Revolution to the civil war. Her masterful biography, southern lady, yankee spy, a union agent in the heart of the confederacy is published by hartford press. Peoples choice award. Today she will speak to us about her new book, armys of deliverance a new history of the civil war published by oxford. Some guy named Harold Holzer called the book, quote, highly original and sweeping new study. I had the good fortune to hear liz speak on this subject a few weeks ago in hampton rhodes, virginia, and im so glad to have her here at the forum to speak to us. Please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon. [ applause ] all right. Can everyone hear me . Yes . Good. All right. In his first wartime message to congress, delivered on july 4th, 1861, Abraham Lincoln casts succession as a duped and cowed the south into submission. After drugging the public mind for 30 years ago lincoln put it, seccessionists had relied on conversion to bring good men to take up arms against the government. Theres much re
Advisors including dr anthony found out she is now become a very well known face and have not given that kind of specific date of when the apex will occur. European leaders and Health Officials are warning their citizens that anti virus measures could stay in place for months more than 17 and a half 1000 people have died in italy and spain after catching the virus paul brennan reports. A steady procession of hearses bring the latest virus victims to the temporary morgue set up in madrids largest ice rink on sunday spain recorded another daily death toll of more than 830 people such a small increase on the previous day is seen as a glimmer of hope that the situation remains critical the choice does he get. It is very likely that the outbreak is evolving properly thanks to everyones efforts having nearly 20 percent of our cases recovering statistics but it is true that the number of people going into intensive care units is doing creasing and there are many regions operating at Maximum C
Today we have an entire explanation so we didnt need a small one this time. Not only do we have a whole exhibition that features the speakers this evening so if you didnt see shes on one of the video monitors upstairs and is also very generous with her ti time. We certainly couldnt have done the exhibition without her help so we owe her a bit of gratitude. Serena zabin professor of Early American History and director of the program of american studies at carleton college. Received her undergraduate from those in college and phd from rutgers university. Her new book, we will let people get settled in here. I guess we got started a little early. Her new book goes deeply into boston 1770. Looking at how the soldiers that have been stationed here since the fall of 1768 were not just a seen as an Occupying Force but the neighbors and customers and competitors or in other words as people. And often repeated narrative of increasing tensions that reached a boiling point on march 5. Some soldie
National it must be a European Response it has to be responsible we all role as one whether we are dutch spanish portuguese italian or german it has to be a European Response isnt it more on the situation in spain with malta hereto in madrid. Madrid still remains as the ground 0 of the whole and demick scene since the outbreak of the Coronavirus Crisis weve got in madrid a 50 percent of that the death toll has had at announced yesterday that he suspends nonessential work and Economic Activities for the next 2 weeks this means starting tomorrow monday 30th and april 9th this covers these eastern period of time where everyone here in spain goes out to the coast goes on holidays so they want to prevent people out breaking this lockdown weve seen this past weeks many people were taking the car going doing that weakens you know not being concerned but i must say that this past week and less people have gone out or have been arrested or have been fined because leaving their houses and so i t
Like these on saturday in St Joseph Church in syria the coffins containing 45 coronavirus victims laid out in rows to be blessed this group just half of the 90 parishioners these priests have attended in recent days as though they took ill about the authorities no longer knew where to put the coffins. The saddest thing is that these bodies were left so naked so alone. They were people who died where no one could see or hear them without the possibility to talk to their loved ones so that anyone who could comfort them would spain now has more than 5000 dead from the virus with more expected the emergency military units is undertaking an extraordinary task to disinfect care homes and hospitals train stations and city center streets. Meanwhile spanish medics struggle to avoid being overwhelmed by sheer numbers of patients falling ill combined with their own fatigue and shortages of staff and equipment. As the numbers dying and infected rise relentlessly across europe restrictions and stay