Part of the exhibition is discussing several notable abolitionists. Very important people to the time. Here, we talk about frederick douglass. He was one of the most recognized africanamericans in the country at this time. He was born a slave in maryland and escaped into freedom as a young adult. Throughout his career as an abolitionist, he fought for the freedom of africanamericans, for all the people who were enslaved in the country. Even during the civil war, he lobbied with Abraham Lincoln for the recruitment of colored citizens in the war. Here on display, we are very proud to have Frederick Douglasss beaver hat on loan. It is one of our treasures. We are so proud to have it on display. It is something that is recognizable from many of photos. Douglass Harriet Beecher stowe is another abolitionist. Harriet Beecher Stowe was the woman who wrote the famous book titled uncle toms cabin. She gained her inspiration for the book while living in cincinnati, ohio, so we have a close local
David jeanne and i are delighted to be at mount vernon. It is a treat to come back to the home of George Washington which is a monument to him. They have preserved his home and the ground on which he walked. Its always a pleasure to be in the company of good people who are dedicated and diligent and the good people here at mount vernon combine that admiral admirable bull trait with a gracious hospitality that makes everyone who comes here feel warm and welcome. Stephen macleod has smoothed the logistical edges of our journey here. In the book, we acknowledge mary thompson, who is one of the historians here on staff for her invaluable insight and great scholarship. The staff here, whether it is the knowledgeable docents or the master craftsman or the , historians in the abundant archives have turned John Kennedys description of washington, d. C. , on its head. Mount vernon is a place that has northern efficiency and southern charm. [laughter] david that in itself exemplifies the charact
Thanks for visiting the Frontier Cultural Museum today. We are open 362 days a year. We would love to see you out here. Please come to visit us in stanton, virginia. This is the second of a twopart series on the frontier culture museum. Part one explored daily life in europe for migrants before they came to colonial america. You can watch this and other american artifacts programs anytime by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. This monday on the new series, landmark cases, by the 1850s, the river had become a breeding ground. To address the problem, louisiana allowed only one Carly Fiorina older life signing. These interviews with nonfiction officers others. Book being nixon, and sunday night at 9 00, former missouri senator an episcopalian priest on how he thinks a sense of religion can lead the country out of the current and politics. On American History tv on cspan3. On espionageian and intelligence gathering tactics during the civil war. Historical documents exist. Sunday m
In 1981, worlds first doctoral program, and in 2004, baccalaureate degrees. Alumni areents, dedicated to study and analysis ,f deeply rooted, protracted violent social conflicts, often accompanied by severe violence. Alsodition to analysis, we investigate, and some of us practice, the intervention that would allow us to mitigate, interrupt cycles of violence. We teachf our courses some version of getting to the table, negotiations, and comparative peace processes. Those of us who have studied this often think about how we get to the negotiating table, how we do the treaty, how we do that ceasefire, but we also understand that a longterm goal of most peace processes is having we call reconciliation. We understand reconciliation is endpoint, terminus, then it is a process. There are many examples that show us how if a call reconciliation as conceived of as an endpoint is. How violent conflicts, coherecentury ago, will around symbols that remain with and remain obstacles for reconciliatio
Cincinnati observatory to learn how it became the first public observatory in the western hemisphere. John this is the Cincinnati Observatory Center, situated in the city of cincinnati, approximately six miles east of downtown cincinnati. We call ourselves the birthplace of american astronomy. The founder of the observatory, ormsby mcknight mitchell, was essentially what we call the call sagan of the day. He was the popularizer of astronomy at that particular period. The first observatory of significance in the country and definitely the first public observatory at that time. He was a west point graduate and he was teaching at the Cincinnati College and in 1842 there was a group in town, the society for the promotion of useful knowledge. They offered to mitchell an opportunity to lecture the citizens. He started his lecture in this lecture hall, overflowed that, so they moved it to a chapel that seated 1200 people and does they ended the lecture, they said, why couldnt we, the citizens