Killed in action, and yet one day at williamsburg 80 years later, volunteer soldiers will do that. That is morbidly impressive. The first confederate battle flag of the war is captured here. Seven medals of honor are issued for meritorious actions, including robert brody, 26 years old, from the 40th North Carolina. Other men carry their wounds with them. Powhatan bowling little on the righthand side will be wounded in the right leg and return to action in malvern hill, where he would lose an arm, and he argued to go back into the fight. Mcclellan would telegraph lincoln, hancock was superb today. So this brings us to kerfuffles. And i have five minutes left to do it. Four. [laughter] mr. Gruber why is the battle of williamsburg forgotten . We already addressed memory. You go to Colonial Williamsburg because of the rockefellers. Williamsburgs memory is a tough one. When the president of the u. S. Drives down the duke of gloucester street to open Colonial Williamsburg in the 1930s, one,
Here to indian territory. We began the removals starting in 1829 and they culminated in our large old our larger removal here to indian territory in the summer and fall months of 1836 with our arrival to indian territory here in late december, 1836, and throughout january of 1837, when we arrived at port at fort gibson in indian territory. For about 20 years or so, beginning at about 1840, prior to settling at our place in the capital here, we met at the grand council of our tribal towns until about 1861. 1861 was the arrival of the statesar for the united and pretty much everyone. Post the civil war, we had to sign the treaty, as many other tribes who found themselves involved in the civil war. We signed that treaty in 1856. 18 57, we developed our new tribal constitution, which was really the foundation for Government Operations that established themselves in this area. Once we established that new tribal government, we had a to have a place for that. The place the muscogee people se
Senate it is my honor to welcome you here. We are going to have a conversation about the intersection of Early American History and contemporary political issues. If this is your first visit to the institute, i want to welcome you to our fullscale replica of the United States senate chamber. We arekennedy institute, committed to engaging the public in a conversation about the role each one of us plays in our democracy and our society. We do that through Civic Education programs that bring the United States senate to life and conversations like tonight that bring American History into focus. Partnerery proud to with the Massachusetts Historical Society on todays program. They are an invaluable resource for american life, history, and culture. All of us at the institute are proud together together a group of panelists for the Program Including our moderator, fred tice. He covers news related to politics in Higher Education at sincehere he has been 1988. Serving as a trusted source of tru
The seminole nation of oklahoma. We are here at the seminole nation museum, located in the capital of the seminole nation of oklahoma, wewoka, oklahoma. What we have here today are different exhibits that portray the history of the people. As a people, before we were separated from our homes, from our original homes in florida. I am actually the twin chief. I am the assistant chief. Of the seminole nation of oklahoma. I came into office in 213. This is 219, and im in my second term. I have two more years to fulfill my term. Of over 500 native tribes in america, the seminoles are a tribe of people of interest. Part of that interest is the defiance the seminole put up during the conflicts and earlier history. To not be defeated. The only tribe in American History to Never Surrender when there was a war being fought against them. Would Never Surrender to the United States north side official peace declaration with the United States, was the seminole. That brings ambience to both people wh
Reflected respective Indigenous People, their culture, and governments long before the ships arrive to jamestown. He brought the lack of a permanent memorial on virginia capitol grounds, as did other tribal leaders, to the attention of governor kane, resulting in the formation of the virginia Indian Commemorative commission, in 2018. Chief adams has generously dedicated himself to numerous to numerous himself to numerous causes and organizations across the commonwealth. It is an honor to introduce chief adams. [applause] chief adams thank you for the kind words. It is an honor to be here today to be a part of this event. We started this about 15, 18 months ago, when we briefed each other on what the possibilities were for us to have such an event as this. We are fortunate to have it in this special location today. I am going to give you a brief history of the tribe in virginia. As indians know well, the doctrine of discovery are still very well alive in the United States. In some cases