2015 and then this past summer, we all heard about and watched, the protest in charlottesville that resulted in several deaths. These terrible incidents of prompted a new phase in a National Debate regarding symbols of the southern confederacy. The most recent focus has been largely on public monuments and their fate. This is a debate that as you all know, often stirs strong emotions and strong rhetoric. So its important that this debate be involved in we help provide content to the discussion, especially helping people understand the mythology of the lost cause, that will be the topic of todays lecture. The lost cause. Its a reference to the way that particularly white southerners over generations tried to interpret and remember and commemorate the shortlived southern confederacy. As one of the most foremost historians pointed out, the generation of white southerners who lived through the civil war to actively shaped what was remembered and omitted from the historical record. They did
These Television Companies and more, including spark light. The greatest town on earth is the place you call home. At spark light it is our home too. Right now, we are facing our greatest challenge. That is why spark light is working around the clock to keep you connected. We are doing your part so it is little easier. Spark light supports cspan2 as a public service. Welcome. One and all to tonights lecture. At work with key alcohol. My name is molly merce min. Virginia tech is sponsoring this event. The center regularly host talks like this and other activities, which includes sponsoring academic conferences, scholarships and grants, outreach programs, museums and Elementary School classrooms and more. Besides basically sharing wonderful civil war era history with as many different people as he possibly can. You can keep up with what is going on with the center on our website, which is civil war. Bt. Edu or you can go on facebook, youtube or twitter. On to tonights event, iris speaker
Gaines Foster, in Baton Rouge, asked a Curious Louisiana question that gets to the heart of much of Louisiana: Why is it that some people put potato salad in gumbo
Gaines Foster, in Baton Rouge, asked a Curious Louisiana question that gets to the heart of much of Louisiana: Why is it that some people put potato salad in gumbo