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the secretary of war henry knox had them engraved with adams and hancock nicknames in honor of samuel adams and john hancock who happened to be in lexington when they came through. the hancock is on display at the visitors center. and adams was conserved by the national park service. in june it went on display to the bunker hill monument. next time you can actually see two of the four stolen cannon that ignited the revolutionary war. thank you. and i'll be happy to take questions. [ applause ]. yes, ma'am. >> do you think by now -- in the time, contemporary people found out young was a spy? >> dr. church. >> dr. church, yeah. >> yes. in fall of 1775, dr. church's mistress was -- he had asked her to send a letter into boston for him. she was living down in newport. or she had traveled down to newport to do it. she made the mistake of asking her ex-husband to mail this letter for her. and he thought it was suspicious. so he sat on it for a while. he got another question, have you mailed that yet? he was more suspicious because he knew somebody was waiting for it in boston. then after weeks he
the secretary of war henry knox had them engraved with adams and hancock nicknames in honor of samuel adams and john hancock who happened to be in lexington when they came through. the hancock is on display at the visitors center. and adams was conserved by the national park service. in june it went on display to the bunker hill monument. next time you can actually see two of the four stolen cannon that ignited the revolutionary war. thank you. and i'll be happy to take questions. [ applause ]....
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john adams and samuel adams thought of him, dr. warren, as their protege. he may have been a future u.s. president. unfortunately we'll never know. what was the point of the battle of bunker hill. british have charlestown peninsula, no man's land. they meanwhile put 600 officers and soldiers into this fight not counting reinforcement that comes over later of which 41% of them are either killed or wounded. almost half of the fighting force is killed or wounded for a peninsula that no one really needed or cared for. meanwhile the british had to extend their troops to two peninsulas to protect more land and less men to do it because they lost quite a few. americans meanwhile george washington tried to figure out later how many americans actually fought at the battle. because there was no real organization, there's multiple militias from different counties and different parts in new england, nobody knows for sure but george washington estimated perhaps 3,000 participated overall, but they would come and go throughout the day. so it's believed no more than 2,000
john adams and samuel adams thought of him, dr. warren, as their protege. he may have been a future u.s. president. unfortunately we'll never know. what was the point of the battle of bunker hill. british have charlestown peninsula, no man's land. they meanwhile put 600 officers and soldiers into this fight not counting reinforcement that comes over later of which 41% of them are either killed or wounded. almost half of the fighting force is killed or wounded for a peninsula that no one really...
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are in terror, this is my home at 1-30 in the morning, an unfamiliar face walked into the bar samuel adams/bar manager - sot - the bouncer asked for id and he brushed him off and moved to another side of the bar. then when he was told we weren't serving any more drinks, and the bouncer tapped him on his shoulder and that's when he pulled the gun out the suspect lost it. he pulled out a gun and started pointing it towards the bartenderwho dropped to the ground looking for cover. alison gude/patron - sot - everybody is pretty shook up about it. it's like, how could this happen? after that natsot - he came over because he was mad, pushes into the other people over here the shooting happens out of frame. but two men ends up shot. one of them was a local. sot - he got shot in the hand and grazed in the head sot - you can see the look of terror as the guy is waving his gun around multiple shots were fired inside the bar. the shooter took off on foot, and is still on the loose. this family owned business has been around for 33 years. the manager tells me they've never seen a gun inside. police ag
are in terror, this is my home at 1-30 in the morning, an unfamiliar face walked into the bar samuel adams/bar manager - sot - the bouncer asked for id and he brushed him off and moved to another side of the bar. then when he was told we weren't serving any more drinks, and the bouncer tapped him on his shoulder and that's when he pulled the gun out the suspect lost it. he pulled out a gun and started pointing it towards the bartenderwho dropped to the ground looking for cover. alison...
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the samuel adams brewery in jamaica plains released exactly 541 bottles of its big hoppy limited edition beer, 541 to celebrate each one of big poppy's 541 career home runs. the beer is a double ipa infused with mango juice. all of the proceeds will go to the david ortiz children's fund. sounds good. >>> ahead in our next half hour, safety concerns at the terrorist organization may be planning an attack on election day in three states. >>> today is saturday, november 5th. it's the birthday of singer and song writer art garfunkel, he's 65. chris jenner, the mom of the kardashian girls is 61. rocker bryan adams is 57 and former red sox outfielder johnny damon is 43. if it's your birthday, happy ? ? one day a rider made a decision. the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. ? our neighborhood public schools. they are the bedrock of our communities. the place where 96% of our kids are educated. but even now, these local schools are losing more than 400 million dollars a year to privately-ru
the samuel adams brewery in jamaica plains released exactly 541 bottles of its big hoppy limited edition beer, 541 to celebrate each one of big poppy's 541 career home runs. the beer is a double ipa infused with mango juice. all of the proceeds will go to the david ortiz children's fund. sounds good. >>> ahead in our next half hour, safety concerns at the terrorist organization may be planning an attack on election day in three states. >>> today is saturday, november 5th. it's...
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the bar owners son, samuel adams, describes what happened after last call. >> this guy came in, asked for a drink and they said no, they had already called last call and he hadn't even gotten his id check. he turned around to the bronze, pulled out a gun, pointed it at his face, at our bartender. he was pointing at all around the bar. it looks like he was trying to make is way behind the bar and a couple of gentlemen pushed him up against the wall and punched him a couple times and then he fired the gun a couple times in the air. i think a got one guy in the hand and one guy in the next. >> adam said the man looked agitated when he entered the bar and that the entire incident took less than a minute. there were 15 people inside, mostly regular customers and several employees. >> they kind of had him pushed up in his corner here and then i guess you shot up in the ceiling a couple of times and some stuff came down. we didn't see any bullet holes. >> the gunman ran off and is still at large. evans says he is looking to hold a fundraiser to help with the wounded man's medical villa's. he
the bar owners son, samuel adams, describes what happened after last call. >> this guy came in, asked for a drink and they said no, they had already called last call and he hadn't even gotten his id check. he turned around to the bronze, pulled out a gun, pointed it at his face, at our bartender. he was pointing at all around the bar. it looks like he was trying to make is way behind the bar and a couple of gentlemen pushed him up against the wall and punched him a couple times and then...
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quincy adams. samuel tilden to rutherford b.hayes, grover cleveland to benjamin harrison. and, of course, al gore to geyer. to geyer. now consider this, almost 47% of eligible voters didn't vote last tuesday. the highest no-show rate since 1996. donald trump will be the first president to have served neither elective officno military and milan i can't trump will be the second foreign-born first lady. the first was louisa adams, wife of john quincy adams she was born in england. it's a fact, the "washington post" says the number of visits to his fact checker site in this campaign season was five times the number reported four years ago. which brings us to our resident political fact checker, john what's ahead on "face the nation." good morning. >> dickerson: good morning, what's a trump administration going to look like we'll talk about that with former house speaker newt gingrich who is advising him. the democrats, what do they do next this we'll talk with bernie sanders about his new book and direction of the democratic party. >> pauley: thank you. next week here on "sund
quincy adams. samuel tilden to rutherford b.hayes, grover cleveland to benjamin harrison. and, of course, al gore to geyer. to geyer. now consider this, almost 47% of eligible voters didn't vote last tuesday. the highest no-show rate since 1996. donald trump will be the first president to have served neither elective officno military and milan i can't trump will be the second foreign-born first lady. the first was louisa adams, wife of john quincy adams she was born in england. it's a fact, the...
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who was defeated by the electoral college. 1824 with andrew jackson losing to john quincy adams. 1876 was samuel tilden losing to weatherford hayes. losing to benjamin harrison by 94,000 votes that important to mention here jackson and cleveland both came back and eventually won and in 2001 alcor losing to george w. bush despite beating him in the nationwide vote by 543 by 543,000 votes. research shows because of the electoral college a candidate could become president while only earning 22% of the popular vote. >> i remember that 1876 election. we were here all night that night. >> of course you do. [ laughter ] >>> paul ryan says donald trump achieved the most incredible vertical feet he has seen in his lifetime. he says trump helped republicans retain control of congress as well. >> there is no doubt our democracy can be very messy. and we do remain a sharply divided country. the divisions of a long campaign. >> paul ryan himself was reelected in a way last night as a representative from wisconsin. he has had a rocky initiative with donald trump taking one month to endorse him after trump was
who was defeated by the electoral college. 1824 with andrew jackson losing to john quincy adams. 1876 was samuel tilden losing to weatherford hayes. losing to benjamin harrison by 94,000 votes that important to mention here jackson and cleveland both came back and eventually won and in 2001 alcor losing to george w. bush despite beating him in the nationwide vote by 543 by 543,000 votes. research shows because of the electoral college a candidate could become president while only earning 22% of...
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in 1824 when andrew jackson lost to john quincy adams, in 1876 when samuel tilden lost to rutherfordys, in 1888 when grover cleveland lost to benjamin harrison and since 2000 it's happened twice in 16 years. the first time, of course, in 2000 when al gore lost to george w. bush and this year. some vehemently reject calls to change the electoral college system while others say it's time to amend the constitution. it's been seriously proposed many times -- in fact, less than 50 years ago a resolution, had it passed the final hurdle, could have changed the course of history. in 1969, legislators submitted a proposal to congress suggesting the direction of a president and vice president. in cases when no candidate received more than 40% of the vote, a runoff would be required. the resolution was endorsed by president nixon, passed the house of representatives, but was filibustered and killed in the senate the next year. had it passed, it would have been the first major constitutional change in the electoral vote system many more than 150 years and it would have resulted in the election o
in 1824 when andrew jackson lost to john quincy adams, in 1876 when samuel tilden lost to rutherfordys, in 1888 when grover cleveland lost to benjamin harrison and since 2000 it's happened twice in 16 years. the first time, of course, in 2000 when al gore lost to george w. bush and this year. some vehemently reject calls to change the electoral college system while others say it's time to amend the constitution. it's been seriously proposed many times -- in fact, less than 50 years ago a...
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an old and grieving john adams went to see this picture in samuel hall in 1818, 5 weeks after the death of typhoid of his beloved abigail. we do not know exactly what he wrote or thought, no record of it, but surely upon finally seeing the doctor, even though he is in the middle of the picture, he must've thought it depicted american independence as it might have occurred in heaven as opposed to how it occurred on or in. consensual,poised, contested, filled with rancor, demagoguery, and falls starts. the road to independence is flattened, made attractively smooth and straight. the same day that trumbull wrote to adams he went to jefferson as jefferson right spectrum well. very interesting. jefferson was in full agreement with trumbull and what he done in this painting. of adams.opposite jefferson writes to the artists, without license the talent of imagination would be banished from all art. pace and judgment and composition would be of no value. on the same footing with the first painting. so, in jefferson's view, the point of good painting was to stimulate strong sentiment not to log
an old and grieving john adams went to see this picture in samuel hall in 1818, 5 weeks after the death of typhoid of his beloved abigail. we do not know exactly what he wrote or thought, no record of it, but surely upon finally seeing the doctor, even though he is in the middle of the picture, he must've thought it depicted american independence as it might have occurred in heaven as opposed to how it occurred on or in. consensual,poised, contested, filled with rancor, demagoguery, and falls...
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faithless electors who pledged to vote for one and voted for the other. 1796, samuel miles a federalist pledged to vote for john adams, said he voted for jefferson. the vote didn't affect the outcome. pennsylvania yans were so furious. they wrote, what, do i choose miles to determine? no, i choose him to act, not to think. the idea is, we want our electors to carry out their instructio instructions. miles and a series of six or seven other famous electors who refused to vote for the candidate they were elected to vote for. >> at what point after the election do the electors get to work? >> the deadlines are important and i want to make sure they are exactly correct here. they are -- and this is all amended fwi 12th amendment and the 20th amendment, which is very important. we can go to the 20th on the institution. essentially, the 20th amendment says, what's the fastest way to get it. i need my constitutional reading glasses on whether i'm going to get it online or the interactive constitution is important. >> we are talking with jeffrey rosen. we are going to look in a minute at a bit of the 2008 pennsylvania electo
faithless electors who pledged to vote for one and voted for the other. 1796, samuel miles a federalist pledged to vote for john adams, said he voted for jefferson. the vote didn't affect the outcome. pennsylvania yans were so furious. they wrote, what, do i choose miles to determine? no, i choose him to act, not to think. the idea is, we want our electors to carry out their instructio instructions. miles and a series of six or seven other famous electors who refused to vote for the candidate...
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i'll give one dramatic example. 1796 samuel miles a federalist from pennsylvania the first faithless elector. he pledged to vote for john adamsnd voted for jefferson. his vote didn't affect the come. pennsylvaniaans were so furious and one guy wrote to the gazette of the united states. him to decide se for me? no. i choose him to act not to think. we want our electors to just carry out their instructions. miles and then a series of, i have six or seven other famous faithless electors who unexpectedly refused to vote for the candidate they were elected to vote for. host: so at what point after the election do the electors get to work? guest: okay. so the deadlines are important and i want to make sure they're exactly correct here. they are, and this is all as amended by the 12th amendment and also by the 20th amendment which is very important. we can go to the 20th amendment also on the interactive constitution. essentially, the 20th amendment says, what is the fastest way to get it -- i need my constitutional reading glasses and the question of whether i'm going to get it online or in the interactive constitution is important
i'll give one dramatic example. 1796 samuel miles a federalist from pennsylvania the first faithless elector. he pledged to vote for john adamsnd voted for jefferson. his vote didn't affect the come. pennsylvaniaans were so furious and one guy wrote to the gazette of the united states. him to decide se for me? no. i choose him to act not to think. we want our electors to just carry out their instructions. miles and then a series of, i have six or seven other famous faithless electors who...