Groups. Long story short, i was invited to speak at a church in Washington County in july 2016. The church was celebrating their 150th anniversary, and they invited me to come up and talk about what it mightve been like trying to start a church in the immediate aftermath of the american civil war. My wife and i drove up and we walked into the back of the sanctuary, and there was one lady sitting in the sanctuary, and she jumps up, runs to the back, shakes my hand, and says my family and i have something we think you may have an interest in. Would you come out to the car after the program . I said, sure. I go out to the car, she opens the trunk and tells me to hold my arms out. And shes in and out the truck, and the stack is growing taller and taller. And i say, what do we have here . And she says, these are my grandfather Thomas Wallace colleys seven volumes of handwritten journals of his service in the first virginia cavalry and his postwar life. I thought i was going to fall over in
Old dominion home. I want to take just a couple of seconds to thank two specific groups. Long story short, i was invited to speak at a church in Washington County in july of 2016. The church was celebrating their 150th anniversary, and they invited me to come up and talk about what it mightve been like trying to start a church in the immediate aftermath of the american civil war. My wife and i drove up and we walked into the back of the sanctuary, and there was one lady sitting in the sanctuary, and she jumps up, runs to the back, shakes my hand, and says my family and i have something we think you may have an interest in. Would you come out to the car after the program . I said sure. I go out of the car, she opens the trunk and tells me to hold my arms out. And she empties out the truck, and the stack is growing taller and taller. And i say, what do we have here . And she says, these are my grandfathers seven volumes of handwritten journals of his service in the first virginia cavalry
The church was celebrating their 150th anniversary, and they invited me to come up and talk about what it mightve been like trying to start a church in the immediate aftermath of the american civil war. And we and i drove up walked into the back of the sanctuary, and there was one ,ady sitting in the sanctuary and she jumps up, runs to the back, shakes my hand, and says my family and i have something we think you may have an interest in. Would you come out to the car after the program . I said sure. Opensut of the car, she the trunk and tells me to hold my arms out. Out the truck, and the stack is growing taller and taller. And she says what do we and i say, what do we have here . And she says, these are my grandfathers seven volumes of handwritten journals of his service in the first virginia cavalry and his postwar life. I thought i was going to fall over in the parking lot. As a historian, you dream about things like that. I want to thank all of the kelly ley family. Aw they are the
Sanctions. Join us for extensive coverage of the 2 leaders meet on. Climate change is an existential threat to life on. The World Health Organization predicts that in 30 years it will be directly responsible for the deaths of over 250000. 00 people each year. Many fewer governments the failing to respond and its unlikely that the Paris Agreement targets of keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees centigrade will be met. But to time and pressure groups believe change is possible this seeking to push urgent Environmental Action to the top of the political agenda. And these movements gathering momentum. I mean are all tore and the us worker dying activist is pushing for a radical shift in government policy in order to avert a Climate Crisis and i know from the carbon in the u. K. And ive come to learn d about movement known as extinction with eliot these members believe that the only route to environmental change is for a peoples rights. Fearful for the planet their own heritag
Exactly here. We will keep you updated on that. Elsewhere, it looks like the further north you are, it is sunshine and showers again. And just to give you a flavour of what happens for part two of the weekend into the start of next week, there is one area of low pressure moving, and another one is poised to come backin and another one is poised to come back in from the atlantic. What does that mean . It means it is staying u nsettled. That mean . It means it is staying unsettled. So, for the weekend, and it looks like into next week as well, it will be wet at times. Remember, its not all the time, blustery conditions, and occasional sunshine. If we are going to move from this type of autumn weather, we will let you know as soon as there is any sign of it. Hello, this is bbc news with rachel schofield. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First the headlines new figures show knife crime offences in england and wales have increased by two thirds. Whats going on