Kelly so the richmond bread riot. One thing that struck me as i was going over this talk, this is one i wrote a few years ago. One thing that struck me is it seemed a little more relevant today than it did back when i wrote it. Because today, we can definitely go to the stores and not be able to find everything we want to, such as Hand Sanitizer or toilet paper or pasta. And this was one of the big problems that provoked the bread riot, were shortages in the market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do at the beginning of the talk is kind of set the stage for the bread riot, give you an idea for the conditions under which it could occur. Then i will talk about the riot itself, and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of robert keene. He wrote some insightful things in the days leading up to the bread riots. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. He said
Market. So well be talking about that tonight. And what i want to do is set the stage for the bread riots, give you an idea for the conditions under which it occurred, and then ill talk about the riot itself and then ill end with the aftermath of the riot. I have a slight up here of robert keen. He wrote some insightful things. I want to share something from his diary. On march 7, this is what he said. He was an official in the War Department. And he said flour in the city is 30, but butchers are closing their stalls. Pound. 1. 25 per then he said the scheduled prices, which are often 50 below the market or neighborhood price. Price schedule he is talking about is basically the government prices that farmers had to abide by when they sold goods to the army. So, the farmers resent these prices. Corn, and meet, as meat, as soon as they were brought to towns, there was a surplus. Unless the secretary changes his policy and buys in the market for the best price. And then he concluded there
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Everybody cheers and applause lizzo is the new star of the lakers, the democrats are doing damage control and donald trump has a lovehate relationship with his toilet. Lets catch up on todays headlines. Lets kick it off with some education news. Elementary school, its that special time in your life when you find out if youre a bully or if you can fit into a locker. But, now, the state of new jersey is worried schools have stopped teaching the important stuff. Learning cursive may soon be making a return to schools in new jersey. Yeah. A state lawmaker has introduced a bill requiring Elementary School students to learn to read and write in script by the end of the third grade. Many schools stopped mandating cursive in 2019. If passed, cursive would be required by the next full school year. Trevor okay, im sorry, what lawmakers in new jersey are pushing for schools to start teaching cursive again . While theyre at it, why not teach the kids to drive wagons and churn their own butter for