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I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. If you do not have a copy, there is still time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What antzel understatement that is, to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago when i was going through my grandfathers Family Archive and memoirs and came across this entry. My fathers uncle was a general in the civil war. My grandfather...

Experts discuss several myths surrounding the starspangled banner and what led to the rise of the National Anthem in everyday society. Also, the law signed by president hoover in 1931 that made it the official National Anthem. The library of Congress Posted this program. It is about 50 minutes. Good afternoon. We are going to talk about the history of the starspangled banner, especially addressing certain myths that have grown up over the years about its composition, origins, and so forth. It is...

But how people have interpreted it has changed dramatically since the end of the war. So how can we understand, how we recognize that text, says a lot about the transformation of culture. I should say, when i was asked to do this, one of the many reasons i decided to do it was that i remain curious about the wonderful title, a fire never extinguished. David white and a few others of us it was such a literary phrase, we tried to figure out, who said that . Is that whitman, emerson . Who said a fi...

The text itself stays the same, but how people have interpreted it has changed dramatically since the end of the war. So how can we understand, how we recognize that text, says a lot about the transformation of culture. I should say, when i was asked to do this, one of the many reasons i decided to do it was that i remain curious about the wonderful title, a fire never extinguished. David white and a few others of us it was such a literary phrase, we tried to figure out, who said that . Is that ...

As a way to highlight the transformation. Yesterday, one of the things i did was to compare certain texts like uncle toms cabin, as a framework exploring some of the themes of the displacement of god, the masculinization, this artifacts of the transformation of culture following the civil war, with Rebecca Harding davis, mark twain, and frederick douglass. Today, what i want to do is start out telling a story, and i want to do it with one work of literature that you all know. So the text itself ...

Im excited to be here on the 150th anniversary of the date godfrey weitzal occupy the house. People are surprised, they have not heard of him before. Over the next hour i will tell you why he was chosen to enter richmond 150 years ago today. You may remember his name when he walked out of here when you walk out of here. I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What an understatement that is to capture t...

He discusses his involvement in the fall of richmond in 1865. The museum of the confederacy hosted this event. [applause] mr. Quatman mr. Quatman a thank you for joining me. It is a visiting story the story that very few civil war buffs know. Ive given this talk all over the country and people are surprised, they have not heard of him before. Over the next hour i will tell you why he was chosen to enter richmond 150 years ago today. You may remember his name when you walk out of here. The book i...

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So you do see a lot of people. A lot of people who are very dignified. Theres nothing you can do, you know, youve just got to live with your life. Thats one thing i love about my people. If it wasnt for that none of us would have realized what happened. You are watching booktv on cspan2, radiance of tomorrow, ishmeal beahs second book is coming out in january of 2014. You are watching 40 hours of nonfiction authors and books on cspan2s booktv. Now on booktv from the Jimmy Carter Library and muse...

Nightly news begins now. Good evening, tonight, on the interstate in North Carolina people who are unable to move forward are parking their cars, locking the doors and walking away in the middle of the storm. They will retrieve them some other time. But for now, tonight, a storm is moving up over top of them at speeds faster than traffic on a good day, a very large snow and ice storm that now almost follows the path of i95 to the north. We estimate that upwards of half a Million People are witho...