Welcome to the whole story. Im Anderson Cooper, a little over 20 years ago to menn in naples, florida, went missing within months of each other. Turns williams and Philippe Santos and no known connection and no known ties to each other. They did have a few things in common. Both were men of color. And both were picked up by the same deputy from the Collier County Sheriffs Department on the same street in naples before they disappeared. Is deputy is the last person known to have seen both menn alive an internal Affairs Investigation showed the deputy was not being truthful about the events surrounding the disappearances but thats as far as it went, is denied any involvement and was never charged. The bodies of Terrence Williams and Philippe Santos were never found. The case which didnt attract much attention at the time, seemed to be over with no answers and no suspects over the next hour, cnn anchor and chief legal analyst, laura coates, along with siena and Crime Reporter thomas lake
National correspondent, our guest today is correspondent for the st. Louis postdispatch and the author of emperor union the aftermath of the battle of gettysburg. We welcome our guest and Live Audience today as well as cspan tv. In his new book, chuck explores one of gettysburgs most famous stories, that of a father, a journalist searching for his older son in the haze of battle. We will also touch on the journalism practices of the day, Battlefield Medicine and the overarching cost of the ultimate sacrifice for the full measure. The famous documentarian and press called mentor ken burns set of imperfect union, chuck raasch has written an important important book, one that contains an aerial view of the greatest battle ever fought in north america. Chuck was one of the five original longform writers at usa today when it began in 1982, served as a correspondent forget thatnews nervous and a graduate of south Dakota University legally completed as journalism at stanford is a proud member
And it was one of the primary engines of industry in the city. It has a legacy going all the way up to the present. Ok, cspan, you ready . Thomas j. Brown is a professor of history at the university of south carolina. He not only got his ba and phd from harvard. He also got his law degree. Despite the severe temptation i will spare you law your jokes. We are so ecumenical in this invite lawyersn to participate. More important than his professional credentials is dr. Browns expertise in all varieties of Civil War Monuments , and his discussions and in his discussions about the details of this program said that dr. Brown is the ultimate utility player in this field. Your Program Notes of many of his book publications including his most recent book civil of confederates memory in south carolina. Aat is canon with one n, not boom cannon. The publictoday is art of civil war commemoration a brief history with documents. I expect he will have an opportunity to share his wide expertise on Civi
Precedents in europe or the United States for what became so common after the civil war. That is, monuments where rankandfile soldiers lay buried or monuments put up by the communities or the institutions where from where the soldiers went to war. To the best of my knowledge, none of the american precedents predates the obelisk that the town of massachusetts installed on town green, inscribed with the names of local residents who died a quarter century earlier in the opening engagement of the revolutionary war. Almost four decades passed before the town of concorde placed a similar obelisk that gained attention through Ralph Waldo Emersons dedicatory program. The biblical allusions in that program were described as a replacement for the rude arch, where once the embattled farmers stood and fire the shot heard round the world. So it is biblical illusions that illustrate a millennial promise to Americans Associated with revolutionary legacy. It is worth noting that emerson refers to this
Phd from Harvard University but also got his law degree from harvard. I will spare you any lawyer jokes. Suffice it to say the thatgement of this program we even invite lawyers to participate. More important than professional credentials is expertise and all varieties of civil war monuments , africanamerican and confederate. And his discussion about the detail of this program aptly ultimateized the utility player, who can play any position on the field of civil war monuments. Your program lists many book publications. Including sites of confederate memory inside carolina. Its not a boom kamman, despite that his photograph, he has his hand on one of those cannons. His great contribution to our is a brief history with documents. Share his white expertise on civil war monuments. For now his presentation is entitled the invention of the american Soldier Monument. Dr. Tom brown. [applause] thank you to everyone at the library of virginia and the now center for lesbian involved in this progr