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Give you a timeline as to what robert ely did in the postwar years, often the most overlooked portion of his life. The other main theme of this lecture i will try to get across i would amount of not say he did a lot of work but through his own personal example is probably the best way. Robert his own example, e lee tries to reconcile the nation. Havei think a lot of us forgotten is how far apart this country was in 1865. Is the view of a lot of people that lee surrendered at appomattox and then, bam, we will forget about it. We will just hold hands and reunite and continue down the path again. Decades,the country some would say a century, someone say not even yet, for the country to reunite. I would put the country seriously coming back together in the spanishamerican war when we all had a common enemy once again. That would be roughly 30 years after the end of the civil war. Robert e lee does not live that long. He is only going to live for five years. But you think about who symboliz ....
, ladies and gentlemen, is robert e lee in the postwar years. Teague, askedhuck a this was going to be beatification, did i get that right . And never hit me, but i guess it might, in a way, because i am a fan of robert e lee. Besides giving you a timeline of did in the e. Lee postwar years, and overlooked area of his life, the other main theme i am going to try to get across to you, the park service is that ithemes, wouldnt say he did a lot of work, but his own personal example is probably the best way. Through his own personal example, robert e. Lee tries to reconcile the nation. What a lot of us have forgotten is how far apart the country was in 1865. It is the view of a lot of people that lee surrenders at appomattox and, bam, we will forget about it. We will hold hands and just reunite and continue down that path. Decades,the country some say a century, some say not even yet, for the country to really reunite. I would put the country seriously coming back together in the same vein ....
Controversial, emotional, and something that we need to talk about. And from time to time when ive done this panel with friends and colleagues, ive called it on or off their pedestals. The debate over statues, memorials, memory and meaning. And i discussed this topic maybe twice or three times with edna medford and it is evolving even between us as we proceed over a year and a half. A and its a pleasure to welcome not only edna medford, but also liz varon and Gary Gallagher to join the discussion. Memorials in 22 states and the district of columbia, 110 have him and been removed in the past few years. And three new ones have been built. So its good to have the opportunity to take a snapshot. At best, it will be a snapshot. And i think we all have to agree that however we feel about art, iconography, memorials, icons, history, american heroes and american villains alike, that him and the controversy over statues and memorials not o ....
Emphasis on a decentralized government. Prof. Martinez good afternoon, everyone. How are you all doing . Our topic for today is the second part of our civil war content for the semester. About to talk today Economic Policy and social events tied to the economy. I titled this feeding the confederacy. We will talk about the crucial issue of how you make sure your soldiers and civilians have enough to eat over the course of the war. There are two key ironies of this confederate experience for me, that historians of the confederacy point to. One is that the Confederate States of america is a predominantly agricultural nation. Of the unionrity and confederacy live on farms. We are dealing with a population overwhelmingly living on farms. Yet they will struggle to feed themselves more often than they will run out of bullets and armaments. This is surprising when you think of a ....
About. And from time to time when ive done this panel with friends and colleagues, ive called it on or off their pedestals. The debate over statues, memorials, memory and meaning. Topic maybesed this twice or three times with edna medford and it is evolving even between us as we proceed over a year and a half. And its a pleasure to welcome not only adamant edna medford, but also lives liz varon and Gary Gallagher to join the discussion. Memorials in 22 states and the district of columbia, 110 have been removed in the past few years. And three new ones have been built. So its good to have the opportunity to take a snapshot. Snapshot. T will be a and i think we all have to agree that however we feel about art, iconography, memorials, icons, history, american heroes and american villains alike, that the controversy over statues and toorials not only attributes confederates in the south, but also to those, for example, and i will show ....