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Remind you, a lot goes into this kind of an event and many people have worked very, very hard, harder than ive worked, to put all of this together. One of the people who could not be here was frank cogliano, because he got stuck in newark. Hell be here later this evening. His cochair is here and shes going to say a few words. Thank you. [applause] welcome. Im sorry that frank isnt here to join me for this further welcome. Just to say how wonderful it is to see everyone here and to work with such an Amazing Group of people. I especially want to thank annette and frank, my cochair, robin, without whom we would sees to function, and also to the Wonderful Program committee, one of whose members is sitting there many are in the audience tonight and they generously of time an talent to put this program together to go through the many proposals that we had. Weir looking forward to ....
Things that you thought were impossible suddenly become very possible. Can you imagine whats happening , you know theres going to be an uprising of the former slavery and they are going to kill everybody so they can get a hold of their lands, they are going to butcher women and children. Can can you imagine we are we were believing that. If you start you get rid of everything they have, you clamp down on them and what you do a little killing. Was there any reality to the fear that black people at the end of the war were going to go raping their masters wives or their children,. The only blood that there was in the south, white folks killing black folks. Well they were slaves. They had no respect for property but now they are not property. Back in louisiana with a course of 2500 black hundred black people were getting killed by white people,. [inaudible] back in 2004 it was blood it was ugly, this was going on it was a scary time. You couldnt imagine that once the war was over the presi ....
Society of cincinnati. What it am i going to talk about the American Revolution and that they dont know anything about. In the course of the research of my first book i came across battle of the American Revolution and i thought well maybe they dont care so much about that. And it. [inaudible] i have to admit that they have their half hour before the talk so its possible that the enthusiasm about my talk came from that by interpreted it was about excitement about the subject. And were salami set the stage for you, ill do a little reading from the book let me set the stage for you in pensacola in 1774. Pensacola is a british colony. [inaudible] the lower counties and the delaware and carolina. The letters stated that it was blasted the violent and the lake conduct by the british these colonists either resigned itself were just in constitutional liberty these men hope ....
North Carolina lawmakers are pushing a bill requiring public college students to read foundational American documents, sparking debate over academic freedom. Read to learn more. ....
Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. Will other states follow? States have long imposed specific standards on what K-12 public schools must teach. During the Obama era, the Common Core movement even tried to establish nationwide standards for math and English at these grade levels. ....