Brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Now, West Virginia republican governor jim justice delivers his state of the state address from charleston. He spoke about education funding, health care, and investing in the Coal Industries in the state. This is an hour and 20 minutes. [ applause ] [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct privilege to welcome this evening his exlen seicelle the honorable james c. Justice. [ applause ] okay. If yall dont want to be here all night, sit down. They got me wired every way you can wire somebody up, which is good. You know, the first thing i would tell you is its a great, great evening in the state of West Virginia. And i bless you in every way, and i thank you in every way for being here. You know, today is a great day, a great day in our state. You know, before we go any further, id like to recognize my family. You know, i havent seen you and catherine since you got here. But my beautiful wife kathy, daughter jill
These democrats rallied behind the confederate interpretation of appomattox. In their valor, endurance and skill to copperhead neoprobe insisted southerners were equal to the north to the confederacy was subdued by overwhelming numbers. Heres lees interpretation lock stock and barrel. The south to is divided. By southern unionists opposed confederacy during the war rally behind grants interpretation and reveled in the fact that the noble grant and his army had broadly sushil. Surrender was a vindication for white southerners. Americans held markie maher asserted more fervently that the surrender margin of error than africanamericans. Vivendi victory vindicated the cause of black freedom and racial justice. At appomattox, both liberators had liberated. The last clash of granted me across the virginia countryside from petersburg to appomattox, my stomach tried on april 9 to break free of a federal trap only to find last escape route blocked by black soldiers and the six regiments of the
Those days are not quite as distant as some suppose. We remember that a few people still alive today lived through them, albeit as children. 2014 will mark that centennial of the drama which profoundly influenced the history of the world. I spent the last three years writing a book describing both how the war came about and what happened on the battlefields during its first months before the french lapsed into a stalemate. There is a widely held view, a delusion, as i shall argue, that the two world wars belong to different moral orders. Nineteen robo one was a good war, world war ii was bad. The first subject was so horrendous that turned is that makes it of the two sides causes could badly to meant barely managed. They add a view of what they think happened. Until 1941 britain defied the vast evil of nazism, berlin. In russia and the United States took this train encompassing the destruction of hitler. The struggle was nothing like as bloody as its predecessor, says some people kid t
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Next, Elizabeth Varon recalls robert e. Lees surrender to the ulysses s. Grant led union forces said the mclean house on october 9th 101865. This is about 45 minutes. [applause] thank you so much for that very, very kind introduction. Its a pleasure to be here. Property surrendered u. S. Grant in 1865 which is for most americans a familiar tableau. The two men met your mama Central Virginia at appomattox courthouse. Lee wore a fine dress uniform and vow gentility of the southeasterly. Create test crack early and represented the hardscrabble farmers and wage earners had molded in to so formidable a fighting machine. After awkwardly exchanging pleasantries about service in the mexican war, the two men agree to the surrender terms and ended the civil war. In essence, grants term salve for the army of north virginia on there arent. The promise that they would never again take up arms against the United States. Great magnanimity in this relates to the
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