Number of books on the arts and history, among them being the birth of virginias aristocracy and Thomas Jeffersons enlightenment. After his presentation, there will be a q a and mr. Thompson will be happy to sign copies of his book. Please take the opportunity to explore our library and museum with its new exhibition, remembering the american to 1890. N, 1776 period rooms31 detecting life in early america. All these resources are free and open to the public. Without further ado, please welcome jim thompson. [applause] jim thank you, mark, for the fine introduction, and thank you all for coming today. I appreciate you joining me and learning with me about billy lee. Im going to begin with a couple brief comments about my background and my approach, my view of the past, and how i research. Then im going to talk about the book. Im only going to focus on a couple aspects. Im going to focus on the first point is, how was George Washington related to billy lee . I believe they had a family b
Its difficult to get into when youre in an uncontrolled spin. This kite surfer was not able to get out of a bad situation and ended up in traffic and was hit by a car. Police say drivers involved in the accident are cooperating with investigators. I want to give you perspective here. You can see, take a look at the ocean. Lots of white caps. It is very windy out here. You can see its not that far from the great highway. The southbound lanes of the great highway are once again open and that kite surfer is at the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Thanks, jean. Lets get right to jeff ranieri on the gusty winds. Theyre gusting as high as 36 Miles Per Hour across our coastal waters. And then across San Francisco, sustained winds right toward ocean beach, as high as 24 Miles Per Hour. We expect it to stay this windy through tonight and for tomorrow. Exactly where the accident did occur, our top wind gusts that i could find today on the forecast was 42 Miles Per Hour. Now, a typical win
Numerous times, they said to him, if you tell us its an accident, well believe you. Like, was this an accident. Like, what the hell happened out there . Were confident there is sufficient evidence to prove the crime and we look forward to trial providing justice. Those are the two attorneys in the case. Lopez sanchezs next Court Appearance is september 18th. If convicted, he could face 43 years to life in prison. Happening now, the Holiday Weekend traffic jam. Well show a live look at some of our traffic cams, east bay shows backups, ooh, both in emeryville and oakland. But traffic is moving along without any major problems on the peninsula, and in the south bay. B. A. R. T. s closure of the transbay tube might jam up traffic. The shutdown happens at 10 00 tonight. They need to replace the rails. There will be no service between the west oakland b. A. R. T. Station and the embarcadero station in San Francisco. B. A. R. T. Is running everywhere else. Commuters we spoke to seem to be pre
There are other establishments in new york city, artisan 00 where they try to harken back to those older recipes. To get a taste of 18thcentury tavern culture. The chamber of commerce, the new society, sons of revolution, only a little bit later, those kinds of club survive. The rituals that were invented in the 18th century still survive. Think about freemasons or Something Like that. Is a way people today can experience something i can do the drinkings culture in the 18th century. [applause] youre watching American History tv. 40 aid hours of programming on American History every week and on cspan3. At cspanon twitter history for information on her schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. During the civil war, union forces repeatedly targeted the port of charleston, South Carolina, using a variety of tactics, including new naval technology, ironclad warships. Historian steven wise talks about the seize of charleston. The various artillery methods used
[applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] civil war, union forces repeatedly targeted the port of charleston, South Carolina, using a variety of tactics, including new naval warships. , ironclad historian steven wise talks about the seize of charleston. The various artillery methods the role of blockade runners in keeping charleston supplied. Hosted by the South Carolina historical society. It runs about an hour and 10 minutes. Good evening. Im faye jansen. Like to thank everyone for joining us. Id also like to thank the board managers of the society for sponsoring this event tonight. There will be refreshments afterwards and you can thank our board for those. The union series, alan nevin points out that the federal assault on charleston was planned for both reasons. And military he writes that the seizure of of the confiden confederacy, would humiliate every follower and exalt every northern heart. Were going to hear about this Important Campaign tonight from