The president. Lectures in history every saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures is history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. The largest stone fort in the United States sits at the mouth of the chesapeake bay. Fort monroe Casemate Museum director gives us a tour showcasing its history and its role in the civil war. Were inside the casemate music because were inside a casemate. Its a vault inside of a wall. Kind of unique for museums in this day and time. Were going to walk you through the museum and talk about the interesting history that occurs here. Some of our stories will deal with the indians, the africans that first arrived here. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. They migrated as far as as far west as mexico and the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america and central america. They migrated all the way here to Point Comfort where fort monroe is located today. They w
Science and engineering that i realized what i really loved was history, and i was bored in class one day because i forgot my book, which is the downfall of every nerd the, the day you forget your book, and i happened to be in sociology class, and the teacher also taught a civil war class. I started reading, and i thought it was the most fascinating people i read about. What fascinated me, looking at these people dealing with the most claddagh close make moments of their lives the most cataclysmic moments of their lives and the nations life and figuring out how to deal with the situation, far enough to be strange, yet close enough to be familiar at the same time. You get your chance to go to fredericksburg, now as a permanent historian. Could you tell us a little bit about some of the things that you did there . Im not saying in terms of accomplishments, but i think our audience is interested what does it mean to be a part interpreter historian at a place like fredericksburg . It means
Changed in interpretation. The Gettysburg College Civil War Institute provided the video for this event. Toso, beth i would like start by getting a feel for what led you to Civil War History and the career path you have taken. Beth that is a good question. Most people when you ask them that question who are in this field have these glowing nostalgic memories of being taken to the battlefield as children and that is not my story. My family visited some Historic Sites but not really, not that many. For us, or for me, it was when i got to high school and was considering a lot of careers in science and engineering, but realized what i really loved was history. I just happened to i was boarding class one day because i bored my book i was in class one day because i forgot my book. I picked book off the shelf. The teacher also taught a civil war class. The people i read about were fascinating. That is what fascinated me, these people who were dealing with the most cataclysmic moments of their
Innocence. He talked about the state of the vietnam war and actions in the white house for the antiwar protestest. First president nixon in a white house address a few days earlier. In blatent retaliation, and they are occupied by north vietnamese forces. Once enemy forces are driven out, and once their military supplies are destroyed, we will withdraw. These actions are in no way directed to the security interests of any nation. Any government that chooses to use these actions is a pretext for harming relations will be doing so on its own responsibility and on its own initiative and we will draw the appropriate conclusions. Now let me give you the reasons for my decision. A majority of the American People, a majority of you listening to me, are for the withdrawal of our forces from vietnam. The action that we have taken tonight is indispensable. A majority of the American People want to end this war rather than to have it it drag on. The action that i have taken tonight will serve tha
Cspan. Org coronavirus. Are look concludes with a visit to the sanders core center to hear about texas a m universitys corps of cadets. Texas a m and the core of today its came into existence at the same time and a lot of the things that go on here corps of cadets. A lot of the big traditions started with the corps of cadets. Welcome to texas a m university and the corps of cadets. My name is col. Byron stebbins, im a member of the class of 1970 and i would like to welcome to the core center designed to provide visitors to texas a m an understanding of what we are all about. It explains its history and some of the traditions that we have. Octoberm was opened on the fourth, 1876. Unfortunately, they did not have the student population to start classes. On october 6, 1876, 2 days later, it opened its door to 40 students. From that point to today where we are not only the Largest University in the state of texas, but we started as the Largest University in the united states. We have appro