Peter good afternoon. I am the director of the institute. It is my pleasure to invite aaron sheehandean, the professor of southern studies at lsu. He is professor of southern history as well as civil war and published a number of scholarly works, including a monograph on a book published by the university of virginia. He has done a number of things as well as the editor with myself for civil war america which is published by unc. Aaron came to cwi in 2013. This is your third year at lsu. We will have to note if theres a change in his accent. Do you have a cajun accent now . He is shaking his head no. He will speak on the war in 1865. Welcome aaron sheehandean. [applause] aaron thank you, pete. I have not developed an accent. The giveaway is i talk too fast. People know that i am a yankee. My students in particular i will do my best to speak slowly. I do cook jambalaya. Native in that regard of the food of baton rouge. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to start things off. I
Hello. We begin with the latest on the tensions between north and south kree y it looks like there is a last minute attempt to mediate the dispute. Right now its centered on the large loud speakers. We are hearing that top aides are due to meet. Harry is on the south korean border. It looks like both sides are looking for a way out of this. Reporter it does seem that way judging but the personnel that are going to be involved in the meeting. The deadline for the ending of loud speaker broadcast that north korea was saying, 5 00 p. M. Local time or 5 30. In the last couple of hours. The south korean president s office confirming that there would be a meeting an hour after that at 6 00 p. M. Local time here between the very senior military figure from north korea, the head of the Political Bureau of the Korean Peoples Army meeting the International Security adviser here in the south as well as the head of both countries essentially the ministries for korean relations will be attending th
All of the people he dealt with he knew personally. He knew people of integrity, he knew the ones to watch out for. They were neighbors. Bing crosby, for the rest of his life, treated people like neighbors. That is why the neighborhood is so important to understanding the rest of his life. Our cities tour staffers at we travel to spokane, washington, to learn about its history. Learn more about spokane and other stops at our tour on cspan. Org tour. Cspan. Org citi. Americane watching history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. We continue with our look at spokane. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies, and is brought to you today by your satellite or cable provider. Up next, on American History tv, lisa ocean of Des Moines Area Community college uses photographs and diary entries to describe the enduring friendship between republican Herbert Hoover and democrat harry truman. Part of theas Herber
Ocean,y dr. Luisa payne a professor of history at Des Moines Area Community college. She received her masters degree in womens studies from Eastern University and a doctorate from Iowa State University in agricultural history and rural studies. , ther of three books forgotten generation, american , andren in world war ii the depression dilemmas of rural iowa, 19291933. Ocean has now direct did her Research Interests in exploring overs hoovers postwar food relief efforts. Her next book is tentatively specter, theimmest world famine emergency. And thehoovers mission invisible years, 1946or seven. Ocean serves on the board of war and culture, and is the editor of a fourth coming forthcoming volume. Her talk today is entitled a kind and understanding heart, the politics and friendship between harry truman and Herbert Hoover. These welcome lisa ocean. [applause] lisa i changed my title a little bit. They changed my slides. I have the after lunch crowd. I hope you did not eat too much in tha
Ocean has now direct did her Research Interests in exploring hoovers postwar food relief efforts. Ocean serves on the board of war and culture, and is the editor of a forthcoming volume. Her talk today is entitled a kind and understanding heart, the politics and friendship between harry truman and Herbert Hoover. These welcome lisa ocean. [applause] lisa i changed my title a little bit. They changed my slides. I have the after lunch crowd. I hope you did not eat too much in that warm weather. What qualities should a president possess . A reporter asked Eleanor Roosevelt in the spring of 1946. She quickly responded a kind and understanding heart. And perhaps this was the quality that Herbert Hoover and harry truman had throughout their friendship which began in this ping of 1945, a little over 72 years ago. Hoover and truman were, on paper and on surface, very different men. Hoover was a republican. He was the depression era president. He was an engineer. And he was also a humanitarian.