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Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 they worked in order to really attack the problem of a cap americans here in selma not having the right to vote. In the 1993, in february of that year the first representatives were sent here, Bernard Lafayette and his wife kahleah to be the voice for snc in this area. The they were going into places that hadnt been touched by the civil right movement in a way. The...

Of land with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited these sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes, well feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin outside of cleveland. Well learn how the canal plays a major role in western expansion. The ohio canal is part of a twocanal system that was put in place in the early years of america, built between 1825 and 1832. And basically its a water transportation route that co...

Malnutrition during its one year in operation. Next, derek next field, author of hellmira the unions most infamous pow camp of the civil war talks about the conditions at the prison and some of the officers in charge. His talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the emerging civil war blog. ,. He is an associate professor in batavia, new york, hometown of emory upton. He earned fame at the battle of spotsylvania courthouse. Drerk has earned fame for his brandnew book as part...

Monuments. This is in washington d. C. And they hosted the event and provided the video. I am pleased to introduce todays discussion, during the last several years, how we remember and memorialize the civil war has been a topic in the United States and we have seen a renewed interest in these conversations in the recent weeks. At this site of Political Violence and national memory, we see our work as looking not only to the actions of the past but also how the passed informs to these circumstanc...

Visitors can return to the theme park. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im ann marie green. Well, we begin with the election. Now less than two weeks away, President Trump heads to the Battle Ground state of North Carolina today as joe biden remains off the campaign trail to prepare for tomorrows final debate. Nancy chan is in washington. Nancy, biden may be off the campaign trail but he is getting some flephelp from a very close friend. Thats right. Former president obama will travel to phila...

Today for this webinar on the nazi murder of the disabled. In the 1945 trial. We are so fortunate to have as our special guest today dr. Rice from the United States Holocaust Memorial museum in washington, d. C. I want to give a little bit of background about dr. Rice. She is director of the division of the Senior Historian at the mendelseph and Morton Center of holocaust studies. She is an expert of the nazi annihilation policies and effort to bring the nazi perpetrators to justice after world ...

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The ohio and erie canal is part of a two can now system that was canal system that was put in place in the early years of america, between 1825 and 1832. It is a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river, which is part of a larger idea. A National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Time saw a at that problem. The problem was, we needed that country to expand westward. However, ther...

On. It was big and leaping into the air. This video shows the driving challenge that some evacuees had getting out early on sunday morning. The glass fire interrupted overnight during dangerous conditions that brought in onshore winds, gusting up to 50 miles per hour. By afternoon, spot fires were popping up. Like this one near highway 29, posted on social media by a firefighter. Is less than half a mile a quarter mile from the main fire. Just trying to cool it down. It is threatening more than ...

Anchor Spencer Christian to find out how much longer these dangerous air conditions are going to last, spencer. Youre right, the conditions are dangerous. Let me give you a look at air quality a rnld the bay area. You can see these red dots indicating unhealthy air. A few yellows near the north coast there, to the central part of the bay area, San Francisco, free month, concord, livermore, san jose to the south bay all have poor air quality, including locations in the santa cruz mountains. Now, ...