Her Research Interests focuses on the concept of place making thesocial justice issues in display of historic preservation. Focusing onnry is roadside architectural. The blue hole, an icon. Prof. Henry good morning everyone. It is great to see you. Thank you so much. So, this is what i think of when i think of a road trip. The open road. All semester, you all have been studying all kinds of themes of the freedom of the road, of who is allowed to travel when and where. Travel as a process, rather than a destination. The mythology of the car and American Society and roadside architecture in the 20 century. You a i am going to tell story that ties those themes together. Morning, it is going to be about a quest to find a magical piece of the place that i remember from my charter. The story begins in the 1990s. I the opportunity to travel to ohio on business. I had the opportunity to travel to ohio on business and i wanted to see if i could find my favorite roadside attraction, the blue hol
Historic preservation as well as the original designer for the course. Professor henry holds a ba from the university of william and mary. She holds a phd from the university of maryland at college park. Her Research Interests focus on the concept of place making and social justice issues in the display of historic preservation. In addition, professor henry is focusing on roadside architecture, which dovetails nicely with this class. Prof. Henry good morning everyone. It is great to see you. Thank you so much. So, this is what i think of when i think of a road trip. The open road. All semester, you all have been studying all kinds of themes of the freedom of the road, of who is allowed to travel when and where. Travel as a process, rather than a destination. The mythology of the car and car in American Society and roadside architecture in the 20 century. Today, i am going to tell you a story that ties those themes together. This morning, it is going to be about a quest to find a magica
I would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. One of our panelists. Opportunity tois say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at New York Historical. I want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our Frederick Douglass counsel. Of course, welcome all members who have joined up today. Who have joined up today. [applause] and i want to recognize a if not, my colleagues are going up and down the aisles with notecards and pencils. The notecards will be collected later on in the program. There will be a book signing following the program this morning. The book signing will take place right outside these central doors in the smith gallery. Copies of the books are available for purchase at our ny History Museum store, which is located to my left on the 77th street side. We are really, truly delighted to welcome our guest speakers. David blight, professor of American History and director of th
Talk about recent debates over historical monuments, discussing how people could make decisions about removing or contextualize exam based on Historical Information and public sentiment. The american historical so cetacean associated and recorded this event. Good afternoon. And i say that with some trepidation, because our audience is national and international. So, good morning to some of you and good evening to some of you. I am jim grossman, the executive director of the american historical association. And this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call history behind the headlines. The aha considers Historical Context and perspective essential to decisionmaking in public culture and especially in all aspects of public policy. The aha is a membershipsupported organization, just a reminder. , one has to say these things, anybody who watches Public Television or listens to public radio is ready for this. If you would like to become a member and support this type
In the ways memorializing Founding Fathers difference from differs from confederates. President lincolns cottage in washington, d. C. , provided the video. Tonight is not unique in that we will be focusing on preconceptions on memorials, but it is unique in that it is not just a conversation in response to recent events, both the killing of unarmed black citizens by mostly White Police Officers or ex Police Officer as well as the protests across the country and around the world, which have called for both systemic change and a reckoning for the symbols, monuments, memorials and flags of white supremacy. Many of which relate to the civil war era. What makes our conversation tonight also different is that weve already had it. Five years ago, in fact. I want you to all think back to think about where you were in the summer of 2015, vergne and edna you gave us your time back then and you spoke in the rake of the Confederate Flag being taken down following the murder of nine parishioners at