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AMERICANPATRIOT VIEW IN
FULLSCREENCLICK ABOVEAPRIL 14, 2010
FDR’S HOME AT HYDE PARKKOREAN WAR MEMORIALFREEDOM IS NOT FREE
SAN FRANCISCO’S
BRIDGE OF GOLD
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SAN FRANCISCO’S
BRIDGE OF GOLD
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GENE AUTRYTHE SINGING COWBOY8
KOREAN WAR MEMORIALFREEDOM IS NOT FREE
THIS WEEKIN AMERICANHISTORY
QUOTE OFTHE WEEK
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SAN FRANCISCO’SBRIDGE OF GOLD
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Before the Golden Gate Bridge was built,the traffic from the ferries crossing fromSan Francisco to and from suburban andrural Marin County became intolerable. Asthe docks became crowded, the city ofSan Francisco decided that a bridge — theconcept for which had been proposed andrejected many times before — absolutelyneeded to be built.
After vigorous and angry battles in courts,pro-bridge builders prevailed and, in 1928,the plans for financing and construction cameto fruition. The suspension bridge was com-pleted in 1937, standing at 1.7 miles longand 90 feet wide. Part of US Route 101,the Golden Gate Bridge was, as noted above,the longest suspension bridge in the worldat the time — until it was eclipsed by NewYork’s Verrazano Bridge in 1964.
The bridge is painted Orange Vermillion alsoknown as International Orange. The colorhas a beautiful sheen as the sun hits thebridge at dusk. Because of its beauty andfame, it has been featured in the mediamany times including the recent Star Trek,Full House, and Vertigo. On May 28, 1987,
the bridge celebrated its fiftieth birthday,during which it was closed to vehicles andhosted an estimated 300,000 pedestriansover the course of the day. The Golden GateBridge is one of San Francisco’s most famedtourist attraction and approximately 45 mil-lion vehicles pass over the bridge annually.Attesting (unfortunately) to its magneticdraw, the bridge is also the number onespot for suicides in the world.
The Golden Gate Bridge is named for the Golden Gate Strait at theentrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. It is amarvelof engineering, the longest suspension bridge span in theworld formanyyears, a beautiful looking feat of architecture, and the internationalsymbol of San Francisco and California.
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GENE AUTRYTHE SINGING COWBOY
Autry frequented the airwaves for more than
three decades in both radio and television. An
actual cowboy, Autry was born and bred in Texas
and Oklahoma. His career kicked off in Tulsa
OK where he was named “Oklahoma’s Yodeling
Cowboy.” On the radio, Autry could be heard
on Sunday evenings for 16 years on the Melody
Ranch show via CBS. The show ran for an un-
precedented length, and featured comedy acts,
drama and, of course, the sweet melodies of
the man himself.
When television became popular, he was there.
He produced The Gene Autry Show, and his
Flying A production company would produce
other classic Western shows such as Annie
Oakley, Buffalo Bill Jr., and The Adventures of
Champion. Not satisfied with the small screen,
he was also featured in 93 motion pictures during
his lifetime including Back in the Saddle, The
Last Round-Up, and Sierra Sue. Autry won five
stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his
television and movie roles. Autry joined the
greats in the Radio Hall of Fame in 2003. At
personal appearances, such as a sold-out rodeo
at Madison Square Garden, his fans would go wild
with enthusiasm. He is considered by many to
be the greatest Western star of all time.
Autry served in the military during World War
11 as a flight officer. In his early life, Autry had
been offered an opportunity to play in the minor
leagues, but after declining he never gave up
his love for baseball. Late in life, when his savvy
investments made him a multi-millionaire, he
became owner of the Los Angeles Angels. From
1983 to his death in 1998, Autry was also a
vice president of the American League. He
never saw the Angels make the World Series
but the team retired his number “26.”
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Television cowboys were a staple of the early years of the newmedium—Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Hopalong Cassidy, Sky King. But no one wasmorepopular than Gene Autry. Known as “The Singing Cowboy,” he was also acomposer, well known for hits such as “Back in the Saddle Again,” “TearsOnMYPillow,” “Rudolf the RedNoseReindeer,” and “Frosty the Snowman.”Yes, Frosty and Rudolph were his.
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KOREAN WAR MEMORIALFREEDOM IS NOT FREEEngraved on the black granite near the water pool at the KoreanWar VeteransMemorial inWashington DC, the Honor Roll of themenandwomenwho fought in theKoreanWar remindAmericansof tolls of the war. The site is located adjacent to the LincolnMemorial directly across the reflecting pool from the VietnamVeterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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The monument was authorized by Congress in
1986, and the construction was overseen by
the Korean War Veterans Memorial Advisory
Committee and the American Battle Monuments
Commission. Walls create the memorial’s design
of a triangle intersecting with a circle. Frank
Gaylord was commissioned to design 19 stain-
less steel statues within the walls, each over 7
feet high, representing a squad on patrol.
The number 19 is not random, it is half of 38
representing the 38th parallel line that separated
the two Korean, one Communist and one a
democracy. Blowing ponchos create the illusion
that they are walking up the hill symbolizing
the difficult terrain of the peninsula, while their
fatigues are exactly true to the era of the Korean
War. The soldiers depicted in the statues rep-
resent the diversity of Americans who fought
in the war.
Other highlights of the 2.2 acre memorial in-
clude The Sharon of Rose hibiscus plantings
and Pool of Remembrance. Both of which are
intended to remind visitors of the terrain of Korea.
The Pool of Remembrance is encompassed by
a circle of trees allowing the visitor a quiet
place for reflection; on a stone nearby is etched
and inlaid in silver: “Freedom is not free.”
Graphic artist Louis Nelson designed a Mural
Wall which displays 2,500 images of the war
from the National Archives sandblasted into
black granite. A separate United Nations Wall
lists the 22 nations that contributed to the war
effort. The memorial powerfully captures the
rugged and violent nature of the Korean War
and honored those who died to protect a free
South Korea from aggression.
THE COLDEST WAR,A KOREAN WAR MEMOIR
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FDR’S HOME AT
HYDE PARK
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The estate itself is home of the furnished
“Springwood,” the main house on the property
where Roosevelt grew up and lived as an adult,
as well as the FDR’s Presidential museum, Top
Cottage (pictured right), stables, FDR’s grave
site, and many serene and beautiful hiking trails.
FDR’s father James Roosevelt bought the estate
in 1866 for $40,000 and raised his family in
the Springwood house. FDR played on the es-
tate as a youth and then was educated there
as a teenager.
After leaving for a few years at Harvard, Franklin
married Eleanor and moved into the house with
his mother. During his presidency, Roosevelt
used the house often for vacations and political
conferences. FDR hosted Queen Elizabeth and
King George IV on the spot during the first time
an English monarch visited the United States.
He hoped to retire at Top Cottage at the end of
his days, but, of course, that was not to be as
he died in office.
In 1943, Roosevelt donated the entire estate
to the American people under the condition
that his family had a life-time right of usage.
The National Park has guided tours of the estate
throughout the year. Children’s programs are
hosted for free during the summer months, also
starting in May, a tram takes visitors around
the property. Visitors can stroll the gardens, like
FDR and Eleanor’s rose garden. The park has
century old trees on the grounds. FDR boasted
that he was a professional tree farmer, and even
listed it as one of his occupations. All in all, a
visit to Hyde Park provides a great insight into
America’s thirty second president’s life outside
the White House, and to a time and place of
great events.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s estate at Hyde Park illuminatesthe life of one of America’s greatest Presidents, a man whoconfronted crippling polio, the Great Depression and the epicWorldWar II. The historic site of HydePark is just 90miles out-side ofNewYorkCity in Dutchess County, but feels like aworldaway. Of the estate, the President once said: “All that is withinme cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River.”
WATCH A VIDEO AND SLIDESHOW OF HYDE PARK
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HARRIET TUBMANAND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Following the North Star by night to Pennsylvania,
Tubman found work and saved her money, and, in
an act of supreme bravery, went back to rescue
her sister and her sister’s children. Then she went
back, a third time, for her brother. On the third
trip, she went to meet with her husband and
found that he had remarried.
Heartbroken but resolved to free as many of her
people as possible, she regularly made the trip
South and escorted slaves to the North. Even with
a $40,000 bounty on her head by slavemasters,
she continued her travels. She was even able to
rescue her 70 year old parents in a brutally slow
and difficult trip. Tubman was always working to
devise clever and well-thought out techniques to
make the trips as smooth and safe as possible.
She was particularly lucky to find sympathetic
Quakers along the trail to stay with and to feed her
group. She became famous among both Aboli-
tionists and pro-slavery groups.
Americans today know her feat as the Underground
Railroad due to a book published by William Still
about her adventures published in 1871. Her en-
deavor was highly spiritualistic and she was often
referred to as Moses; slaves who awaited her
arrival often sang “Go Down Moses” and other
similar spirituals. During the Civil War, Tubman
worked as a cook, nurse, and spy for the Union.
After the war, she settled in Auburn, NY. There,
Tubman took up the suffragist cause and, in 1896,
she was a delegate to the National Association of
Colored Women's first annual convention. She
believed the right to vote was vital to preserving
their freedom. She died in 1913, honored and
recognized as a great American heroine. On March
10, 1990, Congress designated that day as
“Harriet Tubman Day” in honor of her 19 coura-
geous trips as “conductor” of the Underground
Railroad scientists for being more of a chemist
and cook than a true scientific mind. Most his-
torians generally emphasize how his inventions
and insights helped millions of people.
WATCH A BRIEF DOCUMENTARYVIDEO ON HARRIET TUBMAN
Born as a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman was moved from a house slaveto a field slave at the age of seven. During her time working in the fields, shewas struck in the head by an angry master and for the rest of her life sufferedfainting spells. When she was about 20 years old, she married a freed man,John Tubman and resolved to run away, so she could not be sold.
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Spring is nature's way of saying,“Let's party!”
— ROBIN WILLIAMS COMEDIAN AND ACTOR
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THIS WEEK INAMERICAN HISTORY
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1999.The New York Yankees dedicate a plaque at YankeeStadium in honor of Joe DiMaggio.
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