A melting pot as a city and we really celebrate that but we should not force our citizens to look up to have to look up at you know monuments of confederate soldiers whose goal was to uphold slavery and this is a thing certainly a traumatic experience for someone to see and someone especially someone of color will inevitably see that and wonder well am i actually in a place where i belong culturally does this place actually represent my values if its willing to you know have a monument that celebrates my ancestors and slaves meds and i think that culturally and psychologically it is important to make sure that those kinds of monuments do not remain are going to those those that are using 90 minutes came down after a Broad Community discussion correct sure because they would see this is well you know i have no attachment to confederate statues and monuments 0 i dont i simply dont i was born that outside boston massachusetts ok and so i dont have that kind of. On the ground cultural hist
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Cspan. From detroit down to houston and new york to la where theres pride in every american heart and its time we stand and say that im proud to be an american where at least i know im free and i wont forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to today because there aint no doubt i love this land god bless the u. S. A. Im prou american here at least i know im free and i wont forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today because there aint no doubt i love this land od bless the u. S. A. [applause] thank you very much. [crowd chanting] thank you very much. Its a great honor to be in North Carolina. We had great, great luck, and great people backing us in North Carolina. And im thrilled to be in Winston Salem with thousands of hardworking americans who are great people. I dont know how many people here, but theres a lot. [applause] we said lets keep it down. They didnt too good a job, but th
New york times book review. We recorded the program in september of 2018. Good afternoon. Welcome, everybody. Im david moskowitz, head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and pleased to be here with you today. We are pleased to serve for the eighth year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and prouder to watch the book festival grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. Wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some bestseller list today. Its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals purpose here is literacy which leads to learning and opportunity which matches our goal of helping our community succeed, learning to love books and learning are what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of Ulysses Grant f were lucky, certain is other popular fou