Off north carolina. This was part of a seminar the. Without further ado, let me introduce our first speake he has received many awards including the National Trust for Historic Preservations president s award for Historic Preservation and many, many others. His talk today is the ship that saved the nation, the monitors recovery and conservation. Please welcome mr. Quarstein. [ applause ] thank you. Well, you know, on march 8th, 1862 it was a terrible day for the union. In fact, it turned the tide, it appeared in favor of the confederacy when the css virginia emerged from the Elizabeth River and sunk two major union warships, the cumberland and the congress. The union navy was in disarray. People were in the white house looking out the curtains, down the potomac, fearing that this super weapon, as they would have called the merrimack, as southerners called the virginia, would be there soon and the war would finally end in a confederate victory. But all was to change as if magic, because
Coming up next, Albany Law School Professor Emeritus Paul Finkelman delivering a keynote address at a symposium focused on the history of immigration in america. Mr. Finkelman compares the roles of congress, states, and the president in developing immigration policy from the colonial period to modern day. This event is part of a twoday u. S. Capitol Historical Society symposium. Its about an hour and 15 minutes. For the keynote opening this particular symposium, we have professor finkelman. Again, those of you who come on a routine basis, know paul well. Hes been our fearless leader for the past several years in helping to direct the symposium. Because of that i feel like no introduction is needed. But really in pauls case its really true. Ill just say that he comes to us from the university of saskatchewan to give you a sense of how far hes come to be with us today. Hes there on a visiting professorship on human rights. Hell be speaking on a a nation of immigrants. The keynote is an o
Symposium, we have professor finkelman. Again, those of you who come on well. Ine basis, know paul hes been our fearless leader for the past several years in symposium. Direct the because of that i feel like no introduction is needed. Pauls case its really true. Ill just say that he comes to from the university of is he catch with an to give you a of how far hes come to be with us today. Hes there on a visiting rights. Rship on human a a nationaking on of immigrants. The keynote is an opportunity to a broadere theme in sense. So hes going to be laying the groundwork for everything that were going to be discussing tomorrow. I hope youll all come back if you can tomorrow as well. Comesst thing before paul to the podium. We have a special lunch program. Do typically. Ont were going to have a speaker join us during the lunch period tomorrow so we can keep people room. Well have box lunches to make that easy for you. I think youll really enjoy it. If youre suspicious about what a living his