About the way that they have organized this book is that the letters really pull you in to a period 160 years ago and help you understand the centrality of the written word, particularly at a time when families are frequently separated for the first time and they have provided the information that you need to not only understand the family networks, but the Community Networks and the Postal Network and whats happening geopolitically in the United States during the civil war. So really looking forward to this talk. Lynn heidelberg is a curator here at the Smithsonian National postal museum. Shes specializes in the history of u. S. Postal service and has published essays and created several exhibits, specifically in this case on military mail, including mail call, which you can visit out in the gallery floor as well as my fellow soldiers letters from world war one, for which she received the smithson sheehan secretarys Research Prize in 2018. Thomas halon curates the lighter than air col
Here at the National Postal museum, and they are really at the heart of this book. And one of the wonderful things about the way that they have organized this book is that the letters really pull you in to a period 160 years ago and help you understand the centrality of the written word, particularly at a time when families are frequently separated for the first time and they have provided the information that you need to not only understand the family networks, but the Community Networks and the Postal Network and whats happening geopolitically in the United States during the civil war. So really looking forward to this talk. Lynn heidelberg is a curator here at the smithsonian National Postal museum. Shes specializes in the history of u. S. Postal service and has published essays and created several exhibits, specifically in this case on military mail, including mail call, which you can visit out in the gallery floor as well as my fellow soldiers letters from world war one, for which
The written word, particularly at a time when families are frequently separated for the first time and they have provided the information that you need to not only understand the family networks, but the Community Networks and the Postal Network and whats happening geopolitically in the United States during the civil war. So really looking forward to this talk. Lynn heidelberg is a curator here at the Smithsonian National postal museum. Shes specializes in the history of u. S. Postal service and has published essays and created several exhibits, specifically in this case on military mail, including mail call, which you can visit out in the gallery floor as well as my fellow soldiers letters from world war one, for which she received the smithson sheehan secretarys Research Prize in 2018. Thomas halon curates the lighter than air collections, including balloons, lamps and airships at the Smithsonian National air and space museum. His research focuses on ballooning in the civil war, as w
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Only about 50 miles as the crow flies, but it took us more than three hours. And on that road we saw convoy after convoy of volunteers driving their own personal vehicles with handmade signs announcing that they were bringing aid here to smaller towns like jojutla and to the countryside. And it really is an incredible kind of mobilization again from the grassroots of ordinary mexicans who feel its their patriotic duty to help out their fellow countrymen. Its really a beautiful thing to see, don. Ivan watson in mexico. Appreciate your reporting. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Its 11 00 p. M. On the east coast. Weve got a lot of breaking news for you tonight. The clock ticking as the gop scrambles on the effort to repeal obamacare. But the battle is a faceoff between jimmy kimmel and senator bob cassidy. Puerto rico drowning in catastrophic harveylike flooding from Hurricane Maria. Well show you some of the first images from this Battle Island battered island. Lets get right to the l