Movie Night: "Rough Riders" 1997 Complete Teddy Roosevelt TV Mini-Series - Part 2

Staff Writer, DL Mullan
Rough Riders / Teddy Roosevelt
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"Rough Riders" 1997 Complete Teddy Roosevelt TV Mini-Series - Part 2

July 1st 1898 - The Battle of San Juan Hill - Nearly 121 Years ago as of the publication of this video. Presenting the complete, original 1997 TNT TV Mini-Series which originally aired July 20th - 21st. The Mini was directed and co-written by John Milius about future President Theodore Roosevelt and the regiment known as the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry; a.k.a. the Rough Riders. The series prominently shows the bravery of the volunteers at the Battle of San Juan Hill, part of the Spanish–American War of 1898. The film was shot in Texas over 48 days on a budget of $19 million. Six Texas locations served as stand-ins for Cuba, Florida, New York and Washington, D.C. - Palestine, a town southeast of Dallas, was the period railroad; the Cuban jungle scenes were done outside Houston and the hill country outside San Antonio stood in for the training camp and San Juan Hill.

Source: Youtube

Movie Night: "Rough Riders" 1997 Complete Teddy Roosevelt TV Mini-Series - Part 1

Staff Writer, DL Mullan
Rough Riders / Teddy Roosevelt
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"Rough Riders" 1997 Complete Teddy Roosevelt TV Mini-Series - Part 1

July 1st 1898 - The Battle of San Juan Hill - Nearly 121 Years ago as of the publication of this video. Presenting the complete, original 1997 TNT TV Mini-Series which originally aired July 20th - 21st. The Mini was directed and co-written by John Milius about future President Theodore Roosevelt and the regiment known as the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry; a.k.a. the Rough Riders. The series prominently shows the bravery of the volunteers at the Battle of San Juan Hill, part of the Spanish–American War of 1898. The film was shot in Texas over 48 days on a budget of $19 million. Six Texas locations served as stand-ins for Cuba, Florida, New York and Washington, D.C. - Palestine, a town southeast of Dallas, was the period railroad; the Cuban jungle scenes were done outside Houston and the hill country outside San Antonio stood in for the training camp and San Juan Hill.

Source: Youtube

President Trump's Full News Conference on Charlottesville Response

Staff Writer, DL Mullan

POTUS / Charlottesville Riot
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Donald Trump's off-the-rails full news conference on Charlottesville response

President Donald Trump was in peak combative form as he addressed the media's questions about his response to the racism and violence in Charlottesville during a news conference at Trump Tower in New York.

Source: Global News

Movie Night: The Untold History of The US - Bush & Obama Age of Terror

Staff Writer, DB Holmes

Government / 911
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The Untold History of The US - Bush & Obama Age of Terror

In it,Oliver Stone and his collaborators focuses the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan during the Bush administration.It presents how many American lives were lost as well as the torture incidents that American soldiers were involved in.As for the conspiracies involved,it also presents the personal motive of Bush was more of a personal vendetta against Saddam Hussein rather than catching the terrorist who are guilty of the September 11 attacks in New York.Added to that,it also tries to portray how the Bush administration tried to manipulate the terror warnings to the Americans to fulfill their political motives.

Source: Top Productions 

Teacher Explains: Common Core Causes Student Failures

Staff Writer, DB Holmes

Education / Parents
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NY Teacher Speaks for Kids: Strongly Objects to Common Core Testing 

Jennifer Rickert, 6th grade teacher for the Ichabod Crane Central School District speaks on behalf of her students at a Board of Education meeting and strongly objects to Common Core testing. Jennifer provides heartwrenching statements together with citing moral and ethical conflict over administration of developmentally inappropriate and controversial common core tests. Parents and colleagues in her support give standing ovation.

 Source: Youtube