It is not just janelle and i here yapping on the sidelines. We will be joined by a guy who looks very familiar to niners fans. Earl stevens. You know who he is . His real name. Aka, e4, joining us later in the show. And then of course, we have the legendary chef joining us today, michael, he has a restaurant here called bourbon steak, and this is a v. I. P. Tailgate going on right now and we are going to be live from inside that restaurant. Before we get to the food, before we get to the parties, before we get to e40, weve got some business at hand. This is one of three nfl games today. This is all about playoff seedings. The early game, maybe a sigh in tampa, florida, that is Raymond James stadium, the site of next seasons super bowl. This seasons super bowl is in miami. Next season is in tampa. Texans and the bucs and the texans defense stepping up in a big way. Bradley robey with a 27 yard interception return. Houston beat tampa 2320. The texans win the afc south. So what does this
University distinguished professor in the arts, humanities and social sciences at the university of cincinnati. Hes the author of seven books on the civil war era. This sbook won the Tom Watson Brown prize. We are delighted to welcome today professor phillips. [ applause ] good afternoon. Thank you for inviting me to speak. Ive long wondered why another ohioillinoisan that ive been summoned east to the mother state. After hearing garys opening talk, i know now. Its to give the naughty talk. After asking kerry about topics to which she replied whatever you wanted to talk about, that sounded a little to me like asking me how long the condemned want the hanging rope to be. I have 30 minutes and the hanging wont take too long but true to naughty form, ill start with a vignette to introduce the western lay of war. An idea that garys union war actually inspired. There, gary, tis the benefit of batting last. Ive got a lot of ground to cover because the west is a rather large theater and i hav
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Up next, the best selling historical novelist jeff shaara focuses on the latter half of the civil war involving sherman and the end of the civil war. He argues against the depiction of sherman is a villain and talks about how slaves reacted to his military victory. The Smithsonian Associates posted this 90 minute event. Good evening everyone. Can everyone hear me well . Good. I am mary maclachlan, you program coroner with the Smithsonian Associates and i would like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a stimulating program on the Union General, William T Shermans marched to the city. Before we begin and i announce our speaker, would like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure they are turned off. And also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during these programs. Lastly, we are delighted to have cspan History Channel filming tonight program. Jeff shaara will take questions at the end of the program and we have microphone so we can capture you
Associates hosted this 90minute event. Good evening, everyone. Can everyone hear me well . Good. I am mary maclachlan, you the Program Coordinator with the Smithsonian Associates and i would like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a stimulating program on the Union General, William T Shermans marched to the city. March to the sea. Before we begin and i announce our speaker, would like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure they are turned off. And also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during these programs. Lastly, we are delighted to have cspan History Channel filming tonights program. Jeff shaara will take questions at the end of the program and we have microphones so we can capture your questions. When you raise your hand, we will have event reps in the aisles of the auditorium and in the balcony and we will wait until you have a microphone in your hands. It is a pleasure to welcome our speaker, jeff shaara, back to the smithsonian. H