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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 th ....
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 palmer s house. mitchell palmer was the attorney general of the united states. here s the thing a ....
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 navy s during the civil war. we are the only facility that focuses entirely on that particular story. we are in a unique place, right ....
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 queen s 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 johnson s 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, labour s 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. let s just look at what s happening in e ....
in london, will now find themselves in the second highest category. we ll have the latest, as more than half of england s population will now be living under high or very high alert restrictions. also tonight. safety concerns at a coronavirus testing laboratory. former staff say they were at risk. the owners say strict measures are in place. in the key state of florida we look at the strength of the latino vote, with the us presidential election less than three weeks away. and the queen takes on her first public engagement outside a royal residence for seven months. and coming up in sport on bbc news, the efl decide against taking a £50 million rescue package from the premier league, saying it fails to meet the requirements of all 72 clubs. good evening. boris johnson s strategy to tackle the pandemic on a regional level in england is now being challenged on several fronts. the mayor of greater manchester, labour s andy burnham, is resisting plans to place the regi ....