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Heard of despite claims from President Trump that he made this interesting expression of columbus saying in real time on his part. But know much like everything and circling the black experience in this country juneteenth was torn from the pages of history books used to sanitize the black experience for american consumption and white comparability juneteenth is black folks Independence Day it commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States it was on june 19th 1065. 00 that Union Soldiers landed in Galveston Texas with news that the civil war had ended and the enslaved were finally free in 2020 this is day takes on a new meaning the past is repeating itself the lynchings vigilante justice and the disregard of black bodies and lives removing the images of from syrup and uncle bin from rice isnt enough the streets are calling out for freedom liberty an america that finally treats black people as equals with protest and mounting calls for justice in the wake of the deaths of george
Weve got a great speech for our second session this morning. Dr. Timothy smith is a veteran of the National Parks service and currently teaches history at the university of tennessee. In addition to numerous articles and essays, he is the coeditor of 18 books, including Champion Hill, decisive battle of vicksburg, which won the Nonfiction Book award from the mississippi arts and letters. You can buy a copy in our bookstore. I am pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. [applause] thank you. Appreciate that. Appreciate the opportunity to be here. This is my first time to be here. I am a believer now. You have got a great place here. We are going to talk about the western theater here. Vicksburg, Champion Hill. How many of you have been to vicksburg . I figured that. A good number of you. Champion hill is one of those great battlefields, if you have been watching the news, listening to the American Battlefield trust, they are doing a lot of work there. The state of mississippi has just tu
His book on the raid comes out, it is now out and you can buy a copy of it at our bookstore. Im pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. Thank you, i appreciate the chance to be here. I have always heard about pamplin park, and it is great here. Were going to talk about the western theater today. Vicksburg, how many of you have been to vicksburg. She o he is one of the great battlefields, listening to the civil war American Trust now, you know theyre doing a lot of work down there. They turned over nearly several hundred acres. So there is a lot going down at Champion Hill. So were going to talk about that battle in particular, the larger Vicksburg Campaign. And i do not have a power point either. Im a little old fashioned. We have a map of Champion Hill which we will talk about in just a little bit. I tend to go overboard when i go into power points and i confuse everybody, so to keep from doing that, i dont do powerpoints when i can help it. And im beginning to realize that powerpoint
Fixbering campaign. He discusses how the leadership contributed to a victory. This event was part of historical parks small battles big results symposium. Weve got a great speech for our second session this morning. Dr. Timothy r. Smith is a veteran of the park service and currently teaches history at the university of tennessee at martin. In addition to numerous articles and essays hes the author and editor and coeditor of 18 books including Champion Hill, the decisive battle of vicksburg. His book comes out this fall and actually is now out, and you can buy a copy of it out at our bookstore at battlefield center. So im pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. [ applause ] thank you. Appreciate that. Appreciate the opportunity to be here. Ive always heard about it and its my first time to be here. Ive always heard about it and how nice it was and im a believer now. I believe you. Youve got a great place here and appreciate the invitation to be here. Were going to talk about the western