as head of the german national library as loued of palin's museum island. as president of the institute but his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a traumatic year. the last official trip to africa after a long flight the president of the good to institute touched down in namibia a full my german colony. history is everywhere in the capital into. the colossal independence museum tells the story of the long struggle for liberation from colonialism. the most recent chapter of that story is all about restitution returning cultural artifacts. the tribal leader hendrik that boy isn't a maybe a national hero because of his resistance against german colonial rule. your symbolic bible and whip were taken by the germans after his death their return was an important 1st step so it isn't just the removal of bob jacks it's basically the breaking up people of personalities of their self-determination and self-confidence this was coming colonialism can't be glossed over this is simply a beginning there's a lot more to be done here so now is the time to get to kn

as head of the german national library as loued of butlins museum island. and as president of the go to institute but his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a dramatic. last official trip to africa after a long flight the president of the good to institute touched down in namibia a former german colony. history is everywhere in the capital into. the colossal independence museum tells the story of the long struggle for. liberation from colonialism. the most recent chapter of that story is all about restitution returning cultural artifacts. and. the tribal leader hendrik that boy is and then maybe a national hero because of his resistance against german colonial rule. is symbolic bible and whip were taken by the germans after his death their return was an important 1st step so it isn't just the removal of objects it's basically the breaking up of people of personalities of their self-determination and self-confidence this was common colonialism can't be glossed over this is simply a beginning there's a lot more to be done here so now is the time to g

as head of the german national library as loued of museum islands. and as president of the institute but his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a dramatic year. fishel trip to africa after a long flight the president of the good to institute touched down in namibia a full my german colony. history is everywhere in the capital into. the colossal independence museum tells the story of the long struggle for liberation from colonialism. the most recent chapter of that story is all about restitution returning cultural artifacts. the tribal leader hendrik that boy isn't a maybe a national hero because of his resistance against german colonial rule. is symbolic bible and whip were taken by the germans after his death their return was an important 1st step aside it isn't just the removal of objects it's basically the breaking up of people of personalities of their self-determination and self-confidence this was common colonialism can't be glossed over this is simply a beginning there's a lot more to be done yet so now is the time to get to know each

as head of the german national library as louis would have butlins museum items. and as president of the institute that his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a dramatic year. now stiffish will trip to africa after a long flight the president of the good to institute touched down in namibia a full my german colony. history is everywhere in the capital into. the colossal independence museum tells the story of the long struggle for liberation from colonialism. the most recent chapter of that story is all about restitution returning cultural artifacts. the tribal leader hendrik that boy is an m.e.p. a national hero because of his resistance against german colonial rule and. the symbolic bible and whip were taken by the germans after his death their return was an important 1st step it isn't just the removal of objects it's basically the breaking up of people of personalities of their self-determination and self-confidence this was coming colonialism can't be glossed over this is simply a beginning but there's a lot more to be done here so now is the time to g

as head of the german national library as loued of museum island. as president of the ghetto institute but his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a dramatic. a last official trip to africa after a long flight the president of the go to institute touched down in namibia a film a german colony. history is everywhere in the capital into. the colossal independence museum tells the story of the long struggle for liberation from colonialism. the most recent chapter of that story is all about restitution returning cultural artifacts. the tribal leader hendrik that boy isn't a maybe a national hero because of his resistance against german colonial rule. it's symbolic bibleland which were taken by the germans after his death their return was an important 1st step so it isn't just the removal of objects it's basically the breaking up of people of personalities of their self-determination and self-confidence this was common colonialism can't be glossed over this is simply a beginning but there's a lot more to be done here so now is the time to get to

as head of the german national library as loued of butlins museum island. and as president of the getter institute but his last 12 months did not go as planned it was a dramatic year. a last official trip to africa after a long flight the president of the good to institute touched down in namibia a film a german colony. history is everywhere in the capital into. the colossal independence museum tells the story of the long struggle for liberation from colonialism. the most recent chapter of that story is all about restitution returning cultural artifacts. to. the tribal leader hendrik that boy is a name maybe a national hero because of his resistance against german colonial rule. in a symbolic bible and which were taken by the germans off to his death their return was an important 1st step it isn't just the removal of objects it's basically the breaking up people of person. allergies their self determination and self-confidence this was common colonialism can't be glossed over this is simply a beginning there's a lot more to be done yet so now is the time to

this is part of the national library of medicine's connections. >> far out in the south pacific, thousand miles north of new zealand is the reach of tonga. this island rises apart from others. for centuries, its people have been relatively isolated, with only occasional visitors and a small trade for bananas. times are changing in tonga. new markets have opened in asia. there was a tongan merchant marine with vessels built in europe. the planes will bring more and more tourists to the friendly island. more islanders will leave to study in other countries. under the leadership of the queen and the prime minister, tonga's isolation is disappearing. the latest government has been prudent and progressive. its rule of prosperity without destroying traditional customs. looking forward to the expansion of trade, the government carefully considered the effective increase of cutbacks to the outside world. it was realized there was a very definite and growing threat to the tongan people. the population was totally unprotected against smallpox. and smallpox is a disease which is rampant throughout s

national libraries collection. ♪ far out in the south pacific, thousand miles north of new zealand ishe reach of tonga. rises apart from others. for centuries, its people have been relatively isolated, with only occasional visitors and a small trade for bananas. .imes are changing in tonga new markets have opened in asia.

this is part of the national library of medicine's connections.

it is in that role also that he has two entries in the national library of medicine's hotbed central, a library of research across the country. anthony fauci, on the other hand husbandimportant as the of my beloved colleague bethany beatty from nih, but he has also been the director for the national institute for allergy grenade in response to everything from aids to now sars cov two. --also happens that he is speaking of screen appearances he is 78 appearances in the internet movie database. he does not seem to have the range of mr. all the. in each of those he is playing himself. all i want to do is let these two guys tell you what they science,ut trust in where it is now and what we need to do to get it where it should be. i will let them talk with very little further introduction. then i will throw in some questions. so, gentlemen, the floor is yours in either order you once -- want. alan: first of all, dr. fauci, i am shocked that you have more entries in the database than i do. dr. fauci: sorry, alan. alan: the end of our love affair. >> i noticed you will meet had 67. i was goi

and it's in that role also that he has two entries in the national library of medicine's repository of all of the -- [indiscernible] -- research done across the world. anthony fauci, on the other hand, is most important as the husband of my beloved bioethics colleague, christine grady from n.i.h. but he's also, since 1984, been the director of this thing, the national institute for allergy and infectious disease, and has lived through everything from sars cov-2. dr. fauci, it turns out, is also in the repository of all knowledge about screen appearances. he has 78 credits in the internet movie database imdb, but unlike mr. aleda, he doesn't seem to have -- alda, he doesn't seem to have the great range. because in each of those appearances he's playing himself. now, all i want to do is let these two guys tell you what they think about trust in science, where it is now, and what we need to do to get it to where it should be. i'm going to let them talk with very little further interruption from me for 15 or 20 minutes or so, then i'll throw in some questions that we've gotten in advance f

it is in that role, that heretant role that we are today, and that he has two entries in the national library of medicine, the repository of all of the biomedical research done across the world. anthony found tree on the other hand is most important as the husband of my love it bioethics colleague from nih, but also, since 1984, been the director of the national institute for allergy and infectious disease and has lived through everything from aids to now sars cob to. 2. cov dr. fauci is in the repository of all knowledge of screen appearances. in the78 credits internet movie database, but he does not seem to have the great range because in each of those appearances, he has played himself. all i want to do is let these two guys tell you what they think about trusting science, where it is now, and what we need to do to get it to where it should be. i'm going to let them talk with very little further interruption from me for 15 or 20 minutes or so, and then i'll throw in some questions that we've gotten in advance from the audience. so, gentlemen, the floor is yours. in either order you want. a

if you go to the national library of medicine and do a search of messenger rna, you will see thousands and thousands of papers have been published on this. a is a new technology in vaccine but certainly not new in terms of clinical medicine. all of those things together should give people some reassurance that they can take the virus and not feel too concerned about it. host: let's talk to bob, calling from north carolina. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i would like to say it is fantastic, the collaboration between the government and private industry, which has been able to develop this vaccine so quickly and effectively. my real question is is something i am just curious about. i am old enough to remember the oral vaccine given on a sugar cube. now all we do with vaccines is give them with an injection, which i have nothing against needles, but is there a reason why we just do not take vaccines orally anymore? guest: that is a really excellent question. the answer relates to the fundamental nature of the vaccine itself. as you know, when you take something ingested o

if you go to the national library of medicine and do a search of messenger rna, you will see thousands thousands of papers have been published on this. a is a new technology in vaccine but certainly not new in terms of clinical medicine. all of those things together should give people some reassurance that they can take the virus and not feel too concerned about it. host: let's talk to bob, calling from north carolina. caller: good morning. thanks for taking my call. i would like to say it is fantastic, the collaboration between the government and private industry, which has been able to develop this vaccine so quickly and effectively. my real question is is something i am just curious about. i am old enough to remember the oral vaccine given on a sugar cube. now all we do with vaccines is give them with an injection, which i have nothing against needles, but is there a reason why we just do not take vaccines orally anymore? guest: that is a really excellent question. the answer relates to the fundamental nature of the vaccine itself. as you know, when you take something ingested orall

a study from the national library of medicine, the thc component of cannabis can be the psychosis andnchizophrenia. a study from duke university showed a five times increased in psychosis among chronic cannabis users. the u.s. surgeon general agreed there were serious health risks associated with the use of marijuana in adolescence and pregnancy. any fails to set requirements for products to keep from getting into the hands of teenagers and young adults whose brains are developing. the more act does not prevent the distribution of marijuana to againstdisk -- is states rights and allows for the potential of marijuana revenue to fund criminal organizations, gangs or cartels. operations smuggling this legislation might allow. legalizing weed would create revenue but at what cost? do we legalize cocaine? marijuana is a gateway drug. it undoubtedly leads to further and more dangerous drug use. while i believe medical marijuana can have some activity in those with chronic pain or cancer, this goes too far. from paul calling minnesota, he supports decriminalization. i was involved with that f

earliest films at the library of congress by visiting loc.gov. >>> this is american history tv on c-span3 where each weekend we feature 48 hours of programs exploring our nation'st. >>> next from the kansas city public library, co-authors david mills and kayla westra talk about their book "great wartime escapes and rescues" in an illustrated talk they focus on world war ii prisoners of war and concentration camps. >> good evening. i'm steve wieberg with the library's public affairs staff. thanks so much for joining us tonight. thanks to the u.s. army command and general staff college, one of our longest, one of our best, one of our favorite programming

the archives library a part of the national archives. can you talk about that? i don't know if you mention the numbers. when we are open to the public and folks are coming in and doing research. could you talk a little bit about what kind of research is done generally? >> there's individuals who want to write a book on a certain subject. right now because again talking about the volume of documents the very beginning we have, there's not a great percentage -- we talk percentagewise how much of a document are open. there's not a lot. as of yet. we have on the west side and i would encourage anyone interested in the admin administration daughter website. with links to the documents that are open. you connected to research from your home if you would like. and getting to those documents. of course the things you would think that would be relatively straightforward like no child left behind with a lot of educational documents that are open. right now predominantly what i have seen coming in our students, college students and again it gets back to that what better pl

. >>> a bay area film maker's work is being added to the national film registry of the library of congress. >> i want to understand my mother. i really try. but in so many ways, she's always been a stranger to me. >> the joy luck club is among 25 films being added this year. wang tells the chronicle that he feels honored to have his film recognized. he joins several block buster films being honored such as the dark knight, the musical grease, 2008's the hurt locker, and creamworks' shrek. >>> a sacramento woman lost a ring that belonged to her great grandmother. >> it turned up in someone else's shopping bag. we show you how the ring came full circle. >> family heirlooms hold a special place in all of our hearts, just like gina ford's diamond ring. >> a lot of my jewelry is from family. i keep it dear to my heart. >> reporter: the ring dropped one day at work while she was helping a customer. >> i went on the register for the 45 minutes i was there. i had lost my ring. >> reporter: she looked everywhere for her great grandma's ring. >> my whole team looked all over the front, all over the

library in dallas. showcasing a legacy of the nation's 43rd president. watch american history tv sunday on c-span 3. ♪ >> american history tv is on c-span 3 every weekend and all of our programs are archived on our website at c-span.org/history. you can watch lectures in college classrooms, tours historic sites, archival films, and see our schedule of upcoming programs. at c-span.org/history. warccording to the 1945 department film "the army nurse" 57,000 women served as nurses during world war ii.

msnbc and nbc news is my pleasure to welcome you just might anniversary of the national book festival presented by the library of congress we are thrilled to have our authors david rubenstein has authored a new book how to read and it is an extra ordinary conversation the leadership that makes people believers very special people david rubenstein domestic policy advisor private equity firm and history buff and the philanthropist you saved the great panda and brought the magna carta to the archives is willing having a very popular television interview show. >> i didn't feel i was good as a leader so in the book i really went out to the most famous people that i could those in the business or culture or the arts or sports that is a summary of what they told me of what it takes to be a leader. >> and to get more specific tell me where you found and that connective thread among them? >> persistence is number one. nobody has ideas that are so brilliant they say yes that is great when jeff pazo said i will sell books on the internet they laughed you have to be persistent and how to communicate with other people. bu

people might not understand that the libraries are part of the national archives. can you just sort of talk about that? i don't know if you mentioned the numbers. are people -- obviously people when we're open to the public folks are coming in, doing research. could you talk about what kind of research is happening there, generally, what are they looking into? >> there's all types of research. there's individuals who want to do books, write a book on a certain subject. right now, because, you know, again, talking about the volume of documents at the very beginning that we have there's not a great percentage -- you know, when you talk percentagewise how much of our documents are open, there's not a lot that are open. and as of yet. you can go on our website, i would encourage anyone interested in the administration to go onto our website. we have links to the documents that are open. you can actually do research from your home if you'd like. and tapping on those and getting to those documents. of course the things that you would think that would be relatively straig

library in dallas. showcasing the legacy of the nation's 43rd president.ch american history tv this week on on c-span three. >> next he federal reserve chair jerome powell holds a news conference to

bush presidential library in dallas, showcasing the legacy of if nation's 43rd president. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> listen to c-span's podcast, the weekly. this week, zach smith, report we are the iowa press citizen, joins us to discuss the race in iowa's second congressional district, called for the republican by six votes. the contest will be decided by the house of representatives. find c-span's "the weekly" where you get your podcasts. >>> up next, andrew slap of east tennessee state university teaches a class on lincoln, andrew johnson, and the constitution. he compares how both presidents have been portrayed as upholding or disregarding the constitution and whether their reputations matched their actions in office. >> good morning. thank you all for coming. today, we're transitioning in the course from civil war to reconstruction. because of that, it's a particularly good point in this course to talk about the big issue that goes throughout the civil war era. that we need to look at the antebellum period, the civil war and reconstruction

this compilation of film and audio recordings from many national archives sources was produced by the richard nixon presidential librarysd

library in dallas. showcasing a legacy of the nation's 43rd president. watch american history tv sunday on c-span 3. ♪ >> american history tv is on c-span 3 every weekend and all of our programs are archived on our website at c-span.org/history. you can watch lectures in college classrooms, tours historic sites, archival films, and see our schedule of upcoming programs. at c-span.org/history. warccording to the 1945 department film "the army nurse" 57,000 women served as nurses during world war ii. produced for the treasury and war departments, this 16 minute film was released at the end of 1945 to sell victory bonds to finance the care of wounded servicemen and show the critical role nurses play during the conflict. [video clip] ♪ ♪ explosions] >> summer, 1945. and the war was one million men old. [gunshots] hang on, kids. keep your eyes shut tight and drink. they're moving you back now. don't give up. just hang on. maybe the pain blurs your eyes. but listen. the sound of battle grows dim. and now, one question cuts clearly through the haze. which man w

presidency, take a virtual tour of the dwight d eisenhower presidential library and museum located in kansas. showcasing the legacy of the nation's 34th president. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3 . >> plymouth colony, the first year is a 1980 educational film dramatizing the pilgrims journey from england to holland and their voyage to new england in 1620. it ends with the depiction of the first thanksgiving in massachusetts, much of the narration is taken from the book of plymouth plantation, written by a pilgrim, william bradford. ♪ >> the time is september in the year 1620. the good ship mayflower is carrying programs across the sea to america. why did they leave their homes? the answer is in the history of the plymouth plantation, written by william bradford. his history began with religious problems in new england, when the new ruler became king in 1603. as king, james was also supreme head of the church of england, the official church. but, some people objected to these expensive rules and rituals of the church of england, they would call them separatists. the story of the religious persecution in england h

presidency, take a virtual tour of the dwight d eisenhower presidential library and museum located in kansas. showcasing the legacy of the nation's 34th president. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3 . >> plymouth colony, the first year is a 1980 educational film dramatizing the pilgrims journey from england to holland and their voyage to new england in 1620. it ends with the depiction of the first thanksgiving in massachusetts, much of the narration is taken from the book of plymouth plantation, written by a pilgrim, william bradford.

herbert hoover presidential library executor explains how the facility takes a broad look before,oover' is career during, and after his time in the white house. the national are caps on edition hosted the event and provided the video. >> i will be talking to the director of the herbert hoover presidential election. he served as the illinois state historian. it will be recognized with a number of professional awards and he will take a step back in time, not all the way back to lincoln.

he persuaded congress that locating a great shakespeare library on the site would benefit the nation. in 1928, well considering a bill of acquiring property for the library of congress, congress modified the bill to allow folger to retain the property at second and eat street. with the understanding he would construct his library there. it was to use around terminology, special interest legislation. although of a very positive kind. that is why the library is on capitol hill. but why does it matter? why is it important, particularly to those who work among congress that shakespeare is in our midst? i suggest two reasons. one practical and one with reason. first the practical. the hand out that i think we have made available, or that we will make available, >> the green paper. >> okay. i missed practical lessons that i believe shakespeare teaches about politics. some lessons stressed the importance of strategic thinking and good management skills. decisiveness, pragmatism, listening carefully to advisers and the deft use of subordinates. another lesson stresses the importance of empath

libraries. one of the programs we are talking with you all about at the national archives foundation is an adaptation of a situation, a situation room experience, it's a virtual experience. so we actually have an experience that you can play anywhere in the world. just today we engaged six other presidential libraries in the development of this, and we hope to create additional scenarios. the next two that we are looking at hopefully would be kennedy and roosevelt. but we are apolitical. regardless of my personal political beliefs, we talk about history and we want to promote that. working with my colleagues across the spectrum is not only important, but frankly it's a lot of fun. patrick: we have two fun questions to close out, can you see the pacific ocean from the library? duke: yes. about half the time of the year you can. i think it is like 30 miles as the crow flies and then you can look out beyond that and see the channel islands. you saw some of the pictures of the f-117 and the berlin wall. it is just spectacular. what was interesting is during the president's funeral, the ceremony we wanted

this compilation of film and audio recordings from many national archives sources was produced by the richard nixon presidential libraryn 2012. the documentary consists of films by the naval photographic center, super 8 films by nixon's advisors and white house communications agency sound recordings. south lawn, 17 fabric, 1972. 1972.ruary, [crowds] [applause] [beep] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> mr. vice president, mr. speaker, members of congress and members of the cabinet, i want to express my deep appreciation to all of you, who have come here to send us off on this historic mission. i particularly want to express appreciation to the bipartisan leadership of the house and senate, who are here. we, of course, are under no illusions that 20 years of hostility between the people's republic of china and the united states of america are going to be swept away by one week of talks that we will have there. that theecognize government of the people's republic of china and the government of the united states have had great differences. we will have differences in the future. but what we must do is to find a way to see

but now because of our access to the library of congress and the national archives, we are able to go back and look in the archives and, in fact, abraham lincoln on that exact same date hand wrote an order for 300,000 soldiers, but he put it and he signed it, but he put it in his desk. so question is, was the reason for his extreme reaction, his fury not that there had been a fake story but that there had been a leak from the white house and he was wondering who had done it? who was so intimate to him that, they would actually do this? and one of the indications he thought it was a leak, is that his first action was to shut down the telegraph between d.c. and new york, which suggested he knew the information was real enough in d.c. that he could have been something that traveled up to new york. don't want to-- i give away too much, because it is quite a mystery. when i was doing the research i was sort of amazed at the twists and turns that it takes. so i do not want to take away from that. if you are considering following the story further. but i think that there is a couple of thing

national archives. you like american history tv, keep up with us during the twitter, andook, youtube. learn what happened this day in history. cspanhistory. >> next, on the presidency, the herbert hoover presidential library executor explains how the facility takes a broad look before,oover' is career during, and after his time in the white house. the national are caps on edition hosted the event and provided the video. >> i will be talking to the director of the herbert hoover presidential election. he served as the illinois state historian. it will be recognized with a number of professional awards and he will take a step back in time, not all the way back to lincoln. are you there? i can see you. let's make sure we can hear you. are you with us? how are you doing today? obviously the library is closed. how is everyone doing? >> the staff is doing well. they are eager to return on a regular basis and we are eager to be able to safely reopen to the public when the opportunity avails itself, but i appreciate .he opportunity >> we have lots of questions. i will sign off. i will pop back in when we are ready for q&a. have at it. enjoy it. >> thank you, patrick. exterior of the hoover presidential library mu

it is operated by the national parks service, there are 186 acres that surrounded the hoover presidential libraryhat the park service operates, including not only hoover's birthplace home, a reconstruction of his father's blacksmith shop. he and mrs. hoover are buried on the knoll behind the library museum. when they were able to purchase and restore the house, they created a foundation to raise funds to make sure it would be available to the public free of charge. in the 1950's, at the same time, there were troubles at stanford over the future of the hoover institution. the locals decided want to build a small museum to emphasize they were the home of a president. they were asking hoover, could you give us one or two original items to put in the museum? after thinking about the future of his legacy at stanford, hoover thought, the presidential libraries act that was written so harry truman could have a library and future presidents could have libraries, applies to any living president. so he decided to take over the operation of the museum project of the locals and give them something to never t

library in january of 1894. it is called in edison [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, edisont is called an kinetoscopic record of a sneeze. it is known as fred ott's sneeze. only a few frames long. it shows one of the engineers who is known for his comical sneezes. you see a little bit of snuff in his nose. then he has a very violent sneeze. this did not come to the library on film. there was no provision in the copyright law in 1894 to allow for celluloid film to be registered for copyright, because really, celluloid roll film just being in the process of being invented. what edison did is he exposed the negative of kennett scope -- scopic record of a sneeze on strips of contact paper, afixed them to a cardboard backing and sent it to the library to be registered as a photograph. you have to think about this. the paper print collection, as it came to be known in that sense really was an historical accident. the name has been lost in the mist of time, but we are grateful for what ever bureaucrat decided that it would be ok to register this as a photograph. it is not one photograph, it i

music] ♪ announcer: you can view some of the earliest films in the library of congress by visiting loc.gov. [captions copyright nationalle satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ocial media feel follow us at c-span history. >> up next boris johnson talks book "the churchill factor" how one man made history. life of winston churchill and his influence on world affairs. british prime minister himself was mayor of london at the time he spoke at bookstore in ros 2014.gton, d.c. in ms. muscatine: now to the main event. thedelighted we are to have mayor of l

national day of hope, on what would have been the 31st birthday of murdered schoolboy damilola mayor. the ten—year—old was stabbed to death by two teenagers in peckham on his way home from the libraryfects of the covid pandemic will be on babies. the comments come after a survey found almost half of parents said their child had become clingier after the first lockdown. some of those working with young children say parents are concerned that reduced social interaction has already harmed their child's development. they're thinking, how are these babies ever going to interact with people when all they've seen is people in masks or people on zoom? you know, are they going to be shy? how are they going to fare when i put them into nursery, or we try and find a childminder, when they've only been in my arms and with me for this maternity year? so that's a real concern. let's take a look at the travel situation now. a signalfailure in south kensington is effecting the district line, which has severe delays to stations in south west london. an earlier signalfailure in barking is effecting the hammersmith and city line which has severe delays between liverpool street and barking. and a sign

nation's past. >> next on the presidency, herbert hoover, presidential director thomas schwartz talks about how the library explores the life of the 31st chief executive. the facility takes a broad look at hoover's career, before, during and after his time in the white house. the national archives foundation hosted this event and provided it. >> let's get to it. today i'm going to be introducing and talking to the director of the herbert hoover presidential library museum, thomas schwartz. tom has been with the hoover library since 2011 and before that he served as the illinois state historian and chief historif

presidency, take a virtual tour of the dwight d eisenhower presidential library and museum located in kansas, showcasing the legacy of the nation's 34th president. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> next, we will hear the story of the pilgrims crossing in 1620 and the origins of the mayflower compact, we will also tour mayflower two, a reproduction of the original ship to see what life was like on board. next, we will hear the story of the pilgrims crossing in 1620 and the origins of the mayflower compact. we will also tour mayflower two, a reproduction of the

library explores the life of the 31st chief executive. the facility takes a broad look at hoover's career, before, during and after his time in the white house. the national archives foundation hosted this event and provided it. >> let's get to it. today i'm going to be introducing and talking to the director of the herbert hoover presidential library museum, thomas schwartz. tom has been with the hoover library since 2011 and before that he served as the illinois state historian and chief historian of the exhibit and content of the abraham lincoln, presidential museum where he directed the lincoln collection at the abraham lincoln presidential lube ra presidential library and editor and the be in of presidential -- interesting presidential words. it will take a step back in time. tom you're there, i see you. i need to make sure i hear you and you're with us. how are you doing today? >> thank you, patrick. doing well. >> how is everybody -- how's everybody in west branch given everything that we're dealing with in obviously, the lean raer is closed. how is everyone there? >> the staff is doing well. they're eager to return on a regular basis and we're eag

has helped our washington monuments and library of congress and make our nation's capital that special. people come from around the world and have said to me i had no idea washington, d.c. is so beautiful. they think of new york city as being america and to come to washington and they can explore the beauty of some other federal buildings and monuments. in appreciative of people like david and jackie kennedy and lady bird johnson for queuing in the country that this matters as a society. david: one of the legacies that might have been surprised about is this. except for eleanor roosevelt many of her predecessors did not take on causes. eisenhower or bess truman were not as active themselves. many first ladies feel they need cause and a part of that is the legacy of what jackie kennedy did. that andi agree with we saw that with melania trump. when the inauguration of donald trumptook place, melania was dressed like jackie kennedy. her influence on fashion, jackie kennedy is still very widely i recently and toured the walker art museum, and there is andy warhol drove against jackie kenne

in the era before they received official library designation from the national archives, the first of which began with herbert hoover. here, i benefited from another part of fate that permitted historians to study our 18th-century president. let's circle back to the question that began my research those many years ago, namely the question of james buchanan's sexuality. the more that i read, especially during the recent presidential election campaign season of 2020, in which both a lifelong bachelor cory booker, and an openly gay man, pete buttigieg, ran for president, the more that i found most people seem to consider buchanan our nation's first gay president. the story of how that interpretation came about is actually quite an interesting one. the earliest biographers of james buchanan, writing in the victorian era, said very little about his sexuality, avoiding even the topic of his failed engagement to anne coleman. later, buchanan biographers from 1920's through the 1960's followed the contemporary gossip in private letters and noticed the pair were referred to as the siamese twin

nation's past. >> you're watching american history tv. only on cspan3. >>> next, from the kansas city public library, coauthors david mills and kayla westra talk about their book great wartime escapes and rescues. in an illustrated talk, they focus on prisoners of war and concentration camps. >> good evening! i'm steve leeburg with the library's public affairs staff. thanks so much for joining us tonight. and, thanks to the u.s. army command and general staff college. one of our longest, best, favorite programming partners for yet

national archives are here. before president reagan, like lbj, that library, those are deeds or gifts.hat president handed over the documents, and with the pra, the congressional law that took effect, it goes back to some of the things we have to watch, we have to look at and release documents at an appropriate or timely manner. mr. madden: a follow-up question, 12 years later, next year, will everything get released? the answer is no. there might be a range of review particles that take place. obviously some things will become available, but the review process will drive that. that is all standard and outlined as the presidential library and archives goes through its process. mr. mordente: i do not want to give the impression that is a light switch. everything is out. for what i believe to be very good reasons, documents have to be looked at. mr. madden: i know we do not have a lot of time left but i do have good questions. are there any portraits painted by president bush on view at the museum? mr. mordente: there will be. we did "wounded warriors." that exhibit open when i first got