Granddaughter and her husband. [applause] welcome everyone. To the barnum museum. Is this anyones first time here . Welcome to the barnum family. Were glad to have you on this Beautiful Day in the bridgeport, connecticut. It is pt barnums last museum. He started in 1842 and this is his last gift. Not just to the city of bridgeport but to the Global Community we serve. Many of you are familiar with the museum. In 2010, we were hit by a tornado. And of the year after that it was hurricane irene and then super storm sandy. I want to give a set out to our delegation. We are about to embark on a major of that beautiful barnum building. Thank you. [applause] and then to add to that, our congressmen has been really working hard with us to get the barnum building on the National Register but we are in the process of being reviewed to become a National Historic landmark. Theres only about 2500 in this country and that is a significant thing. Its reasons why we are here today because we are stil
Battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Well one thing that had been going on during winter of 1860 263 was a decline in morale in
Be back at the New York Historical society is very hard to believe there actually is a battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Wel
Battle that this trio has yet to cover. And our ongoing series. I hope its ongoing. We have at least one more battle to talk about here at historical society. We have two this season and we thank you for for joining us. So as you heard the subject is the battle of chancellorsville. Its hard to say, especially for new york or chancellorsville paul. But before get there, we have to cover a little bit of the terrain. Its a neglected battle in and of itself. It has so many links to what came before and what came after that we wanted to do context. Jim well, if i can with you, the battle was preceded by quite a few months of quiet in the winter of 1862, 63, but things had changed, as i will show you here because in early. 1863 recruitment of africanamericans the union army begins following the emancipation proclamation and legislation. So much has changed just set the scene for us the chronologically. Well one thing that had been going on during winter of 1860 263 was a decline in morale in
Ah gus tuss saint gaudin. It is called the standing lincoln. We will get back to this. I love this material. I got to tell you, i am so moved by lincoln and by his era and by the art and imagery about him, the photographs of him. I know it sounds creepy, im in love with his body, and well see in photographs of him theres lots to say. By the way, i know im kind of like old and thin and tall, but i do not dress up like Abraham Lincoln. Maybe one day. But, you know, having said that, you know, i realize public history or Performance History or living history is really, really important. Lincoln enactors have an important place in the way we understand history. So if youre interested in that, we have a wonderful scholar, amy tyson, in the History Department whose specialty that is. I used to give lots of talks like this around the state of illinois in the years leading up to lincolns buy centennial, bicentennial of his birth in 2009. He was born in 1809. I found out that illinois is a huge