Social and political history of objects takes into totality of the context of the war, it doesnt really consider the military history or the sequence of battle. What do you think about that . Harold it is a fair enough comment. The objects that we are discussing are all in some way related to new york history. It relates to the soldiers who serve, the leaders who are helped or hindered the union effort, the relics brought back from battle. Last the way, over the seven weeks, we have touched on battles. Those who experience them and the battle for new york city. Early on, we dealt with the draft riots which [indiscernible] indeed. We are doing ok i think. [laughter] tonights Program Features to object. Great portrait great portrait. Grant first up is the portrait of Ulysses S Grant. Grant arriveses s in washington to receive his promotion from lieutenant first, and this is the he is the first since George Washington to achieve that rank. He raises eyebrows when he tries to register at t
Our nations asked every weekend on cspan3. Historians david blight and annette gordonreed talked about recent debates over historical monuments, discussing how people could make decisions about removing or contextualizing them based on Historical Information and public sentiment. The American Historical Association hosted and recorded this event. James good afternoon. And i say that with some trepidation, because our audience is national and international. So, good morning to some of you and good evening to some of you. I am jim grossman, the executive director of the American Historical Association. And this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. Considers Historical Context and perspective essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. The aha is a membershipsupported organization just a reminder. , one has to say these things, anybody who watches Public Television or listens to pub
Now, i will start off with a word of warning. When i compiled all the information i wanted to share with you all this evening the first time i went through it and timed it i spoke for an hour and a half. So i hope yall are comfortable. We might be here for a while. Last year when josie was compiling this topics for this year she called me into her Office One Day and pitched me this idea as she mentioned and she ended up when i told her i probably did know somebody interested in this topic and she said when i think about it theres only one person that comes immediately to mind, and i said im so touched. Those are exactly the type of characters every girl longs to be associated with so before you can really start looking at the outlaw gangs civil war spun off you kind of have to take a flip back and see kind of understand the guerilla warfare that was going on during the during the civil war to kind of understand how that same mindset continued on after the war and kind of manifested its
Publication the civil war in 50 objects. In this program they discuss documents related to slavery, abolition and recruising freedman to the union army. So now i would like to turn our to some objects to help us describe the civil war. As a curator in the museum realm, particularly the history museum, i am always struck by how art objects, documents on display, have the power to stand in for larger historical narratives, than what they are structurally defined by in an object. For those of you who missed last weeks program, lets talk about this book. How did it come about and how effective do you think it is at the narrative suite of the civil war in only 50 objects . Well, it came about as i confess last week because louise mirror asked me to undertake the project for the Historical Society. And it was a lucky day for me. And you remember we got to see three times 50 objects, an array before us on some conference tables in the Historical Society so it was a matter of picturing represe
Civil war guerrilla fighters who later became outlaws in the old west, including jesse james, his brother frank, and their gang. This event was recorded by the American Civil War museum in june of 2016. Now, i will start off with a word of warning. When i compiled all the information i wanted to share with you all this evening, the first time i went through it and timed it, i spoke for an hour and a half. So i hope you all are comfortable. We might be here a while. Im just kidding josie, dont get mad at me. Last year when josie was compiling the topics for this year, she called me into her Office One Day and pitched me this idea as she mentioned. Then she ended up, when i told her that and i agreed that i probably did know somebody who might be interested in doing this topic, she said, well, you know, when i think of outlaws, renegades or scoundrels, theres only one person that comes immediately to mind. I said, im so touched. Thats exactly the type of characters every girl longs to be