Q a. The sponsors for our panel are cecil and nancy brown. Are they with us . [applause] im happy to introduce our moderator for this session, james a stevens, is not only, im sorry. I skipped over. Curtis wilkie. No, hes over there. Our moderator is curtis wilkie, associate professor of journalism at the university of mississippi and a fellow at the universitys Overby Center or southern journalism andpolicy and hell take over. Thank you for coming and we appreciate the presence of our guests on the panel at the mississippi bookfestival. Its getting bigger and better every year. Im going to start off by introducing very briefly. Our guest will carry on a discussion and i hope you all will have discussions for the towards the end of our hour. Karen abbott is a bestselling author of several books and her newest one, the ghost of eden park is an in the next pick as wellas an amazon best book. A glowing review in last sundays clariion ledger, maybe some of you read, said abbott captures th
Im sure you saw today, sir, that secretary mattis wrote in a quote, we are divided into hostile tribes, cheering against each other, fueled on emotion and mutual disdain. Because you are the president s he advisor on the threat to democracy key advisor on the threat to democracy, do you agree with secretary mattis, who youve known for so many years . Do you believe there is a tribalism in this country that essentially threatens democracy, and to ask you to also reflect, as best you can, on how you see President Trump changing over the last couple of years in his role as commanderinchief . We will know you dont like to talk about the president but , this may be our last opportunity to ask you. Gen. Dunford barbara, as you know, i have worked hard to remain apolitical and not make political judgments. Your first question is not in my lane. I have worked hard to provide military advice to the secretary, military advice to the president , other members of the National Security council, and
Thats 90 miles from Yellowstone National park, drawing many tourists to the city. We will learn about the history and the surrounding region. When i first moved, there were so many named story. A story streets, story motors, story distributing. Lot written on him. There was a historian who said bozeman is misnamed. Personally i think bozeman has a better ring to it than any of those other options. I was curious about nelsons story, since his name was plastered all over the place. Has not been a fulllength biography ever written about him. Over the years i put it together. Nelson story was one of the more successful western capitalists in the history of the American West. If you take a step back and try and name others, you come up with Leland Stanford in california. Im sure that name rings a bell area you would have John Creighton from nebraska. John e live from northern colorado, and all of those people were very good. They started the most part and goldmining. After making some headw
Ranging from the 17th century up to the present. My group, though, is here this weekend to discuss the 75th anniversary of the normandy invasion, which is taking place this summer, and we thought it certainly fitting to commemorate that event and us putting on these old uniforms, wearing old equipment, it certainly gives us a better perspective and appreciation of what the greatest generation went through. And if we can impart even a small inkling of that to passers by and families who come visit this place, this enwe feen we f weve done a fairly good job. The unit that we portray is the fourth Infantry Division, and its a unit thats sometimes overshadowed in the realm of world war ii history, but nonetheless, it was one of the spearhead units that was involved in the normandy invasion. It was some of the first am fs you amphibious troops who were ashore, and they waded ashore on utah beach. Unbeknownst to many of them at that time, they had actually landed on the wrong sector. They ha
Year scholars, it is honor for me to serve as the mc for this program tonight. Our guest this evening is dr. James nolan, 1859 professor at williams college. He is author of several books, one what they saw in america, alexis detotfil, chester ton. I especially look forward to this discussion as dr. Nolans insights will help us wrap up the year long study on American Political Culture inspired by totevilles america, uc california days and degrees from university of virginia. His Research Fall in the general areas of law and society, culture, technology and social change and historical comparei sociology. He is the recipient of several grants and awards, for the humanities scholarship and full bright scholarship. We acknowledge dark strands and bright threads. Dr. Nolan has agreed to take questions from the audience following his remarks, so please wait for one of our scholars to bring you the microphone before you ask your question. I now invite you to please join me in inviting dr. No