Im elizabeth cook. We have Team Coverage tonight. First kpix 5 chief meteorologist paul deanno. Paul . Some people will hear the rain pounding since last night. It has not let up for 23 hours. We are looking at kpix 5 high def doppler radar, which is active over the entire bay area from top to bottom all the way south of san jose and morgan hill. Hasnt let up for nearly a day. Thats you in sonoma county, where it has been pouring in all day. Napa, marin county, one of the hardest hit areas. Richmond, concord, martinez, the city of San Francisco. One of the wettest days in the citys history. Right now number 20 all time and the steady rainfall does move all the way down to san jose. Look at the past three hours. Its almost like nothing is changing. It just continues to see waves and waves of rainfall moving in. Im finally being able to see a break in the rainfall off camera there, but we will have at least two to three hours of heavy rainfall. Marin county, coming up on five inches of r
About flag day and then we realized that in fact there were three flags being stored here and one in the collection of the museum of the American Revolution, two that are the property of an anonymous, very generous owner and lender, who has consented to have them on display for this afternoon. So this is an extraordinary opportunity. Im not sure there is anywhere else on the planet why you can stand in the room and be in the presence of three banners of liberty from the American Revolution. So congratulations to all of you for not going to the beach this weekend or not mowing the grass in the hot weather and choosing to come and sit in the dark with me for about an hour. I would like to start actually with an exercise to get you to think about the role that flags play and the images you have in your minds eye about the American Revolution. And so actually im going to close your eyes for a minute. Because were going to think about how poets and painters have painted the vision we have o
Im sure each of our colleagues has about the same. And do you know that a good portion of those are the people saying, why dont you give us a vote . Sure. Do you further know that if we had a referendum, and let the people speak that if the people spoke and decided to take the flag down, that i would vote to take the flag down. I did know that because you told me that earlier and i would do the same. And did you further know that if the people spoke and said leave the flag up, i would vote like i my heart tells me to leave the flag up. Yes, sir. Having said all that, you know, we have a choice to make. We got our districts to represent. In my district its overwhelmingly, do you know, they want the flag left up. They want their an sesters and their heritage honored and they most of all want their veterans honored. Yes, sir. And did you know that in may of 1958 that general and then president eisenhower signed into law to make the confederate veterans equal to all the other veteran group
Who fought the bloody angle. He came out with his dog and we spend an afternoon walking the field and talking about Civil War History in graduate school. One of the best if not one of the best decisions next ameren my wife. I decided to study under him. It was not always easy. It was not always smooth. We had disagreements. I think hes misguided about some things. He doesnt think there has been any good music after 1980. Clearly wrong. [laughter] and also sometimes his use of evidence is somewhat questionable. For some time he has maintained that a book that he let me borrow, i returned it. He claims there is a copy stain on it. He treasures his books and i understand that but the problem with this charge is that i dont drink coffee. [laughter] in the face of evidence he maintains that i damaged his book, a serious crime for dr. Gallagher. The opportunity to be at his seminar was as you can imagine eyeopening. So that he impressed was to master the history auger fee, to appreciate the
Welcome to our final program. Gary gallagher of the university of virginia. Most of your familiar with his works. He has been prolific, writing about confederate history. He has 100 articles as well as numerous book titles. Some of my personal favorites, confederate war, union war. Many books have had a profound impact on the field. I am a student of dr. Gallaghers. In 1988, i was a historian at spotsylvania. He published earlier a biography who fought the bloody angle. He came out with his dog and we spend an afternoon walking the field and talking about Civil War History in graduate school. One of the best if not one of the best decisions next ameren my wife. I decided to study under him. It was not always easy. It was not always smooth. We had disagreements. I think hes misguided about some things. He doesnt think there has been any good music after 1980. Clearly wrong. [laughter] and also sometimes his use of evidence is somewhat questionable. For some time he has maintained that a