Place. Mark bowden will join the discussion. He is the author of hue 1968. We are live. Welcome. Im peter prichard, chair of the museum, and we are here tonight oakmark the opening to mark our opening of our latest exhibit. This is almost the 50th anniversary of the tet offensive, which, if you are a millennial, i will explain it to you, was a coordinated offensive by viet cong and north vietnamese troops on more than 100 towns, cities and american and south vietnamese military facilities. It began on the night of january 30th, 1968. And i remember it well, because i was an intelligence clerk with mac fee at the time. Our exhibit showcases the work of john olson, who, like me, was a young army draftee. John was a photographer for Stars Stripes, the militarys daily newspaper. And he spent three days in february with the marines as they took back the city of hue, in what turned out to be the bloodiest battle of the vietnam war. This innovative exhibit features 20 large format photographs
Well visit with a historian and author who will share the history of the ozarks and talk about the stereotypes people face living in the region. Those stereotypes have been developing for a couple of hundred years. They are strong and they stick with us no matter what we do. You go outside this museum and you travel around northwest there are fortune 500 companies, there is a Major Research university, there is all kinds of business and industry and high tech stuff going on out there, but these stereotypes will stick with us. It is part of our story. Later, we will hear the story of the family who was residents who were residents of fayetteville and how they were driven from their home during the civil war. This is a family that lived here and survived the war. The war affected them in many ways and they eventually had to leave the house because of the war. Hour with athe visit to the center for arkansas oral and visual history. It was started as a way to preserve the stories of the pe
But the next hour, a book tv exclusive. Our cities tour visits fayetteville arkansas to learn more about its unique history and literary life. For seven years now, we traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing the book seen to our viewers. You can see more at cspan. Org citiestour. Hi, we are standing here with jason, who will be providing us a driving tour of fayetteville. We are standing in front of the walkers stonehouse. We have a sculpture. That is one of the many public pieces of art we have here in fayetteville. What are we going to see today . , we are going to take a tour of the historic and entertainment district. We are going to head up to the university of arkansas. And we will also get a lovely view of the highest point in fayetteville. Are you ready to go . Lets get out of here. We are on our way. This is one of my favorite spots and all of fayetteville. It is a oneway street, pretty quaint. On either side we have gtx, we have we have boutiques, we have a few places for food. We
The ozarks. When you are dealing with identity, certainly a person who is a native of the region is most likely to identify themselves as an ozarkian or ozarker. The region covers most of the southern half of missouri, much of northern and northwestern oklahoma,northeastern the physical ozarks region even goes into the very tip of southeastern kansas. To cover parts of four different states. The cultural ozarks doesnt necessarily correspond with the physical ozarks. There are people who live in the physical ozarks who wouldnt identify themselves as an ozarker or ozarkian. There are people who live outside of the physical ozarks who would. I am working on is called a history of the ozarks. Published by the illinois press, the first volume comes out this year. Is a historyks, of the ozarks before the civil war. There is a brief chapter on prehistory. I am not an anthropologist, thats why it is a brief chapter on prehistory. Lifeoks at native american in a historical period in the ozarks.
Will explore this city is literary life and we will hear from area writers including author and historian brooks lavished ensure the history of the ozarks and talk about stereotypes people face living in the region. Those stereotypes have been developing for a couple hundred years and they are strong in a kind of stick with us no matter what we do. As you seem come you got that in the cnn you travel around northwest at the fortune 500 companies, Major Research university is is all kinds of business and industry and hightech stuff going on out there, but those images and stereotypes, you know, theyll stick with us. They are part of our story. We begin our tour with a university of Arkansas Library. To learn more about the life and accomplishments of jay William Fulbright. James William Fulbright was a long time serving in arkansas from 1944 to 1974, 30 years. Before that he was a u. S. Representative from or fall, arkansas area produced president of the university of arkansas, and the y