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My name is justin. I am the president of the National Civic arts society. We are delighted you could join us this evening to hear sabin howard resent his classical design for the National World war i memorial. Founded in 2002, the society educates and empowers our leaders in the promotion of public art and architecture worthy of a great republic. We do so by advocating for the Classical Tradition and civic design. We believe that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty, and harmony and not to mention its legibility to the common man. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose t...

Want to recap a few things we did in our last class. Specifically, lets talk a little bit about the imperialism that developed in the late 19th century. Blake, do you have anything you can contribute in this regard . Blake sure. We had we were imperialistic and we thought that going sorry. One of our reasons to go were i guess humanitarian. We tried to help our little Brown Brothers down there, to try and make them more american because we felt it was superior. Joseph it is really an ethnocentrism. Blake yeah. Joseph taylor, do you have anything to add to that . Taylor the one thing that stood...

World war i and the shaping of modern black identity. Is a chronicle of men and women who served the country on the battlefield as well as on the home front and their struggles for cell rights. One of the main things we will learn this evening is that while the Civil Rights Movement was dedicated was decades away, world war i established important questions of citizenship that paved the way toward future progress. We are fortunate to be joined tonight by shasha conwell, the museums equity director Deputy Director and editor of we return fighting. The images are really very powerful, of america...

Conference with you. It is a pleasure to be with you because really, there is no kind of person i more enjoy talking with then teachers of history. Teachers of history have been tremendously important in my life. From high school, from college, and also people who are involved in teaching public history by working and museums and historical sites and so forth. All of them has had a huge influence on my life. I do not think i would be writing History Today were it not for two very good history teachers that i had in high school. Let me tell you a little bit about how i came to the subject that ...

Good evening. First of all, thank you, all, for coming out on this rainy evening. I know its a little bit of a channel. I think its going to be well worth your time to be here this evening for this discussion. Its my pleasure to welcome you to tonights program entitled historically speaking we return fighting world war i and the shaping of the modern black identity. Published by smithsonian books, we return fighting is a collection of essays that chronicle the experiences of men and women who serve the country on the battlefield as well as on the home front and their struggles for civil rights...