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It slowly began to sink can that there is something. That working in conjunction with this rising popularity of all things southern about the same time is going to make kentucky look appealing and another reason that the balance south was having a resurgence of popularity about this time in the late 1890s early 19 hundreds is because the daughters of confederate veterans are going all over the south and building memorials to the confederates. We got one in lexington. This is what started the entire research for me. I wondered whyi wondered why we can have a guy a horse in front of an old courthouse confederate guy who actually was courtmartialed always waiting for courtmartialed to take place when someone often because he lost control of his men. His own army is going to courtmartialed and. Now he is made into a hero in lexington. He was raised here. He is on this horse and still is downtown. Why could this happen when we were union state . We were not neutral, as they taught generatio
Publication of James Mcphersons the war that forged a nation, and louis masurs lincolns last speech. As i said before i really wanted to do this event because over the years i have been educated and stimulated by reading these two historians. And i also got an extra bonus on baseball from louis masurs book on the first world series in 1903. But as when you actually spent time lobbying the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights act of 65 and all the Voting Rights acts after that this book, these books in the work of these authors this isnt their only work as you know. Helps us to understand why the civil war, its causes, its aftermath and matters affecting raise, regional conflicts within our borders the boundaries between state and national authority, Nation Authority was a word that lincoln used, and with the the significance of the game change a, the postcivil war amendments, and how long it took, to have a way of making them real. So we are often a people who have trouble wi
Runner always a gun runner. So thats how the book ends, and thats where so he wound up got six and you get a little reduction. Thank you so much, guy. Thank you. [applause] booktv is on facebook. Like us to get publishing news. Scheduling updates behind the scenes pictures and videos, author information and to talk directly with authors during our live programs. Facebook. Com booktv. Fox news anchor Gretchen Carlson e recalls her life and career in broadcasting, next, on booktv. Good evening. My name is john, i have the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial founding, i want to welcome all of you and thank you for coming this evening. In honorable men and women in uniform who defend our freedomridge the world if you would please stand and join me with the pledge of allegiance. I policemen allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Th
Feel different, you might have different mannerisms. In the back of your mind, getting into that mental head space could be damaging. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff it turns out that a cyberattack on the Internal Revenue service was far worse than first thought. The agency announced today an additional 220,000 taxpayer accounts were potentially accessed in the breach last may. That brings the total affected to more than 330,000. The i. R. S. Says the hackers, possibly from russia, wanted stolen identities to claim fraudulent r