Greensboro on to unc were laura and i spent some time for year before i moved on to West Virginia university. Andcompleted her masters has had a very her first job was at stratford and hall, the birthplace of robert e lee. Recently, she is the deputy education director at the Hampton Roads naval museum. She works as an educator and does special event. She also worked at fort munro museum. Today, she will be speaking to shipwreck. Vil war in my seven years here, i dont think we have done any naval operations. She will be talking about shipwrecks of the uss cumberland before she comes on page. Note that laura and her husband have recently published a book. You can see a copy of it just in front of the podium. The title of the book is never. All me a hero me introduce laura lawfer. [applause] afternoon. How is everybody . Good. They went after lunch. I have to start out with a matter of disclosure. At the United States naval museum, everything here is my opinion. It is not endorsed by the
Graduate of penn state university. During her summer, she spent time as a seasonal historian. Greensboro on to unc were laura and i spent some time for year before i moved on to West Virginia university. Andcompleted her masters has had a very her first job was at stratford and hall, the birthplace of robert e lee. Recently, she is the deputy education director at the Hampton Roads naval museum. She works as an educator and does special event. She also worked at fort munro museum. Today, she will be speaking to shipwreck. Vil war in my seven years here, i dont think we have done any naval operations. She will be talking about shipwrecks of the uss cumberland before she comes on page. Note that laura and her husband have recently published a book. You can see a copy of it just in front of the podium. The title of the book is never. All me a hero me introduce laura lawfer. [applause] afternoon. How is everybody . Good. They went after lunch. I have to start out with a matter of disclosur
Southampton county, recruiting slaves and killing more than five dozen white men, women and children, more than killed ever in any slave revolt in united states. Examining the terrible choices faced by slaves and also the deep disagreements among whites about how to respond to the rebels, todays speaker will discuss new ways of thinking about nat turner, his revolt, southampton county, and even american slavery itself. Patrick breen is an associate professor of history at Providence College and the author of the land shall be deluged in blood. He has published articles in the journal of the early republic, the virginia magazine of history and biography, and the Oxford University press anthology of nat turner. With the release of the movie birth of the nation, how many of you have seen birth of a nation . The new version. [laughter] thank you. Far fewer. How many have seen the old version of birth of a nation . I still worry about you people sometimes. [laughter] with the release of the
That is the southern terminus of our National Scenic byways and National Heritage area. We are pleased that the books tonight focuses on both our northern terminus and southern terminus. You will hear a little bit about gettysburg which is our northern terminus, northern part of the National Heritage area. You will also hear a little bit about charlottesville. Monticello out jeffersons driveway, you are driving on the scenic byway. And you are driving 180 miles north to gettysburg. Mile plotst 180 of land, we have 11 sites. Monticello, madisons willin montpelier, brent talk about these places. We wnant to thank the charlottesville convention bureau, one of our wonderful partners. Kurt, the executive director is here tonight. Thank you. Without further ado, i will introduce our guest. Brent glass, the director emeritus of this and sony National Museum of american the smithsonian National Museum of American History. A National Leader in the interpretation and promotion of history, brent
Next, the announcement by National Trust president stephanie makes followed by a brief history of the library. This is 40 minutes. [applause] [laughter] good day. Welcome everyone here to Howard University for another momentous occasion. Specifically the president of the National Trust Historic Preservation. I want to thank you for your partnership and stewardship of this arrangement and what we are about to announce. Is anunders library iconic building on college campus. Represents aer major symbol of the university. It ensures everyone understands what has happened in this building over time. This building was designed with inspiration from independence hall. That was not done by accident. That was a building that housed the constitution of the United States of america. At the time he used that as inspiration because blacks in this country at that time, despite what the constitution said, were not operating under an equal system. The building was designed with that in mind. I have to