Monuments. If youre not interested in that, you are in the wrong room. I will give you that warning at the beginning. Representative connellys office for arranging the room, and the people of the 11th district of virginia for electing representative connelly , since he has been the one generous enough to this. I want to thank amanda. , the assistant director of the National History center for doing all of the work. The National History Center Offers these briefings because everything has a history and when some of those everythings are within the realm of public policy, it is our obligation as historians to provide the Historical Context essential to inform debate and decision making. That obligation forms the soul advocacy position in these the sole advocacy position in these briefings. We are not here to convince anybody on legislation. We are here because change requires understanding the change that have brought us to the structure in the first place. We have discussed in these mee
A last way to think about this is name a monument that has changed the world. A few. Name a monument that has moved you to tears. Think about it, though. My answer is one down the street. As a historian you just finished, right . Im sorrsorry. Sorry, sorry. I would just like to say despite the numbers game and the allusion to a newschannel that shall not be named, i do believe in the power of historians. I do believe we need to speak up and speak out. We need to be writing at our local and state levels as well as national levels. And it takes historians to be a little more proactive, not just wait to be invited. And so thats why ive been speaking out, and i think that more historians ought to be doing that. And thank you. If you google karens name and Washington Post and one or two words, youll get that plea. That would be the one or two words . The piece i dont know if that was that or the New York Times. The New York Times. The New York Times. Oh, that was the cnn piece where i said
I want to thank representative gerald connollys office for aranging the room, the 11th district of virginia for electing representative mcconnolly since hes been generous enough to be doing this and i want to thank the History Center for doing are had the work. The national History Center offers these briefings because everything has a history and when some of those everythings are within the realm of public policy, then its our obligation as historians to provide the Historical Context essential to inform, debate and decision making. That obligation forms the sole position in these briefings. Were not here to convince anybody of any particular legislation. Were here because understanding the implications of change and hence shaping its direction requires understanding it changes that have brought us to this juncture in the first place. And weve discussed in these meeting rooms the histories of immigration, Civil Military relations, executive orders, social security, commerce in outer
Lawsuit. He told me he has not seen it yet. But that it is unusual to file so soon after shooting and this lawsuit could interfere with criminal investigation. More at 6 on this developing story. Including what the parents message to those who are holding protests and vigils in honor of their catherine a missing 64 yearold man who had lived at the care facility in Castro Valleywas closed by the state has now been found safe. Edmund bascom was found saturday in the san jose area. First the bad care by the facility and that overstate oversight by the state. On october 22nd, 23rd and 25th. Keep in mind the facility was supposed to be emptied on the 24th. What the department of social services found on that day the 25th and when they found was that there were still 19 residents on site with insufficient food and no bread. They could not locate medicine to give during lunch hour. One resident was missing for a week until he was found. So the state the value twitter issues a 3,500 fine and l
The campaign is called Dreaming of a Black Christmas and this is the part some people are having trouble with. Black Lives Matter is asking customers to only utilize Black-owned businesses during that time frame.