Before introduce tonights speakers. Cell phones and other devices should be turned off. Tonight is the sole event, so tonight there is one event, so if i could ask everyone to fold at their chairs at the end and leave them against the closest bookshelf or wall. Last thing is for the q a session after the presentation if i could ask you to step to my left we have a microphone. We record this and cspan is here as well, so for prosperity if we could get this all on recording that would be wonderful. Without further do i would like to introduce tonights author, cate lineberry. Be free or die the amazing story of Robert Smalls escape from slavery to union hero is her second major work. Nominated for the 2014 edgar award for best [inaudible] be free or die chronicles the heroic journey of Robert Smalls who in 1862 sees a confederate steamer and sailed his way from Charleston Harbor to a Union Blockade freeing himself and his family. As all of you will soon see and learn he his mission did no
Of steam to the time together of the north American Continent in rail. Writes, nos businessman equal vanderbilt in his impact on american history. None proved to be so influential periodfundamental over a so formative for so long. The common or lived to be 82 and played a key role in so many events in his to mulch was life. From the very beginnings of steamboat travel on the hudson river to the Seminal Supreme Court case. Gibbons the audition v o gden. , theransatlantic travel California Gold rush, the growth of the u. S. Into a continental nation. The start of travel across the nation and the planting of the seed that was to become the panama canal. The crushing of the notorious american filibuster William Walker in his attempt to abscond with the country of nicaragua. The destruction of the ironclad merrimack and the safeguarding of the gold shipments was quite a seminal part in winning the civil war. The stock and regulations of the railroad and the birth of the modern corporation.
He heard something he didnt like or whatever but i didnt think he was going to punch somebody especially when they were getting escorted out. Now the North Carolina na acm has requested an Additional Investigation be open on mcgraw. What he did was a hate crime they claim. Coming up at 6 00 p. M. David hurst cbs North Carolina news. David thank you. Donald trump was asked about the actions of john mcgraw. He says he doesnt condone the assault. People come with tremendous passion and love for the country and when they see protest in some cases when you are mentioning one case which i havent seen. I heard about it which i dont like. I think its appauling. I think in the United States of america people should be able to attend any rally they want without fear of violence. And you know, what i saw and what i heard about is not what this country should be about. With us today while he was in town. Man on politics, its been a busy week in central North Carolina for canada visits and this mor
Successful and safe visit for the pope and for the public. Reporter Security Officials are defending the order toss close down the ben franklin bridge stretches of highway and restrict movement in a three square mile swath of center city. Outdoor event such as we see here to the burlingtonbristol parkway in philadelphia, it creates enormous challenges bust we have to adapt to that and we have. Reporter joe clancy director of u. S. Secret service. He says plans must be in place to evacuate the pope and visitors in case of an emergen emergency. You have to have structure. If you dont have structure, you have mayhem. Reporter meanwhile city officials are still pushing back against claims that philadelphia has overreacted to the popes visit. Adopting security measures that go far beyond what will be experienced by those in new york and washington when the pontiff visits those cities. There are any number of events in both new york and washington, d. C. All ticked much smaller venues and no
And unless you point lead over night with champagne this is the recipe. I found hard to see anything at all written about her but and when she died the newspapers referred to her as a popular icon. But i did find a lot of unpublished papers. I would like to know where she had to say. Everybody else likes her and they say she is smart and wonderful but every so often after douglass died and she was considered the great beauty she did say she didnt want to marry or settle. She did eventually remarry a Union Officer in had six children. How did you find all these letters . Modern technology is a wonderful thing. So the founding mothers cannot 2004 i started to work got that. And then you really did have to go places. But then from mrs. Google does that for you. [laughter] been years and get in touch with those societies to see if they have women that are not listed then they become far far more accommodating. So then they can scan the papers for a fee but now what you get it at that point