First in keeping with his profession, as a University Professor were going to have a pop quiz. One question pass fail. Here is the question. What do jeff chandler, charles bronson, rock hudson and the incredibleably blueeyed Burt Lancaster all have in common . I think i hear the answer and the answer is all these hollywood leading men played Apache Indian leaders in the movies. Jeff chandler played cochise. Hock hudson played taza, son of cochise. Bronson want chato and burt was the warrior, masai. For extra credit, answer this, what made these roles so attractive to these actors in could it be the epic nature of their struggle . Keep those questions in mind. Also keep those names in mind. Maybe not the faces. The people may reappear as paul hutton tells us about our war with the apache tribes. Americas longest. It all began with an apache raid and the kidnapping of an arizona ranchers boy in 1861 and lasted more than a quarter after century. The fighting only ended with the 1886 surre
Was sponsored by the kansas city local library. Prof. Hutton good evening. Welcome. My name is eli paul. It is my honor to introduce our speaker, paul andrew hutton. In keeping with his profession as a university professor, we are going to have a pop quiz. One question, pass fail. Here is the question. What do jeff chandler, charles bronson, rock hudson, and the incredibly blueeyed Burt Lancaster all have in common . [indiscernible] i think i hear the answer, and the answer is all these men played Apache Indian leaders in the movies. Jeff chandler played cochise, rock hudson played the son of cochise. Bronson was a shadow chatto. For extra credit, answer this. What made those roles so attractive to these actors . Could it be the epic nature of their struggle . Keep those questions in mind. Also keep those names in mind. Maybe not the faces. The people may reappear as paul hutton tells us about our war with the apache tribes, americas longest. It all began with an apache rate and the ki
Welcome. My name is eli paul. It is my honor to introduce our speaker, paul andrew hutton. In keeping with his profession as a university professor, we are going to have a pop quiz. One question, pass fail. Here is the question. What do jeff chandler, charles bronson, rock hudson, and the incredibly blueeyed Burt Lancaster all have in common . [indiscernible] i think i hear the answer, and the answer is all these men played Apache Indian leaders in the movies. Jeff chandler played cochise, rock hudson played the son of cochise. Chatto. Was a shadow for extra credit, answer this. What made those roles so attractive to these actors . Could it be the epic nature of their struggle . Keep those questions in mind. Also keep those names in mind. Maybe not the faces. The people may reappear as paul hutton tells us about our war with the apache tribes, americas longest. With an apache rate and the kidnapping of an arizona ranchers boy in 1861 and lasted more than a quarter of a century. With th
Thank you very much for that kind introduction and thank you for all your patience in advance. I woke up this morning quite nervous, more usually more nervous than i usually am when i am going to be giving a talk. I noticed that a number of your teachers. Is that right . Thank you. I appreciate that. I will just look at kevin. Kevin is a teacher, in addition to blogging. To being insed front of unruly crowds and you may have some experience with a particularly nerveracking speaking engagement. Where youre not quite sure if the subject matter of your talk fits with the events at hand, and then you learn, i dont know, maybe that cspan is going to broadcast your event live because Live Television still happens, apparently. But if you have done any public speaking, you also know that moment when a sense of real calm settles over you. I know that pete does that because i have watched him speak beautifully in the last couple of days. I just want you to know that that is not happening to me r
Cultures. Most of you know this, but memorials are always shaped by politics. Reflectrary concerns that. This is especially true of National Historic sites. Federal officials have long viewed commemoration as a kind of patriotic all to me, as a way of conjuring unity from divisiveness by appealing to shared perceptions of the past. Good as a getss for civil war content. Im kidding. President example, lincolns first inaugural address. The president suggested that if americans would pay heed to open court the mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hard stone across this land, those courts would once again swell the force of the union. Sites around the United States, sentiments like president lincolns, sentiments that have been an abiding faith of the nationalizing power of public memory are carved into stone. These monuments are supposed to serve the nations interest by linking together its peoples and legitimating federal au