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ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the district of columbia and living us presidents. we have included in our dinner programs. just one of the proclamations from grants birth state of ohio and all presidential messages that were available at the time of printing. what stands out in these messages? also stands out in historys understanding of grants during the 21st century. appreciation of his accomplish...

complicated topic, but i want you i want us to kind of go through. the end of the war itself and how the memory began to take shape. what were going to see is that the people involved in writing the history of the civil war initially were the people that experienced it and they had their own views and beliefs and that had heavily left an imprint even on our current memory of the war. so ive got a quote from woodrow wilson whos president in 1913 talking about just how healing right the ...

we are going to jump a little bit ahead today from reconstruction and get into the memory of the war. its a very relevant topic and a complicated topic, but i want you i want us to kind of go through. the end of the war itself and how the memory began to take shape. what were going to see is that the people involved in writing the history of the civil war initially were the people that experienced it and they had their own views and beliefs and that had heavily left an imprint even on ...

welcome everyone. good evening. i want to thank you all for joining us tonight. on the evening of general and president ulysses s grants 200th birthday. this historic milestone comes at a time when grant star is rising. ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the district of columbia and living us presidents. we have included in our dinner programs. just one of the proclamations from grants birth state of oh...

scholarship and this subject tonight with her lecture and title clothing people for war over to you. thank you. well, thank you so much paul for the invitation to participate and for that wonderful introduction so glad to be able to participate in the weekend. so, let me share my screen real. quick all right. so when i began my current book project, i really wanted to understand. the human side of this war the intimacy with which it was both experienced and fought at a very material le...

just a few hours. his remarks coming after a harrowing 24 hours in america yesterday when one gunman shot and killed four people inside a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma, before turning the gun on himself. the shooter whom officials say purchased his ar-15-style rifle just hours before he barged into the facility looking for a doctor he blamed for ongoing pain after back surgery. the tragic attack in tulsa was not the only one to take place. a prison inmate in dayton, ohio grabbed a securi...

>> this is a film about storytelling, about how we tell the story of our countrys past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of americas history that is told very differently, depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. >> the hot winds of war blow across the land. made of it, a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brothe...

the only one that is truly sacred, the only truly sacred obligation we have is to prepare and equip those women and men we send into harms way and care for them and their families when they return home, and when they dont. its an obligation that unites americans, brings us together, make sure the women and men who were willing to lay down their lives for us in the very best to return. i want to acknowledge we are making progress in key areas, like bipartisan legislation advancing in co...

we are going to jump a little bit ahead today from reconstruction and get into the memory of the war. its a very relevant topic and a complicated topic, but i want you i want us to kind of go through. the end of the war itself and how the memory began to take shape. what were going to see is that the people involved in writing the history of the civil war initially were the people that experienced it and they had their own views and beliefs and that had heavily left an imprint even on ...

even on our current memory of the war. so ive got a quote from woodrow wilson whos president in 1913 talking about just how healing right the post period after the civil war had been essentially saying everybody was united thats 1913. thats 50 years after the end of the civil war. so like i said, i want to step back and see how we ended up there with wilson saying such a thing. the lost cause is a term. i know you all have heard and weve talked about and karen cox talks about in her bo...