We are absolutely alone. No one here to protect us but us. The retired Police Captain david dorn was murdered. I was afraid it within seconds they would surmount the wall, come into the house, callous, burn the house down, and everything i had worked for and struggled for for the last 32 years. Tucker the story didnt end there. After appearing on the show, Mark Mccloskey and his wife were bombarded with death threats, many of them credible. Today they learned of another coordinated attack on them thats playing for the weekend. The neatly called police. The dispatcher put them on hold and then finally transfer them to a Police Officer. The officer didnt seem to be listening to anything the mccloskeys said. Well call you back, police said, they never did. Desperate, the mccloskeys called a number of different private security firms but not one of them would take the job of protecting them. The owner of the last company the mccloskeys advised them to flee immediately. The only vice i can
I was afraid it within seconds they would surmount the wall, come into the house, callous, burn the house down, and everything i had worked for and struggled for for the last 32 years. Tucker the story didnt end there. After appearing on the show, Mark Mccloskey and his wife were bombarded with death threats, many of them credible. Today they learned of another coordinated attack on them thats playing for the weekend. They immediately called police. The dispatcher put them on hold and then finally transfer them to a Police Officer. The officer didnt seem to be listening to anything the mccloskeys said. Well call you back, police said, they never did. Desperate, the mccloskeys called a number of different private security firms but not one of them would take the job of protecting them. The owner of the last company the mccloskeys talked to advised them to flee immediately. The only advice i can give you is abandon the house. Run. Let the mob have its way. Let it burn. But the mccloskeys
Yet. It remains. And there is a reason for that. Americans care about thanksgiving, and i have for a very long time. Back in 1939, Franklin Roosevelt move the holiday a week earlier, he said it was an effort to boost the economy during thee great depression, but it seemed to many americans, weird and undignified, and they mocked him for it. They called thanksgiving franksgiving. Congress heard what they were saying it eventually moved thanksgiving back where it belongs and where it is now. We have been celebrating thanksgiving on the fourth thursday of november ever since then. In a time of political upheaval and this certainly is one you will notice no politician tried to move thanksgiving or call its juneteenth. We should be grateful for that, it is an enduring american tradition. At the same time, though, we have to tell you the obvious. We are witnessing fundamental changes in the way this country works. Changes that Congress Wont be able to undo simply by voting. It is not just be
They havent gotten thanksgiving yet. It remains. And there is a reason for that. Americans care about thanksgiving, and i have for a very long time. Back in 1935, Franklin Roosevelt move the holiday a week earlier, he said it was an effort to boost the economy during the great depression, but it seemed to many americans, weird and undignified, and they mocked him for it. They called thanksgiving franksgiving. Congress heard what they were saying it eventually moved thanksgiving back where it belongs and where it is now. We have been celebrating thanksgiving on the fourth thursday of november ever since then. In a time of political upheaval and this certainly is one you will notice no politician tried to move thanksgiving or call it juneteenth, we should be grateful for that, it is an enduring american tradition. At the same time, though, we have to tell you the obvious. We are witnessing fundamental changes in the way this country works. Changes that Congress Wont be able to undo simpl
Native american history, and she has special interest in the interactions between indigenous people, and people of african descent during the 19th century. So her first book was race in the Cherokee Nation, 17 in the 19th century. Her most recent book is called choctaw confederates, the American Civil War and indian country. If you recognize the title, that book is the subject of tonights talk. Its also basically brandnew. I noticed its official publication date was two years ago. Its a twoweek birthday for your book this evening. Were excited to share it with you. You can find it in all the usual bookstore places, as well as directly from the university of North Carolina press publishers. The top will be around 30 to 35 minutes, also. Well have plenty of time for a discussion at the end. The way we do discussion, if youve been to these events before, we do it all through the q and a feature in zoom. You can type in questions to the q a box at anytime. If something occurs to you during