The theme of this years event is ordinary people, extraordinary times. Historians explore how the war affected a Diverse Group of american people. The event is cohosted by the library of virginia, university of Virginia Center for Civil War History, and the American Civil War museum. In the first session, james robertson, Virginia Tech history professor emeritus, and the author or editor of more than 20 books will give a talk titled civil war echoes from the common folk. But first, the director of the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia will welcome the audience. This is live coverage on American History tv on cspan3. Good morning, im Gary Gallagher and i very pleased to welcome all of you this morning. To our symposium titled ordinary people, extraordinary times. I do this and welcome you on behalf of the library of virginia, the American Civil War the center for Civil War History at the university of virginia. Treadway, they library and would perform this task,
Populations in virginia history. This piece represents the emerging european and native American Cultures. Many people talk about virginia history being for centuries long. The history of human habitation of virginia stands back to between 16,000 to 20,000 years in the past. The canoe we have here represents the way in which these two cultures sometimes clash with one another, sometimes fail to see eye to eye. In many ways we are learning from one another, and absorbing elements of each others culture. The canoe here is made in the traditional dugout, new fashion where you have a log that has it iselled, and traditionally scraped out by setting a small fire within the log. That small fire is controlled very carefully by the folks making the canoe, and the ashes are scraped away with seashells. What makes this canoe unique is the markings that you are able to see within the interior of the canoe. They are very straight, they were made by very sharp tools and are very regular. These mark
International history as well. We are going to begin by looking at a canoe thats roughly 300 years old. This is a piece that is actually a symbol much tof the collisiono cultures that make up the earliest populations in virginia history. So this piece represents the merging of european and native American Cultures. Many people talk about virginia history being four centuries long but in reality, the history of human habitation in virginia spans back to anywhere between 16,000 to 20,000 years into the past. So the canoe we have here represents the way in which thighs two cultures sometimes clashed with one another, sometimes failed to see eyetoeye but in many ways, were learning from one another and absorbing elements of each others culture. So the canoe here is made in the traditional dugout canoe fashion where you have a log thats been felled and its traditionally scraped out by setting a small fire within the log. The instasmall fire is controll carefully by folks making the canoe an
International history as well. We are going to begin by looking at a canoe thats roughly 300 years old. This is a piece that is actually a symbol much tof the collisiono cultures that make up the earliest populations in virginia history. So this piece represents the merging of european and native American Cultures. Many people talk about virginia history being four centuries long but in reality, the history of human habitation in virginia spans back to anywhere between 16,000 to 20,000 years into the past. So the canoe we have here represents the way in which thighs two cultures sometimes clashed with one another, sometimes failed to see eyetoeye but in many ways, were learning from one another and absorbing elements of each others culture. So the canoe here is made in the traditional dugout canoe fashion where you have a log thats been felled and its traditionally scraped out by setting a small fire within the log. The instasmall fire is controll carefully by folks making the canoe an
National spy museum. The first two weeks centered on fairly wellknown personalities. Ben franklin is of course ben franklin. Next week well take a look at the most infamous spy in u. S. History, Benedict Arnold. The relative obscurity of the man well hear about today is what will make this morning so interesting. He is someone we should know more about. His impact on World History is well known for historians, but historians are just now beginning to piece his life together, to find out new information, to understand his impact on the revolution, and to figure out how he fits among the great heroes and villains of american intelligence history. So kate gruber will help us understand who this enigmatic man is. Shes been the curator at jamestownyorktown museum since 2015. Between 2009 and 2013, she worked at the Colonial Williamsburg foundation where she assisted with the research of the foundations electronic field trip series. Although shes a public historian and museum professional in