And published articles and reviews on various history topics. One of his primary interests as chief historian and superintendent at manassas was heeding the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for the centennial. He is assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i and currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. He has continued teaching and teaches courses in the john hopkins Senior Adult Program on the world west and will be on the viking Ocean Cruises as well. He has written a book published by sky horse publishing in august, 2017. Ers he and his son, lee, are editing an autobiography written by his father and lees grandfather. With that, i would like to introduce mr. Robert k. Sutton. Good morning. Good morning. I cant tell you how excited i am to be here. This is i mean im sitting here with goosebumps while im hearing the names of the victims of quantrels raid and you
The reaction to citizens of boston was instantaneous invite. Two days after he was arrested, 7000 bostonians broke in the jail to try to release him. The melee one u. S. Marshal was killed and injured. On may 27th, three days after burns was arrested, he was brought before the federal magistrate by his owner. There really up with a hearing to return a slave to slavery. The magistrate made the determination that he was a slave and ordered him to return to slavery. June 2nd, just a few days later, 2000 soldiers, u. S. Soldiers and marines escorted Anthony Burns to Boston Harbor to ship to return to slavery. 50,000 bostonians turned out. There wasnt much they can do. They werent going to take on the army. They were very upset about the whole thing. The cost of the federal government to return one slave to bondage was somewhere between 40,000 and 100,000 in 1854 money. To add insult to injury, may 30th president Franklin Pierce signed the kansas nebraska act. Which i bet 99. 9 know what ha
Responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. There will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. Democrats from capitol hill to the campaign trail are urging a quick replacement, but Senate Republicans are vowing to block any nomination president obama puts forward. They argue a lame duck president with less than an year of office should not be able to tip the balance especially in the middle of a heated election cycle. The president can nominate whoever he wants but the senate wont act. Scalias body was escorted from the west texas ranch where his body was found. He was found dead saturday morning. He died of natural causes. Scalias doctor actually reported a texas judge that Justice Scalia had been suffering from main another ailments but thats all the doctor would say. He was 79 years old. Heather . Kristin fisher live for us. Thank you, kristin. New overnight. Dozens of people r