A show today so lets go and dive right in. We start off here in washington d. C. At the city joint the dozens of cities with mass demonstrations that are connected to the killing of george floyd last week the Nations Capital is once again facing a curfew ahead of more expected protests arties jacket outside the white house with the story fair and what do you see today. So its there when we were here monday a lot of protesters here talking about racial inequality today its a little bit of a different theme youre seeing more talks about the economy and big talks about religion all because of a Controversial Photo op the president had yesterday right here at St Johns Church actually in front of that sign youre seeing right there behind me now actually today there were 10 foot fence barriers actually installed yesterday from last night in front of Lafayette Park which is directly in front of the white house there is actually the barricade keep shifting back and back and back farther and fa
A curfew ahead of more expected protests arties jacket outside the white house with the story fair and what do you see today. So sarah when we were here monday a lot of protesters here talking about racial inequality today its a little bit of a different theme youre seeing more talks about the economy and big talks about religion all because of a Controversial Photo op the president had yesterday right here at St Johns Church actually in front of that sign youre seeing right there behind me now actually today there were 10 foot fence barriers actually installed yesterday last night in front of Lafayette Park which is directly in front of the white house there is actually the barricade keep shifting back and back and back farther and farther back sarah now today whats going on actually is that you know we had crowds young and old black and white all saying that they want to peaceful protest not as much as that we saw yesterday but again its this big photo op that did in front of this 20
To the killing of george lloyd last week the Nations Capital is once again facing a curfew ahead of more expected protests arties outside the white house with the story fair and what do you see today. So sarah when we were here monday a lot of protesters here talking about racial inequality today its a little bit of a different theme youre seeing more talks about the economy and big talks about religion all because of a Controversial Photo op the president had yesterday right here at St Johns Church actually in front of that sign youre seeing right there behind me now actually today there were 10 foot fence barriers actually installed yesterday 1st last night in front of Lafayette Park which is directly in front of the white house there is actually the barricade keeps shifting back and back and back farther and farther back sara now today whats going on actually is that you know we had crowds young and old black and white all saying that they want to peaceful protests not as much as th
Our last speaker is well known to all of you, Gary Gallagher is the third professor in the history of the American Civil War americas at the university of virginia and the founding director of our core sponsor, center for civil war studies at the university of virginia. Knowing that gary was about to retire a number of years ago and move west, i have been writing just about every introduction for him the last few years as if tomorrow the last time we would see him in richmond. I want to apologize to gary for trying to show him the door and kick him out of the state every time he speaks here. Im happy to have been wrong in my assumption that garys retirement would mean farewell and im pleased that hes still a fixture in the commonwealth. Garys contributions to the field of civil war studies are many and varied beyond his own scholarship, writing and ing editing more than 30 books, hes been a frequent contributor and columnist for civil war magazines, battlefield guide, and Founding Edit
He believes are crucial in understanding the conflict. This talk is part of a symposium held at the library of virginia in richmond. Our last speaker is well known to to all of you, gary gallagher, he is the the third professor in history of the American Civil War eme trchlt itus and the founding director of our cosponsor, the center for civil war studies at the university of virginia. And knowing that gary was about to retire a number of years ago and move west, ive been writing just about every introduction for him over the last few years as if it were the last time we were going to see him in richmond. I want to take this opportunity now to apologize to gary for trying to show him the door and kick him out of the state every time he speaks here. Im very happy to have been wrong in my assumption that garys retirement would mean farewell and very pleased that in his retirement gary remains a fixture in the commonwealth. As i think Everybody Knows and appreciates, garys contributions t