Well, good evening and welcome to the kansas city public library. I am henry fortunato, director of public affairs. I want to thank you all for participating in my ongoing Stealth Campaign to provide speaking opportunities for all of my buds from graduate school. My all the guys i went to graduate school with at the university of kansas. Tonights entrant in that category is brian allen drake. An up and coming environmental historian who studied under the incomparable donald warster and now hes a lecturer in history at the university of georgia. But before i tell you any more about brian, let me introduce the topic of his talk by adapting an opening line that another one of our fellow graduate students used every fall on the first day of the undergraduate history classes that he taught. 100 years from now, he would say, all of you will be dead. Hows that for a wakeup at 8 00 in the morning for sleepy undergraduates . 100 years from now, all of you will be dead, and unless you accomplish
Welcome to the kansas city public library. I am henry fortunato, director of public affairs. I want to thank you all for participating in my ongoing Stealth Campaign to provide speaking opportunities for all of my buds from graduate school. My all the guys i went to graduate school with at the university of kansas. Tonights entrant in that category is brian allen drake. An up and coming environmental historian who studied under the incomparable donald warster and now a lecturer in history at the university of georgia. But before i tell you any more about brian, let me introduce the topic of his talk by adapting an opening line that another one of our fellow graduate students used every fall on the first day of the undergraduate history classes that he taught. 100 years from now, he would say, all of you will be hows that for a wakeup at 8 00 in the morning . For a sleepy undergraduate . 100 years from now, all of you will be dead, and unless you accomplish something utterly extraordina
8 00 p. M. Eastern with c span contender series. Thatll be followed by the democratic nomination acceptance speech and later road to the white house, rewind of the 1968 president ial campaign p. Coming up next, Brian Ellen Drake of conservation of environmental. The kansas city hosted this for an hour long event. Well, good evening and welcome to the kansas city of public library, i am henry fortunado. I want to thank you for participating in my Ongoing Campaign to provide speaking opportunities for all of my buds from graduate school. All the guys i went to graduate school with at the university of kansas. Tonight entrance of that category is Brian Allen Drake and up and coming environmental study historian. Now hes a lecture history teacher of the university of georgia. Let me introduce the top of his talk by an opening line that another one of our graduate students use every fall on the first day of the under graduate history classes that he taught. One hundred years from now, he wo
Veterans reflecting on their experience, sunday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern time here on cspan3s American History tv. Coming up next, exploring former senator Barry Goldwaters commitment to environmental preservation and look at how his commitment evolved over time. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this hourlong event. Good evening and welcome to the Kansas City Public Library. I am henry fortunato, director of public affairs. I want to thank you all for participating in my ongoing Stealth Campaign to provide speaking opportunities for all of my buds from graduate school. All the guys i went to graduate school with at the university of kansas. Tonights interest in that category is Brian Allen Drake an upandcoming environmental historian who studied under the incomparable donald wurster, and now, he is a lecturer in history at the university of georgia but before i tell you anymore any more about him, let me introduce the topic of his talk adapting an opening line that another of our fel
Incomparable donald wurster. In history lecturer at the university of georgia. Before i tell you about brian, let me introduce the topic of his talk by adapting an opening line that another one of our students usede every fall on the first day of the undergraduate history classes that he taught. 100 years from now, he would say , all of you will be dead. Hows that for a wake up at 8 00 in the morning for sleepy undergraduates . 100 years from now, all of you will be dead, and unless you accomplish something extraordinary or perpetuate some evil, the odds are that no one alive will remember you. He went on to say, even if you do get into rarefied zone where your name lives on, the odds are it will be as a torture as a caricature. You will be remembered alright, but possibly for the wrong thing. Which brings us to Barry Goldwater. 50 years ago today, the then senator from arizona known as mr. Conservative accepted the republican nomination for president in san francisco. Only two things