Museum at vint hill, virginia, 45 miles west of washington, d. C. I founded the Cold War Museum in 1986 to honor cold war veterans, preserve cold war history and educate future generations about the time period. What i realized when i was giving lectures to High School Students in this area, nine times out of ten, the students wouldnt know anything about the cold war or the u2 incident. They would think the u2 incident had something to do with the u2 rock band. As a result, i knew they needed to be taught about the cold wartime period. As a result, i ended up noticing they needed to be taught about the cold war time period. So in 1996, we founded the Cold War Museum, which opened in 2011 here at vint hill farms station, a former Army Communication base near the washington, d. C. , area. It used to be used by nsa, cia, asa, Army Security agency, and other groups to monitor the Electronic Communications from around the washington, d. C. , Embassy Region and International Signals that the
Imi think of what talking about jen wittenberg. He would find someone to volunteer for a project. Busy people get things done and it. New we were in forc mostwhite has to be the prolific young professor. Won the outstanding faculty award for virginia. He is an active public speaker and a parent of young children. I dont know where john finds the time. Generousn very with our Education Programs to which we are grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of his varied with a and focus on Abraham Lincoln and legal and constitutional history. He is the coauthor of a book thetled civil education in future of american citizenship. Because he had a few extra minutes, he and ann holloway wrote our monitor. I asked him to speak on a topic i did not put on the printer program. A topic that draws from two other book manuscripts he is currently finishing about Abraham Lincoln and africanamericans. Ladies and gentlemen, jonathan white. [applause] jonathan thank you, john, the in
Symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. Our next speaker is john white. John white is an associate professor of american studies at Christopher New Port University in new port news. When i look at johns vida, his academic resume i think of an old graduate School Adviser and im talking about you, jim wittenberg, would say to us when he would come to our offices to find someone to volunteer for a project. Busy people get things done, and we knew we were in for it when dr. Wittenberg talked about that. Jonathan white has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not only a prolific hiftor yap, but more projects on more backburners than ive ever seen on the stove award. He won the outstanding faculty award for academic education. Hes a parent of young children, i dont know where john finds the time. Hes been very generous with what remaining time he has from all of that for this museum and our Education Programs for which were all very grateful. As you can see
Accuracy. All right, guys. How are we all doing today . Welcome to class. Today, as i talked about earlier this week, we have a special lecturer here. Dr. Jeff kinard. You may have a class with him. He is the chair of our history and Political Science program here at ghoul forward Technical Community college. What you may not know about dr. Kinard is that he is a military historian. Hes an expert in military history. He is published at least four books on anything from weaponry, weaponry from the civil war, revolutionary war, he collects a host of artifacts which he has brought and will share with us today. He is a ph. D. He earned his doctorate from Texas Christian University in fort worth, texas. What year was that . It was a while ago. But hes an expert. So if you get an opportunity to take a class with him, take a class. So were going to continue to discuss the civil war, thankfully for dr. Kinard we get to look at the aspect of weaponry and its impact on the war. So without furthe
Cruise ship are in their 60s 70s and 80s and we want to make sure as we know that is a more Vulnerable Group that we face special attention to anybody who has any comorbidities or other conditions we are working hard with the people on the ship and the medical team there. To make sure their health and welfare is prioritized. Just to reiterate the plan is to bring that ship into San Francisco bay this weekend. Docket at a noncommercial port and test everyone on board. U. S. Currency is facing the same fate as trappers returning home from china and other coronavirus hotspots. We have confirmed with the Federal Reserve the physical dollar bills are going to be quarantined before they are allowed back into circulation to the u. S. For banks that help to manage our money supply will set aside shipments of dollars from asia. Up to 10 days before processing and redistributing them. The coronavirus leaving store shelves bear when it comes to products like Hand Sanitizer is infected wipes and m