Monuments. This is in washington d. C. And they hosted the event and provided the video. I am pleased to introduce todays discussion, during the last several years, how we remember and memorialize the civil war has been a topic in the United States and we have seen a renewed interest in these conversations in the recent weeks. At this site of Political Violence and national memory, we see our work as looking not only to the actions of the past but also how the passed informs to these circumstances throughout the country and the world, people raise questions about the purposes of the leaders who supported or profited from slavery, whether in richmond, boston, or birmingham, monuments and statues have become a flashpoint for the black lives matter movement. Since 2015, ford has held an annual Summer Institute set in stone, memory, monument, and myths that has explored questions of remembrance and memorialization. Each year, we find the spring has brought new and urgent crises that requir
Bernard we are standing on the edge of hampton park in the northern part of the city. It is historically significant because it was the site for what most historians today believe to have been the first celebration of what we call memorial day today. And the occasion was the time period of the civil war and immediately following the war. Now, during the civil war, this area, which had been a racetrack, was used as an openair prison camp maintained by the confederates for union prisoners. And during the course of occupying this place as a prison camp, over 250 Union Soldiers died and they were buried in this area. Well, in february of 1865, the city of charleston fell to the union forces who invaded it and occupied it. And this brought freedom to africanamericans in this city for the first time. And so there were many celebrations on that occasion. And one of the things that happened was that africanamerican men and women and children mainly organized through church groups, they came to
Injapan as mercedes take the constructors title once again. Hello and welcome to tonights programme. Thanks very much for watching. They say its a marathon, not a sprint. The lines between the two are becoming somewhat blurred. Another time barrier has been broken today following Eliud Kipchoges incredible feat in vienna. The womens marathon world record has now been smashed. Kenyas Brigid Kosgei recorded a time in chicago of two hours, 1a minutes and 4 seconds, eclipsing Paula Radcliffes record set in 2003. Our Sports Editor dan roan is in chicago. There had been whispers all week that Brigid Kosgei was in the mood to try and finally break that 16 year long record that Paula Radcliffe has held since the 2003 london marathon, and as you have said, she managed to do it. It was on from quite early on. And there was a concern she may have got off too fast, may blow up, but she didnt. She maintained and managed to get that time, knocking an extraordinary 81 seconds off of radcliffes world
See some old friends out there, i see some new friends out there, i see some people i know were directly affected by this tragedy, so im thrilled to have all of you here. I think what might be useful is why dont i tell you a little bit about the book. Im happy to take your questions, sign copies if youd like, read a little bit from the book, and i mostly really want to hear what you have to say and what youd like me to answer. So lets just dive right in. This book is, of course, about june 17, 2015, this was the beginning of the story. That night, as many of you will remember if you were here, it was an especially hot night. It was 8 00 at night when a young white man with a bowl haircut parked outside emmanuel ame church. And if you dont know emmanuel, if you dont live here, this is an Historic Black Church in the heart of downtown charleston. So he parked outside about 8 00 at night. It was summertime, the city was filled with tourists, the kids were out of school, and the city was s
And mr. John j. Hennessy whos going to present stonebridge at manassas John Hennessy retire in 2021. As the chief historian, fredericksburg and spotsylvania, national military, where he worked for the final 26 years of his nps career. That deserves a round of applause applause. Prior to fredericksburg. He served an exhibit planner for nps across the country and as a front line ranger historian, Manassas National battlefield park, where he began his career hes author of four books, most notably return to bull run the campaign and battle of second manassas, still in print after 30 years and the first ballymena passes and end of innocence and into innocence substantially revised and published in 2016. Lets welcome mr. Thank you everybody its good to be here and good to see you all. I am not going to mention zombie gordon. I am from massachusetts which jettisoned maine in 2019 and an unfortunate and youre going to have to suffer this through will and and and the rest of us we dont have any