploring our nation'st every weekend, on c-span3. 10 years since 1790, the u.s. government has set out to record data about the u.s. can't -- the u.s. population. the count is mandated by the u.s. constitution. the count for 2020 is underway. series, "reelur america," films on the u.s. census from 1940 to 1990. show, three films that enumerators how to do their jobs in 1940. by "the bigowed count: the story of the u.s. from 1960. and we look at several short promotional domes made by the u.s. census bureau to encourage everyone to be counted. they aired during the

american history tv, featuring events, interviews, archival films and visits to college classrooms, museums, and historic places, exploring our nation's past every weekend on c-span three. >> american history tv american artifacts visits to museums and historic places. independenceo national historical park in philadelphia to visit the assembly room inside independence hall where both the declaration of independence and the u.s. constitution were debated and eventually signed. this program featuring matthew ifill is about one hour. matthew: we are in a building 1730's, 48ilt in the years before there was any such thing as the united states pennsylvania was a british colony. this was its capital building. they would make laws for pennsylvania and each of the 13 colonies has its own government. these are the issues in a lot of ways that will lead to the creation of the united states, most of which will happen in this room, because the colonies starte goes forward will to grow dissatisfied with the way the british government is treating them, is affecting their lives locally. one of the other side issues is americans living in the coloni

is american history featuring events, interviews, archival films, and visits to college classrooms, museums and historic places. exploring our nation's past every weekend on c-span3. 1960,september, massachusetts democratic senator john f. kennedy and incumbent vice president richard nixon squared off in the first ever televised presidential debate. this debate, the first of four, took place in chicago. here is a preview food -- preview. >> senator, the vice president has said you are naive and at times immature. he has raised the question of leadership. why do you think people should vote for you instead of the vice president? --the vice president congress together. i have been in and out 14 years, the same giving of time he has the our experience in government is comparable. secondly, i think the question is, what are the programs we advocate? what is the party record we lead? i come out of the democratic party, which in this century has produced franklin roosevelt and harry truman. mr. nixon comes out of the republican party, nominated by it, and it is the fact that through most of the last 25 years, republican leadership has oppo

war ii, past the washington monument, past the white house, the national museum of african-american history and culture, natural archivesthe u.s. capitol. at each stop, they have different things that they say, that they are focused on praying about and are encouraging folks to pray out loud so the world can hear them, neil. neil: leland, i know separately there was supposed to be a democracy campaign, a lot of world war ii vintage fighter jets that were going to be flying over the capital in sequences. weather canceled that event, is that right? >> yeah, there was supposed to be a real cool flyover of the vintage world war ii plans to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of world war ii and weather canceled that because of the low clouds here in the nation's capital. it's been raining on and off all day. so the thousands or tens of thousands of people who have come out for the prayer march would have seen that as the planes flew over the national mall. we've got folks coming from across the country here for this prayer march, neil. all the way from nashville. one cull telling the nashville nbc affiliates. we want to be

the national archive has a strong record given its role in in history of voting and american history. in the smithsonian museumid a lovely exhibit using portraiture to document many women suffragists. those materials are online. even though we cannot visit those museums and archives, we can visit them digitally. host: your website, this is what it looks like. we can also include video and aboutical information what happened in august 1920. john is next in texas. caller: i was hoping you could speak about it. 100 years on, it is difficult to understand the point of view of the women anti-suffragettes. can you talk about their fears or reasonings? host: thank you. simply -- women at that time who were opposed to the right to vote, there were a couple reasons. were afraidsimply of giving up their stature within the family and private sphere. they viewed the men in their lives, their husbands, their fathers, their brothers, they thought they could represent ,hem adequately at the polls that politics was a dirty business, that it was not something women who were viewed in the notion of republican motherhood and the

archival films, lectures in college classrooms, and is its two museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. , ray suarez, latino americans, the legacy that shape the nationshington dc office hosting this event. gentlemen, good morning. know that washington has changed now that the government is back in session, so we thank all of you for

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national cemetery. you can find it there. and it says women's memorial but it's really a museum and an archive.ories and documents of women in world war ii and it's really just a terrific non-profit organization. it was started by congress. unfortunately not funded. of course. so it gets a lot of donations and things like that. but it's a really terrific organization. it's the only place in the country that's just for women. just for women veterans recognizing them. i think that's important and kind of a public service announcement for you there. so one of the first groups that we think of when we think of women serving in the military is of course nurses. this is a fairly idealized promotion, right? very pure, very clean. who is putting the hat on her? >> uncle sam. >> uncle sam. we don't even need to know. this is an attractive young woman, very white. perfect makeup. all of this. going to be very intelligent. uncle sam saying, we need you. become a nurse, your country needs you. there were women doctors as well, there was a very small group of women doctors as well. but all in all, we get ab

archival films, lectures and college classrooms and visits to museums and historic places. >> the american history tv series american artifacts visits historic places. the collections of the smithsonian nationaluseum of the american indian include more than 500,000 photographs, 25,000 of these images are online. up next, we look at the selection of these covering the history of photography. and learn how to navigate and explore the museum's online collections. due to the coronavirus, this program was recorded via zoom. >> we are joined by michelle delaney. tell us what your title is and what your job is. ms. delaney: thank you. my job is assistant director for

the national archives also has a very strong record, given its role in the history of voting and in american history and then the smithsonian museum also did a lovely exhibit using portraiture to document many, many women suffrages. all of those materials are online at the respective websites. even though we can't visit those museums and archives we can visit them digitally. >> and your website, women's vote 100.org which also includes a plethora of photographs, video, and historical information about what happened in august of 1920. the centennial of women earning the right to vote. john is next from kingsville, texas. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i was hoping you could speak a little bit about it. a hundred years on it is difficult to understand the point of view of the women anti-suffragettes. could you talk about their fears or reasoning for their positions? >> thank you, john. >> yes. they simply -- women at that time who were opposed to the right to vote, there was a couple reasons. first, they simply were afraid of giving up their stature within the family and the private sphere. they viewed the men in their lives

archival films, lectures in college classrooms, and is its two museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. , ray suarez, latino americans, the legacy that shape the nation. the washington dc office hosting this event. gentlemen, good morning. know that washington has changed now that the government is back in session, so we thank for a you for coming terrific conversation with the terrific guest on an interesting topic, so thank you for your presence this morning. .y name is eric farnsworth i head the washington office of the counsel of the americas and the america society. it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to review this book today, and to talk a little bit about the latino immigrant experience in the united states. our guest is ray suarez, who has written a really terrific book entitled "latino americans: the 500-year legacy that shaped a nation." it's a companion to the ground breaking pbs series on latino americans. in barely 250 pages, ray takes the reader through the broad sweep of latino history in the united states, even before there was a united states, from the spanish explorers to the modern day. it's a majestic effort, in my view. see

national seamitary? have you seen this? this is the womens memorial, women in american military service. this is right at the doorstep when you pull up and find it there. it's really a museum and an archive documents of women in world war ii, and it's really just a terrific non-profit organization. it was started by congress, unfortunately not funded. so of course so it gets a lot of donations and things like that. but it's a really terrific organization. it's the only place in the country that's just for women veterans recognize them. so i think that's important and kind of a public service announcement for you there. so one of the first groups that we think of when we think of women serving in the military is of course nurses. this is a fairly idealized promotion. very pure, very clean. who's putting the hat on her? uncle sam, right. we don't even need to know. and again this is very attractive young woman, very white, perfect make-up, all of this, very intelligent. but uncle sam saying we need you. become a nurse, your country needs you. there were women doctors well. there was a very small group of women doctors as well. but all in all we get about 74,000 women who served in the army