Up next, mark maloy describes the events of 1861 when federal guns opened fire on ft. Sumpter. Welcome back to the emerging civilian virtual symposium. Our next speaker today comes to us from our sister site, emerging revolutionary war. Mark is a historian with the National Park service and hes, like, what can i do thats revolutionary war . Im like, this is the civil war. Hes like whoa. We decided we would let him talk about ft. Sumpter because its as close we can get to the war. Mark is a delightful historian. I wish i could get him to laugh on queue. His most distinctive feature is his laugh. Were delighted to have him to come here today to speak about the first shots of the civil war at ft. Sumpter. Mark . Thank you very much for that introduction, chris. And its a pleasure to be able to speak at this symposium for the emerging civil war. We love to have had done it in person, but being able to do it digitally like this is a wonderful way to do it, as well. But yeah, as chris mentio
Hampden, virginia. Up next, robin reed gives us a tour showcasing the forts history from a colonial era through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. Welcome to fort monroe located on the Pleasant Place we call Point Comfort. Actually, oh, Point Comfort and that way for a long, long time. Here over 400 years of history occurred. In fact, some say even longer. Some say even thousands of years. Inside the museum aptly named, Casemate Museum. A vault made is inside a for the wall. Youre inside the fourt wall. Unique for museums this date in time. Well talk about the history that occurs here. Some of our stories deal with the virginia indians, the africans that first arrived here, and their plight during the American Civil War. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. They migrated as far as, far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america, and central america. They migrated all the w
Time to be born how science and Public Health gave children a future. She will be talking with Andrew Solomon so youre in for an excellent time. Before we start i just want to say a huge thanks to perri klass, Andrew Solomon, and the team at noon for making this happen, and to all of you for showing up. Though we are not able to host events in our store spaces, argument of authors and readers is still here. We are grateful for your support and for the chance to make the space for conversation and connection. Now just a couple of housekeeping things. In our resume webinar tonight you can see and hear the speakers but they cannot see or hear you. They can see you are here and you can see a count of your fellow jews at the top of your resume screen. Theres a a couple of functions will be using throughout the event you can find at the bottom of your zoom window. One icon labeled chat with one speech bubble. Youre welcome to post your comments and thoughts in the chat. Thats a great way to
No. Hello and welcome to the other talk series. And virginia prescott and the host to deny the conversation with some fine about the zealot and the emancipator john brown and the struggle for american freedom. Theres a link to the right of your screen or you can go to the link provided at the History Centers web site. As we are talking please submit your questions with the q a feature at the bottom of the screen. Not the chat, just the q a. Tends to get less credit that when i will try to integrate as many of them into the conversation as they can. H. W. Brands is the chair of the university of houston and offered some 30 books on u. S. History month in the First Americans biography for pulitzer prize. Bill brands thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having me. Abraham lincoln and john brown wellknown historians. What did you want to add to the understanding of these famous american martyrs really by writing this . I think teaching American History for 35 going on 40 years a
Events during the cold war, as well as the continuing threat of nuclear conflict. Watch tonight at 8 pm eastern, and enjoy American History tv every weekend on cspan 3. Ministration c former Homeland Security talked about the danger in delaying the president ial transition of power, other examples of transitions after close elections and had the Biden Administration can prepare to take office in january. Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another move burner. This one coat produced and organized by the center of transitions for Public Service, and citizens for strong democracy. Im going to moderate todays conversation. Its really a pleasure to have these traffic guests. Provide a important statutory framework for the peaceful transition of power. Its been updated several times since than, and today robin to discuss some of the important pressing issues coming out of that in the current transition and transfer. Its been almost a week since the Major Networks designated job as the pr