Now to be on the wall was the cane she used to get around that was very important for her. Toward the end of her life, she was bedridden for much of her time. There is a wonderful photo of her drinking out of this drinking cup here. It was given to her by her very dear friend mary mercer. ,it has her name engraved on it. That was something she kept at her bedside throughout her life. Carson was married to reeves mccullers. Soldier stationed at fort benning that she met when she went here. They had a very tumultuous relationship. Tragedyately ended in when reeves committed suicide. There is a lot of emotional misunderstanding and infidelity on both sides throughout their relationship. There was also a real love their and something that connected them with their love of literature and writing. So, these are two books that reeves gave her. In particular, this one you see here says christmas 1936 two o carson, these books and my deepest affection, reeves. Even though the relationship was n
Not just a southern thing. Omaha, nebraska. St. Louis, chicago, illinois. All erupted in race riots. Millions of workers, about 4 million workers are going to go on strike in 1919. And this wave of labor unrest then fed into this conservative mood. It seemed to spark hysteria. This is a time when we are dealing with the red scare. The red scare with the bolshevik revolution being so fresh, that americans now determined that perhaps bolshevism had come to the american shores and were undermining the capitalist system as we speak, right . So in this climate there is a very harsh reaction to labor unrest in 1919. There were accounts of violence that seemed to be tied to the labor unrest. The u. S. Post office during 1919 intercepted dozens of bombs that were being mailed to prominent americans. They did not intercept all of them. One of them blew up on the front door of mitchell palmers house. Mitchell palmer was the attorney general of the United States. Heres the thing about the red sca
For nearly a century. Fort benning was established on macon road in columbus, georgia, on approximately 85 acres of land in october of 19 18th 1918. On that day the war came to a close and there was talk of closing fort denning. Many officers who had served in the American Expeditionary forces to france went before congress to testify that had our soldiers had better training they would not have suffer the casualties that they did in just 210 days of actual combat, so it was determined by congress that we would keep fort benning on a smaller scale and luckily for us, it survived. But first, go on board the css jackson, one of only four surviving ironclads dating back to the civil war. We are in the National Civil war naval museum on the banks of the chattahoochee river. The purpose of the naval museum is to tell the stories of the navys during the civil war. We are the only facility that focuses entirely on that particular story. We are in a unique place, right here inside the museum a
When you bring something in to a president and i see many, many things. Im sure i dont see things that they dont think rose to the occasion. This didnt rise to the occasion. From what i hear, and i hear it pretty good, the intelligence people didnt even many of them didnt believe it happened at all. I think its a hoax. I think its a hoax by the newspapers and the democrats. Julie but House Speaker House Speaker nancy pelosi accusing the president of failing to act. That they would be this idea that they would be a bounty on our troops, paid by the russians to the taliban, is something that was so necessary to be pursued. Why would they have not told the president . Because he doesnt lead to get bad news on russia. And why havent they taken action these months later . Julie chad pergrams lab on capitol hill with holiness. Hi, chad. Good afternoon, julie. This is the Biggest Issue done my briefing on this issue on whether there was a price tag put on the heads of american troops serving
From saturday, london, york, essex, parts of derbyshire and other areas will be placed on high alert, meaning no household mixing indoors. The brand new covid mega lab in Milton Keynes. A bbc investigation into allegations that there have been safety breaches. Out and about after seven months the queens first Public Engagement outside a Royal Household since the march lockdown. And coming up, the cliffside camping that requires a head for heights and nerves of steel. Boris johnsons strategy to tackle the coronavirus pandemic with a series of regional restrictions faces its toughest political test yet. Earlier today, the mayor of Greater Manchester, labours andy burnham, refused to accept the terms on which ministers want to place his city on the very highest alert level. He said his constituents livelihoods were being sacrificed. The Health Secretary for england, matt hancock, hit back saying any delay would cost lives. Lets just look at whats happening in england. The grey area is on