learn more about casper and other stops at www.c-span.org /localcontent. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> 40 years ago, richard nixon's presidency ended and gerald ford's began. vice president ford was sworn into the highest office at noon that day. shortly after president nixon departed the white house for civilian life. he announced his resignation the night before. next, free speech is the new president delivered in his first month in office. we will see you swearing in ceremony, address to joint session of congress, and the white house press conference. 19 74,rn to august 9, and the crowded east room of the white house. this video is courtesy of the gerald r ford presidential library. it runs 11 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> mr. vice president, are you prepared to take the oath of office? >> i am. >> repeat after me. >> i solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the u

see the schedule of where we can and watch video from all of our stops at www.c-span.org /localcontent. >> now for many of us who have gone overseas, fox for this country, fought for mississippi, we fought for alabama, we fought , we foughtarolina for illinois, and we fought for every state in this union. ever going to stay here and see that the thing that the mayor has said becomes a reality. he got out of his car in a negro residential area. a sniper fired a single shot from a high-powered rifle. the bullet hit him in the back and passed through his body, through window and he died within an hour at a jackson hospital. >> you're in the former home of major evers in jackson mississippi. our addresses on margaret walker drive. a was born and raised in little town called decatur, mississippi. in listening to him talk, he talked about how he knew the difference is how the -- he never could understand why. he talked about having my playmates. they would hunt and fish together. it was only about when the friend got to be about the age of 16 that they separated and went there separate ways.

to learn more about the city, visit www.c-span.org/ localcontent. we continue with our look at the city of casper. this is american history tv. ♪ in the early 20th century, oil production led to the rapid growth of casper, wyoming. broughtome oil field the area into the national spotlight. >> the teapot dome scandal was probably the most significant presidential scandal in american history in the 20th century up until watergate, anyway. it implicated members of the cabinet. it certainly could have implicated president harding, had he lived. it became a rather notorious event, even today as they are preparing to sell off the teapot dome naval petroleum reserve. soon after the turn-of-the-century when the u.s. navy was starting to shift from those very clunky coal-burning battleships to oil-burning ships, it occurred to various officials in the government that we might run out of oil. what is to happen if suddenly we are in the middle of a war with a fleet that is being powered by ships andfired suddenly we do not have any oil? >> so, the decision was

learn more about casper and other stops at www.c-span.org /localcontent. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> 40 years ago, richard nixon's presidency ended and gerald ford's began. vice president ford was sworn into the highest office at noon that day. shortly after president nixon departed the white house for civilian life. he announced his resignation the night before. next, free speech is the new president delivered in his first month in office. we will see you swearing in ceremony, address to joint session of congress, and the white house press conference. 19 74,rn to august 9,

learn more about casper and other stops on c-span's cities tour at www.c-span.org /localcontent. you are watching american history tv all weekend every .eekend on c-span3 >> 200 years ago on august 24, 1814, british soldiers rallied battle ofroops at the bladensburg right outside washington, d.c. the victory left the nation's capital right open -- wide open to british forces, who marched through the city and burned down the white house. you can learn more about the burning of washington during the war of 1812 this thursday from author and historian anthony pitch. live coverage starts at 6:45 p.m. eastern. more about the burning of washington next saturday, august 23, as we take you live to bladensburg waterfront park for a panel discussion on the events of 200 years ago. that's live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here on thatn3, we complement coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public events. on weekends, it's home to american history tv with

see the schedule of where we can and watch video from all of our stops at www.c-span.org /localcontent now for many of us who have gone overseas, fox for this country, fought for mississippi, we fought for alabama, we fought , we foughtarolina for illinois, and we fought for every state in this union. ever goingo

to learn more about the city, visit www.c-span.org/ localcontent. we continue with our look at the city of casper. this is american history tv. ♪ in the early 20th century, oil production led to the rapid growth of casper, wyoming. teapot dome oil