let's hear from grant quertermous, thank you for joining us today. grant: thank you. it's a pleasure to be here this afternoon and i'm going to focus on how britannia's reminiscences were created. let me get my power-point going here. when subscribers to the century illustrated monthly magazine received their current issue in may of 1890, they would have been presented with a variety of reading options. a new poem by walt whitman, a treatise on agricultural irrigation for the desert southwest by john wesley powell, then director of the u.s. geological survey or a collection of relics that was associated with george and martha washington that was owned. as the article noted, mrs. kennon was at the time the closest living descendant of martha washington. her only surviving great granddaughter. the article described how britannia lived at tudor place surrounded by a collection of objects that had been used by the president and mrs. washington at the executive mansion they inhabited in new york as well as the one in philadelphia and later during their retirement at mount

washington used it at the executive mansion in philadelphia and in mount vernon. here you can see britannia's grandson seated at the writing table where it was placed in the tudor place parlor and an image of the piece that is now back in mount vernon's collection. in britannia's reminiscences, she provides a fascinating insight into life not only in the tudor place property but in georgetown surrounding the estate. she included history of some of the adjacent houses and properties and the fascinating individuals she had interacted with. such as the former empress of mexico who after her husband's abdication and execution, brought her large family to the u.s. and settled in georgetown. britannia actually recalled that she attended visitation with several of the express's daughters, the former royal princesses. another interesting person she discusses is harriet williams who as a school girl of 16 married the much older widower russian ambassador in 1840. britannia also focused on 19th century washington. she discusses the early infrastructure of the city describin

i show you know, he shows us closer shows us our wounding. and then he also shows us what the medicine is for that wounding. and so the wounding is this grief. the warning is this pain the wounding is his loss. the wounding is everything that he would never ever again be able to see or to experience. the loneliness you know the not only there he lost so much when he was uprooted from the continent but so much also he lost right here in alabama. this is the wounding. and as he talks to to person, you know, he is grieving he is full of grief still sometimes. person has to just leave him there and walk in out and let him you know, just be with his memories. they're so potent. it's like he's still looking exactly at that the same actions that occurred when he was on the continent. it's like he would go through it again. this deep grief is also is part of our heritage? and but as walker puts it. you know along with with the wounding and showing us the womb. he also shows us the medicine. what is the medicine? and next one. just make sure you see y

a few of us are there as historians. a lot of the expertise in the coalition relates to what happens in american classrooms and includes the national association of school boards, the superintendent organization, we are part of it as is the national council of social studies, the organization of american historians and the american association for state and local history. the 4 of us are there to help them with the historical part of this. the content, but what we are trying to do is to help teachers think about how you can teach what you already described in a way that is professional and honest. as you were saying we always taught about jim crow. this legislation, when you read it carefully, says the teachers in some of the states, teachers must teach that slavery, jim crow, lynching, where deviations from the broader arc of american freedom. the deviations, especially from the visions and values embodied in the declaration of independence, the constitution, etc.. it is possible for good teacher, i hope many teachers d

in other words, using the word foundational. it's also very different ways of seeing it, and students aren't stupid. they can understand the importance of arguing about this, that in 1619 we can locate in some ways the beginnings of the institution of slavery in the united states and we can argue that slave which was the foundation of the economy in the early years of the united states. >> in a large part of the country, absolutely. >> and that slavery was also, by the -- by the early 18th century, in essence baked in to the culture and social relations of much of the country. and that gets you in an argument of what do we think about founding. there is a -- give you a good example. historians actually were arguing for a while over the difference between a society with slaves and a slave society. the 1619 project is arguing that we were a slave society from the beginning, which i think is hard to argue with. people who are writing these laws that are saying this is a deviation from the founding principles and the general arc of

has already attacked us in the village killing residents driving them away they are causing us so much suffering we need help to stop this disaster. but the leaders of the kurdish autonomous region are hopelessly overwhelmed thousands of fighters are said to have taken up residence in the vast desert the kurds lack aircraft and special equipment to track them down allies such as the us have withdrawn. the kurdish units are the only ones still fighting i-s. that's what we're experiencing here right now and we're suffering because of it. tens of thousands of supporters mostly women and children remain in. 250 kilometers to the north. after the terror groups defeat in 29000 they were captured by kurdish fighters since then many have become further radicalized. coming back hopefully you hope it will come back yes where where exactly what makes you think it will come back. victory is near. is now pulling the strings behind the scenes of the camp smuggling in weapons arming its. following kurdish control of the camp is in danger of slipping away. and islamic state in miniature has practicall

are using sustainable limits. unfortunately things aren't looking up at all the pandemic probably led to an increase in the number of hours worked by about 10 percent according to w h o estimates partially due to an increase in home office and higher competition for fewer available jobs. irish budget airline ryanair has reported an annual loss of 815000000 euros for its 202021 financial year depend demick has been disasters for the aviation sector and ryanair is passenger volume shrunk by more than 80 percent the airline is called upon the irish government and the european union to ease travel restrictions and has also taken legal action over state aid received by rival rival companies during the pandemic. alright let's go to frankfurt and our markets man conrad who is in there conrad an 8815000000 euro loss for ryanair that doesn't sound good is it just bad or is it really bad good morning chris well this amount of 815000000 euro loss is at the better and of what analysts have been predicting so i think it's fair

let us know what you need. i don't mean just the projects although of course you are in that robust process going back -- going to bat with what we can help with the federal dollars but process wise in the same way you work with your stakeholders to make things simpler dealing with the cities you run. i want to do the same thing in this department. if there is a process or form that is 10 pages that could have been five and meet the same goals, a process that takes a couple years and could of been six months with the same results and needs, let us know what that is like because i want this to be a user-friendly department for intergovernmental partners and we will be all ears. then we shape up we will turn -- that common vision, i will turn to you to build public and congressional support for big investments without big -- because without those big investments, we are not going to get where we need to be is a country when it comes to our infrastructure. sec. buttigieg: mr. secretary -- mayor williams: mr. secre

we're also concerned by reports that hamas is again using civilian infrastructure and populations as cover for its operations mr president we hold the specials session of the council today during the holy days of ied and as we approach the jewish festival of chef what the u.k. is clear mr president that violence against peaceful worshippers is unacceptable and must stop the right to freedom of worship must be up held the historic status quo in jerusalem is important at all times but especially during middle just festivals we continue to support the hashemite kingdom of jordan is important role as cast odeon of the holy sites mr president let me also reiterate that the u.k. has made its position on if it should demolitions and the settlement enterprise clear in this council. and i will do so again today we have posed these activities settlements are illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace we urge the government of israel to cease its policies related to settlement expansion immediately and instead work towards the establishment of a palestinian state along 1967 lines

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many among us. recruited for mother he could maureen to produce these yet to be completed pieces for the exhibition. all symbols of their trouble just. to address their trauma they break the artworks then put them back together. at sushi's contribution to the show is a replica of the door to his room at home so what is the meaning behind the door. story and if they don't offer a hint on this. then i think all morning their oil was surely some day down not going to the knock for us to go down a couple. to hear any sound like it a lot more. back or how to stare. leaving the terminal. in the cabin done with you marty made out of them border particularly cut then i border going on the kit i don't want message across there though a lock on tanya that i don't know but we're very mild call it a state of color hair on and the kind you know step one end up the method up on the . mini when he smashed the door down at sushi discovered his mother had been reading books about. to try and help him it was the mome

indication that the house needs to push him to do show his record of sound judgment should speak to us on this issue as such i urge my colleagues to reject the resolution i urge a no vote on the rule a no vote on the underlying measure and i reserve the balance of my time german reserves gentle woman from pennsylvania is recognized mr speaker i hear 2 minutes to the china woman from texas ms jackson bill gentleman from texas is recognized for 2 minutes let me thank the general lady from can survey you for her leadership and my good friend from oklahoma as well my friend from oklahoma may be in fact accurate to the extent. that the 25th amendment stands on its own as actions that the vice president will take but we are a co-equal branch of government and mr raskin resolution is an appropriate resolution because we have a responsibility to govern and to protect the american people and so this resolution is not in violation of the constitution because it is the congress calling upon the vice president to reflect on january 6th a day in infamy to reflect the fact that there were 6 people t

they were used to actually shuttle coal. they would have been using those to transport many of these soldiers across and on those boats. he actually many of people would be standing up on those boats because they are so large and also to squeeze as many guys in these boats as they could one of the neat little accurate things the sword you see there hanging off. washington side that's an exact replica of the sword that washington carried later in the war. so that's actually on display at the smithsonian. but the sword he didn't actually get this until 1778. so previously at the actual crossing he had a different sword. he was carrying. there's a great book called the swords of george washington that shows you that sort still exists, which is pretty amazing. although it is in private hands. um, so yes this painting you see is not an accurate historically accurate representation of the crossing now that became you know other people are gonna try and do images of washing crossing the delaware after the extreme success that leitz

but, you know, what kind of boats were they actually using? they probably weren't using many of these little, row boats. they would have large what they call durham boats. they would have been using those to transport many of these soldiers across and on those boats, actually, many of the people would be standing up. on those boats. because they were so large. and also, to squeeze as many guys in these boats as they could. one of the neat, little, accurate things. the sword, you see there, hanging off washington's side. that is an exact replica of the sword that washington carried later in the war. so, that's actually on display at the smithsonian. but the sword. he didn't actually get this until 1778. so, previously, at the actual crossing, he had a different sword he was carrying. there is a great book called "the swords of george washington" that shows you that sword still exists, which is pretty amazing, although it is in private hands. so, yes. this painting you see is not an accurate -- historically-accurate representation of the crossin

weren't using the row boats. they were use the cars to shovel coal and most would be standing up because they are so large and also squeeze as many guys in the boats aase this could. one of the unique acrad things, the are sort -- that's an exact replica. on display as the his core yog. previously he had a different scored that he was carrying. there's a picture of george washington that shows the sword. that's pretty amazing, yeah, so this painting you see is not an accurate, historically accurate representation of the crossing. now, that -- that became -- other people are going to try to do images of washington cross the delaware after the extreme success that this painting had, even immediately. this was all painted -- that painting was painted in 1850 and the men crossing here and washing on horseback this day and -- we actually did a -- here he is on a material barge. so he may have crossed other and the problem is we don't have that many, on the. -- you'll be artistic and though this is notties or call accu

what kind of boats were they using? they probably weren't using many of the row boats. they would have had large durham boats to shuttle coal. they would have been using those to transport many of these soldiers across. on those boats, many of the people would be standing up on those boats, because they were so large and to squeeze as many guys in these boats as they could. one of the neat little accurate things, the sword you see there hanging on washington's side, that's an exact replica of the sword that washington carried later in the war. that's on display at the smithsonian. the sword -- he didn't get this until 1778. previously, at the actual crossing, he had a different sword he was carrying. there's a great book that shows you that sword stil exists. it's in private hands. yes, this painting you see is not an accurate -- historically accurate representation of the crossing. that became -- other people are going to try and do images of washington crossing the delaware after the extreme success that this painting had even immediately. that was painted -- that pai

there's no image of him, that's why i'm using this medal to represent him. a french officer with 35 years of experience in europe. like many other officers like lafayette, polasky, he volunteers to come and help the americans. the key here is, of the two brigade commanders, him and stone or who i think is stone, he's the senior brigade commander which means, if anything happens to sullivan, if sullivan gets killed, if sullivan gets wounded, if sullivan is given a different command for some reason, that will leave de borre in command of this division. why does that matter? he barely speaks english. the letter he writes to washington after the battle which is basically his report of the battle -- more on that later -- is basically a mixture of broken english and french. keep in mind washington couldn't speak or read french. the fact he's writing to the commander-in-chief in a mixture of a language that washington can't speak says a lot about this guy and he probably can't communicate with the troops under his command. keep that in mind. so where is sullivan th

to close us out welcome michael with general john tomsulain van, battle of brandywine. here in the bioi'm supposed to say go cats because you're a philly fan. as we all know washington capitals are not going anywhere but wizards are washington are playing 76ers so we'll have an nba competition which i think you guys will come out on top of. for those who are watching, i highly recommend michael's german town book which we'll put the link to and brandywine which he's speaking about this afternoon. i appreciate you being here. we'll let you get started. >> when i agreed to do this symposium my book wasn't out yet or else i'd be talking german town today so you will get brandywine not the new book. yes i worked there but when i was hired in 2005 and looked in the files there was really no research filed two books were out. one was not a bad book but it's expensive to find the book. the other is written in the year 2000, written by a local newspaper twrieter and i'll be kind and call the book folklore, it is chalked full of misrepresentations of what happened there. so i st

follow us at c-span history. books my name is jon i'm the ceo and executive director of the kansas city public library system i want to thank you for joining us tonight for this latest installment our virtual sears signature public events as we commemorate missouri new bicentennial. missouri joined the union august 10, 1821. this period was an especially robust time for state formation. indiana, mississippi, illinois, alabama and maine all acquired statehood. but with great respect to our brothers and sisters from illinois and indiana, their entrance into the union was not a headlight event. nor of course was it as divisive as what happen here in missouri. deciding the fate of missouri was a multiyear political crisis in which the nation was forced to reckon with the meaning of citizenship and freedom. compromised measures ultimately cleared the way for statehood for missouri but the issue was so heated, so intense thomas jefferson famously likened to a fire bell in the night that will awaken and filled me with t

to all of you who have joined us. thank you the most valuable thing that you can share with us is your time and we are so appreciative that you use your time to engage in conversations of history and on the enduring impact of world war one, there's lessons that we can learn because in some ways we have been here before and there are things that have occurred in the past that can help inform and create gracious. and interesting funny conversations for the present and inform our our science and and how we keep moving forward and i apologize to keep hitting my keyboard. i also want to say thank you to our libraries for whom i will not name all of them. but for those you all i if you belong to one of the libraries, i must say you've got to be so proud. it is such a delight to be able to work with them all they work together so very well you are truly lucky and wherever you are if you do not have your library card go get it. you most likely have an incredible treasure right there. and so do do renew that check out dr. nanc

fell free to use the word for the coughing and think of us and how the language was used back in the day. every man should see to it he has allowed space, plenty of ventilation. some of the questions that we look to that we look to today. and lastly, when you get ill, go to the medical office. this is one of my favorite. the question many of you had about masks. this is on its way to france. they are going to seattle. each one of them had a mask provided by the seattle chapter of the cross. and folks are trying to figure out -- i believe this is a picture from ku hospital. their base hospital. they're trying to figure out what's causing this. we had a whole series of x-raies and the like. i did not add those in specifically, but doctors are trying their best to get to the root causes, what is spreading it and the like. you can see some of those specific ways that folks are trying to address the public health issue. do you want to add more? >> i think you nailed what's so important here. on the one hand they can't see the virus. they don't have the technology, so we're in a much more

and think fondly of us, and how the language was used back in the day. now every man should see to it that he has ventilation. so these questions that we look to, look to today. lastly when you get ill, go see the medical officer. this is one of my favorite photographs. this courtesy of the national archives. the question that many of you had about masks. this is the third regiment on its way to france. they're going to seattle. you do one of them had -- a offered by the seattle chapel, and a cross. and folks are trying to figure out. i believe that this is a picture from ku hospital. they're trying to figure out what's causing. them i didn't add those in specifically but doctors are really trying their very best to get to the root cause of what is spreading it and the like. you can again see some of those specific ways that folks are trying to address the public health issue. do you want to add more? >> i think you've nailed what is so important here is that on the one hand they can't see the virus. they don't have the technology, so we are in a much mo

and think fondly of us, and how the language was used back in the day. every man should see to it he has his allotted floorspace, plenty of ventilation. some of the questions we look to today. lastly, when you get ill, see the medical officer. this is one of my favorite photographs. this is courtesy of the national archives. that question many had about masks. this is the 39th regiment on its way to france going through seattle. each one of them had a mask provided by the seattle chapter of the red cross. folks are trying to figure out-i believe this is from kansas university hospital, their base hospital. they are trying to be brought what is causing this. we have a whole series of x-rays and the like. i did not add those in specifically. but doctors are really trying their very best to get to the root causes. what is spreading it? and the like. you can come again, see some of those specific waves -- ways folks are trying to address the public health issue. nancy, do you want to add more? dr. bristow: i think you nailed what is so important here. that o

so why put the money to use that way hang on to it? it's being a slow pay will eventually get him killed after he's a slow pay of 300,000 in the very high stakes poker game in 1928. but his guys are not paying the white sox right away. and they feel stiffed so they're going to eventually start to play the win. everybody is double crossing everyone else. and that is why say for example, eddie seca wins that one game that he wins. in the in the 1919 world series and why even though harry f was made up by elliott asinoff. there were threats coming in there's a count of one threat which was coming into williams and then chick gandal later on in an interview and i don't vouch for chick candles veracity. he says they were calls coming in from gamblers all the time threatening. threatening these guys to to shape up. when you get eight players involved and then i've named 11 gamblers not counting harry. so you've got a minimum of 19 guys here. and they can't keep their mouth shut. and what there's some reasons why you can't why they which are

double crossed us because we double crossed them. now what he may have done consciously is this. he may have decided to split hairs and say i won't do anything to throw the series or be suspicious about my activities, and he hits that home run, for example, when the sox are down 10-5 in the last game, when things are out of reach and when he gets the guy out at home, the throw is off-line. shaw makes this incredible play to dive backward and get the ball home. it's shaw's play, really, and not his. but that he lends his name to the fix. the gamblers might not want to put all this money and be sure it's going through without the premier named player r attached to it. so he said i'll use my name. i think that may be his culpability there. he's illiterate, and there's a difference between uneducated and dumb. he runs several businesses afterwards and doesn't run them into the ground so he has some native smarts, but the thing -- well, there was a petition recently from the people in south carolina where he's really a hero, greenville, s

because asanoff told us this. he said i did this on the advice of my publisher to protect my copyright, in case someone is going to plagiarize me. you can't copyright an individual. you can't copyright a fact. okay? this doesn't make any sense. so, he has this character and other people think that a couple of other minor characters in here are completely fictitious, as well. and in fact, asanoff admitted there was at least one other fictitious character in this. now, he -- he consulted a couple of other authors. quite-famous people. to -- to get a -- a -- an idea of what went down with the white sox. two guys who had grown up in chicago, and whose heroes had been black sox player. nelson algren. if you have ever seen the movie "the man with the golden arm." or he wrote the book "walk on the wild side." his hero was swede risburg. and james ferrell, his hero was buck weaver. and they were both very left-wing authors. so they had this sort of working man, you know, against management ideology. and asanoff, himself,

so he says, yeah, i used my name. i think that may be his culpability there. he's illiterate. that's very famous. but there's a difference between uneducated and dumb and he runs several businesses afterwards and doesn't run them into the ground. he has some native smarts, but the thing about putting him -- and, you know, there was a petition just recently from the people in south carolina where he's really a hero, greenville, south carolina, there's a museum to him, i think they're moving his house down the road and putting a bigger museum and it was just announced there's a movie about him which is in development. development and being made are two different things. he continues to be a folk hero of sorts here. but it reminds me of the circumstances with pete rose, when there was more active, whether pete rose would go in. and people asked me when i was doing more baseball stuff, you know, how do you feel about pete rose going into the hall of fame? i said, you know, i don't care that much for pete rose. i don't care that much for what he did. if you really wanted to stick i

so why put the money he used that way and hang on to it? being a slope able eventually get him killed after he's -- 300,000 dollars in a very high stakes poker game in 1928, but his guys are not paying the white sox right away. and they feel sniffed. so they're going to eventually start playing to win, everybody is double crossing everyone else, and that is why for example, eddie cicotte when that one game that he wins in the 1919 world series. and why? even though harry f was made up by eliot asinof, there were threats coming in, there is a count of one threat that was williams, and chick gandil later on in an interview, and i don't vouch for chick gandil's voracity, he said there were calls coming from gamblers all the time, threatening these guys to shape up. when you get eight players involved and then i've named 11 gamblers not counting harry f, you've got a minimum of 19 guys here, and they can't keep their mouths shut. there are some reasons why you can't, good reason, say you are crooked player and your relative, your friend, not th

so -- well, james weldon johnson, tell us. i shall bring him up on the screen. >> yeah, i -- i developed -- as i was researching the book, i developed this man crush for this guy. >> here he is. >> he's an awesome dude. he's one of those people you start reading about, and it's almost like you don't believe it. like, he spoke fluent spanish. he was a diplomat. he was a lawyer. he wrote continue pan alley music with his brother. he wrote lift every voice and sing which is considered the african-american national anthem. he wrote poetry. he wrote a novel. he wrote amazing essays. he is doing all of this amazing work and deboy taps him in 1917 and says i want you to come to the naacp and work with me. and that organization had been founded after a riot in springfield, illinois. and it was dominated primarily by white do-gooders from in the new york area. mostly. it was not an african-american-led organization at that time. and james weldon johnson says, well, i might do it. but i don't know -- it might hurt my writing if do i tha