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Introducing people for this symposium. I have to say that about a year ago when we had our last conference, chuck and i sat down and with jillian berk wits here from Ohio University press because she publishes the books that come out of these series, we sat down and talked about what should we do next year. We thought, lets go a little bit off of the chronology because we had been doing civil war and reconstruction and the lead up to the civil war for now more than a decade. And we thought we ne...

I mean, my grandparents had their naturalization papers framed on the wall. And i suspect that was very common for hundreds of thousands and indeed millions of immigrants who became citizens and were fiercely proud of becoming citizens because it gave them a place of belonging and gave them a place to be where they were. Thats my point. You have to have a concept of citizenship as well. If you go backwards if American History, is there always the concept of citizenship in the colonies . Theyre n...

Of course. Just saying. Yeah, yeah. Well, actually though, not entirely because inheritance rights would affect there are places where you could not inherit land if youre not a citizen. And so a widow might not be able to inherit, if somebody writes a will and writes you in, you have to inherit the land. There are substantive issues for women as well. A lot of citizenship issues they couldnt naturalize. There was one question over here. I dont really have a question. Its more of a little amusing...

This is a guy who is not afraid to talk to confront injustice. I think of something George Bernard shaw said you dont make progress by standing on guard. The fact that he used to be 65 will give you the idea of the fights i have been in. He has been more and additional to veterans for peace, he is a cofounder of the dont shoot coalition on the Michael Brown Police Killing in ferguson, missouri. He was an artillery love and based in clues and American Civil Liberties union and the Steering Commit...

Im oliver north and welcome to war stories. Were here at the National Museum in texas. This exhibit memorializes one of the bloodiest campaigns of world war ii. Guadalcanal. He saw guadalcanal as a crucial stepping stone on the road to tokyo from august 1942 until february 1943, guadalcanal became better known as the gettysburg of the pacific. As youll see, mistakes were made on both sides, and what became the Longest Campaign of the second world war. The bloody fighting cost the lives of some 7...

The Iraqi Military says its confident they can retake mosul from the militant group. The militants took control of the city in Northern Iraq two years ago. Translator we can completely recapture nineveh province sometime between this year and the first few months of next year. He says units on the Northern Front are being reinforced with weapons and armored vehicles. He says the militants will lose their will to fight if Iraqi Forces Recapture the central city of fallujah. He says that will also...

For tuesday in vienna. The gathering is likely to focus on,0 how to maintain peace afte fighting erupted in countrys north. French prosecutors say large payments may have been made with connection to tokyos bid to host the 2020 olympics. They released an interim report that looked into allegations raised by the independent commission of the world antidoping agency. Prosecutors claim that in july and october of 2013, payments were made from a Japanese Bank to a singapore firm. Believed to be link...

Contiguous zone around japans senkakaus for the first time. It raises tensions unilaterally. Reporter it was sharp reaction to what happened overnight. First russian vessels entered the contiguous zone. Its an area that extends from japanese territorial waters and gives Japan Limited control of customs, immigration and health matters. The ships left about five hours later but not before the chinese frigate arrived. It was heading south but turned around. It left the zone five minutes after the r...

Countries and regions. One participant specializing in cashmere is from mongolia. After china, mongolia is the second largest producer of raw cashmere in the world, responsible for 40 of the global output. However, many of the buyers visiting the companys booth were unaware of this. Translator whether the cashmere comes from mongolia or whether it comes from china, thats not really the sort of thing ive ever really thought about. Although mongolia produces large volumes of raw cashmere, it doesn...

The Iraqi Military says its confident they can retake mosul from the militant group. The militants took control of the city in Northern Iraq two years ago. Translator we can completely recapture nineveh province sometime between this year and the first few months of next year. He says units on the Northern Front are being reinforced with weapons and armored vehicles. He says the militants will lose their will to fight if Iraqi Forces Recapture the central city of fallujah. He says that will also...