He is an expert in military occupations, occupational command. He has authored articles on the american civil war. He holds a masters degree in American History from middle Tennessee State university. I will go off script one second. He has done more to bring attention to the civil war than anyone ever has before. If you dont follow him before this event, follow him on facebook with the sense of washington, he keeps it fresh, keeps it real, and is bringing great information. [applause] steve thank you, i appreciate that. Can everyone see me in the back . Sure i broughte up something that was bright enough for everyone to see. Im originally from denver. We call this united in orange. Thank you, i want to express my deep gratitude to chris for the honor to present at the symposium here at stevensons ridge in virginia. Last year i was a part of the panel. It is an honor to be back and talk about the battle of fort stevens. You will hear me talk about the battle of fort stevens today and a
Today, we will be talking about the early frontier, the development of the state, the industrialization of the state and we will go into the later andury, the 21st century see what virginia is today. We are in the museum frontier period. These are some of the earliest settlers. We are staying next to george washington, where it has specific artifacts such as his used and the telescope he to cite land here in the valley as well as in the eastern panhandle. Fort washington would have been here in the mid1700s. During this time, this was western virginia. It was part of the state of area thatnd it was an was not greatly developed. A lot of the ideas of separation, becoming a separate state and things of that nature were not being put into this area. These are artifacts that belong to daniel boone when he settled in the area. He was in the valley for about 10 years from 1789 to 1799. This is the rifle daniel boone carried in the 1790s. This is his Walking Stick and beaver traps that he use
Does the president have a point . Lets ask my next guest, florida congressman greg steube. A member of the house Judiciary Committee. What do you think of what the president said . He claims the base and some democrats will be emboldened by this whole charade. What do you think . Hes 100 right. I spent the last week in my district. And floridian are not talking about the things the democrats are doing because they are doing nothing to improve the lives of floridians and instead have been focused on impeachment. People are getting frustrated. I met with voters in charlotte county. They said they read the transcript and dont see anything impeachable. David you have got the transcript. Why do you need all these people to translate the transcript . You have witnesses who have their own motives. Then we are moving to this public phase. But the people testifying in the public phase have already testified behind closed doors. So you have the democratic leadership in adam schiff. And doing evi
Susan alan kraut, you have spent your professional career as an historian studying u. S. Immigration. Many americans look to the statue of libertys famous poem by emma lazarus that says give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free as the embodiment of the way we think about this country and immigration. As you look at history, does it track with the reality of how we have treated immigrants . Dr. Kraut the history of immigration in the u. S. Doesnt track at all with emma lazaruss wonderful quotation. In fact, it has been a lovehate relationship. In the 19th century, there was a popular immigrant saying, america beckons but americans repel. That is more accurate as to how our relationship with immigration has been in the United States. In fact, one of the great ironies is that emma lazarus wrote the poem in 1883, and one year before, in 1882, the u. S. Passed the chinese exclusion law, excluding chinese laborers from coming to the United States. We would p
And just make up some stuff because jonerik cups to us from West Virginia and hes done some fantastic scholarship for us at the blog about those early months and the early year of the war in 1861, which really set the stage for what happens in 1861 and onward. A lot of people forget about how formative the action in West Virginia was and hes in there with his sleeves rolled up. Really working the material in a way that ive been impressed with. But now im going to read this really nice introduction. From mount pleasant, ohio. He studied history at Bethany College and received a masters of library and Information Science at kent state university. Where he focused his studies on archives and preservation. He started his career in the preservation at the library of copping and later worked for a congress and later worked for a pittsburghbased preservation firm, where he developed Preservation Strategies for libraries, archives and museums. In 2012 he was named director of archives and reco