From trimble, inc. , who came along to document brand pop plae the Brandon Plantation with laser scans. Were here to do laser scans and documentation of a slave house that is here. This is part of an independent project that i am doing thats called saving slave houses, which is a data base of all the known slave houses in the united states. Its to act as a Central Depository of information and documentation of slave houses in the united states. And i have partnered with trimble which is the company that makes the survey equipment that i use to do kind of the highest level of documentation that is available to us today which is 3d laser scanning. Important to do this because, one, documentation is a type of preservation. You know, slave houses are buildings that are disappearing from the landscape. And so by documenting them, thats one way of preserving them. Documenting them and through my data base is also a way to share information and get it out there and learn from them. This is a
I want to thank representative gerald connollys office for aranging the room, the 11th district of virginia for electing representative mcconnolly since hes been generous enough to be doing this and i want to thank the History Center for doing are had the work. The national History Center offers these briefings because everything has a history and when some of those everythings are within the realm of public policy, then its our obligation as historians to provide the Historical Context essential to inform, debate and decision making. That obligation forms the sole position in these briefings. Were not here to convince anybody of any particular legislation. Were here because understanding the implications of change and hence shaping its direction requires understanding it changes that have brought us to this juncture in the first place. And weve discussed in these meeting rooms the histories of immigration, Civil Military relations, executive orders, social security, commerce in outer
Good morning again and thank you for joining our second session today. My name is what he register. I teach in the History Program here. Director of the project on slavery race and reconciliation. The institutions endeavored to not only understand a particular history, but the obligations that that history has had for us. It is my pleasure today to introduce our speakers and order of their appearance. First up this morning as professor Tracy Campbell at the university of kentucky. Professor campbell received his ba from the university of kentucky and phd at duke remarkable and has a teaching history. He taught at mars hill and union colleges. Kentucky, hebeen a has been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. Kiss the author of numerous articles and five major books, including most recently, his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. Louis, which he tellingly calls a biography. Our is directly related to symposium today. The history o
I teach in the History Program here. I also am the director of the project on slavery, race, and reconciliation. Institutions endeavor to not only understand a particular history, but the obligations that that history has had for us. It is my pleasure today to introduce our speakers in order of their appearance. First up this morning is professor Tracy Campbell of the university of kentucky. Professor campbell received his ba from the university of kentucky and phd at duke university. History ofmarkable teaching and scholarship. , here arriving at kentucky taught at mars hill and union colleges. Since he has been at kentucky, he has been recognized not only for his scholarship but especially for his skill as a classroom teacher. He is the author of numerous articles and five major books, including most recently, his 2013 study of the gateway arch in st. Louis, which he tellingly calls a biography. Perhaps directly related to our symposium today is his history of Election Fraud in ameri
Stepped out for the david you can take a peek around and see how they lived. He was probably the most famous painter from missouri, most famous in the 1930s, 40s, is known for doing a style of art called regionalism. A lot of the midwest rural scenes, he often paints. He paints American Labor scenes but it tends to be the rural aspect of it. His core belief was common art for the common man. He is an artist who becomes famous during his career, and fairly welltodo. Tom benton came from a political family. He was named for his great uncle senator thomas benton. Tom grows up surrounded i politics by politics. His father was a successful lawyer. A u. S. District attorney. When tom was seven his father was elected to the house of representatives. The family moves to washington dc for eight years. For benton, growing up in bc, then coming back to the ozarks every summer, that will be formative for him to experience those different worlds. This able to move in political, powerful orbit but a