i m talking about the fundamental tenets of the presumption of innocence. it s defined as quote a cardinal principle of our system of justice that he person accused of a crime is presumed to be innocent unless and until his or her guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt. the problem is the left does not agree or believe it when it comes to their political opponent whom they see as enemies. here is former house speaker nancy pelosi. she tweeted, no one is above the law and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence. that sounds like the stalin police standard of show me the man and i will show you the crime. our entire justice system is based on the principle that a person is innocent until proven guilty. it s not just our justice system, it s what our country is built upon and based upon. this one tweet reveals a lot about the left s ideology and how they view our justice system. first that s just how they think. many on the radical left believe trump is g
i m talking about the fundamental tenets of the presumption of innocence. it s defined as quote a cardinal principle of our system of justice that he person accused of a crime is presumed to be innocent unless and until his or her guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt. the problem is the left does not agree or believe it when it comes to their political opponent whom they see as enemies. here is former house speaker nancy pelosi. she tweeted, no one is above the law and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence. that sounds like the stalin police standard of show me the man and i will show you the crime. our entire justice system is based on the principle that a person is innocent until proven guilty. it s not just our justice system, it s what our country is built upon and based upon. this one tweet reveals a lot about the left s ideology and how they view our justice system. first that s just how they think. many on the radical left believe trump is guil
March the 125th anniversary of the daughters of the revolution. sxt on american artifacts, visit to the dar museum in washington, d. C. To learn about their anniversary exhibit, remembering the American Revolution. This is part one of a twopart program. Campbell, is heidi am the Museum Director and chief curator of the museum. The curators and i were talking about what we should be doing for this anniversary. We started looking at the objects in our collection and how many of the objects that came into the collection in the first years of the organization had strong connections to the American Revolution. Then we started talking about, why is that the case . Obviously it has to do with the members being descendents of people who supported the American Revolution, but they survived until they were given to us in the late 19th and early 20th century. Then we started talking about how the American Revolution was remembered. Thats why we came up with the title, and the theme of the exhibit
In the last two ears, i have published two books on the movement. From the 21sted century. This volume is partially based on the first conference in 2012. Some of the contributions of the book are some of the revised thers from the cut from conference and others are those i solicited from other scholars. The volume is part of the new direction for the American History series and the book is dedicated to sell castro. Kind enough to write the forward based on his keynote by dressed the initial conference. Bookl not discuss this much other than to know it includes 11 entries organized around three thematic sections. Community struggles, the student movement, and geographical diversity. Rosie here at this conference contributed to the volume that showcased some of the new and Exciting Research she found in the movement. Let me move on to discuss my other book on the movement, you can see this got of a cover on the screen. It is a movement of three major during the late 1960s and 1970s. One
At the university of richmond on the subject of her latest book remembering the civil war. She returned to richmond the following june to accept the Jefferson Davis award for the same book. Her first book, burying the dead but not the past, is a personal favorite of mine kerry as she well knows. She also edited an edition of a travel account which unfortunately is outofprint and unavailable. As carrie knows, i have given a talk on her first book i think as many times as you have. [laughter] it is a branch of history that so many people do not know about and since we are in the postwar period and the sesquicentennial timeframe, it is especially important. Carrie janney also coedited with gallagher, our last speaker, a book about the overland campaign. We keep it all in the family here at the museum. We also offer a chance today if you are interested in getting that book, you can get both editors to sign it at the same time. It is available for sale after the break. Today, Carrie Janney