Welcome back, everybody. As you know, weve been in the gilded age for some time now and weve already seen the Technological Innovations that made some of this economic expansion possible. We saw both the economic transformations and the affects of those changes in the economy as far as lifestyles, both of the very rich, these opulent, robert barren lifestyles and on the other hand the very poor. Whether it was the People Living in the shacks of the new england mill towns or whether it was when we explored the gilded age city, the increasing problems of housing and of sanitation that came with this rapid and in many ways chaotic growth of the cities in the late 19th century. All of it, of course, accompanied by problems going along with immigration. And then last time we saw in particular there was some frustration with this new gilded age regime as we talked about the farmers in this period. That lecture really could have been called discontent in the gilded age part one. But today we
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Pelosi at the beginning of a ceremony that was held inside in which she delivered the opening remarks in honor of the late justice. Very briefly just saying that, you know, she had dedicated her life to trying to change the lives of women in america, minorities, and anybody who is oppressed or discriminated against in any way in her many, many years of legal life as a lawyer and then a judge and then Supreme Court justice elevated to the court in 1993 by then president bill clinton. There you see the man who would like to be the next president of the united states, joe biden. We saw President Trump pay his respects when the casket was at the top of the Supreme Court steps where she had been a justice for 27 years. And now we say goodbye to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And she will be buried next to her husband of more than 50 years at Arlington National cemetery. This service will last until about 9 30 our time this morning. At that point the casket will be tack enaway and we will continue to
It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. The casemate is nothing more than a vault inside the fort wall. You were inside the fort wall. Unique for museums in this day and time. We will walk you through the museum and talk to you about the interesting history that occurred here. Some of our stories will deal with the people that first arrived here and their plight during the American Civil War. Thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate, starting as far west as mexico. The Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america. They migrated to Point Comfort where fort monroe is located today. They were gatherers and lived a prosperous life here. In 1607, the english had come and by that time they learned the art of cultivation. The english would struggle the first three years. They too would prosper. We know from the secretary of the college that in 6019, 20 odd negroes arrived here. They were traded for goods. After that, we see