Maryland. We are happy to have you joining us bright and early. About we are talking coffee. Ive got my cup of joe right here in my appropriately branded mug. I see you got yours. Jake im supporting James Mason University today. Kyle you support education. , you can see a here, its really tasty. If you havent tried it, give it a shot. I made it with freshwater. Fresh ground is best because that releases the lawyers. Ground coffee, Ground Coffee loses its flavor. As soon as you grind it, it starts losing the flavor, so youve got to get the whole been , grind it yourself, and then we do the fresh pressed. Jake, what are you drinking . Jake ive been a bad boy this morning. Im not tricking coffee that i ground myself. I am having a cup of folders folgers made on a pour over. To boot, its decaf. If you saw the post yesterday where i said tune into caffeinated history, i was lying to you. Going to get hit with false advertising. Jake if you are tuning in from maine and maryland and shepherds
Tgsds and here, here is the thing that shaped the trade more than anything else altogether. This tick, a lovely little creature, and then it harbored a three micron large protozoan, a tiny Little Critter inside the belly of this tick. Now, this tick thrived in the southern regions of the United States, in the southern portions of texas but also in mississippi and louisiana, georgia, florida, and what this tick would do, it latches on to the cattle. It would latch onto deer and horses as well, and then it would release this protozoan into the bloodstream of the cattle. In the south, the long horns and the cherokee cattle both developed immunities to this tick. The mothers milk gave those calves enough immunity where they could survive. They would be they would be touched by this disease, but they would survive it and grow into adulthood. This protozoan, when it got into the bloodstream of an animal that wasnt protected by the antibodies that its mother had given it, it would directly at
Imi think of what talking about jen wittenberg. He would find someone to volunteer for a project. Busy people get things done and it. New we were in forc mostwhite has to be the prolific young professor. Won the outstanding faculty award for virginia. He is an active public speaker and a parent of young children. I dont know where john finds the time. Generousn very with our Education Programs to which we are grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of his varied with a and focus on Abraham Lincoln and legal and constitutional history. He is the coauthor of a book thetled civil education in future of american citizenship. Because he had a few extra minutes, he and ann holloway wrote our monitor. I asked him to speak on a topic i did not put on the printer program. A topic that draws from two other book manuscripts he is currently finishing about Abraham Lincoln and africanamericans. Ladies and gentlemen, jonathan white. [applause] jonathan thank you, john, the in
Today. He has more projects on more back burners than i have ever seen. He won the award by the state council. Also a parent of young children, i dont know where john finds the time. He has been very generous with his remaining time for this museum and our programs. As you see from the printed programs the topics of his work are varied with a focus on Abraham Lincoln and league and constitutional work as well. Because he lives on virginia and had some extra time on his hands one day, he wrote our little monitor, the greatest invention of the civil war. I asked him to speak on a topic that was not even on the printed program. A topic that draws from two other book manuscripts that he is issfinishing. Ladies and gentlemen, john white. Thank you, john, for that kind introduction. Im missing ballet to be here today, not mine, but my 3yearolds. A black teenager is living in the nations capital, and she is working as a servant for a local shoemaker. One night she went to the store and laid d
Symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. Our next speaker is john white. John white is an associate professor of american studies at Christopher New Port University in new port news. When i look at johns vida, his academic resume i think of an old graduate School Adviser and im talking about you, jim wittenberg, would say to us when he would come to our offices to find someone to volunteer for a project. Busy people get things done, and we knew we were in for it when dr. Wittenberg talked about that. Jonathan white has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not only a prolific hiftor yap, but more projects on more backburners than ive ever seen on the stove award. He won the outstanding faculty award for academic education. Hes a parent of young children, i dont know where john finds the time. Hes been very generous with what remaining time he has from all of that for this museum and our Education Programs for which were all very grateful. As you can see