Of the Newyork Historical Society top of the articles in the joint publication. A civil war in 50. Objects they risks they discuss objects civil war technicality, includings will secret war codes. The new york Historical Society provided the video. So harold, weve been talking in the series about the power of objects being touchstones and historical event, being conduits to understanding the past. Its a thrill and extort a experience being historian in new york historian and working along these treasures and using them in my exhibitions. Lets talk about a second for the inspiration for this program a civil war in 50 objects. I can 50 objects tells such a sweeping . Story we so after cells that question often when we were whittling down the list and it was so much to choose from. I guess the way we did it as i recall, his first we discussed the medium of the object. We wanted, photographs paintings, objects, relics and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war. First year
They said mr. President , what do you think, and he said, well, it reminds me of the story of the young woman who put on her stockings and she looked up and said, i think theres something in it. I dont know if they got this, you know, theres something in it, but they went to work immediately. They took that to be a yes. Yeah, thats a go, but its a good thing because the confederates are, you know, building this ship, so they rushed back to new york with a model, and they get to work on the actual ship. The image that sort of shows the launch of the monitor . Yeah. And its, you know, i feel a certain kinship to the monitor because it was built in my mothers ancestral home of green point. Theres still an Erickson Park there, my mother went to the monitor school when she was in 1921, its still there. Built in the 1890s, so its very much their town, but there was a big shed where ships were made, and it all converted today and night, 24 7 production of this ship with a very crew of workers
Technology. This conversation took place on line due to the coronavirus pandemic and the New York Historical society provided the video. Harold, weve been talking in this series about the power of objects to be touchstones of historical events, to be con duties for understanding the past. Its a thrill and an extraordinary experience to be a historian at New York Historical where i work alongside these treasures and use them in my exhibitions. Lets talk for a second about the inspiration for this program, the book civil war in 50 objects. How can 50 objects tell such a sweeping story . We used to ask ourselves that question often when we were whittling down the list and there was so much to choose from. The way we did it, as i recall, is first we discussed the medium of the object, we wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war. First the year leading up to it and then 1861, 2, 3, 4, 5. By the time we shifted through the
We turn now to jen lewis in the Traffic Center with details on this incident and any others that might affect your commute. Jen. Good morning, hampton roads. Lets check jeremy ad libs wx headlines today mostly sunny. Chilly breezy. Highs will be in the low 40s. Winds north 1020mph. Tonight mostly clear. Cold. Lows will be in the upper 20s. Winds north 510mph. Friday partly sunny. Highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50. Winds south 510mph. High pressure is bulding into the region today. This will bring us lots of sunshine, but it will also create a breezy north wind. So it will be chilly. Tomorrow well develop light southerly winds with the sunshine. So we will warm up to near 50 in the afternoon. Well see a great weekend with highs in the 60s both days. Clouds will increase late sunday with a few showers possible by the evening. The region next week. So there is a high chance for rain tuesday into wednesday. Looks very warm on wednesday at this time. Stay tuned for updates. Developi
Switching gears now on this thursday. Morning. But we need to talk about the weather. Lets get right to meteorologist Jeremy Wheeler in the super doppler weather 10 center. jeremy ad libs wx headlines today mostly sunny. Chilly breezy. Highs will be in the low 40s. Winds north 1020mph. Tonight mostly clear. Cold. Lows will be in the upper 20s. Winds north 510mph. Friday partly sunny. Highs will be in the upper 40s to near 50. Winds south 510mph. High pressure is today. This will bring us lots of sunshine, but it will also create a breezy north wind. So it will be chilly. Tomorrow well develop light southerly winds with the sunshine. So we highs in the 60s both days. Clouds will increase late sunday with a few showers chance for rain tuesday breaking news overseas this morning. Just hours ago, turkish officials confirmed reports that a Syrian National is behind a deadly bus bomb yesterday in the countrys capital. They also say nine people have been arrested in connection with the attack