washington irving. walt whitly. what school boys don't know? henry clay. daniel webster. men who shape and guide our young republic. they built well. but soon within the capital, still awaiting the completion of the now familiar dome, the clouds of the slavery issue threatened unity. as the crisis sharpened, he saw a new use of the camera. abraham lincoln who brady photographed now sat in washington as president of the divide nation. from him, brady received permission to make a record of the war that could not be held back. we are coming, father abraham responding to lincoln's call to arms. by today's standards, the agreeing manpower had to be supplied in equipment furnished with weapons needed to fight this floodiest war. the means to move the masses were organized and assembled. this was a day before the phrase motor cool had been coined. old dobbin was the hay powered imagine. they recorded all. what is it wagons was the name soldiers gave to the horse-drawn photo labs that brady sent to the field. the contraptions were to become a familiar site when men were mustered

early writers, pride of our growing national culture, nathaniel hawthorne, edgar allan poe, washington irving, the beloved poet walt whitman, and what schoolboy doesn't know the faces of our statesmen henry clay, john calhoun, daniel webster, men who shape and guided our young republic. they built well, but soon within the country's capital still awaiting the completion of the now familiar dome, the storm clouds of the slavery issue threaten national unity. as the crisis sharpened, brady saw a new use for the camera. abraham lincoln whom brady had photographed as a young congressman from illinois, now sat in washington as president of the divided nation. from him brady received permission to make a record of the war that could not be held back. we are coming, father abraham, so sang the volunteer units responding to lincoln's call to arms. hastily constructed camps sprang up, crude and comfortless by today's standards. the growing manpower had to be supplied and equipped, furnished with the weapons needed to fight this country's bloodiest war, a means to move those masses of supplies and equi

washington irving, who wrote one of the first and i think one of the best biographies interviewed the people that were there. they said washington burst into tears of helplessness and frustration. he had been responsible for that. it was his decision to defend that indefensible fort. and he began, and others around him, to wonder if this man was up to his job. and there were grave thoughts that maybe he would have to be replaced. and then he led his men in retreat across new jersey west toward pennsylvania, and he asked lieutenant monroe to

washington irving who wrote one of the first and best biographies of george washington interviewed the people who were there. and they told him that washington burst into tears. of helplessness and frustration. it was the lowest upon the of what had happened. he had been responsible for that. it was his decision to defend that indefensible force. and he began and others around him, to wonder -- itch thf this was up to his job. and there were grave thoughts that maybe he was -- would have to be replaced. he led his men in retreat across new jersey, west towards pennsylvania. and he asked lieutenant monroe, to stand by the edge of the road in newark, new jersey, and count the troops as they went by. and there were 3 tou,000 of the left. he started with 30,000 men. he lost nearly 90% of the army under his command. and he was beginning to despair. he wrote home to his family. he said, prepare to move everything into the mountains. he toad thld them the game might be about up. as they marched across new jersey, following the distance by the british army, cornwallace in the field. something

this historic location is not far from where washington irving's legendary headless horseman chased ichabodrse neighs ] >> aah! >> we are in the midst of "sleepy hollow" country. this is the home of the american heritage of halloween, and we've always had fantastic halloween events in this area, and this is probably one of the best. >> more than 4,000 pumpkins are used to create all sorts of clever and spooky scenes. for some displays, artificial pumpkins are needed, but most are real. we are in front of our jurassic park installation, where we have giant, life-size dinosaurs that are constructed of, in some cases, more than a hundred pumpkins. we sketch them from anatomy books and create them so that they're accurate. each pumpkin represents a specific bone on the dinosaur. >> everywhere you walk, you see imagination at work. >> i think this is definitely one of our most impressive exhibits. this is a huge spider web -- 50 foot around -- and you've got a mother spider on the web, you've got little baby spiders along the ground, and it's just a really fantastic arachnoid exhibit. >> [ chuck

unless he did read, your washington irving. when that grew monotonous he wrote irving washington. censoring the envelopes had serious repercussions, produced a ripple of anxiety and some military echelon aflutter cid back to the word dissipation. they all knew he was a cid man because he kept it quiet but assuming urbain or washington. because after his first day there, he would censor letters. he found entombed in a miss. it was a good word this time, one of the bastille and dunbar ever enjoyed. this time was the 24 hour fighter pilot captain with the spires called mustache who had been shot into the adriatic sea in midwinter and not even caught a cold. now the summer was upon them. the captain had not been shot down any city of the great. in the bat on yossarian strike still languorously on his belly was the start of a captain with in his lot and a mosquito bite on his house. across the aisle from yossarian was done our annex to dunbar was he a he a killer cats and with whom yossarian had stopped playing chess. the chapter and chapter was a good chess players always interesting.

unless he did read, your washington irving. when that grew monotonous he wrote irving washington. censoring the envelopes had serious repercussions, produced a ripple of anxiety and some military echelon aflutter cid back to the word dissipation. they all knew he was a cid man because he kept it quiet but assuming urbain or washington. because after his first day there, he would censor letters. he found entombed in a miss. it was a good word this time, one of the bastille and dunbar ever enjoyed. this time was the 24 hour fighter pilot captain with the spires called mustache who had been shot into the adriatic sea in midwinter and not even caught a cold. now the summer was upon them. the captain had not been shot down any city of the great. in the bat on yossarian strike still languorously on his belly was the start of a captain with in his lot and a mosquito bite on his house. across the aisle from yossarian was done our annex to dunbar was he a he a killer cats and with whom yossarian had stopped playing chess. the chapter and chapter was a good chess players always interesting.

washington lawmakers and bureaucrats not our hardworking constituents back home to have the availability to get those dollars. i'm proud to tell the small businesses and the -- in the congressional district i represent in dallas and irvingnd addison, and richardson, texas that with this bill those small businesses not just in mying onal district that i am lucky to represent, but all across this country will be able to see the potential, will be able to grow and succeed, and perhaps most of all it is a group of people in washington who are willing to listen to the needs of small business men and women who are trying to create the avenues of success, not just for them, and the american dream, but also for more employees. i encourage my colleagues to vote for this fair rule and the underlying bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves his time of the the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: i thank you very much, madam speaker. i thank my friend for yielding the time. i'd ask him begin a little bit unusually by asking a few questions of my friend and then yielding to him for any response that he may have. a gentleman named bruce bartlett was the former treasury secre