Evening, its very encouraging and exciting for us here at the museum to have folks come in for our events. We really appreciate it. And i know that the staff of the raven bookstore appreciates it as well. So now ill introduce tonights guest speaker. James e. Sherow is a professor in the department of history at kansas state university. He specializes in researching and teaching environmental history, kansas history, and the history of the american west. Professor sherow has written six books and numerous articles, including Railroad Empire across the heartland, rephotographing Alexander Gardners westward journey, which is a familiar resource for the staff and volunteers at the watkins. I know we have that book on our shelves and weve used it. And the grasslands of the United States. Tonight, professor sherow will discuss his latest work, and copies will be available for purchase and signing thanks to our partners at the raven bookstore right here in lawrence, kansas. So without further
Unesco members will decide what other landmarks deserve to be considered an official part of the worlds cultural legacy. Among germanys contenders a very insidious outscore which argues its medieval system of Water Management artificial brocks canals sluices than sawmills some nearly 500 years old deserving asco recognition. Its a tall centering mine in the or mountains straddling the german czech border is also in contention communities on both sides came together to lobby unesco on the project. From the beginning on it was a project to bring together all the municipalities on both sides of the border and to give them the chance to work for the 1st time together not against each other to Work Together for a Better Development of the area on the basic over scotch will a natural richness and its. Natural richness. Natural for at the center of icelands unesco nomination the National Park includes europes largest as well as 10 active volcanoes unesco nomination would also be a political s
Official part of the worlds cultural legacy. Among germanys contenders a very insidious school which argues its medieval system of Water Management artificial props canals sluices and sawmills some nearly 500 years old deserving asco recognition. Its a 12th century mine in the or mountains straddling the german czech border is also in contention communities on both sides came together to lobby unesco on the project. From the beginning on it was a project to bring together all the municipalities on both sides of the border and to give them the chance to work for the 1st time together not against each other to Work Together for a Better Development of this area on the basic over scotch will a natural richness in its. Natural richness and. At the center of icelands unesco nomination the National Park includes europes largest as well as 10 active volcanoes unesco nomination would also be a political statement the glacier is rapidly shrinking due to climate change. Politics of a different k
A couple different ways. You can talk about who captured the conversation. I think senator Kamala Harris really captured the conversation. In some way i think she was one of the key winners. Winning is to define who moves the most in the polls. What do the democratic primary voters think about those debates. We are just at the beginning edge of finding out what voters thought. There was at least one National Poll that has been out. I would like to see some polls out of iowa and New Hampshire because they are going to be very influential in this process. Over the next few days that picture will become clear. And harris and warren rise biden slides after the first democratic debate had surprisingly. After the debate nights jodey and joe biden dropping 10 . Kamala harris is up 9 . Pete buttigieg is down a percent although we understand that his fundraising is actually. 24 million in a quarter. Not bad. Host what are the guidelines for the next round of debates . At athink they are looking
Something that happened 150 years ago for whom none of us currently living are responsible is a good idea. We have tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting the civil war, bypassing landmark civil rights legislation. We have elected an africanamerican president also amy as Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell dismisses growing calls for the u. S. To pay reparations for slavery, the household of historic hearing on reparations to mark the anniversary of juneteenth. Speakers included the acclaimed writer Tanehisi Coates. Enslavement reigned for 250 years on these shores. When it ended, this country could have extended its hollow principles regardless of color. But america had other principles in mind. And so for a century after the civil war, black people were subjected to a Relentless Campaign of terror, a campaign that extended well into the lifetime of majority leader mcconnell. Amy Tanehisi Coates will join us today for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welco