1 00. Announcement before you head off to lunch. We are going to have two sets of concurrent sessions. One set is at 1 00 and another at 2 30 p. M. They will be held in the ballroom and others will be in two other academic holdings on campus. You will see them marked on your map. They are not very far away from here. Because of the construction, you are going to have to go down this way. This is American History tv on cspan3. For the next hour, we will take a tour of the monuments of gettysburg with two guides who coauthored a book. They have been giving tours of the gettysburg battles field for many years. They recently coauthored a field guide to gettysburg. We joined them to learn the story of the three day battle. We begin with the battle started on july 1, 1863. This is a lincoln highway in pennsylvania. Carol hello. I am carol reardon. Im a scholar and resident of the civil war era center. With me as colonel tom foss ller. Tom and i have led many programs around battlefields at g
Emancipation. Its important to us. Because when we think about a reunified United States in the aftermath of civil war, what conclusion must we draw. Clearly, a large majority of the American Free population was not enthusiastic about emancipation. And to come back to a final theme that has been the bedrock of this course throughout, in a democratic society, where a large majority holds a particular value, that is inconsistent with the interest of minority, theres not much reason to be optimistic for the rights of that minority. Remember James Madison had said if majority be united by a common interest, the rights of the minority will be insecure. I think that is a foreshadowing of the history of reconstruction on end through the rest of the 19th into the 20th centuries. So very fast whirlwind overview. Next time, were going to zero in on Abraham Lincoln and were going to enter into conversation with him because what lincoln is trying to do more than anything else is shape how we remem
Madison square on this warm and balmy day. Im taking a big risk, we believe that the bells are finished for awhile, so i hope you can hear me. Part of our mission at the Georgia Historical Society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia, and were here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our history, and to get on with the program, id like to introduce the president of the historical society, dr. Todd gross. Todd . Thank you, bob. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Well, thank you, bob. And good afternoon, everyone. Let me add my welcome to this Historical Marker dedication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the march to the sea. One of the bestknown, but most controversial, and i would hasten to add, misunderstood aspects of the american civil war. The marker we dedicate today is one of 25 markers installed by the Georgia Historical Society and our partners, over the last five years as a part of the civil war 150 Histo
The unveiling of a New Historical marker about the march to the sea. Good afternoon. I am bob jepson, chair of the Georgia Historical Society. And i would like to welcome you all to Madison Square and is warm and balmy day. Im taking a big risk. We believe that the bills are finished for a while. So i hope you can hear me. Part of our mission at the Georgia Historical Society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia. And were here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our history. And to get on with the with the program, i would like to introduce the president of the historical society, doctor todd groce. Thank you, bob. Thank you. Thank you, bob. And good afternoon, everyone. Let me add my welcome to this Historical Marker, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the march to the sea. One of the best known, but most controversial and i would hasten to add misunderstood aspects of the civil war. The marker rededicate t
Good afternoon. Im bob jepsen, chairman of the Georgia Historical Society and id like to welcome you all to Madison Square on this warm and balmy day. Im taking a big risk, we believe that the bells are finished for awhile, so i hope you can hear me. Part of our mission at the Georgia Historical Society is the education of the history of the great state of georgia and were here today to dedicate a marker that represents an event, people, and a time in our 1tn history, and to get on with the program, id like to introduce the president of the historical society, dr. Todd gross. Todd . Thank you, bob. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Well, thank you, bob. And good afternoon, everyone. Let me add my welcome to this Historical Marker dedication commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the march to the sea. One of the bestknown, but most controversial, and i would hasten to add, misunderstood, aspects of the american civil war. The marker we dedicate today is one of 25 markers installed b