Change and all of that that was happening so fast. So i think our press corps deserves some of that credit. You can catch part two of this interview with Gerald Griffin or explore any of our projects online at cspan. Org history. Apollo 11 snauft Michael Collins and jeff bezo talk about americans in space from its earliyest days. The hour long conversation hosted by the Smithsonian National air and space museum is moderated by billionaire philanthropist david rubenstein. Going, ladies and gentlemen. Im jack daley, director of the Smithsonian National air and space museum. Its my great pleasure to welcome to you 13th annual john glenn lecture series. It quickly became one of our more annual events. Our program this evening will feature a historic conversation between a legendary space pioneer and a visionary rocket entrepreneur. In addition to those of you lucky enough to secure tickets, many more will be watching on a live webcast. Which also will be in our archives. If you want to rev
Cemetery. Reporter even up until her passing in january at 100 years old reporter stephanie loved the song. Loved singing and playing music. She was strumming for a few minutes and looks up and over her glasses, and says, get me one of these. Reporter this is stephanies best friend. She visited her neighbor almost every night for the last decade. In that time, madre learned she had many skills, most especially a good secret keeper. Reporter postworld war ii, secrets were part of major raiders job at the office of Strategic Services or oss. She never would talk about the oss. For years, i think even her family wouldnt they knew that she was in the oss, but if someone would bring it up, she would just look away. She was assigned to its most secret intelligence branch. Reporter her highly classified mission led her to poland. She gathered intelligence on russian troop movements. One of the most incredible things to me is she had to get special permission to be dressed in civilian clothes.
Concept of honor and how that perception shaped their decisions during and after the war. This hourlong event was part of the annual summer symposium hosted by the Gettysburg College civil war institute. David currently serves as a lecturer in American History at the university of edinburgh in scotland. He teaches a wide range of courses in if civil war and reconstruction, civil war memory, and the u. S. South. After beginning his career as a high schoolteacher, he in florida, he earned his ph. D at the university of North Carolina, chapel hill. He taught at the university excuse me, at North Carolina state university, and there he published his first book. It is a superb one. Moments of despair, suicide, divorce and debt and civil war era North Carolina. It explores the shifting sentiments, both black and white, towards suicide, debt and divorce in the postcivil war south. This book received a number of awards. Hes got a new book thats coming out. His new book is entitled driven from
Her talk is about 50 minutes. All right. Good evening. Im peter carmichael, professor of history at Gettysburg College, and the director of the Civil War Institute. Its my pleasure to introduce barbara krauthamer, barbara is associate professor of history at the university of massachusetts at amherst where she teaches courses on antebellum u. S. History, slavery, emancipation and native American History. Her first book, i have in front of me. Her first book entitled box slaves, indian 345masters, slavery, emancipation and citizenship in the native american south. Quite a title. Published by the university of North Carolina press. This book details the untold story of enslavement by cocktile and chickasaw ind januarys in the 18th and 19th centuries and barbara coauthored a photographic history of slavery, emancipation and freedom published in 2013, published by Temple University press, and it is also for sale in our bookstore. Tonight she will be speaking about her recent work and the t
The civil war where you hear about the people who shaped the civil war and reconstruction. And the presidency focuses on u. S. President s and first ladies, to learn about their politics, policies and legacies. All this month in prime time and every weekend on American History tv on cspan3. Coming up tonight on American History tv in prime time, a look at the civil war and reconstruction starting with a look at how southern honor impacted the war. Then photos of emancipation during the civil war. Thats followed by a discussion of the politics behind reconstruction and how the end of the war was being explained and redefined at the time. Thursday on American History tv prime time, the 40th anniversary of the national air and space museum. The celebration took place in july with the Current Museum director, retired general jack daley, and a look at exhibits on the start of aviation and into space exploration. It begins tomorrow night at 8 00 eastern. Next on American History tv, author a