[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama primary which is significant this year as we are now one of the earliest states in the nation and included among those in super tuesday, all the more reason to get out and proudly cast your vote. Any chance i get i remind young people that voting is the single most important civic duty we have from delivering this message each year to speaking with our fourthgrade learners about their alabama history. Im always proud to share with our students in having the right to vote should never be taken for gra
[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama primary which is significant this year as we are now one of the earliest states in the nation and included among those in super tuesday, all the more reason to get out and proudly cast your vote. Any chance i get i remind young people that voting is the single most important civic duty we have from delivering this message each year to speaking with our fourthgrade learners about their alabama history. Im always proud to share with our students in having the right to vote should never be taken for gra
[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama primary which is significant this year as we are now one of the earliest states in the nation and included among those in super tuesday, all the more reason to get out and proudly cast your vote. Any chance i get i remind young people that voting is the single most important civic duty we have from delivering this message each year to speaking with our fourthgrade learners about their alabama history. Im always proud to share with our students in having the right to vote should never be taken for gra
[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama primary which is significant this year as we are now one of the earliest states in the nation and included among those in super tuesday, all the more reason to get out and proudly cast your vote. Any chance i get i remind young people that voting is the single most important civic duty we have from delivering this message each year to speaking with our fourthgrade learners about their alabama history. Im always proud to share with our students in having the right to vote should never be taken for gra
Good afternoon, everyone. Joining uso much for for the American Civil War symposium. Ordinary people, extraordinary times. T up on our roster where she received the 2016 great teacher award. She taught previously at the state of at the university of new york in the state of albany. She received her phd studying under dr. And dr. Gallagher. Dr. Taylor is a member of the board of editors of the journal of southern history and advisor editor for the civil war monitor magazine and coeditor of the university of Georgia Press is on civil war series. Her current book project of the manyy thousands of men and women and children who fled slavery during the civil war and examined how their day to day experiences shaped the way emancipation unfolded in the United States. Book derived from her dissertation provided family in the civil war. In 2005. Published that book is the topic of her program today. I present to you dr. Amy morel taylor. It is indeed a real pleasure to be back here in virginia,