Recognized we were only telling half of the story. And so with the determination and courage and perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally, they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions were going to have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th, where we will look at current programming that focuses on africanamerican stories. And also on october 18th, where we will be focusing on the future. And our panelists at that discussion will be helping us to think about how do we continue to tell this story . For as mitchell said, its really all of our story. I know our panelists well. And they have plenty to share with us. So please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here at Colonial Williamsb
Programming with designs by our panelists tonight, so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story has never been done before. And quite literally, they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that we are going to have this year. And i would welcome you to come back on july 5, when we will look at current programming that focuses on African American stories, and also on october 18, where we will be focusing on the future, and our panelists at that discussion will be helping us to think about, how do we continue to tell the story . Lawrence mitchell said it really is all of our story. Now i know our panelists well. And they have plenty to share with us. So, please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here at Colonial Williamsburg as a junior interpreter, and became an active interpreter and manager of the interpreters. And
Project manager for the rehabilitation of arlington house and worked at the battlefield, George Washington Memorial Parkway and he will be as you just heard the topic is unprecedented discovery of i am looking forward to sharing this unprecedented story with everyone here. I have the great privilege and humble village of be the superintendent of 5000 acres of some of the most hallowed ground. Field to give the obligatory 30 seconds of why it is an important place. We preserve the scenes of two significant civil war battles. The first largescale battle of the civil war in july 1861 followed by 13 months later the second battle of manassas which was much larger and between these two about 4000 men died and tens of thousands were wounded. Those are some powerful statistics. Today we will diving a little bit more beyond the statistics and look at what happened to some of these poor unfortunate soldiers who were killed or maimed as well as the stories of those who tried to save them. I come
A big part of the boulevard and park system is to maintain up. Maintain it. As they get older, they take maintenance. You have to rebuild things. Whether it is the pavement, curb, drain structures. The original plan, a lot of it done by George Kessler was treeplanting. Multiple rows of trees were planted on boulevards. Trees have a lifespan. We have to maintain. The biggest challenge today is maintenance. I think generally speaking, kansas city citizens appreciate the park and boulevard system. We strongly believe that to be true. We would encourage anybody who does not appreciate it to appreciate what they have. If you live here, you take it for granted. Announcer our cities tour staff recently traveled to kansas city, missouri, to learn about its rich history. Learn more about kansas city and other stops on our tour at cspan. Org\citiestour. You are watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan3. Musancer Panhandle Plains Museum curator discusses the origin of the a
Mountain gallery, cattle, cowboys and culture. If you havent, i would strongly urge you to. It is a fascinating collection. I am talking about a large collection of artifacts, art and other objects that illuminate the connection that i was not aware of, down through history through the cattle days, between the city of kansas city and amarillo, texas. It is so big, in fact, part of it has spilled into kirk call on the first floor. You may have seen the big saddle. It is a terrific exhibit. And i would be remiss at this point, before getting to michael, if i did not introduce ann duecy, standing in the back there. She is our Library Art Exhibit director. She has worked with michael. She is responsible for all of these great exhibits that you see in both of our galleries. She does a terrific job. And michael is really responsible for the most part, for this exhibit being here and bringing it to us. He is the associate director of Curatorial Affairs and the curator of art and western herit