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 [
He earned his phd in military history from kansas state university. He retired to tucson in 2015. He is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for in theam blacks frontier army. It is in sale in our gift shop following the lecture. We are excited to welcome dr. John langellier. Join me in a round of supplies round of applause as we welcome him to the podium. [applause] john i feel like a telemarketer. [laughter] i will send you every month a book that i have written that no now. Ants if you sign up thank you for allowing me to be here. It is a wonderful opportunity to come back to what we at kansas. Tate call western kansas some of you call it colorado. It has been a pleasure. This is a magnificent facility. We certainly want you, if you are not members, before you leave, the doors will not be join. Ed until you there is no such thing as a free lunch. I will attempt to make 21stcentury Technology Work for a fellow that still lives in the 19th century. My topic is the Buffalo
New vitality to a strange subject, emphasizing the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in opening the west. We are so fortunate to have him here from our neighbor to the southwest arizona. ,dr. Langellier earned his ba in history and historical archaeology, his ma in history with a concentration on the American West and spanish borderlands, as well as a emphasis on film history from second the university of san diego. He later went on to earn his phd in military history from kansas state university. Career in public history he retired to tucson in , 2015. He is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for uncle sam, blacks in the frontier army, which is for sale in the gift shop following the lecture. We are excited to welcome dr. John langellier. Join me in a round of applause as we welcome him to the podium. [applause] John Langellier i feel like a telemarketer. [laughter] John Langellier i will send you every month a book that i have written that no one wants if you sign up now. [
I want to remind everybody that todays meeting is on the record. It is also being livestreamed over the internet on cfr. Org so everyone who is watching us by the internet, welcome. Also remember since this is on the record, anything you say can and possibly will be used against you. It is my great pleasure to introduce the three distinguished historians we have with us today to talk about world war i. You all have complete bios so im not going to go through everything our panelists have written over the course of their distinguished careers, but i want to briefly introduce them. We will go from my immediate right, at least geographically. Let me begin by introducing john milton cooper, he is Professor Emeritus of history at the university of wisconsin, madison, and he is written on that has written widely on early 19thcentury and 20thcentury history. His books include Woodrow Wilson a biography and breaking the heart of the world. Next, professor jennifer keene. She is professor and c
In the late fall of 1902, a U.S. Army cavalry unit arrived in San Francisco following a grueling four-year span that had seen them charge San Juan Hill during the