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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Panel On Civil War Monuments And Memorials 20170429

virginia. they will talk about how these monuments influence memory of the war, and how public perception, particularly of confederate monuments, has changed. this is about 50 minutes. we will reconvene the panel. it has been a good day so far. what we will do is recognize you, you raise your hand, wait for the microphone. if you ve got a question, it should be referred to one of the panelists, please designate that, and please try to stick to questions rather than statements. and let me start with a question that we got in virtual space. my name is mike powell. we are the largest roundtable in the u.s. i ve have gone to great lengths to keep politics out of the roundtable. this topic, monuments, has elements of both history and politics. what do you think should be the role of roundtables, if any, on this issue? we thought that was a very good question. civil war pops buffs, who know more about the general public, what should we do about this issue? tom, i will ask you f

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Panel On Civil War Monuments And Memorials 20170507

the u.s. i have gone to great lengths to keep politics out of the roundtable. this topic, monuments, has elements of both history and politics. what do you think should be the role of roundtables, if any, on this issue? we thought that was a very good question. civil war buffs, who know more about the general public, what should we do about this issue? tom, i will ask you first. professor brown: [indiscernible] if you think that you are keeping taught six out of it, keeping politics out of it, you re probably kidding yourself. my device would be to try to have an environment in which you can have political discussions and recognize it is a political discussion. tim. professor sedore: no question. i don t see how you can avoid politics in the war. but roundtables have a really gratifying ability and i m aware of how a different perspective can be brought in a certain sense. they are really interested in history, and in some ways, you have to let it come out with the shar

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