Political history where were all talking about history and how its going to be taught and talked about and consumed over the years. This krrchs is sponsored by the department of history here at Purdue University and is organized by one of our panelists, katie burnell. Thank you, katie, and nikki hemm hemmer. My name is connie doebele. 50,000 hours of american politica history in their classrooms and in their research. We do some other things, but thats what were concentrating on at this conference. I tweet at cjdoebele and the center tweets centerforcspan. We would be interested in following you as we reach out to specifically history professors throughout the country who are interested in using the cspan archives in their classroom and in their research. So we have three excellent panelist panelists that all have different areas of interest under this topic. Theyre going to speak for five to seven minutes and then take a lot of q a. Were going to start with Margaret Omeara. I hate to
Get into this and discuss this whole issue of how history will be taught in the future. Im the managing director for center of cspan scholarship and engagement, a fairly newentity in the brian lamp school at school here at purdue and we use the cspan archives which is now over 250,000 hours of american political history in their classrooms and research. We do other things but thats what were concentrating on at this conference. I tweet at cj dubly and the center at center for cspan. We hope you will follow us on that and wed be interested in following you as we reach out to specifically history professors across the country who were interested in using the cspan archives in their classrooms and in their research. So heres what were going to do today. We have three excellent panelists with different areas of interest under this topic. Theyre going to speak for five to seven minutes and then were going to open it up and take a lot of q a. Were going to start with margaret omara. Now i ha
Tour guide at the u. S. Capitol. About it formerly a proud paratrooper in the 82nd airborne division. Im from north carolina, so were exceptionally proud of the 82nd and their actions over at fort bragg. We like to tell people we are the most militaryfriendly state in the nation and we work really hard to live up to that. But so without any further ado, mr. Jackson, youre on. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you, and good morning. Welcome to the william g. Mcallen theater. And were here to salute american icons, the Tuskegee Airmen. Please allow me to briefly introduce the panel, and then well come back and hear from our panelists and then well ask the field to give questions. I may recite the question a time or two just for clarity. Lets first begin with the person closest to me. With the blue cap. Lieutenant colonel robert friend. Next to him Lieutenant Colonel harold brown. Lieutenant colonel george hardy. Lieutenant colonel alexander jefferson. Lieutenant colonel james h. Ha
Taught and talked about and consumed over the years. This conference is sponsored by the department of history here at Purdue University. It is organized by katie brunell. Thank you. Were thankful to all of them to get into this and discuss this whole issue of how history is going to be taught in the future. Were new in the brian lamb school of communication here and our goal is to help professors from across the country use the cspan archives which is now over 250,000 hours of american political history. In their classrooms and in their research. We do other things. But thats what were concentrating on at this conference. Well be interested in following you as we reach out to specifically history professors across the country. Who are interested in using the cspan archives in the classrooms and in research. We have three excellent panelists that all have different areas of interest under this topic. Theyre going to speak for five to seven minutes and then take a lot of q a. Were going
Tuskegee airmen. Please allow me to briefly introduce the panel, and then well come back and hear from our panelists and then well ask questions. I may recite a question or two just for clarity. Lets begin with the person closest to me with the blue cap Lieutenant Colonel robert friend. Lieutenant colonel brown. Lieutenant colonel george hardy. Lieutenant colonel Alexander Jefferson. Lieutenant colonel james h. Harvey iii. And our closer, Lieutenant Colonel harry stewart. Lets first begin with Lieutenant Colonel harvey friend. Well yield the floor to you and then well ask our friends in the audience to give a few questions. Lets have a round of applause for our first panelists. So, colonel, just give us just a brief history about you and your accounts in the military. Well, i was always interested in flying, and when that chance was offered me for instance i had a license in late 30s because i was part of a program the United States was doing in defense potential defense itself, and th