And it was close, it was tied, second half i think gonzaga was up by a point. My wife went to kansas where they won a lot. She said, this is very stressful, im glad my team is not playing in this game. And i looked at her and i was like, i think you might be the missing the point of this. Shes pregnant, though, so i decided to let her stay in the house. Did any of you watch the College Basketball game last night . [ cheers and applause ] it was, is as you know, North Carolina won it, theyre National Champions once again. It wasnt a highscoring game. I think there were more capital one commercials than there were points in the game. But that didnt temper the enthusiasm of North Carolina at all. After they won, fans and students in chapel hill did what College Students often do. They set fire to a couch. Which i will say, this is something i will never understand. That couch, that couch let you sit on it the whole tournament. Supported you for every game this season. And now you win and
And it was close, it was tied, second half i think gonzaga was up by a point. My wife went to kansas where they won a lot. She said, this is very stressful, im glad my team is not playing in this game. And i looked at her and i was like, i think you might be the missing the point of this. Shes pregnant, though, so i decided to let her stay in the house. Did any of you watch the College Basketball game last night . [ cheers and applause ] it was, is as you know, North Carolina won it, theyre National Champions once again. It wasnt a highscoring game. I think there were more capital one commercials than there were points in the game. But that didnt temper the enthusiasm of North Carolina at all. After they won, fans and students in chapel hill did what College Students often do. They set fire to a couch. Which i will say, this is something i will never understand. That couch, that couch let you sit on it the whole tournament. Supported you for every game this season. And now you win and
Coming up next on American History tv, the National Archives posts independent researcher john emond as he reads letters from civil war soldiers, placing the letters in the context of the war as well as the soldiers daily lives, defined by personal hardship disease, and death. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. I think we are all settled in. Welcome. I work in the National Archives. I work i welcome you to this program. We have an ongoing lecture series to teach you about the records of the National Archives and how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with
And how to use them for historical research. We are pleased to have john emond here with us today. The title of the event is civil war voices. A bit more about the know your records program, we also do researcher newsletters, if you provide your email address i will send you that newsletter automatically. It we do a genealogy fair, and wheels of have a Genealogy Program taken place at the National Archives building in washington dc. That happened several times a month. So, with that, i will turn give the biography for mr. Emond. He retired in 2011 at the 30 years in government. Most of it in contract Technology Transfer and project management at nasa. He is a member of the Maritime Committee with the Maryland Historical society. He is a collector of historical artifacts from the American Revolution and civil war. Including several civil war soldiers letters which he will refer to in this presentation. A program that will be approximately one hour long. We will take questions and answer
Tulsa. Timothy egan recounts the events in oregon. He discusses the Public Opinion of National Works at the time. Timothy thank you so much. Its terrific to be here in montana, because ive been on a book tour. Ive been in 25 cities or so and now here i am, basically home where the fire started. The source of the story, and the source of so much joy for me too, growing up in spokane and fishing here in rock creek and hiking here in the National Forest, basically learning to love this land as a little kid. And now trying to look at it as a storyteller. So thank you for coming out on this gorgeous, wonderful, crisp montana night. The rest of the country can only look on us in envy. Also, i wanted to open with a wonderful quote from one of my literary heroes, norman maclean, famous montanan author didnt have his first book published until he was 72 years old, but it took a long time for that masterpiece to surface. And it was a river runs through it. Maclean says in the book that he and hi