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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 that took place during the war up through the end of radical reconstruction. The second reconstruction ...

It depicts this mythical encounter of brothers, one fighting for the union, one for the confederacy. Theyre embracing. If youre close enough you could see the Union Soldier has real shows, the southern soldiers shoes are falling apart. It is brandnew. Its next to, or across the hall from the plaques that talk about secession in a complicated way. But even though i think that this is very much all about reconciliationist memory, i dont know how you could possibly be more about reconciliationist memory than this, i do think that the narratives are changing and much more complicated. We had a can...

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 involved in combat who are still alive. In 1912, state of pennsylvania issued an invitation of honorab...

Little faster than he thought he could and jackknifed the trailer. Ended up crashing that you the center mead into the Center Median wall and took out another vehicle in the process. Reporter the crash shut down all northbound lanes and snarling travel for miles. Officers say no one was hurt. But the impact took out a chunk of the center divide. And check this out. These were the driving conditions along highway 101 earlier this afternoon. One minute it was a drizzle. The next a downpour. Chp says any time you have water on the roadways even if the rain subsided youll be safer if you slow down...

Im going for bathe myself in 80 degrees today. You could do that. Our temperature a good five to eight degrees warmer than yesterday. Yesterday turned into a beautiful day. Next couple of days, well keep the warm trend around here. I will take advantage of both days. Turning the corner next week. Things are going to change big time. Lets get to the maps. Nice start to your day. A few more clouds in the forecast than yesterday. Not going to be a perfectly sunny day. We have rain pushing up into the great lakes and into western pennsylvania and ohio. Some of that cloud cover will continue to spi...