And thats something we really cant take for granted. The festival begins on individual donations to keep going into say free and you can donate at any level via the southern festival of books through their facebook page. The southern festival of books app. This weekend in person at vessel headquarters. See mac i want to encourage everyone to visit humanities labor literary website. There are wonderful reviews there. You can also sign up for a weekly newsletter information about upcoming author events. And also a great way to be a part of the literary community. In tennessee. Finally, after our session jason will be signing books at the signing tent on the plaza. And plaza. And copies of the books are for sale at the sales area and a portion of the proceeds directly benefits the festival. Enough announcements it is my delight to introduce jason depaul. I could talk for a long while about his decades of extraordinary writing about poverty and immigration among other publications in the N
I want to welcome you in our session and military history, im been here a long time at the university and we have for very young historians so i feel a generation or two and beyond. Ill introduce them in a moment. But before i do, i want to tell you are actually here. Our historians our specialists and the American Revolutionary and particular interest and military aspects. As you learn from listening to them, their approaches for independence are very considerably and speaking up by the way because there is no microphone in here and allows you to do the same we get to the queue or nay. We are going to hear remarks on gender and personal narrative in the meetings of con reds and the influence of military service and state formation and we have called the session the military history of the American Revolution but whatever we call it, our panel is theyre going to illustrate the Central Point of all military history. That is the field encompasses of all perspectives and it could bring to
A panel of historians looks at various aspects of the revolutionary warera military. Topics include George Washingtons and how historians use a soldiers personal memoirs or journals. By the society for historians of the early american republic. I want to welcome you. Have for very young historians today, so i feel a generation or two beyond. I will introduce them in a moment. Before i do, a word or two on why we are actually here. All of our historians are specialists on the American Revolution with a particular interest in its military aspects. As you learn from listening to them, their approaches for the for independence very considerably. There is no microphone here. We will hear remarks about gender, personal narratives, the influence of revolutionary statery service and formation. It, i think our panelists are going to illustrate the Central Point of all military history and that is the field encompasses virtually all perspectives historians can bring to bear. Military organizatio
Is shrinking. That means were getting the word out there. Thats really exciting. Where to start. You all have heard for those regulars here, you know i usually will Say Something about how you cant tell the story of e plur bus umen without the plur bus. I think the talk fits in great with the museums mission to broaden peoples understanding of what we mean by the American Revolution to make sure that everyone sees the American Revolution reflected in themselves. Im flashing at you now a wonderful note card that has a whale on it with a note from almost exactly a year ago. This is april 24th, 2018, from gina whalen. Gina, raise your hand. Katherines aunt. The next question is how many people in this room are related to katharine . So jenna, if you have seen George Washingtons tent upstairs and have been moved to tears as i have been, jenna was the textile conservator who did all the work to prepare that tent for display. It was wonderful for two years just about every day sitting in a w
Visits integrate with the museums musician. They make sure that everyone sees the american revolution. I am flashing at you now wonderful note card that has a whale on she jenna, if you had seen George Washingtons tenant upstairs, jenna was the conservator who did all of the work to prepare that tent for display. They would sit very meticulously with these tiny needles and tiny threads and make sure that every thread on that entire home of George Washington was vacuumed out so we can be displayed. They cannot for making George Washingtons canvas condominium available for display here, but for writing this wonderful note which said heres a copy i absolutely devoured this book, because as you all know race is a philosophy, not a fact. Is there something that we as a nation need to grapple with is this question today. The relevance of this book to where we are today in society is absolutely shying shining through. Youre only getting a piece of this the talk of slavery. Catherines work wit