We go way back to our days when they were on campus. Both of us had spent our lives in virginia. He studied history at william and mary. We stop cigarettes in the mouse of sculptures. Mouths of sculptures. Gordon has gone on to be a prominent sculptor. For many of you who have been to st. Matthews cathedral, you will see his culture there. You will also see one of his sculptures in public parks in washington, d. C. You see his sculpture at harpers ferry. And most prominently in colonial williamsburg. You will find it in front of the red building at the college of william and mary. It looked worse for wear in 1958. It was put on display in front of the library. This was dedicated in the fall of 1993. Introduced by people who have been walking on the street. Now he is taken his talents to sculpting james monroe. In watching gordon work and being aware of the intensity with which he understands the person he is sculpting, it occurred to me it would be a wise idea that we talk to someone w
We go way back to our days when they were on campus. Both of us had spent our lives in virginia. He studied history at william and mary. We stop cigarettes in the mouse of sculptures. Mouths of sculptures. Gordon has gone on to be a prominent sculptor. For many of you who have been to st. Matthews cathedral, you will see his culture there. You will also see one of his sculptures in public parks in washington, d. C. You see his sculpture at harpers ferry. And most prominently in colonial williamsburg. You will find it in front of the red building at the college of william and mary. It looked worse for wear in 1958. It was put on display in front of the library. This was dedicated in the fall of 1993. Introduced by people who have been walking on the street. Now he is taken his talents to sculpting james monroe. In watching gordon work and being aware of the intensity with which he understands the person he is sculpting, it occurred to me it would be a wise idea that we talk to someone w
Commemoration and reflection. Our speaker today is gordon kray. Gordon and i go way back to our days when they were on campus. He was from massachusetts and i was from lexington. Both of us had spent our lives in virginia. He studied history at william and mary. We were sticking cigarettes and the mouths of sculptures. Gordon has gone on to be a prominent sculptor. For many of you, if you have been to st. Matthews cathedral, you will see his culture there. You will also see one of his sculptures in washington, d. C. Most prominently in colonial williamsburg. You will find it in front of the red building at the college of william and mary. It looked worse for wear by 1958. It was put on display in front of the library. This was dedicated in the fall of 1993. Introduced by people who have been walking on the street. Now he has taken his talents to sculpting james monroe. In watching gordon work and being aware of the intensity with which he understands the person he is sculpting, it occu
The book is called the american genocide of the United States and california and in catastrophe 1846 to 1873. The author is the la professor of history, benjamin madly. You righ write between 1846 and, californias native American Population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to the 30,000. How did that occur . There are many things we understand already about the story. We know disease, exposure, starvation, those were all major factors not only in the population decline but the suppression of the demographic rebound. Once all the other factors and how they played in systematic regimes they had 370 massacres carried out by vigilantes and volunteers. It was a very damning argument that took place in california between 1846 and 1873. It is when they took california from mexico as a part of the mexicanamerican war and so the story begins their but its also the year that the major massacre of the california indian people in this case. Its a massacre of by all accounts people gathered on the bank
That the old catholic world reveres her, and explain that in such a way that it is told as a story to people who find it an enjoyable experience and to read and encounter her and i suppose love her. For more information on this and other cities on the local content vehicles for go to cspan. Org localcontent. With a month left in 2012 many publications are putting together a third year end list of notable books. Booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction elections. These nonfiction titles were included in the New York Times 100 notable books of 2012. And barack obama the story david maraniss, associate editor of the Washington Post present a history of president Barack Obamas family. Charles murray of the American Enterprise institute argues a growing divide between the upper and lower class goes beyond economics differences in coming apart the state of White America 19602010. In victory, the triumphant game revolution, Linda Hirschman presenting history of the ga