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Chicago if its on our shelves, its history. My name is bjorn scapton and i will be the host for todays episode of a house divided. And we will be discussing a house built by slaves with the author of that fine book professor Jonathan W White and will be talking with john in just a moment here. This program is coming to you from Abraham Lincoln book shop in chicago. We are a retail bookshop in independent bookshop 83 years 83 years old now. Independent antiquarian bookshop. We specialize in Ameri...

All to Virginia Techs annual civil war weekend. My name is paul quigley. Im director of the Virginia Center for civil war studies. It was my job one of my jobs to split these nine talks into three differe i am so glad to be welcoming you all to Virginia Techs annual civil war weekend. My name is paul quickly, i am the director of the Virginia Center to civil war studies. It was one of my jobs to split these nine talks into three different sections, one for each week. The sub theme i came up with...

Good afternoon, and welcome to a house divided coming to you from Abraham Lincoln book shop in chicago if its on our shelves, its history. My name is bjorn scapton and i will be the host for todays episode of a house divided. And we will be discussing a house built by slaves with the author of that fine book professor Jonathan W White and will be talking with john in just a moment here. This program is coming to you from Abraham Lincoln book shop in chicago. We are a retail bookshop in independe...

Overnight company worked to the union became human char liberation. Million slaves as a bec symbolam of hope. Rly 4 million that hope or freedom has finally realized the 13th amendment to the constitution which abolished slavery any place under u. S. Of jurisdictiotn. Abolished slavery in the u. S. Jurisdiction. These landmark documents they are filled the documents that tell the story of the emancipation of the individual level. From a black soldier to the life that shows the difficulties are g...

Over new years in 9100 people visited this building to visit the original emancipates san proclamation some stood in line and hours to read the words declaring slaves and states of the rebellion shall be then it henceforth and forever free to see Abraham Lincolns signature. Although it did not end slavery in america is a fundamentally changed the character of the war. Overnight a war to preserve the union became liberation and nearly 4 million slaves it was a symbol of hope. Hope of freedom was ...

Parks. The Planning Commission recently celebrated 90 years since our organization was chartered by congress. One note is that one of our early responsibilities involved acquiring the property that has become fort circle parks. In terms of what we do, i would like to mention one project, one relevant to the National Archives. We started work on the pennsylvania avenue initiative. We are working with the General Services administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm ...

The generalng with Services Administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for which is homereet to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner bud his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Locals may recognize these names as p...

My good friend James Mcpherson. There comes a time in every soldiers career where therell be a sorrowful duty to perform. That duty today belongs to me. I have brought home the fallen body of my commander and my dearest friend. Major general James Mcpherson. Home to his grandmother, mother, family and to his friends. Mac and i met in tennessee and formed an instant friendship. Two young men from ohio whose personal lives and military careers were similar in nature. When general mcpherson was pro...

Exciting one our speaker is dr. Laurian foote who is the patricia and Bookman Peters professor of history at texas a m university, and shes the author of four books and the editor of two additional books and these are on a variety of civil war topics including things like manhood and violence in the union army and uspow escaped from imprisonment in the confederacy and that project gave rise not only to a book but also a really interesting digital humanities project called fugitive federals. Whic...

And these are on a variety of civil war topics including things like manhood and violence in the union army and uspow escaped from imprisonment in the confederacy and that project gave rise not only to a book but also a really interesting digital humanities project called fugitive federals. Which among other things will allow users to track the escape routes federal prisoners of war took as they escaped these camps in the Confederate States during the war. But most recent book which of course is...