Nicole hi, i am nicole rhodes. Nice to see you. Thank you so much for being here. Im the director of Audience Engagement at the pennsylvania horticultural society. And, we are so excited to learn about the movement and principles that inspired the creation of philadelphias only public landscape designed by the olmsted firm of landscape architects. To understand the historical parts of this space as many of us repair to visit it, and also in advance of the upcoming olmsted 200 bicentennial of which lori is the honorary chair. Laurie is the honorary chair. Lots of intersections to this landscape right now. We have many people here from outside the region. Welcome all of you. For any of you new to phs, we use Gardening And Greening as a tool for community development. That means everything from investing in community gardens to increasing the number of trees planted in on streets throughout the region. And, providing better resources for people who want to pick up the mantle of gardening
At 8pm eastern on american History Tv. 2022 marks the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Law olmstead the Landscape Architect who designed many of the most notable urban parks in the United States over 100 years from the 1850s to about 1960. He and then the olmstead firm. He founded completed thousands of landscape projects next Landscape Architect. Lori olin tells the story of Frederick Law Olmsteds Career and the work of the olmsted firm culminating in a discussion of the creation and current status of Fdr Park in philadelphia. The pennsylvania horticultural society provided the video and cohosted this event with a national association for olmsted parks as part of olmsted 200 a wideranging bicentennial initiative. Hi, im Nicole Jenny rhodes hi, laurie. Good to see you nice to soon and i cant see everyone else. But thank you so much for being here. Im the director of Audience Engagement at the pennsylvania horticultural society and we are so excited to tonight learn about the move
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it s not going well. the union is losing. they start a draft this 1863, but you want to talk about inequality? in that draft you could buy your way out for $200. so the rich never served the union cause unless they were noble, unless they had a higher calling. for $200 you could get out of the draft, or you could present a live person. so if i brought you in and said, bruce, you re going to take my place, i wouldn t have to serve. i would have paid you to be my body. this really ticked off the irish. they could not pay for this. and as they rolled the barrel in the first draft in american history, the names that came out were heir began, o malley, you know, all these irish names. and so they rioted. i will not ever excuse the riot. it was the darkest point in irish-american history. they strung up african-americans, they burned down buildings, they nearly destroyed new york. they would have killed mara because he stuck to the union til the very end had he not been in washingt
beauty from old line, wasp money, meagher is a fugitive. he writes this beautiful love letter to her where he asks her her hand for her hand in marriage, and he goes, i am here alone, i am a homeless exile, i have nobody, i have no family. i m wanted by the british empire, you know? i m nothing, but the greatest thing in my life was to find you. and if you will take me as your husband, i will share everything with you. take my past, take my heritage, let us join our lives together it s a beautiful letter. and so she gives up everything to marry this irish rebel. her father promptly disowns her. she ends up living the rest of her life on a $50-a-month civil war widow s pension, but they were like this. she nursed his wound. women, i didn t know this, but women could come down to the camps. he was knocked from his horse twice, he had this horrible abscess on his knee, and also his confidence was shattered. he had lost so many people who were so close to him, people he had p