He talks about the lessons he has learned from past research including complex causes and responsibilities of the war. He is the author of the cause lost myths and realities of the confederacy. His talk was part of a symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. This years symposium here did not come together as smoothly as they often do and as smtly as i would like. Thats entirely my thought. It took me a long time before i arrived at a concept and a title that worked. My working title for a long time was the civil war bucket list, what you should know before you go. A title that just didnt sing for some reason. I want to thank our longsuffering panelists for bearing with me as i arrived at a workable concept and title. I did have a clear idea what have i wanted this symposium to be, a blend of wellknown speakers who would discuss what they learned about the civil war blended with lesser known speakers who you should want to know well and will want to know well and have them
Created videos answering the question, what issue do you most want the 2020 president ial candidates to address . Our second prize High School East award goes to ava lazar and mia lazar, 10th and 12th graders at Blacksburg High School in blacksburg, virginia, where cspan is available through comcast. Their winning entry is entitled burning the bridge the story of the Mountain Valley pipeline. Let me tell you a story. It is a story about need, about community, about power. It is a story about the wonders of modern technology and their consequences. This is the story of the Mountain Valley pipeline, a 303milelong natural gas pipeline that is being installed in the Appalachian Mountains of virginia and west virginia. In the late 20th century, natural gas became cheaper and more accessible because of a process called fracking. Today, natural gas is the number one source of Electricity Generation in the United States. Instead of relying on road or rail, compressed natural gas can be transpo
Member of the White House Coronavirus task force will be there live starting at 8 00 p. M. Eastern to answer questions on the coronavirus pandemic. All month on cspan we are featuring the winners of our studentcam documentary competition. School students created videos answering the question, what issue do you most want the 2020 president ial candidate to address . Our second prize High School East award goes to ava and mia lazar, 10th and 12th graders from Blacksburg High School in blacksburg, virginia. Their winning entry is titled finding the bridge the story of the pipeline. Let me tell you a story. Its a story about community, about power. A story about the wonders of modern technology and the consequences. This is the story of the Mountain Valley pipeline. Natural gasong pipeline being installed in the Appalachian Mountains of virginia and west virginia. Natural gas was cheaper and more accessible egos of a process. Today, natural gases the number one source of Electricity Genera
Talk about what it mightve been like trying to start a church in the immediate aftermath of the american civil war. My wife and i drove up and we walked into the back of the sanctuary, and there was one lady sitting in the sanctuary, and she jumps up, runs to the back, shakes my hand, and says my family and i have something we think you may have an interest in. Would you come out to the car after the program . I said, sure. I go out to the car, she opens the trunk and tells me to hold my arms out. And shes in and out the truck, and the stack is growing taller and taller. And i say, what do we have here . And she says, these are my grandfather Thomas Wallace colleys seven volumes of handwritten journals of his service in the first virginia cavalry and his postwar life. I thought i was going to fall over in the parking lot. As a historian, you dream about things like that. I want to thank all of the colley family. They are the most wonderful people i have ever had the pleasure to work wi
Groups. Long story short, i was invited to speak at a church in Washington County in july 2016. The church was celebrating their 150th anniversary, and they invited me to come up and talk about what it mightve been like trying to start a church in the immediate aftermath of the american civil war. My wife and i drove up and we walked into the back of the sanctuary, and there was one lady sitting in the sanctuary, and she jumps up, runs to the back, shakes my hand, and says my family and i have something we think you may have an interest in. Would you come out to the car after the program . I said, sure. I go out to the car, she opens the trunk and tells me to hold my arms out. And shes in and out the truck, and the stack is growing taller and taller. And i say, what do we have here . And she says, these are my grandfather Thomas Wallace colleys seven volumes of handwritten journals of his service in the first virginia cavalry and his postwar life. I thought i was going to fall over in