Century, transformations that changed the country from being one country distant from the center of International Conflict and activities into becoming a central actor. Not the most dominant, most powerful. A country to be reckoned with. One way to think about this is the u. S. Goes from being a continental power after the civil war to being a power now with International Range it did not have before with a whole new set of problems related but also different from the issues of the postcivil war decades we dealt with before. In the first proposition central to the way we think about American History is the u. S. Is always an international society. International in the obvious ways but also in the sense the u. S. Has always depended upon the movement of people, goods finance from far away. There was never a time when americans living in the u. S. Were isolated from the rest of the world. Never a time when they were an island without connections elsewhere. Our ideas of governance, the pe
History tv, only on cspan. Org. Tonight on lectures in history a university of virginia professor teaches a class on civil war memory and how people in the north and south have interpreted the legacy of the conflict from the postwar era to the present day. Here is a preview. Peoples hard to tell what they union men. What did it mean . Is because we have been a great power for all of these decades. It is hard to imagine anything destroying the republic now. And wonderot wake up if the nation will still be here. That was a genuine fear. Tied to the union. The cover and that can be very difficult. It causes us to get outside of our current comfort zone and come to terms with the real pass past. That is inevitable we do that. There are things we like what happened in the past. Wargoal to get out the could be understanding what has been going on. Not deciding whether you like Robert Gould Shaw memorial than you like anyone else. You can watch his entire class at the university of virginia t
Infrastructure funding. And in land waterways have the impact of the panama canal expansion on us ports. It is an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. And i happen to be one of those. And i recognize that this time, senator cardin. And introduce pleasure to have secretary ron here before the committee. Secretary ron, secretary of transportation in maryland. As i was telling as a chairman, this is the third state, secretary of transportation. Department of transportation and new mexico state highway and transportation, cant hold onto a job. Very proud of the work in maryland. And the organization in maryland with the secretary of transportation is responsible for coordinating modes of transportation. Mister ron has done an outstanding job in directing that department, very large budget. He also served as american state transportation officials, 20072008 and national leadership, proud to have him before the committee. Very good. Recognize senator
Distinguished professor of Mississippi State university. He is the gentleman on your right. We are thrilled to welcome him back to the historical society. He is the management director of the ulysses s. Grant foundation. As well as the Mississippi Historical society presented him with the whale award for the National Distinction in history. We are also pleased to welcome the man in the center who has his sunglasses on the Professor Emeritus at the Naval Academy where he taught for more than 30 years and served in the History Department chair. He is the author and editor of many books. He went on to get the Lifetime Achievement award from the naval historian foundation. James mcpherson was supposed to be here, he is not here. Craig, thank you so much for coming in his place. Welcome you and are thrilled to have you with us. We have the director of the rose feldhaus. Director of the roosevelt house. The author and editor of many books, he is part of the glamorous rise and the goldsmith b
Assures me that even though the only plan for 100 people, and i think we had 120 rsvps. We are delighted by the crowd and pleasantly surprised on this labor day. I was worried we would not even have 45 here. The 80 books we had available or down to the final eight. We appreciate your interest and being here. The hotel has assured me that even though the books will run out, we have plenty of food in the bar will remain open the matter what until 8 00. You can take full advantage of that. I would think some people here, but there are so many people here i dont know who to single out. I will point my parents, without whom i would not be here in the book would not be here. David and joanne tooley. [applause] my father produced this painting of the Willard Hotel as it would have appeared at the time of the peace conference in february 1861. When you have a chance, take a look at that. It is really wonderful. That it all the people think all the people from the organization to help with this