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speakers will look at the history of their construction in the north and south, how they influence memories of the war and how public perception has changed. the american civil war museum is hosting this symposium together of virginia and historyer for civil war . well, good morning, everyone. morning. it s wonderful to see you all here because i know we are competing with a fabulous day outside. we are thrilled to have you all with us. for the american civil war symposium, i m sandy treadway, director at the areary of virginia, and we delighted the library is serving as host for the program. cosponsoring the program with the american civil war museum is the center for civil war history at the university of virginia. i know many of you in the audience are regular attendees , but for thosem of you visiting your library for your first time today, i hope on your way out you will stop at the lobby desk and pick up and come back and be a regular for us, too. we have so ....
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top staff were getting bonuses. mark seagraves has our report. reporter: d.c. fire chief gregory dean says he approved over $20,000 in inn bonuses this year. it s the first time he s given bonuses since taking over the department. i gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. and that was for work that had been done. we ve been working very hard the last year and a half, two years. i felt that it was i needed to acknowledge the hard work they did. we re in the midst of contract negotiations. so if they re giving bonuses for hard work and good work, remember the members that do the work daily. reporter: each assistant chief given a $5,000 bonus. the civilian employee received about $1,300. i rely on seasoned managers like chief dean to make the right personnel decisions at his department. if that s his judgment, i support it. reporter: the bonuses came as the department saw a spike in overtime costs. overtime jumped from $1 in fiscal year 2015 to ....
right now on news 4 this week, crumbling bridges. cracks, shaky, potholes. what crews are doing to make sure your drive is safe. overtime costs skyrocketing in the d.c. fire department. costing taxpayers millions of dollars. now we re learning it s happening at the same time some members are getting bonuses. billboard fight. the mayor finds herself in the middle of a growing advertising struggle in the district. welcome to news 4 this week. we ll start with spiking cost of overtime in the d.c. fire department. it has doubled in just one year. and costs taxpayers millions of dollars. now we re learning as those overtime costs were going up, several members of t top staff were getting bonuses. mark seagraves has our report. reporter: d.c. fire chief gregory dean says he approved over $20,000 in inn bonuses this year. it s the first time he s given bonuses since taking over the department. i gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. and that was f ....
virginia. explore anere to aspect of the civil war that is very much in the news. it has been in the news for several years. some of you have found these rancorous debates about civil justonuments traveling and wish the debates will go away. but you know it won t just go away. the constructive thing to do is to accept the debates is evidence that the subject of our institution, the american civil war museum, is relevant today. many of you are regulars to the events, history buffs to look learn you love to study history. i would like to extend a welcome to those of you who are new, the preservationists, in the audience. museum of the the american civil war center, we have always audit was our response thought it was our responsibility to engage constructively with issues arising from the civil war, whether that subject be monuments, the confederate battle flag or the discussion of slavery as the cause of the war. today is to promote a constructive and civil considera ....