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We have a board of directors consisting of judges who sit in three divisions of the Eastern District the ox andrea and north which division and we have attorneys to serve on the board as well. By tying the story of the Historical Society is a story of really some very key people that help society get started in 2006 and i would like to think the specific individuals. The first is u. S. District judge james spencer. He was the chief judge for the same district in 2006 and instrumental in helping our society get it started. There were several judges involved in the project that we will hear abou...

Amount of cases and things to talk about, we needed to find someone with a passion for not only the history of the court but understand the dynamics of the history of virginia that were occurring when these cases were being tried. I was fortunate in that i reached up to one of my law school professors. And the 1st thing he said. We were very fortunate. He agreed to come on board. It was a journey he did an amazing job. I had know experience with publishers, editors, or archivists but but i do through this project. And at times controversial history of the United States District Court for the d...

Much for being here for the leadoff. [applause] david thanks. Great questions. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] American History tv recently visited longwood university. Next Michael Gordon talks about richmond in 1865 and what historians can learn from photographs. His talk is just under an hour. Our next speaker is Michael Gordon. He did a great presentation. Amazing photographs. You will see more of them today. He grew up in richmo...

Im excited to be here on the 150th anniversary of the date godfrey weitzal occupy the house. People are surprised, they have not heard of him before. Over the next hour i will tell you why he was chosen to enter richmond 150 years ago today. You may remember his name when he walked out of here when you walk out of here. I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a copy of the book there is time to get one. Richmond was captured april 3, 1865. What an understatement that is to capture the historic event that happened 150 years ago today. I got interested in this project 12 years ago w...

He discusses his involvement in the fall of richmond in 1865. The museum of the confederacy hosted this event. [applause] mr. Quatman mr. Quatman a thank you for joining me. It is a visiting story the story that very few civil war buffs know. Ive given this talk all over the country and people are surprised, they have not heard of him before. Over the next hour i will tell you why he was chosen to enter richmond 150 years ago today. You may remember his name when you walk out of here. The book is actually on sale upstairs in the gift shop. I will be doing a book signing upstairs. If you have a...