To have actual images of when i give a talk. This is something of a departure for me. Heres how the structure is going to work. Im going to give very brief introductions for the four people who are sitting here at the table with me and ill do all of them at once. And then im going to go in the order in which these images are going to appear and have each of our Panel Members talk about why they decided to be part of this project. And why they selected the image that they selected. Theyll talk for a little while about the image and then well see where the conversation goes after that. Youll be able to have questions. Let me introduce everybody up here. Ill start with carol riordan, the professor of American History at penn state university. Carol and i taught together there for a long time. Shes the author of a very important book on civil war memory, the military side of it. With a sword in one hand, the problem of military thought in the civil war north. And shes a coauthor with tom v
This is. Well, good afternoon, everybody. Im glad to see that were all alive. Well, you all have survived. Now, seven weeks of american history, death, dying in us history. Weve reached week seven. Im Stephen Berry your host for all things morbid today. Not any grimmer than any other day in this class. Were to be talking about the history of investigation, the evolution of, the system of Death Investigation, United States, which really matures and comes of age and about the dawn of the 20th century. So it is a 19th century story of how Death Investigation becomes forensic and ultimately becomes the csi series. Now, we all have a pretty lurid, i think, of Death Investigation thats by local news, right . This graphic is everywhere. I found a million of these. All right. Tape and chalk outnd sopolice we have a very lurid sense of death ination from the if it bleeds, it leads school of journalism in the United States. But im going to take the evolution of this system very seriously and tal
History, death, dying in us history. Weve reached week seven. Im Stephen Berry your host for all things morbid today. Not any grimmer than any other day in this class. Were to be talking about the history of investigation, the evolution of, the system of Death Investigation, United States, which really matures and comes of age and about the dawn of the 20th century. So it is a 19th century story of how Death Investigation becomes forensic and ultimately becomes the csi series. Now, we all have a pretty lurid, i think, of Death Investigation thats by local news, right . This graphic is everywhere. I found a million of these. All right. Its always same with a police tape and chalk outlines and so we have a very lurid sense of Death Investigation from the if it bleeds, it leads school of journalism in the United States. But im going to take the evolution of this system very seriously and talk about how its developed over time, starting with its historical importance. Now, the most obvious
Im sure each of our colleagues has about the same. And do you know that a good portion of those are the people saying, why dont you give us a vote . Sure. Do you further know that if we had a referendum, and let the people speak that if the people spoke and decided to take the flag down, that i would vote to take the flag down. I did know that because you told me that earlier and i would do the same. And did you further know that if the people spoke and said leave the flag up, i would vote like i my heart tells me to leave the flag up. Yes, sir. Having said all that, you know, we have a choice to make. We got our districts to represent. In my district its overwhelmingly, do you know, they want the flag left up. They want their an sesters and their heritage honored and they most of all want their veterans honored. Yes, sir. And did you know that in may of 1958 that general and then president eisenhower signed into law to make the confederate veterans equal to all the other veteran group
Neighbors say a few months ago another accident happened on diablo road up the street from here. In that case, a car also hit two cyclists. 1 of the victims was also airlifted to a local hospital. They blame the city for not widening diablo road. It is busy and popular for cyclists and drivers going up to mount diablo. Something has to be done. We have been asking for safe bicycle lanes starting here and going up to the boulevard. We dont have the names of the victims or their current conditions. All we know is that they have major injuries. Police are looking for a silver suv. Of ford escape should have damage to the front of the suv. You are standing on a trail not far from where the crash happened. With the trump be a better alternative . Reporter neighbors have talked about that but i will step out. You can see the trail next to diablo road. This trail is used by a lot of pedestrians and moms with strollers. A lot of cyclists dont want to have the conflict and run into them. You ca