What were going to do today, ladies and gentlemen, is were going to do robert e. Lee in the postwar years. And my coworker, when they were upstairs before we came down, asked me if this was going to be a beatification, which never hit me, but it might, because i am a big fan of robert e. Lee. What im hoping to do, among others, besides give you a timeline as to what robert e. Lee did in the postwar years, which i think is obviously the most often overlooked portion of his life, because the civil war is always going to be first and foremost. The other main theme of this lecture, im going to try to get across to you, the park service is big on themes, is that the amount of i wouldnt say that he did a lot of work in theory, but through his own personal example is probably the best way, through his own personal example, robert e. Lee tries to reconcile the nation. And what i think a lot of us as americans today have forgotten is that how far apart this country was in 1865. I think it is th
Give you a timeline as to what robert ely did in the postwar years, often the most overlooked portion of his life. The other main theme of this lecture i will try to get across i would amount of not say he did a lot of work but through his own personal example is probably the best way. Robert his own example, e lee tries to reconcile the nation. Havei think a lot of us forgotten is how far apart this country was in 1865. Is the view of a lot of people that lee surrendered at appomattox and then, bam, we will forget about it. We will just hold hands and reunite and continue down the path again. Decades,the country some would say a century, someone say not even yet, for the country to reunite. I would put the country seriously coming back together in the spanishamerican war when we all had a common enemy once again. That would be roughly 30 years after the end of the civil war. Robert e lee does not live that long. He is only going to live for five years. But you think about who symboliz
07 50 49 this is a test caption from the national captioning institute. 07 50 53 this is a test caption from the national captioning institute. He gets back and steps inside. Depending on who you read, whatever mary was trying to say here, it is hard to read mary at times. Whether she was hard or nice or whatever. Anyway, lee is always chastising his family, his girls, for being late for dinner. He is a punctual man. So when he comes in, miss mary says, why are you late . You have kept us waiting. The dutiful husband, lee pulls off his overcoat, hangs it on the rack, steps to the table. He starts to say grace. And nothing comes out of his mouth. He just freezes. I cannot describe it i did not see it. The onlookers say that that pale came over him at that moment. Right there. Misses lee got up and walked over to him and patted him on the hand and says, oh dear, you look tired, let me get you a cup of tea. Lee sunk back into the chair. He had already been seeing doctors but they cannot d
, ladies and gentlemen, is robert e lee in the postwar years. Teague, askedhuck a this was going to be beatification, did i get that right . And never hit me, but i guess it might, in a way, because i am a fan of robert e lee. Besides giving you a timeline of did in the e. Lee postwar years, and overlooked area of his life, the other main theme i am going to try to get across to you, the park service is that ithemes, wouldnt say he did a lot of work, but his own personal example is probably the best way. Through his own personal example, robert e. Lee tries to reconcile the nation. What a lot of us have forgotten is how far apart the country was in 1865. It is the view of a lot of people that lee surrenders at appomattox and, bam, we will forget about it. We will hold hands and just reunite and continue down that path. Decades,the country some say a century, some say not even yet, for the country to really reunite. I would put the country seriously coming back together in the same vein
2. 3 trillion relief bill that will mean help for many people and businesses in the country and here in louisiana. We anticipate that the president will sign that bill into law today. There will be major resources for hospitals to cover grants for unreimbursed Health Care Expenses and increased access to Digital Health care delivery. There will be direct checks for families. In addition there will be Small Business loans to coverdaley operations, including payroll and rent to keep the doors open. Expanded Unemployment Benefits and training dollars for dislocated workers are included as well. We know that theres additional assistance for food banks and snap benefits for those most vulnerable citizens. There also will be additional funding for child nutrition programs to make sure our children still receive meals while theyre not attending school. Rest assured that all of our state agencies are combing through the bill to make sure we identify every bit of funding and assistance and flex