Outreach programs as well. She special ooiizes in 19th cen history, including, of course, the civil war era, but slavery more generally, warfare more generally as well. Her writing has appeared in civil war monitor and Civil War History journal among other publications. Her big project at the moment is converting her phd dissertation into a book. Thats going to be well worth looking out for a few years down the line. Its on the very same topic shell speak about tonight. As you can see, the powerpoint is up there called under the rebel lash black prisoners of war in the confederate south. Another advantage to the zoom format is you can type in your questions using the and a feature. You can type those in any time during the talk, after the talk, and of course we may not be able to get through all the questions depending how many you ask, but well certainly try to address as many as we possibly can, and well wrap things up by about 8 15. Okay . Well, thats all for me, so please join me i
Veteran m. J. Hegar in a debate sponsored by nexstar broadcasting. This is an hour. This is the u. S. Senate debate in texas. Good evening and welcome to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in houston. Youre watching us on one of 14 next Star Media Group stations. Were broadcasting live from el paso out to texarkana and houston to amarillo and beyond. Youll also be able to follow us along with our discussion on twitter now at tx Senate Debate. Tonights debate is between the democratic nominee m. J. Hegar and the republican incumbent senator john cornyn. Were joined tonight by a virtual audience. On one screen we have supporters of senator cornyn tuning in from home and on the other side, we have supporters of m. J. Hegar. Thanks to aufl you for joining us virtually tonight from across the state. Here we have no live audience. We are following coronavirus social distancing guidelines set up by the c. D. C. To keep us all safe here this evening. Each candidate and their staff have
Washington post columnist and thriller writer and then the Pulitzer Prize winner last month and this month we are joined by jeff shaara military historical fiction author. Ranging from the American Revolution to the korean war and we will talk about all those in just a minute but we will start with a facebook comment that a viewer has posted on our facebook page. What exactly is historical fiction . Guest i have had this conversation with other authors it is an accurate historical setting but the people are totally made up thats a little different from what i do because i take you to these places with a lot of the real people with historical figures with names that you know like George Washington or Dwight Eisenhower were robert e. Lee it is fiction by definition because i put words in their mouth. My job is to tell you a story and not just do a textbook or names dates places facts and figures but to put you in the hands of the characters to tell you the story the way they would tell i
We are considering the fiscal year 2021 funding for the Veterans Affairs and related agencies bill. Friends,d by my dear judge carter, the Ranking Member, here with us by teleconference today. And i want to welcome the committee chair, Ranking Member granger and all the subcommittee members. Before i moved to my statement i want to talk about how this will work. Has been configured to make the sixfoot social distancing. Some members are using teleconferencing to participate remotely. For those on videoconference, when to start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen. Speaking into the microphone activates the camera. Do not stop your remarks if you do not immediately see the screen switch. If it does not change after several seconds please make sure , you are not muted. To minimize background noise and ensure the correct speaker is being displayed, we ask that members remain on mute. For members using the video option, you will notice a clock o
May be your first public speech in richmond, virginia. She is a professor of history for the study of war in society at the university of southern mississippi. She taught previously in texas which accounts at least in part for the topic of our program today. As you can see in your program, she is fully immersed in the history of miss of mississippi. Recently, she launched the civil war governors of mississippi project. A partnership with the university of the southern of southern mississippi. I should draw your attention to the common theme you will hear in my introductions. Their role as educators and as mentors of younger students. Dr. Ural is a former president of the mississippi has oracle and serves on the board of trustees for the society of. And on several editorial boards. As you can see from the title of her book in the program, her scholarship explores the intersection of military and social history. Her newest book hoodss texas brigade is the basis for her program today. Lad