Prof. Balcerski welcome everybody. It is me, your professor. Im excited to offer an election on the political culture of the antebellum congress. The outline, we start with a review of the party system. I will introduce a concept to you of nautical culture and compare that to something we have encountered before, Political Parties. The bulk of the lecture is going onbe presenting new evidence the antebellum political culture. I have three major areas as evidence to talk about today. Tobacco culture, political honorships and a fares of affairs of honor. Like we often do in the class b are going to start with the image on the screen. Im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something you see right away that strikes you . Lady washington is on a platform. Prof. Balcerski how high do you think she is . Off the ground . Like a foot. Prof. Balcerski thats a good piece there. What else . Everyone is dressed up fan
Will they sale as on that . Do they have no responsibility for what they then will take from broadcasters . Watch the communicators monday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan2. He describes how members of congress in the early 1800s bonded across party lines. For tobacco use, social clubs, and living together in boarding houses. However, leading up to the civil war, the friendships and alliances disintegrated, revealing the sectional divisions and National Politics at the time. His class is one hour. Prof. Balcerski welcome everybody. It is me, your professor. Im excited to offer an election on the political culture of the antebellum congress. The outline, we start with a review of the party system. I will introduce a concept to you of nautical culture and compare that to something we have encountered before, Political Parties. The bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence on the antebellum political culture. I have three major areas as evidence to talk about today. Tobacco
You of political culture. I will compare that to something we have encountered before, Political Parties. The bulk of the lecture is going to be presenting new evidence on the antebellum political culture. I have three major areas as evidence to talk about today. One, Tobacco Culture. Two, political friendships. Three, affairs of honor. Class,e often do in the we are going to start with the image on the screen. Im going to ask you to tell me what you see. This is Lady Washingtons reception from 1861. Take it in. Who can point out something you see right away that strikes you . Lady washington is on a platform. Prof. Balcerski how high do you think she is . Off the ground . Like a foot. Prof. Balcerski thats a good piece there. What else . Everyone is dressed up fancy. Prof. Balcerski like you are today. Exactly. Very fancy. How about a third thing . Go ahead. It looks like they are fairly close together. They may be dancing. They are all close together. Prof. Balcerski very good. I sho
On cspan3. Next, the president of the society of the honor guard, tomb of the unknown soldier, talks about the history of Arlington National cemetery and the tomb of the unknowns. He describes how confederate general Robert E Lees mansion became a Burial Ground during the civil war and discusses the role and creation of the tomb guard and tells stories about some of the notable people interred at Arlington National cemetery. Is a little over 90 minutes. [applause] all, thank you for the invitation and thank you, Jessica Jones were doing the legwork and getting this organized and put together. This is very much we have guys in their 90s, guys in active duty, and females in our society who have guarded the tomb because the tomb was guarded first in 1995 by corporal heather johnson, the first female to walk them at in 1995. The tomb guard badge depicted on case here,d in this this is the second least awarded badge with the exception of the astronauts badge. The astronaut is in the low 200
Our logo and in this case here, this is the second least awarded badge with the exception of the astronauts badge. The astronaut badge is in the low 200. Today, we are giving badge number 634 to a young man who has completed his training and is ready to be considered a badge holder and of the fraternity and sorority, brotherhood or fellowship of tomb guard. We are a 501 c 3 organization and part of our bylaws is that we do Community Outreach to educate the public about the tomb. I find that your generation, sort of a sweeping generalization, that your generation knows about the tomb. I talked to School Groups and it is appalling how little they know of our history. It is not their fault. We have failed them because we have allowed all of this testing and teaching to the test and not put history on the test. I will get off my soapbox. Just think of that. I do speak to a lot of School Groups pro bono. This is my 81st speech this year. I will have well over 100 by the time veterans day is