To learn about government, understand our heritage, so i thought, what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the issues we should be aware of and what is missing . That is going to be my focus with the Capital Building here, rotunda, and of course the mall which stretches all the way back , down to the Lincoln Memorial. Building Capitol Building with its great paintings by John Trumbull of the American Revolution and at the opposite end of the mall, the Lincoln Memorial commemorating the civil war and Abraham Lincolns role. Also up at the capital and is another littleknown memorial. There was an oped in the Washington Post a couple days ago about this memorial, the ulysses s. Grant memorial, which is there at the foot of the Capitol Building. It and the Lincoln Memorial were dedicated in 1922, the same year, yet they represent two different approaches to telling the story of america and the civil war. Of
Crossed knocking statues side im joined by my guest cleo voluntary in new york she is founder of the company there have been champion which teaches social Emotional Learning in schools as well as diversity and inclusion in companies and Government Agencies and yet in las vegas we cross out of our it he is an assistant professor of African American and African Diaspora studies at the university of nevada las vegas all right cross uprose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want rouse appreciate greatly let me go to you in new york how does taking down statues and we can talk about which ones change the condition of people of color in the United States and does that something is that just a political statement because were in a Great Recession were in a pandemic and working people or people are being horrendously hit by this and i just have to ponder is statues the 1st thing we should be banking about go ahead. Well sure i mean i think i would defer to the former mayor of my
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Available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Next on American History tv, art historian Judy Scott Feldman analyzes artistic portrayals of the American Revolution and civil war. She talks about the influence of painting, sculptors, and memorials on how history is remembered. The Smithsonian Associates posted this event. Posted this event. We are going to look at the American Revolution and civil that. Ut a little beyond controversies about the stories we tell. I am going to focus, because it is impossible to cover such an amount of material in one talk, i will focus on the capital and the public buildings on the mall , which is the centerpiece of American Political Culture and our public culture where people come from all around the world in country to participate government, to learn about government, understand our heritage, so i thought, what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the i
A bad word since half this country is socialist well it didnt used to be that way and in fact more young people and then find themselves as socialist then capitalist we found that about 56 years ago. The word socialism and the idea of socialism as becoming more and more popular over the last 10 years of the Obama Administration and now with Bernie Sanders promoting it directly but still if youre over age 50 its scares you it reminds you of Eastern Europe it reminds you of venezuela and reminds you of government control which nobody wants the problem the challenge for those on the right is at capitalism is a dirty word when they hear the word capitalism they think wall street profits. Things that arent good for hard working men and women and so its not that socialism is becoming more popular its that capitalism is becoming less popular because Lyndon Johnson said that will have to be half socialist half capitalism Social Security is socialism well the 1st thing is that no one knows who