Histori historians talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication, the civil war in 50 objects. In this program they discuss items related to the end of the war and president Abraham Lincolns assassination. This conversation took place online, and the New York Historical society provided the video. Good evening and welcome to the eighth and final episode of the history hour. Tonights topic is saving the union and ending the civil war at the battlefield and the ballot box. As always i want to remind you that tonights program which is being recorded will last approximately 45 minutes. This includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. Please submit your questions via the q a function on your zoom screen at any time during the talk. We will respond to as many as possible during the final part of the program. And now, saving the union and ending the civil war. So our series has argued that an aggregate objects and documents have the singular power to convey a narrative in your c
That tonights program, which is being recorded, will last approximately 45 minutes. This includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. Please submit your questions via the q a function on your zoom screen at any time during the talk. We will respond to as many as possible during the final part of the program. And now, saving the union and ending the civil war. So our series has argued that in aggregate, objects and documents have the singular power to convey a sweeping historical narrative, in our case, the story of the civil war. So harold, now looking back on the book, which inspired the series, the civil war and 50 objects, are there any objects or documents among the plethora of choices we had in new york historics collection that you wish we had been able to include . Oh, from the book . I would say we covered the waterfront pretty well in terms of diversifying the choices. I guess a couple of regrets for time reasons was the handwritten diary of George Templeton strong, perhaps,
A different picture in europe for border controls are being eased and cafes and restaurants have fully reopened then friends. Family here the family of very short brooks the latest black man killed by police in the u. S. Call for justice and. The Russian Court sentences a former American Marine to 16 years for spying after a trial the u. S. Has branded a mockery of justice. In sport cancer officially opens its 3rd stadium for the 2022 world cup coronavirus a prerecorded ceremony rather than a long football match kicks off the Education City that. The World Health Organization has delivered fresh warnings about a post. 2nd wave of the corona virus with 100000 new infections now being reported almost every day the w. H. O. Said the outbreak in beijing is a concern more than 100 infections have been confirmed in the city after 50 days without a new case and in india around 15000000. 00 people will be locked down again in the city of shanghai from friday after a surge of infections there i
Called a mockery of justice the u. S. Ambassador denounces russias harsh sentencing of a former u. S. Marine on charges of espionage. Also on the program a blow to press freedom in the philippines 2 journalists are convicted of libel after linking a business to criminal activity and in sports its 3 down 5 to go for cats are as they get ready to officially open their 3rd stadium for the 2022 world cup. After 3 months of lockdowns several European Countries are finally reopening their land borders thats after a steady decline in the number of corona virus cases and deaths from cope with 19 the french president emmanuel macro has claimed a 1st victory with a drop in infection rates frances schengen borders have reopened and restaurants and cafes are allowed to operate at full capacity in paris nonessential stores in england are back in business and many Outdoor Attractions are open to visitors and in Greece Greece is 2 main airports well theyve resumed operations given the countrys all im
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