Little Rock - Clinton Presidential Bridge
Drone footage of the Clinton Presidential Bridge, Clinton Presidential Museum, a portion of the Arkansas River Trail, and the Riverside RV Park.
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Interior Highlands depression wetland - Big Creek Natural Area, Arkansas
Theo Witsell, botanist with the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, gives a tour of an Interior Highlands depression wetland/sink hole pond at Big Creek Natural Area in Cleburne County, Arkansas. Featured is a unique species for the area - the black high-bush blueberry.
Little Rock Arkansas' Bill Clinton Library
It is situated on 17 acres of land located next to the Arkansas River and Interstate 30 and was designed by architectural firm Polshek Partnership, LLP with exhibition design by Ralph Appelbaum Associates.[4] The main building cantilevers over the Arkansas River, echoing Clinton's campaign promise of building a bridge to the 21st century.[5] With a 68,698-square-foot (6,382.3 m2) floor plan, the library itself is the largest presidential library in terms of physical area.
The Clinton Presidential Center and Park, Little Rock, AR
Beautiful park around the Presidential library of Bill Clinton, Little Rock, Arkansas. May 2012
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Arkansas by Bus
A bus trip to Little Rock, Arkansas and surrounding area. Sites visited include Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Clinton Presidential Library, Heifer Village, Central High School, Old Mill Park, Morris Antiques, Marlsgate Plantation, and the Old State House.
USA: WASHINGTON: PRESIDENT CLINTON'S INAUGURATION CELEBRATION BALL
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United States President Bill Clinton begins his second term in office with a whirl - fourteen celebratory balls, in fact.
The celebration is expected to keep the first couple up until four in the Washington morning.
At each stop, the Clintons are getting to speak to the crowd and dance a few steps before heading off to the next event.
The extravaganza begins just after dark as women, dressed in ball gowns, and escorted by their tuxedo-clad partners step out of limousines to begin their night of partying.
And because this is inaugural night, the official balls - a record-setting 14 of them - will be held at some of Washington's most notable buildings.
The president visited every bash, starting with one other unofficial party, a ball for military veterans.
Clinton told the veterans to keep the country's leaders focused on what was important.
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I asked you to pray and insist that we here, in charge of the affairs of this country and building the bridge to the next century, keep our eyes on the price. Thank you and God bless you all.
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And there were many famous artists to keep the guests on their feet during the night.
Hillary Clinton's gown was still something of a mystery until she showed off the gold- coloured Oscar de la Renta full length dress.
The Clintons made dancing appearances at a number of the balls - to the delight of the cheering crowds.
The California ball - predictably - attracted Hollywood stars - including Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffiths, Antonio Banderas and Linda Carter.
The balls continue a tradition that began with the fourth president, James Madison, who held the first inaugural dance with his wife, Dolley, in 1809.
The place to be on inauguration night - was the ball staged by Clinton's home state, Arkansas.
After the Vice President and his wife Tipper warmed up the crowd with their dancing - everyone cheered when the first family made their appearance.
President Clinton took the chance to dance with his daughter Chelsea, to roars of approval from the crowd.
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Arkansas Grand Canyon - Highway 7
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Hwy 65 South in Arkansas
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Bryan Powers Wave Runner Table Rock Lake
Drone photography. Missouri, Arkansas, Springfield and the Ozarks. Bill Cover films drone footage, using his DJI Phantom III Advanced. Bryan Powers on a wave runner.
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National Park Hot Springs | American national park in central Garland County, Arkansas
Hot Springs National Park is an American national park in central Garland County, Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Hot Springs, the county seat.
Hot Springs Reservation was initially created by an act of the United States Congress on April 20, 1832 to be preserved for future recreation.
Established before the concept of a national park existed, it was the first time that land had been set aside by the federal government to preserve its use as an area for recreation.
The hot spring water has been popularly believed for centuries to possess medicinal properties, and was a subject of legend among several Native American tribes.
Following federal protection in 1832, the city developed into a successful spa town.
Incorporated January 10, 1851, the city has been home to Major League Baseball spring training, illegal gambling, speakeasies and gangsters such as Al Capone, horse racing at Oaklawn Park, the Army and Navy Hospital, and 42nd President Bill Clinton.
The area was made a national park on March 4, 1921.
Until the redesignation of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial as Gateway Arch National Park in 2018, Hot Springs was the smallest national park by area in the United States.
Since Hot Springs National Park is the oldest park maintained by the National Park Service, it was the first to receive its own US quarter in April 2010 as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters coin series.
The hot springs flow from the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain, part of the Ouachita Mountain range.
In the park, the hot springs have not been preserved in their unaltered state as natural surface phenomena.
They have instead been managed to conserve the production of uncontaminated hot water for public use.
The mountains within the park are also managed within this conservation philosophy to preserve the hydrological system that feeds the springs.
Following 8,000 years of use by indigenous peoples, European Americans discovered and appropriated the springs.
They have used the hot spring water in therapeutic baths for more than 200 years to treat rheumatism and other ailments.
While this was a reservation, the area developed into a well-known resort nicknamed The American Spa; it attracted not only the wealthy but indigent health seekers from around the world.
The park includes portions of downtown Hot Springs, making it one of the most accessible national parks.
There are numerous hiking trails and camping areas.
Bathing in spring water is available in approved facilities at extra cost.
The entire Bathhouse Row area is designated as a National Historic Landmark District that contains the grandest collection of bathhouses of its kind in North America, including many outstanding examples of Gilded Age architecture.
The row's Fordyce Bathhouse serves as the park's visitor center; the Buckstaff and Quapaw are the only facilities in 2015 still operating as bathhouses.
Other buildings of the row are being restored or are used for other purposes.
For many years, this area was visited by chiefs and tribes of numerous indigenous peoples.
They called it the Valley of the Vapors at the time of Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto's arrival in the area in 1541.
He was the first known European to see the springs.
Members of many Native American tribes had been gathering in the valley for over 8,000 years to enjoy the healing properties of the thermal springs.
Around the 18th century the Caddo settled in the area, followed by the Choctaw, Cherokee, and other tribes from the Southeast across the Mississippi River.
There was agreement among the tribes that they would put aside their weapons and partake of the healing waters in peace while in the valley.
The Quapaw lived in the Arkansas River delta area and visited the springs.
In 1673 Father Marquette and Jolliet explored the area and claimed it for France.
The Treaty of Paris 1763 ceded the land back to Spain; however, in 1800 control was returned to France until the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
In December 1804 William Dunbar and George Hunter made an expedition to the Ouachita Mountains and the springs at the request of President Thomas Jefferson, to study the native peoples and flora and fauna.
They found one log cabin and a few rudimentary shelters used by people visiting the springs for their healing properties.
In 1807 Jean Emmanual Prudhomme, of French colonial descent, became the first European-American settler of modern Hot Springs.
After he regained his health following two years of bathing in the hot water and eating local foods, he returned home to his plantation on the Red River in Louisiana.
Arkansas in the American Civil War | Wikipedia audio article
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Arkansas in the American Civil War
00:01:31 1 Background
00:03:42 2 The secession crisis
00:04:51 2.1 Seizure of the Federal Arsenal at Little Rock
00:07:07 2.2 The first Convention on Secession
00:09:19 2.3 Reaction to the attack on Fort Sumter
00:10:25 2.4 Arkansas leaves the Union
00:11:36 2.5 Organizing for war
00:13:27 3 Confederate units
00:14:56 4 Major campaigns
00:15:05 4.1 1861
00:17:38 4.2 1862
00:28:36 4.3 1863
00:32:42 4.4 1864
00:36:04 4.5 1865
00:38:48 5 Battles in Arkansas
00:39:05 6 Notable Confederate leaders from Arkansas
00:39:42 7 Notable Union leaders from Arkansas
00:40:35 8 The Peace Society
00:41:34 9 Restoration to Union
00:42:11 10 Image gallery
00:42:20 11 See also
00:42:44 12 Notes
00:42:52 12.1 Footnotes
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During the American Civil War, Arkansas was a Confederate state, though it had initially voted to remain in the Union. Following the capture of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Abraham Lincoln called for troops from every Union state to put down the rebellion, and Arkansas and several other states seceded. For the rest of the war, Arkansas played a major role in controlling the vital Mississippi River and neighboring states, including Tennessee and Missouri.
It raised 48 infantry regiments, 20 artillery batteries, and over 20 cavalry regiments for the Confederacy, mostly serving in the Western Theater, though the 3d Arkansas Infantry Regiment served with distinction in the Army of Northern Virginia. Major General Patrick Cleburne was the state's most notable military leader. The state also raised four infantry regiments, four cavalry regiments and one artillery battery for the Union. Finally there were six infantry regiments and one artillery battery of United States Colored Troops raised in Arkansas.
Numerous skirmishes as well as several significant battles were fought in Arkansas, including the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862, a decisive one for the Trans-Mississippi Theater which ensured Union control of northern Arkansas. The state capitol at Little Rock was captured in 1863. By the end of the war, programs such as the draft, high taxes, and martial law had led to a decline in enthusiasm for the Confederate cause. Arkansas was officially readmitted to the Union in 1868.
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William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to the presidency, he was the Governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton was ideologically a New Democrat and many of his policies reflected a centrist Third Way political philosophy.
Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and attended Georgetown University, University College, Oxford, and Yale Law School. He met Hillary Rodham at Yale and married her in 1975. After graduating, Clinton returned to Arkansas and won election as the Attorney General of Arkansas, serving from 1977 to 1979. As Governor of Arkansas, he overhauled the state's education system and served as chairman of the National Governors Association. Clinton was elected president in 1992, defeating incumbent Republican opponent George H. W. Bush. At age 46, he became the third-youngest president and the first from the Baby Boomer generation.
Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history and signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement, but failed to pass his plan for national health care reform. In the 1994 elections, the Republican Party won unified control of the Congress for the first time in 40 years. In 1996, Clinton became the first Democrat since Franklin D. Roosevelt to be elected to a second full term. He passed welfare reform and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, as well as financial deregulation measures, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. In 1998, Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice following allegations that he committed perjury and obstructed justice to conceal an affair he had with Monica Lewinsky, a 22-year old White House intern. Clinton was acquitted by the Senate in 1999 and completed his term in office. He is only the second U.S. president to ever be impeached, the first being Andrew Johnson. During the last three years of Clinton's presidency, the Congressional Budget Office reported a budget surplus, the first such surplus since 1969. In foreign policy, Clinton ordered U.S. military intervention in the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, signed the Iraq Liberation Act in opposition to Saddam Hussein, participated in the 2000 Camp David Summit to advance the Israeli–Palestinian peace process, and assisted the Northern Ireland peace process.
Clinton left office with the highest end-of-office approval rating of any U.S. president since World War II, and has continually scored high in the historical rankings of U.S. presidents, consistently placing in the top third. Since leaving office, he has been involved in public speaking and humanitarian work. He created the William J. Clinton Foundation to address international causes such as the prevention of AIDS and global warming. He has remained active in politics by campaigning for Democratic candidates, including the presidential campaigns of his wife and Barack Obama. In 2004, Clinton published his autobiography, My Life. In 2009, he was named the United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti and after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, he teamed with George W. Bush to form the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. In addition, he secured the release of two American journalists imprisoned by North Korea, visiting the capital Pyongyang and negotiating their release with Kim Jong-il.
Little Rock & Hot Springs. Arkansas
There are approximately 1480 miles from California's West Coast to Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock got its name from a stone outcropping landmark on the bank of the Arkansas River -- La Petite Roche. The name Arkansas means south wind.
Little Rock National Airport was recently renamed the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport and services over 2 million passengers a year. American, Delta, United and US Airways are the principal carriers flying into Little Rock.
The Clinton Presidential Library and Museum is located within the Clinton Presidential Center and Park. The Library and Museum feature exhibits, special events, and educational programs. Permanent exhibits display documents, photographs and videos. Socks the stray Tomcat that was adopted by Chelsea Clinton has been immortalized in some of the displays. There are replicas of the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room. Permanent exhibits display documents, photographs and videos. The entrance fee is $10 for adults and $5 for children.
About 55 miles southwest of Little Rock is the geothermal town of Hot Springs. Revered by Native American tribes for eons, the French were the first to claim it in 1673. By the early 1800s the Hot Springs were being used for health and healing purposes.
Today Hot Springs continues to be a popular tourist destination with shops, attractions and interesting dining options such as Rolando's who serve a delicious chile cheese tamale. For some real Southern fare, McCard's Bar B Q restaurant is known as the spot for over 75 years. Meats are cooked and smoked in an old fashioned pit style. The half spread is a tamale with fritos, beans, chopped beef, cheese and onions. Fries and ribs are hearty and if you have room left for an ice cream sundae --- well maybe you have just tasted what was Bill Clinton's favorite dishes before he started his vegan diet.
Bill Clinton moved to Hot Springs when he was in second grade. At Hot Springs High School he was an active student politician and a Band Major. Hot Springs was during prohibition a popular spot for gangsters. Al Capone would visit regularly. Entertainers like singer, Kate Smith, God Bless America also were regulars in Hot Springs.
Taking the baths were enhanced by having a few cocktails along with gambling made for a very lively destination. Today alcohol is legal and gambling at Oaklawn is popular and what has continued to endure at the famous maters of Hot Springs. The hot spring flow from the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain and the therapeutic baths have been used for over two centuries to treat rheumatism and other ailments.
Bathhouse Row lines one side of the main street in Hot Springs with ornate buildings that offered hot spring baths and treatments. Though many of the original neoclassical and Italinate buildings are no longer active Spas they are stunning examples of how popular the sap movement was in 19th and early 20th century America.
Oaklawn Park Race Track is the home of the The Racing Festival of the South. Besides thoroughbred racing there is also gaming such as video blackjack, poker and slots. It has been there since 1904.
Mountain Valley Spring Water Company dates even further back to 1871 when a pharmacist began selling the bottled water from a natural spring. The water was touted as a cure for ailments such as Bright's disease, liver and kidney ailments. Through a franchise system it was soon available from the East Coast to Texas. These claims held water during studies after World War II and offered a successful defense against FDA allegations of exaggerated advertising claims.
The spring is protected by 2,000 acres of forest land and is tested daily. It has been a Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting gold medal winner twice and has appeared in numerous movies and television shows.
Maybe there is something in the Hot Springs water that makes brides glow a little more and marriages remain successful a little longer. But as Loren Eisley once said, if there is magic in the world, it must be in water.
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George H.W. Bush: American Despot 2 (Full Episode)
George HW Bush: American Despot
Part 2 of a 4 part series. This documentary covers George HW Bush and his involvement with drug trafficking during his Vice Presidency. Bill Clinton Co- Stars as the Coked out drug trafficking Governor of Arkansas Slick Willy with commentary from individuals; witnesses who have since disappeared and/or whose careers were ruined. How did cocaine/ crack get into the inner city? Why did the criminals in action import cocaine? Watch and find out!
LITTLE ROCK TRAVEL VLOG | A Weekend in Little Rock | Arkansas
Went to Little Rock over Memorial Day weekend and it was lovely!
Places Visited:
Club 27 (Salsa Dancing with a lesson)
Magic Springs and Crystal Falls (amusement park)
Clinton Presidential Center
River Market
Arkansas State Capitol
Old State House Museum
Little Rock Central High School
Rock Town Distillery
Riverfront Park
Junction Bridge
Arkansas Arts Center
Restaurants:
Three Fold Noodles and Dumpling
Honey Pies
Delicious Temptations
The Fold
President Bill Clinton's Remarks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention - Full Speech
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