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The arsenal at harpers ferry. There is no mention of the there thought of freeing the slaves. T theres none of that. None of it does it imply. Does it imply that it was a good thing . Oh, no. Its almost encyclopedic. A its one of those entries like e let me get the facts down and lets be done. Done. In fairness, most were done like that. Its odd they would have fas commemorated that. The it, too, is part of john t brown is part of kind of a segregationist memory,ever white supremacist memory, as...

This class is about one hour and 10 minutes. Ok. So in getting ready for this, i wanted to do like a little background work on the socalled semicentennial of the civil war, which was of course 1911 to 1915. I found this quote. Ill tell you where it comes from in a little bit, but it seems to me to encapsulate the feeling of the early 20th century. The days of the civil war now belong to the historians, the poets, the writer of romance, in the dramatist. Now i think you would add the reenactor th...

There are livingductions of the war, people involved in combat who are still alive. In 1912, state of pennsylvania issued an invitation of honorably discharged veterans of the civil war to come to gettysburg for a reunion of sorts. And you probably have already seen pictures of this or read about it in David Wrights book. I want to spend a little time talking about that. That marked something of the high water mark. It was kind of the peak of their aspirations. They invaded the north. The defeat...

Here we are at the end of the semester and it strikes me as a Good Opportunity maybe to compare the reconstruction period that we started off talking about in this course with what some have called the second reconstruction, which is the time of the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s. Let me tell you, first, what i mean by the first reconstruction and the second reconstruction. By the first, i mean in not only postcivil war reconstruction, im including also the civil war itself and all tha...

War, which was of course 1911 to 1915. I found this quote. Ill tell you where it comes from in a little bit, but it seems to me to encapsulate the feeling of the early 20th century. The days of the civil war now belong to the historians, the poets, the writer of romance, and the fromtist. Now i think you would add the reenactor there, probably. But of course, this is a period at which the civil war is still very much a part of living memory. Right . There are livingductions of the war, people in...

Playoffs. Good evening, im julie haener. Im frank somerville. The warriors are Just Moments Away from ending their regular season tonight. They have the best record in the nba. Which means Home Court Advantage throughout the playoffs. Also, we now know theyre going to be playing new orleans in the first round. Team coverage, beginning with amber lee outside oracle arena, where its fan Appreciation Night before the Serious Business of the playoffs begins. Reporter the excitement is at a fever pit...

Were less than one hour away from the decision. Our full coverage here on cnbc starts right now. So as we were saying its decision day. Just under an hours time the fed releases its latest statement on rates and the economy. It comes on the heels of a very week gdp this morning. Will it change position on when to raise rates . Steve liesman will break it down. Reporter fed watchers expect the fed statement to take note of the weakening economy. The big question is how much of the weakness in tod...

Live coverage at 1 30 eastern on American History tv on cspan3. Next professor Jennifer Murray from the university of virginias college at wise talks about how reunions have change from the reconstruction era to the present. She described how the years after the war focused on reconciliation but has expanded to deal with slavery as a cause of the war. This class is 1. 5 hours. Last time we met with our discussion of the culture of the civil war commemoration we left off talking about david blake...

From 1855 to the present. What i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the context we have talked about, to reiterate the point on how important the American Civil War is and how monumental the event was in American History. I made the point last time we met that the American Civil War was from 18611865 the casualties were 2 of the population. If you all take that for two today, that would be the equivalent of the 19th century population 2 , how many fatal...

57yearold scott dunham died from one gunshot. Officers went into the s. W. A. T. Team went into the apartment and found the suspect dead. Police got a call of a drunken suicidal man on the 2600 block of senter road last night. Three officers responded to the calm. They spotted movement on the second floor balcony. The suspect opened fire. Officers returned fire. The officer died instantly on the scene. [ inaudible ] our hearts, our prayers go out with the family of michael. Thought it was a dril...