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and that really reaches climax when he gets to lexington, virginia, home of the virginia military institute, home of washington college. because of the vmi involvement at the battle of newmarket hunter orders, the college. okay. and so after burning lexington, he will make his move on lynchburg as that problems of those problems continue. you have the more famous battles that we all are familiar with as the overland campaign, ulysses s grant and robert e lee are making their way through central virginia. you know, the battles, the wilderness spots in courthouse. norris and a river. todd a pardon me, creek cold harbor, tens of thousands of casualties in the space of these of weeks. but even as robert e lee gets his back up against richmond in closer and closer to petersburg, lee recognizes the significance of lynchburg. if you lose lynchburg, you lose the ability to bring in vital resources, mainly even things from southwest, salt and gunpowder and salt. peter if you lose those abilities, what are we even doing here? so he knows. robert e lee knows he needs to secure the town of lynchburg. a
and that really reaches climax when he gets to lexington, virginia, home of the virginia military institute, home of washington college. because of the vmi involvement at the battle of newmarket hunter orders, the college. okay. and so after burning lexington, he will make his move on lynchburg as that problems of those problems continue. you have the more famous battles that we all are familiar with as the overland campaign, ulysses s grant and robert e lee are making their way through central...
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i don't read virginia woolf because i have to. i don't read her from a sense of grudging civic duty. i read virginia woolf because, gosh, her sentences are just so beautiful. they're so perfectly balanced. they're just like a butterfly that is land on a rose. and they're just gorgeous sentences. and. i right now, i've i've been involved in reading her journals. that's that's how i've spent the past few weeks, you know, reading her her diary entries. that's where you kind of get a very intimate look of virginia woolf at ground level. there's a wonderful little passage that i read yesterday where she's scholarly herself and saying, you know, i really should have spent more time writing today. but instead, i beg to take, you know, and that's kind of a neat thing. and we can all relate to that because all of us are really getting moods sometimes where we have work today. but instead of doing the work that we should be doing, we do other stuff that seems more fun. danny heitman is a columnist for the baton rouge advocate public station
i don't read virginia woolf because i have to. i don't read her from a sense of grudging civic duty. i read virginia woolf because, gosh, her sentences are just so beautiful. they're so perfectly balanced. they're just like a butterfly that is land on a rose. and they're just gorgeous sentences. and. i right now, i've i've been involved in reading her journals. that's that's how i've spent the past few weeks, you know, reading her her diary entries. that's where you kind of get a very intimate...
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what became known as the virginia plan introduced by the delegates from virginia. this is a representation should be based on population. the number of folks to represent me should be based on population. so what does that look. in the real world? wouldn't win if representation is based on population. the more people you have, the more representation have. guess what the smaller states said that he said just because we don't have enough people. so the representatives of the small states, the new jersey plan, said, no, no, no, we need we need representation. that's equal. every state gets, whatever number equal, we on. now, here comes a compromise that says, well, okay, let's let's let's fix it this way. there. because right now this is all about compromise. and they understood that. they understood that i'm not going to get everything i want. but what's most important what's most important is that we have something a document that can serve as the foundation going forward that takes us to the one we the people of the united states. that's what's most important. som
what became known as the virginia plan introduced by the delegates from virginia. this is a representation should be based on population. the number of folks to represent me should be based on population. so what does that look. in the real world? wouldn't win if representation is based on population. the more people you have, the more representation have. guess what the smaller states said that he said just because we don't have enough people. so the representatives of the small states, the...
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webster was accused of escaping from his owner in virginia five years earlier. words of his arrest was telegraphed to friends in philadelphia and a number of opponents of slavery in the state house of pennsylvania began in search of witnesses, testify in webster's behalf. five african-american witnesses traveled from harrisburg, including in the 60 year old dr. william jones and his doctor, his honorific who had long played an active role in the community's resistance to the all claim to have known webster a year before his owner claimed he had escaped. scores of philadelphia supporters arrived early for the hearing. all the seats available in the cramped commissioner's office. included some of the leading black and white figures in the state's abolitionist movement. attorneys who volunteered to appear for webster employed delaying tactics, including demanding that the hearing be moved to a larger room. so some more members, the community could attend. a large crowd of blacks gathered in the streets outside, threatening to storm the hearing room and an estimated
webster was accused of escaping from his owner in virginia five years earlier. words of his arrest was telegraphed to friends in philadelphia and a number of opponents of slavery in the state house of pennsylvania began in search of witnesses, testify in webster's behalf. five african-american witnesses traveled from harrisburg, including in the 60 year old dr. william jones and his doctor, his honorific who had long played an active role in the community's resistance to the all claim to have...
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and these are are reforms that he has, in his mind and he tries to and with some success in virginia, no success, with with the with slavery, of course. but he does try but very successful with separation church and state that document that finally gets implemented by because his his plan for separation of church and state when he's in in paris madison carries it out in 1780 586. it's an document in our history and really there's nothing like it in the history of the world up to that time and separating it that now is religion is longer a matter of state business. i mean we had had a meeting in prague with, a bunch of people discussing that document and people from from there were two muslims, one from indonesia, one from iran. and scholars, britain and europe and and the muslims could not begin to even comprehend what jefferson talking about if religion is important, then the state must be involved. it it's that kind of logic and and and jefferson's got it separates those much to our our benefit through the rest of our history. we didn't become less religious we became that more reli
and these are are reforms that he has, in his mind and he tries to and with some success in virginia, no success, with with the with slavery, of course. but he does try but very successful with separation church and state that document that finally gets implemented by because his his plan for separation of church and state when he's in in paris madison carries it out in 1780 586. it's an document in our history and really there's nothing like it in the history of the world up to that time and...
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brett from virginia. mr. hur, we now go to the gentleman from maryland for five minutes. >> you, mr. chairman and mr. hur, we appreciate you coming in. one preliminary matter, that is the release of the transcript. i have heard complaints from my republican colleagues and releasing the transcript from the biden interview this morning. i have to note that i think there are over 90 transcripts that are being held by the majority here in the judiciary committee and the oversight committee for interviews that we all care about they go all go directly to issues with the impeachment inquiry. that is the pot calling the kettle black to be. at that is an understatement. also, when the ranking member requested the majority release the transcripts, determine object did. i hope that we can move forward in the spirit of cooperation and sharing information. mr. hur, thank you again for the work you did. i don't agree with everything you wrote that that is the nature of the business. i do want to ask about this. you starte
brett from virginia. mr. hur, we now go to the gentleman from maryland for five minutes. >> you, mr. chairman and mr. hur, we appreciate you coming in. one preliminary matter, that is the release of the transcript. i have heard complaints from my republican colleagues and releasing the transcript from the biden interview this morning. i have to note that i think there are over 90 transcripts that are being held by the majority here in the judiciary committee and the oversight committee...
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the alabama claims the virginia affair and gold resumption. while it could not omit some form of the corruption narrative without seeming incomplete, it might be that historians care about reconstruction, but less so about other issues that have been distorted. they might not realize how much distortions on other issues are the spillover effect of the polemic accounts from the years when. the dunning interpretation prevailed. a presidential historians who have not focused on grant should have tried more than they have to apply the same judicious approach to all presidencies. so there are the basic points that i make in my essay. i don't want to omit course the many other essays we have from so many contributors covering grant's military, his political career, as well as so many aspects of his personal life life. and let me chime in real quickly. see a lot of folks sounding off in the chat saying where they're from. we appreciate that. i've seen a couple of people post some questions there. please put your questions in the q&a that'll allow us
the alabama claims the virginia affair and gold resumption. while it could not omit some form of the corruption narrative without seeming incomplete, it might be that historians care about reconstruction, but less so about other issues that have been distorted. they might not realize how much distortions on other issues are the spillover effect of the polemic accounts from the years when. the dunning interpretation prevailed. a presidential historians who have not focused on grant should have...
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school of creative and performing arts and the philippine run dala ensemble of virginia. thank you again for being here with this morning. the macarthur memorial has a dynamic mission that unites stewardship of world heritage with a commitment to public access and education and and that includes even the difficult parts of our shared history. so today with our partners the filipino american national historical society of hampton roads and the council of united filipino organizations of tidewater. we are here today to remember a war that has been forgotten by many, an absolutely devastating. and we're also here to reclaim it, to the preservation of this history and to ensure a place in this process to the wider community and especially to our young who are here with us today today, would not have been possible without the virginia association of museums and the role they played last year in raising awareness of the macarthur memorial copy of general emilio aguinaldo poe's 1899 declaration of independence or without the many donors who stood with us to fund the conservation
school of creative and performing arts and the philippine run dala ensemble of virginia. thank you again for being here with this morning. the macarthur memorial has a dynamic mission that unites stewardship of world heritage with a commitment to public access and education and and that includes even the difficult parts of our shared history. so today with our partners the filipino american national historical society of hampton roads and the council of united filipino organizations of...
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obviously in pre declaration of independence documents the virginia virginia declaration of one it was property of pursuit of happiness. where did pursuit of happiness come into? i mean, obviously, the book does a very good job of tracing the founders and their their reading and but how does it politically move to the fore and? the second part of that question is what they mean. one of the most exciting things about exciting project were electronic word searches. everything is now online and. you just download the documents and search for the phrase pursuit of happiness or pursuing happiness. and i went through started with jefferson's list in his religion section. and nearly all those documents, the ancient and the enlightenment philosophy, contained the phrase the pursuit of happiness. now these are from different sources. this is not all stoic wisdom. some is either from greece, rome, some of it is from the christian theology. gens like wolitzer and tillotson, who the most popular preachers of their age. and we're trying reconcile christianity with reason. others were from the whig
obviously in pre declaration of independence documents the virginia virginia declaration of one it was property of pursuit of happiness. where did pursuit of happiness come into? i mean, obviously, the book does a very good job of tracing the founders and their their reading and but how does it politically move to the fore and? the second part of that question is what they mean. one of the most exciting things about exciting project were electronic word searches. everything is now online and....
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townsend mentioned the wheeling, west virginia speech in 1950. historian margaret brennan talked about senator mccarthy's speech. here she is. now, it was at the time of the lincoln day dinner, all across the country, republicans were fanning out speakers to speak at the great gatherings of the lincoln day dinners. and so mccarthy it was a sign to wheeling. now, wheeling at that time was not a big city. we had 59,000 people. it was thursday, february the ninth, 1950. the dinner itself was held at the mcclure hotel colonnade room. it was to start at 630. it was the ohio county republican women's club, and it was in the papers four days before how they were organizing. this was a big deal for wheeling, he was introduced by william callahan, who was the regional republican bigwig, and they describe him the talk that he gave as intimate and humorous and kind of folksy. he, he he had an irish wit about me. he could be very ingratiating when he wanted to be beautiful. big grin and he pretty much talked about the republican platform as it was laid out.
townsend mentioned the wheeling, west virginia speech in 1950. historian margaret brennan talked about senator mccarthy's speech. here she is. now, it was at the time of the lincoln day dinner, all across the country, republicans were fanning out speakers to speak at the great gatherings of the lincoln day dinners. and so mccarthy it was a sign to wheeling. now, wheeling at that time was not a big city. we had 59,000 people. it was thursday, february the ninth, 1950. the dinner itself was held...
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townsend mentioned the wheeling, west virginia speech in 1950. historian margaret brennan talked about senator mccarthy's speech. here she is. now, it was at the time of the lincoln day dinner, all across the country, republicans were fanning out speakers to speak at the great gatherings of the lincoln day dinners. and so mccarthy it was a sign to wheeling. now, wheeling at that time was not a big city. we had 59,000 people. it was thursday, february the ninth, 1950. the dinner itself was held at the mcclure hotel colonnade room. it was to start at 630. it was the ohio county republican women's club, and it was in the papers four days before how they were organizing. this was a big deal for wheeling, he was introduced by william callahan, who was the regional republican bigwig, and they describe him the talk that he gave as intimate and humorous and kind of folksy. he, he he had an irish wit about me. he could be very ingratiating when he wanted to be beautiful. big grin and he pretty much talked about the republican platform as it was laid out.
townsend mentioned the wheeling, west virginia speech in 1950. historian margaret brennan talked about senator mccarthy's speech. here she is. now, it was at the time of the lincoln day dinner, all across the country, republicans were fanning out speakers to speak at the great gatherings of the lincoln day dinners. and so mccarthy it was a sign to wheeling. now, wheeling at that time was not a big city. we had 59,000 people. it was thursday, february the ninth, 1950. the dinner itself was held...
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i actually work for our virginia attorney general and i would love to. have you been successful in any state with legislation and, you know, removing of these gun zones on colleges? in colorado, i was instrumental in helping preserve the right to to maintain concealed. and then i've written a lot of letters i wouldn't that it's always a community effort it's always a a force it's one person but i have certainly been able to write letters and get things passed and several other states and to encourage people who are in their own states to be able to go before legislators to get it to, get it passed. nevada still a gun free zone, though. oh, i know know. yes, ma'am. can you tell us a little bit about the attacker, what you glean from the case and little bit about him a little about the attacker and what former fashion? i mean, was he illegal alien? was he married was he is another student? was. so that is covered a bit in my book that i have no problem sharing. he was not alien. he was a. construction worker at that time. university was doing a lot of add
i actually work for our virginia attorney general and i would love to. have you been successful in any state with legislation and, you know, removing of these gun zones on colleges? in colorado, i was instrumental in helping preserve the right to to maintain concealed. and then i've written a lot of letters i wouldn't that it's always a community effort it's always a a force it's one person but i have certainly been able to write letters and get things passed and several other states and to...
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so when i walked into that room in the courthouse in virginia, i could see a structure unfold in front of me that, uh, we could tell the story about diane meeting her son's killer. and then within of that, then we would be able to tell, uh to to reflect on the whole story, looking backwards. so it's actually told in third person at the beginning in first person for the rest of for most of the rest of the book. and then back in third person again, there's a sort of a trinity. there's a symmetry that was going on and there was a lot of that that that that that we had to negotiate, um, you know, i had to, to, to, to understand and go a deep dive with them, you know, understanding diane's faith, uh, she had to tolerate me and my, my poetic, actually, you should talk about that like there were times that, okay column this is not a novel. that was part of the fun though column. those of you who've read this work know what a poet he is and how he is at helping readers feel. what's on and really be there but but at time was he wanted to embellish. i had to keep. but that was part of the fun i
so when i walked into that room in the courthouse in virginia, i could see a structure unfold in front of me that, uh, we could tell the story about diane meeting her son's killer. and then within of that, then we would be able to tell, uh to to reflect on the whole story, looking backwards. so it's actually told in third person at the beginning in first person for the rest of for most of the rest of the book. and then back in third person again, there's a sort of a trinity. there's a symmetry...
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departments of war, plant and government agencies hampton institute located on the banks of hampton roads, virginia, is practically on a 24 hour basis, training hundreds war workers. the president's home was an old plantation house here. one of the country's great educators welcomes foreign students who are sent to learn american customs culture students studying building and architecture built most of the buildings on hampton. one of the special workers is in radio operation and construction. here, students learn, operate communication centers and thus prepare for specialized with the armed forces hampton war program is more than that of here. the class in chemistry assists an instructor with doing much research in development of new war material. science students are preparing themselves as laboratory technicians and work on special studies for the united states public health service. this student is testing for bacteria in food caused by handling because of the urgent for trained nurses hampton is cooperating with nearby hospitals by providing classroom and laboratory training. several graduates
departments of war, plant and government agencies hampton institute located on the banks of hampton roads, virginia, is practically on a 24 hour basis, training hundreds war workers. the president's home was an old plantation house here. one of the country's great educators welcomes foreign students who are sent to learn american customs culture students studying building and architecture built most of the buildings on hampton. one of the special workers is in radio operation and construction....
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so one newspaper ran to story in massachusetts it's and a newspaper in virginia or south carolina runs it and while other boston fans might know, well, that's not exactly how it happened no one in rhode island, let alone virginia would be able to indict account. and so it became the as a result and so there this i began to realize there was this luring epidemic basically of press releases that were happening in the news from patriot leaders. and i started to pull on those. and then i really started getting into the merchant accounts and merchant ledgers that revealed such a different story. that's great. so i we're sitting here in old south meetinghouse right? and i think most americans at some point in their lives learned a thing or two about the events that happened in 1773. we have this idea of the boston tea party that has been shaped, reshaped over time. and you've given us an account that helps us understand. that helps, correct some of the impressions that seem to have taken hold in our popular memory time. so one of the i think one of the ideas that many of us carry is that the
so one newspaper ran to story in massachusetts it's and a newspaper in virginia or south carolina runs it and while other boston fans might know, well, that's not exactly how it happened no one in rhode island, let alone virginia would be able to indict account. and so it became the as a result and so there this i began to realize there was this luring epidemic basically of press releases that were happening in the news from patriot leaders. and i started to pull on those. and then i really...
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he'll have is his critics, especially in virginia. but but but in the eyes of many he's kind of refashioned himself as a sort of prophet of reconciliation, as a statesman, you know, and even something like that little episode as minister to turkey helped this image emerge of him as as as as a statesman. and so once. the sword is pointed down, make sense. now think about it reconciliation really is the keynote out of the last of the last phase of his life. and i know i know this is a question your your paper. and i know we're running out of time. i'm going to go there just for a few minutes before we get the wrap things up, signal. we're about to long street has a partner in. this work of saying i was a prophet of reconciliation, it is none other than his second wife in 1897, he marries a woman who is 42 years younger than him. yeah, he catches a lot of flack. there's a lot of charges of cradle robbing and digging and all the rest. but the pair of them, him and helen dortch longstreet, who was a sort of maverick journalist from georgia
he'll have is his critics, especially in virginia. but but but in the eyes of many he's kind of refashioned himself as a sort of prophet of reconciliation, as a statesman, you know, and even something like that little episode as minister to turkey helped this image emerge of him as as as as a statesman. and so once. the sword is pointed down, make sense. now think about it reconciliation really is the keynote out of the last of the last phase of his life. and i know i know this is a question...
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hill, who was a virginia hill had been an associate of the famed gangster bugsy siegel, which people might remember. he was one of the main investors and creators of the flamingo hotel in nevada at the las vegas, nevada. she was connected with a host of other connected mobsters in los angeles, and she was brought in to testify to anything that she could share about her understanding of the criminal organizations, their money, her connections, and receiving money from them, and that kinds of things. but she was also not really very interested in being there and was able to play very coy when it came to questions about where she got her money from and did she get her money from folks like bugsy siegel and meyer lansky and these types? and she you know, she brought a certain level of flair to the proceedings in that she came very well dressed with, you know, a fur and a wide brimmed hat. but she was also very frank and in being dismissive of the questions coming to her, even when she left, she, you know, kicked some reporters out of the way and let some expletives out. and so she was al
hill, who was a virginia hill had been an associate of the famed gangster bugsy siegel, which people might remember. he was one of the main investors and creators of the flamingo hotel in nevada at the las vegas, nevada. she was connected with a host of other connected mobsters in los angeles, and she was brought in to testify to anything that she could share about her understanding of the criminal organizations, their money, her connections, and receiving money from them, and that kinds of...
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he could have stayed home at his estate in virginia. but no, he was out here talking to them late in the evening and listening to their concerns. so i think that really mollified most of theiconcerns at the time. robert kennedy wins the indiana primary. you know, he goes around the state is very happy with the way he's treated by indiana voters felt that they gave him a chance. they listened to what he had to say and they resonated with his message. from there, can be went on to win a primaries in nebraska they go on mccarthy and kennedy out to western primaries. mccarthy actually defeats kennedy in the oregon primary the first time any kennedy had lost an election. and so it comes down to the california primary. the big prize with the most delegates. kennedy ekes out a narrow victory in early june, the evening after he wins the california primary. he's at the ambassador hotel in los angeles. he takes a shortcut through the kitchen there and is shot by sirhan sirhan as assassinated and dies a few hours later. i think kennedy's coming to
he could have stayed home at his estate in virginia. but no, he was out here talking to them late in the evening and listening to their concerns. so i think that really mollified most of theiconcerns at the time. robert kennedy wins the indiana primary. you know, he goes around the state is very happy with the way he's treated by indiana voters felt that they gave him a chance. they listened to what he had to say and they resonated with his message. from there, can be went on to win a primaries...