The areas for battlefields, but his real passion. Is telling the story of the united States Colored troops, hes really made this a Passion Project has helped cofound a group of reenactors that tell the story of the 23rd united States Color troops the unit that first encountered robert e. Lees army here in the eastern theater in the summer of 1864, and hes also done some work with this in massachusetts guys, that folks maybe have heard of who have done a little work in the Movie Glory who are those folks right stuart is is tireless in telling the story of the united States Color troops men who found the inspiration to fight for their own freedom and in very literal sense gave a new birth of freedom and new meaning to the civil war. So its my Delight And Pleasure to introduce my friend steward henderson. Thank you, chris. Good morning. Chris makes everything seem like it was such a long time, but i would tell you if you saw a picture of me then i looked 30 years younger. But im a living
Henderson who i have known it seems like forever and ever we started out as volunteers with the national Park Service 16 years ago and since that time stuart has joined the staff at Fredericksburg And Spotsylvania national Military Park as a historian. You can find him in summers giving guided tours on all of the areas for battlefields, but his real passion. Is telling the story of the united States Colored troops, hes really made this a Passion Project has helped cofound a group of reenactors that tell the story of the 23rd united States Color troops the unit that first encountered robert e. Lees army here in the eastern theater in the summer of 1864, and hes also done some work with this in massachusetts guys, that folks maybe have heard of who have done a little work in the Movie Glory who are those folks right stuart is is tireless in telling the story of the united States Color troops men who found the inspiration to fight for their own freedom and in very literal sense gave a new
Civil war virtual symposium. Im Chris Mackowski Editor in chief. Thanks so much for joining us. Its my pleasure now to introduce my good friend Steward Henderson who i have known it seems like forever and ever we started out as volunteers with the national Park Service 16 years ago and since that time stuart has joined the staff at Fredericksburg And Spotsylvania national Military Park as a historian. You can find him in summers giving guided tours on all of the areas for battlefields, but his real passion. Is telling the story of the united States Colored troops, hes really made this a Passion Project has helped cofound a group of reenactors that tell the story of the 23rd united States Color troops the unit that first encountered robert e. Lees army here in the eastern theater in the summer of 1864, and hes also done some work with this in massachusetts guys, that folks maybe have heard of who have done a little work in the Movie Glory who are those folks right stuart is is tireless
Explaining a troubling trend as covid19 cases spiked to new levels how california is trying to maintain a balancing act of reopening the economy safely. Plus protesters pounding the pavement calling for change an antioch after controversial comments from the president. The police union there. Good evening, everybody im pam moore and im ken wayne thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 oclock the oakland board of educators will vote tonight on whether or not the citys School District will eliminate its Police Department, a Virtual Meeting is being held right now kron fours gayle ong joins us live with whats been discussed so far gayle. Ken and pam i just listened and right before the show and it looks like theres some of both going on about amendments to the resolution were about to hear about and this package, but earlier in the meeting a lot of parents and teachers called in for Public Comment calling for the process to be sped up. This is a historic moment, letting go of the issue
but the heart building is modern. some people compared it to a large ice cube trey. it s a very different looking building. don richy takes us inside the newest of the three senate office buildings, the 1983 heart senate office building to learn about construction and place in congressional history. on the presidency at 8:00. smithsonian david ward chronicles abraham lincoln s life through photographs and portraits. a rather exasperated lincoln takes time out to wind at the war to sit for this last photograph in which he does tit. the eyes disappear. the sense in which lincoln is president to the public and suffering. for the complete american history tv weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. more from the abraham linco lincoln. the crisis of reunion. on the raining night of april 11th, 1965 president lincoln addressed a crowd for the last time. the speech was remarkable less for its qualities, stylely, far from his best than for the fact with the conflict all but behind