Intense strife that had been left out of the story. And a moment that resonates into the present day. With Union Victory in confederate defeat that first week of april 1865, everything was at stake. Black freedom had been seized and delivered, but would it last . Peace would soon be declared but coded into her could it endure . Where and how would former slaves live and work, could they become citizens . What kind of nation with the people and their leaders create . Two days after lees surrender president lincoln addressed a crowd at the white house. No one knew at the time that this would be his last speech. Reflecting on the nations reconstruction, lincoln stated that he would prefer his word the Voting Rights be extended to black men who were very intelligence and who serve our cause as soldiers. This cautious suggestion irritated abolitionists heard as one white new england are in her diary, why cant he cut down the whole tree instead of just lopping off the branches. Unsurprisingl
For nearly a century. Fort benning was established on macon road in columbus, georgia, on approximately 85 acres of land in october of 19 18th 1918. On that day the war came to a close and there was talk of closing fort denning. Many officers who had served in the American Expeditionary forces to france went before congress to testify that had our soldiers had better training they would not have suffer the casualties that they did in just 210 days of actual combat, so it was determined by congress that we would keep fort benning on a smaller scale and luckily for us, it survived. But first, go on board the css jackson, one of only four surviving ironclads dating back to the civil war. We are in the National Civil war naval museum on the banks of the chattahoochee river. The purpose of the naval museum is to tell the stories of the navys during the civil war. We are the only facility that focuses entirely on that particular story. We are in a unique place, right here inside the museum a
Thank you very much. Im grateful to dale gregory and alex castle who did the logistical arrangements to be invited to the New York Historical society. This is a wonderful collection one of the great historical societies, one of the organizations that ive enjoyed a relationship with in the last 15 or so years thanks largely to you and trustees and former trustees like digg guilder. It has been wonderful to watch just how much it has progressed the amount of public programming. Im really envious and i looked at your catalog wishing i could come to many more of these events. It was also one of the highlights of my last year to win the American History book prize and come here to receive it. It was one of those moments in life where you wish you could just press the pause button. [applause] when i accepted the prize, i mentioned there were two covers and two titles of this book. One in the United States and one in britain. Im in the position today to be able to show you both covers. This i
Helicopters are battling the blaze. But the tinder dry brush and triple digits temperatures reignited the flames. The unseasonably early wildfires come during one of the states worst droughts. Firefighters say they havent seen explosive fire conditions like these in years and already had crews positioned in the area. Its almost a week and a half before this fire broke out. We had resources ready to go additionally here in Southern California. Reporter crews hope to get the upper hand with calmer winds but officials think the wildfires have caused more than 22 million in damage so far. Cooler more humid air that could provide relief to the area wont arrive until saturday. Allen and liz, back to you. Thank you. From the bay area to san diego, we have firefighters on the front lines tonight. Strike teams from santa clara, napa, sonoma and alameda counties left for duty earlier this morning. Meantime our spring heat wave is pushing temperatures into the high 90s in parts of the bay area. S
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