Industrialization in the postbellum u. S. , and the cultural history of Petroleum Use in the 20th century, and what it revealed about American Environmental ethics and precedents. He has examined industrial intensity during the civil war era, as well as the impact of modernism and landuse planning on the modern environmental movement. Professor black received his doctorate in american studies from the university of kansas in 1996. This evening, he will address how world war i informed the 20th centurys use of Energy Sources including petroleum, and the fuels enduring impact on our environment and climate today. Give a warm welcome to professor brian black. [applause] professor black thanks ,everyone. Thanks, everyone. Thank you for being hardcore audience to come out on an evening like this. Thank you, kamil, and everyone for putting together this program. I truly am impressed on a number of levels and i have not been to this facility, so i am impressed at that. I was part of a confere
Each week american artifacts. Up next in the second of the two part program we travel to new orleans we travel to the museum. Beginning with the june 6th 1944 dday invasion. Because our museum was originally founded back in the 1990s as the National Dday museum. By a congressional charter we would charge telling the story of the entire american experience. In this gallery we get to the big moment where United States and allies had to win this particular day. Dday june 6, 1944. Behind me is our film narratedded by narrated by tom brokaw. He saw all of the war left over by troops who had been killed coming ashore at the beach. What we have in this case is actual artifacts and sand from utah and omaha beaches. He writes about what he found. You can see he talk about shoe polish showing kids diaries, bibles, hand grenades, toothbrushes razors. He particularly singles out in his column writing paper. He talk about how young men who gave their lives at normandy intended to write a lot of let
Each week, american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Next, in the second of a twopart program, we travel to new orleans to visit the National World War Ii Museums road to berlin exhibit. This continues the experience in the european theater beginning with the dday invasion. We are in the normandy landings gallery, a very special gallery because our museum was originally founded in the 1990s as the National Dday museum by a congressional charter. We were charged with telling the story of the entire american ,xperience in world war ii white was thought, how it was one, what it means today. Get to thelery we big moment where the United States and her allies had to win dday,. Ticular day, the hind us is our film narrated by tom brokaw which gives our visitors the overarching story of dday at normandy. But next to me, over here on the exhibit a very special this is an exhibit case long,ted to ernie pyles thin line of anguish column. Ernie pyle actually walked the beaches at nor
Find out where the cspan cities tour is going next online. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. Next, on American History tv, university of pennsylvania history professor, kathy peiss examines the evolution of library and Information Science during world war ii. She argues what she says is an outline of a shift in the 1940s from librarians being neglected to being regarded as key figures. Its a little under 90 minutes. In recent years, scholars and the general public have learned about the exploits of american curators and Museum Officials in world war ii whos mission was to save the endangered art treasures in europe. I would note the work of the nicholas, robert, remarkable efforts to recover the Monuments Foundation and of course the 2014 George Clooney film. I should add monuments women, are compelling togethers. They are straight celebrated for the role they played in wartime. Absent from this story of individual heroism is any analysis and
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