Van lew was published by Oxford University in 2003 and 13 prizes including the library of virginias peoples choice awards. She will speak to us about her new book, armies of deliverance which was published earlier this year by oxford. A review in the wall street holzer calledold the book a highly original and sweeping new study. I had the good fortune to hear liz speak on the subject a few weeks ago in hampton roads, virginia and im so glad we could have her here to speak to us. Please join me in welcoming elizabeth varon. [applause] can everyone hear me . Good. In his first time were message to congress delivered july 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln casts secession as the work of a small band of conspirators who had duped and cowed the south into submission. After drugging the public mind of their section for more than 30 years as lincoln put it, relied on coercion to bring many good men to a willingness to take up arms against the government. Theres much reason to believe, leggett speculated
It is truly an honor to introduce our speaker today. He was born in the bluegrass state that note. We know that party is a man of good sense because he stayed. It is rumored that he wears the color orange around the year, save basketball season. After all, no man is perfect. What dr. Hardy continues to perfect is his understanding of the past. He and i first met when he was working here for the east Tennessee Historical society in the education department. He, alongside lisa oakley, who is with us today, worked tirelessly to build a network of teachers throughout the region who understood the power of local history in the classroom. They also worked tirelessly to create a network of students, both in high school and middle school, who are competing at the highest levels in the National History day competitions. Despite that workload, dr. Hardy was always generous with his time with me. He proved to be an invaluable resource on projects dealing with Abraham Lincoln, the sesquicentennial
Understanding and wide. Based on the documentary evidence available to us. A real pleasure to see everyone today. We have a panel of very staying with] distinguish servers. Welcome everybody, im glad you are here today. Even though the two can be seen as one continuous event, linked beyond common goals. The surrender of confederate armies make peace. I brought this, this was in my hometown newspaper in savanna last week. Surrender and peace at appomattox. That is a big part of how we understood this, that the war came to an end at appomattox. Having surrendered confederate soldiers reification of the nation would have been quickly achieved if a vengeful north had not saw the reason to punish the white south by imposing on it tyrannical and alien State Governments run by northern carpetbaggers and scalawags and ignorant and incompetent former slaves. As the myth goes, the white south through the heroic efforts of the ku klux klan rose up and threw off corrupt republican rule, deeming th
Tennessee state universitys center for historic preservation. It is my pleasure to welcome and introduce our session moderator, dr. Todd groce. Dr. Groce is the president and ceo of the georgia Historical Society. He has 25 Years Experience as an educator and administrator. He has raised 52,000 for Educational Programs and endowment. Born in virginia but more importantly, raised in tennessee, he graduated with honors in history from the university of memphis and earned an ma from the university of tennessee. While in graduate school, he taught American History at the university of tennessee and maryville college. In 1990, he began his career in public history. He served five years in knoxville as the executive director of the east Tennessee Historical society and taking it to the next level through the development of a regional history museum. In 1994, he was named the executive director of the georgia Historical Society. In 2006, he was elected their 43rd president. Dr. Groce understa
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