Ci sitting up here as quiet and peaceful as this place was, was a chance for him to, as he put it, recharge my batteries. We continue our look at the presidency of franklin roosevelt. Up next, a tour of Eleanor Roosevelts valkill cottage in hyde park, new york. The retreat is about two miles from the springwood Franklin Family estate. Certainly, this became the very First National Historic Site to be dedicated to a first lady and the only Historic Site dedicated to one first lady. Well, valkill encompasses two major buildings. The first building, the stone cottage, was built in 1925 to initially serve as a retreat for Eleanor Roosevelt and her two political mentors, nancy cook and Marion Dickerman. It was built on the eastern most end of the roosevelt property at the time. It was land that fdr had purchased in 1911 to do forestry experiments on. But he offered to build his wife, eleanor, a Little Cottage here, because by the early 1920s, she was getting very active in political life. A
Rulers. Sunday at 4 00 p. M. , on reel america, the 1956 film, a city decides about the Historic Supreme Court decision, brown v. Board of education. Delegates from all the high schools in st. Louis. Well, all i know is at our school, there are some kids who just dont like colored people. Some of the kids at our school dont like white people either. I think its the individual that counts. How are you going to get to know a person unless you meet them. When the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was illegal, these children were ready. And at 6 00 p. M. , on american artifacts, we look at a selection of clifford barrymans popular political cartoons for the early 20th century. And clifford barryman continued to draw for the washington evening star for the next 42 years. His cartoons appeared almost daily, usually on the front page of the paper, very prominently placed, and he had quite an ill lustrous career. Watch American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Since 2011, architect and H
The theme of this years event is ordinary people, extraordinary times. Historians explore how the war affected a Diverse Group of american people. The event is cohosted by the library of virginia, university of Virginia Center for Civil War History, and the American Civil War museum. In the first session, james robertson, Virginia Tech history professor emeritus, and the author or editor of more than 20 books will give a talk titled civil war echoes from the common folk. But first, the director of the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia will welcome the audience. This is live coverage on American History tv on cspan3. Good morning, im Gary Gallagher and i very pleased to welcome all of you this morning. To our symposium titled ordinary people, extraordinary times. I do this and welcome you on behalf of the library of virginia, the American Civil War the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia. Treadway, they library and would perform this task,
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,
From the Hudson Institute this is an hour and 20 minutes. A special welcome to those of you who are watching online into the viewers on cspan. I am seth cropsey. The senior fellow here at hudson. Welcome to our conference on chinas recent actions that aim to establish their own order in the Taiwan Strait. As you will hear in greater detail from our panel this morning china unilaterally changed the status quo in the first week of this year. The changes were made despite agreements between taiwan. And then again in 2015. These provided for mutual consultation to any change in aviation rates. This violation is part of a larger broader pattern of chinese provocation. For example the chinese Aircraft Carrier goes through the Taiwan Strait. One day after the aviation route changed since the taiwan president was inaugurated. They had circled taiwan nearly once a month. This is consistent with chinas policy that seeks to enjoy the benefits of an International World order for the purpose of rep