Chief introduction into the world of lincoln i have to thank and jim mcpherson, who was a sponsor of my early work. Although he did tell me, he warned me when i first started my work, if you work on the south, you will have to go there. [laughter] but i have been welcomed there and i now reside there. But i really want to try to get to some of these issues of the lincolns after the death of lincoln. On april 21, 1865, 1 week after his assassination, a ninecar funeral train began the journey to escort lincoln and his son willies coffin back to springfield. The Lincoln Special was embraced by the american public. Americans were enthralled by this historic loss. The first assassination of a president. But what of those who called lincoln husband and father . The lincolns who were left behind, mary, tad and robert, suffer the loss of a man who came to symbolize the savior of the union. But for them, he was a husband and father, whose indulgence and compassion would be forever mourned. Afte
Chief introduction into the world of lincoln i have to thank and jim mcpherson, who was a sponsor of my early work. Although he did tell me, he warned me when i first started my work, if you work on the south, you will have to go there. [laughter] but i have been welcomed there and i now reside there. But i really want to try to get to some of these issues of the lincolns after the death of lincoln. On april 21, 1865, 1 week after his assassination, a ninecar funeral train began the journey to escort lincoln and his son willies coffin back to springfield. The Lincoln Special was embraced by the american public. Americans were enthralled by this historic loss. The first assassination of a president. But what of those who called lincoln husband and father . The lincolns who were left behind, mary, tad and robert, suffer the loss of a man who came to symbolize the savior of the union. But for them, he was a husband and father, whose indulgence and compassion would be forever mourned. Afte
She has been here on several occasions before trait shes currently the venom and chair of American History at the university of texas san antonio. Shes also the International Research professor at Queens College belfast. Shes a recent recipient of a , and shesfellowship president or just finishing as president of the southern History Society association. Coedited oror authored or coauthored 25 books. Goat hassis of her been women in history, particularly southern women in hasprecivil war book been women in history, particularly southern women in the precivil war. She solidified her position as the principal defender of mary lincoln, of which a title of which im sure she is proud. Advisor to the film lincoln, as was harold. Recently, her most interesting project she has been involved with is working with the u. S. Treasurer and secretary of the treasury to have a woman on currency. [applause] and, any day now,treasury to han currency. Catherine tells me, harry tubman will be seen on our
A speed camera fosters is one of the citys first. The speed limit is 30 mi. Per hour. I have no idea over 30 . It you just go with the flow of traffic. So a lot of people have tickets in their pockets. Going with the flow of traffic you could get a hundred dollars ticket in the mail. I didnt see that another eight cameras will go up at the school next month. Everyone is going 40 and that seems to be the case. But then you have the people doing 50 and 60 the cameras are part of the child safety zone program, an ordinance graded the zones near parks and schools. When the program was unveiled the mayor would help cameras would generate 30 million in the first year. But in a monthlong test on cameras at four locations got 93,000 speeders. If the city had issued tickets it would have break and 4. 7 million that month. With the cameras by the years and the city could take in hundreds of millions of dollars. New foster avenue, a Neighborhood Group pushed for the new speed cameras. Most of the
And privatization are the order of the day in all areas but not composed dangers. To everybody that along comes all the private sector businesses making money with everything from reconnaissance drones to Laundry Facilities Firms are consulting forces Human Friends Fans german. Military Industrial Complex starts october twentieth on t. W. Blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue blue. Blue tooth. I want to a Special Edition of kino favorites today were talking oscars the u. S. Academy awards are cinemas Gold Standard the movies that. Win an oscar are almost
by definition the best in the world except the oscars often get it wrong over the years some of the worlds best films films that deserved an oscar have been snubbed by the Academy Today were going to try to right those wrongs with our picks of the ten best films that deserved but didnt win an oscar starting with an american classic. The man went looking for america and couldnt find it anywhere a quote from the quintessential Reb