The theme of this years event is ordinary people, extraordinary times. Historians explore how the war affected a Diverse Group of american people. The event is cohosted by the library of virginia, university of Virginia Center for Civil War History, and the American Civil War museum. In the first session, james robertson, Virginia Tech history professor emeritus, and the author or editor of more than 20 books will give a talk titled civil war echoes from the common folk. But first, the director of the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia will welcome the audience. This is live coverage on American History tv on cspan3. Good morning, im Gary Gallagher and i very pleased to welcome all of you this morning. To our symposium titled ordinary people, extraordinary times. I do this and welcome you on behalf of the library of virginia, the American Civil War the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia. Treadway, they library and would perform this task,
Virginia. They will talk about how these monuments influence memory of the war, and how public perception, particularly of Confederate Monuments, has changed. This is about 50 minutes. We will reconvene the panel. It has been a good day so far. What we will do is recognize you, you raise your hand, wait for the microphone. If youve got a question, it should be referred to one of the panelists, please designate that, and please try to stick to questions rather than statements. And let me start with a question that we got in virtual space. My name is mike powell. We are the largest roundtable in the u. S. Ive have gone to Great Lengths to keep politics out of the roundtable. This topic, monuments, has elements of both history and politics. What do you think should be the role of roundtables, if any, on this issue . We thought that was a very good question. Civil war pops buffs, who know more about the general public, what should we do about this issue . Tom, i will ask you first. Brown [
Mr. Rawls ok, ladies and gentlemen, lets convene the panel. It has been a good day so far. Please, during the course of the has somebody got the video or something going . If you could turn that off, that would be great. We will reconvene the panel. It has been a good day so far. What we will do is recognize you when you raise your hand. Wait for the microphone. If you have a question, it should be referred to one of the panelists. Please designate that, and please try to stick to questions rather than statements. Let me start with a question that we got in virtual space. Iy name is mike howell, and am president of the brunswick civil war roundtable in south carolina. We are, i believe, the largest roundtable in the u. S. Ive gone to Great Lengths to keep politics out of the roundtable. This topic, monuments, has both elements of history and politics. What do you think should be the role of roundtables, if any, on this issue . A very goodhat was question, and i would broaden it who kno
An honor and pleasure to have you here for us to begin a series of conversations that we hope will be a blessing to many. For thisthi evening is to create a cap conversation about the lee jackson windows and the larger issues of race and the legacy of slavery and our nation. Know the recent history of events regarding these windows, i invite you to read about that history in the information we provided for you within your program on tonights conversation. This is the first in an ongoing series of conversations over the next two years intended to foster conversation and a deeper understanding. While the leadership of the cathedral made the decision to remove the confederate battle flags from these windows, the larger question of whether the windows should stay in the sanctuary or be moved to a different location was intentionally left open for a period of two years so we might engage in conversation and education around the difficult issues of race and our history and our present life t
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