To situate the president ial plantations back into the history of slavery or to situate slavery back into the history of the president ial plantations. Im not entirely sure, i went back and forth on how to say that, im not entirely sure which is the right way to say it, but i think what the crucial thing to say is that we are considering the processes that have erased the obvious location of the enslaved in the histories of the presidencies. And everyone here on this panel and many of you in the audience are involved in efforts that precisely do not assume that slavery is some sort of addition or addon to the president ial histories but, rather, that the two are connected. To that end, im really excited to hear each of this afternoons speakers talk about the work that they are undergoing at the president ial plantations. So im going to introduce all of them to you now in the order in which they will speak. We have planned the presentations to allow for significant time at the end for t
This 90minute event was hosted by the american historical society. We have a terrific panel for you today. Just by way of introduction, i want to sort of explain how this panel came to be. And that is that we were all participants in an neh Summer Institute on veterans in society, ambiguities and representations. Think the subtitle there is incredibly important, right . Ambiguities and representations. It represents some of the confusion that might exist about who counts as a veteran, what it means to be a veteran, how that meaning has changed over time and how society has miss understand that change over time. How all of these things connect with nonveterans in society. So the Civil Military divide, which is seems to be growing ever greater. And so all of these issues were brought together in a threeweek Summer Institute down at virginia tech, in washington, actually. And where we explored with about 20 other colleagues from a variety of disciplines some of these issues. One of the bi
[applause] good afternoon. I am lindsay paulson, cochair along with kimberly at the polk county democrats event committee. I would like to start out by thinking hour more than 100 volunteers that are here today to make our event successful. This event was built entirely on volunteers. One of the most inspiring things for me has been to watch our political veterans and our local freshmen come together to revive an american tradition. As you are leaving today, please stop and think some of the individuals in the light blue tshirt spread those are your volunteers and individuals who worked hard to make today access but its my honor to begin the presentation from our three headliners and introduce our first headliner Sherry Bustos of illinois. Its fitting we decided to have me introduce the congresswoman, the one who was born in illinois. She represents illinois 17th Congressional District which includes western, central and northern illinois. In her third term, she focuses on job creation
Headliners and introduce our first headliner, congresswoman, sherry boost owes of illinois. Its fitting we decided to have me introduce her, the one born in illinois. Congresswoman boostos represents illinoiss 17th congressional district, which includes western, central and northern illinois. Now on her third term, congresswoman boostos focuses on job creation, strengthening our economy, building a stronger middle class. Shes been a relentless advocate for women and families and worked across the aisle with both democrats and republicans on Common Sense Solutions to cut government waste and to strengthen both medicare and Social Security. Born in springfield, illinois, the congresswoman grew up in a family that taught her the importance of hard work, caring for others and public service. She began her career in journalism before moving into health care. Congresswoman boostos is credible a leader in the make it in america plan to create more goodpaying jobs in our communities, and she a
She wrote a book that will be out this fall that will be the theme of our symposium next year. Fantastic book of her own, assigned with this really 27th collection, the United States colored troops. She will talk a little bit about that during our question and answer session. Take a look at this book tonight. It is a fantastic story. Neede like us decided they to do their part to defend liberties into their homes and country. It puts a fantastic spin on that notion. Without further a do, i present ado i present my friend and colleague. [applause] kelly thank you all for coming. Thank you to chris, for putting together this wonderful program. I am looking forward to these days we had together. Thank you to the staff and people for this wonderful place. I got to set outside on the porch earlier today. We are very lucky to be here. A little background. I was in the early stages of doing some research on a project. Troopsted states colored were the black men that fight for the union during