It is my pleasure to introduce our keynote session entitled ask the historian, Alexander Hamilton. Our speaker, historian joanne freeman. Dr. Freeman is a professor of history at yale university. She specializes in the American Revolutionary period and Early National american politics and culture. She is the author of several influential Award Winning books. I will mention just two of them. Affairs of honor, National Politics in the republic, 2001. Most recently, field of blood, congressional violence in antebellum america which i found particularly helpful for my own work. If you look at these two books combined, it seems like a reverse echo of the current and contemporary political scene in the United States. From honor to violence. I will leave it at that. Dr. Freeman is also known for her leading scholarship on Alexander Hamilton which she rediscovered, i would say, before broadway did just a couple of years ago. I asked dr. Freeman about her relation with history, and she was kind
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Hitting that beach on this president s day. Hey, ann. It is tough to find parking out here today. It is actually hard tore claim a spot on the beach because if you thought it may be a nice day to come to santa cruz you were not alone. A manager says that for a Holiday Weekend it was extremely crowded. Much more like a saturday in june than a monday in february. Lots of people were there surfing and soaking up the sun and from the Davidson Family from rochester, new york that meant trading in their winter jackets for tshirts. When we left our house there was snow and the current temperature was 14 below. The weather here is absolutely gorgeous and a nice break from what we have been having at our house so we are enjoying this. The crowds dont seem to be letting up much out here. It is packed and even though the rides are only open until 6 00 tonight. The arcade and neptunes kingdom are open until 8 00 p. M. Are you still finding people jumping in the pacific . Yes. A lot of the surfers
A parking lot on north graham street around 11 20 last night. Gunfire was exchanged between two cars and one person was shot in the arm. Police still are not sure of their condition this morning. Were asking if police have any suspects. Also breaking overnight, the homeowners dog from this home, they woke up the homeowner and helped them escape a fire at this gastonia house. Officials say an electrical malfunction in the homes heating system caused the fire. Crews responded around 12 45 this morning. They found smoke coming from the home and a fire in the kitchen. Crews put out the fire in about ten minutes but by then it cost 10,000 in damage. New this morning, while donald trump took the South Carolina republican primary, we now know who finished a close second trump won 32. 5 of the vote overnight the Associated Press said marco rubio edged out ted cruz by less than. 2 of 1 percentage point. That is close. Cnn lists marco rubio with 22. 5 while cruz has a close 22. 3 of the vote. Th
Several times as the suspect drove by in a chevrolet h hr. Her car few feet away, her children terrified. Reporter the 45yearold white male headed to this dealership firing off several shots hitting a father and son, later confirmed dead. When i got the call this evening, i was shocked by it. Reporter then a third crime scene in the Cracker Barrel restaurant parking lot, shots rang out hitting two cars filled with people. According to reports there were two other shooting locations at an intersection near the restaurant. The threat to the public is over. We know this is the suspect. He is in custody. The names of the victims have not been released yet. He will face murder charges and while likely make his first appearance tomorrow. Dalton is said to have no previous record you any new updates on air and online at wsoctv. Com. Turning to vote 2016. Trump took the primary but it was the race for second place that was won florida senator marco rubio edged out texas senator ted percentage