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Mining and ranching interests. Tv reporter the town of ely cod experience the most impacts from the gat basin naonal park. My resides lieve thathe parks popularity could spill over into ely and rejuvenate an otherwise dormant economy. Christensen when he heard that there was support for a national park, he saw a solution. Reid i was willing to compromise significantly. Laxalt didnt kill it. Im sure he uld have, buhe didnt. Because of him, i made it smalr than it should have been, and i also allowed grazing ont. Cows d sheep uld graze there. I got it passed, and so there was talk about the seetary of agriculture at that time. Was recommending to president reagan to veto that. Ronald reagan democrats and republicans must join together not to do whats easy, but to do what is right. Reid so i called william penn mott, the director of park service, and i said, mr. Mott, theres talk about vetoing my park. How do you feel about it . He said, i, as a young park ranger, was asked by one of the
Was an important piece of research. Elizabeth one of the major conclusions that the Current Commission highlighted was that there was a wide swath of people who participated and it wasnt , these were young kids who were causing trouble and inherently violent. Does this has anything to do and thetball Players National anthem . I think until we foster a more equitable and Inclusive Society and really deal with the exploitation that the number of the groups are going to continue to see this kind of three assistants. What is your take away of this conference. Elizabeth it is my association. It is a wonderful organization. I think personally this is the point i have been making again and again we cant understand anything about the president until we look at the past. Present to then public and audiences that we can come to terms with the United States but worldwide what some and movestakes were forward and identify alternative pathways. What are those conversations or collaborations like .
Forward to taking questions and comments from the audience. As you know, we are here because a year ago, almost exactly a year ago today, president obama created the First Ever National park site devoted to reconstruction. As we all know, the United States has dozens of sites , buted to the civil war until january 2017, we had none devoted to reconstruction. Fittingly, the site that was designated was in beaufort, South Carolina. We set up this roundtable to bring together some of the people who played crucial roles in making that happen. Chanceed to give them a to tell us what we should be learning from it, and how historians can be helpful and interesting partners in those processes of improving Public Memorials and other places across the country, and to hear some amazing tales of how it came to be. I am breakdowns, university greg downs, university of california. Quickly do a sound test for this video, so bear with me for one second. Array, we are in good shape. I am from northwest
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