Narrative sweep of the civil war and only 50 objects . About when i was asked to undertake the project for the Historical Society and that was a lucky day for me. Threemember we got to see arrayed befores us on a conference table and the Historical Society. That was a matter of picking representative objects which stand in for a big history of the civil war, item by item, personal story by personal story. It was remarkable at the end that we constructed the history of the war from the Abolitionist Movement to the 13th amendment which abolished slavery. And it was great fun to work with you on that project. Yes. Our topic this evening as fighting slavery, the bumpy road to black freedom. This evening we will be looking at three objects related to the topics and theyre all paperbased objects. Petition to Abraham Lincoln for the recruitment of black troops. A broadside by Frederick Douglass. And a sketch, the arrival of slaves to chickasaw bio. Bayou. Petition toe is a ever handling and f
For a larger historical. Arrative so for those of you who missed last weeks program, lets talk for a moment about this the , civil war in 50 objects . How did it come about, and how effective do you think it is in conveying the narrative sweep of the civil war in only 50 objects . When i wascame about asked to undertake a project from the historical society. It was a lucky day for me. Someemember, we got to see of the objects only from the conference tables at the historical society. It was a matter of picking representative objects which, as you say, stand in for the big history of the civil war. Story bytem, personal personal story. Valerie it was wonderful to work with you on that project. So our topic this evening is fighting slavery, the bumpy road to block freedom. We will be looking at three objects but speak to the topic. Objectre all paperbased. The 1862 petition to him lincoln , and a veryside small sketch of the arrival of Jefferson Davis to the chickasaw bayou. They are our
Continue off the floor and the republicans 1 trillion economic aid plan in response to the covid19 pandemic. Senators have been staking out their positions with floor speeches. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to direct their path. Remind them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation, but rarely accomplishes much with conflict. Inspire our lawmakers to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Help them to strive to live with such integrity that they give you the honor do your name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
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You can save by using a fan to cool off. Given that we are still in the unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Pandemic. Before we talk about baseball, i or closing your shades during the day. Want to talk about major league soccer, football, because the stay well and keep it golden. Earthquake and san jose are headed for that mls is back tournament. Theyre headed to play at the Disney Resort in orlando. Players will be tested for covid19 and there will be no fans in attendance there. However, you can watch on the partner networks. The earthquakes schedule is coming out. We expect it will be abbreviated. To the mlb, the deal Baseball Players and team owners finally agreed to means 60 games, about a third of the usual season, mostly within the division, no fans allowed there either. Because of covid spikes, teams will practice at home. They wont be headed to spring training. The league reserves to move teams to a different city if the coronavirus risk becomes too high. The