Civil War Conclusions: What Pbs' Freedom Riders Can Teach Us,
2011
Gettysburg College
Civil War Conclusions: What Pbs' Freedom Riders Can Teach Us, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
We often have a deep problem in the Historical community. We that have gone through training and courses in "real" history, who have been trained in the academy don't know how to react when we get into the "public" history world. We step out on battlefields (or killingfields) and decide we can't trust our audiences to understand our evidence. So, we hit them over the head with a two-by-four of rhetoric. We have this deep impulse to tell people what to think about what they see on our landscapes.
Cynthia Elizabeth Hayes,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Cynthia Elizabeth Hayes
African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia
No abstract provided.
How To Sap The Romance: America's National Killingfield Parks,
2011
Gettysburg College
How To Sap The Romance: America's National Killingfield Parks, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
"Maybe they should call them Killingfields instead of Battlefields..." [excerpt]
Mildred Mccormick,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Mildred Mccormick
African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia
No abstract provided.
One Sunday In America: Echoes Of John Brown,
2011
Gettysburg College
One Sunday In America: Echoes Of John Brown, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I had just walked into the house Sunday night and turned on the television, intent on going to bed early for a change. It was a little after 10pm. CNN was announcing that a speech dealing with a grave national security by the President was imminent in just a few minutes. Wolf Blitzer expounded how the Sunday address was unprecedented and telegraphed that it was big news. But no one knew the topic. [excerpt]
Interview With Dr. Brad Williams - Vp For Student Affairs,
2011
Nova Southeastern University
Interview With Dr. Brad Williams - Vp For Student Affairs, Brad Williams
Oral Histories of Nova Southeastern University
Nova University, Student Affairs, Dan Sullivan, Mailman Hollywood Building, Rosenthal Student’s Center, campus life, student recreation center, Taft Center, Miami Dolphins, Tom Vitucci, George Hanbury, Ray Ferrero, Abe Fischler, Founders, Farquhar, and Vettel Hall, dorms, volleyball, intramural rec program, flag football, basketball, golf, football, baseball, NCAA Division II, Division of Student Affairs, Ovid Lewis, Stephen Feldman, Health Professions, student government, Student aid, Frank DePiano, graduate dorm, shuttle, Rolling Hills Graduate Hall, RAs, Broward County Library, art museum, John Santulli, Tony DeNapoli, international studies, international study abroad, Goodwin Hall, Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Wilma, Computer Piya, Lab, SharkFINS, fraternities and sororities, Greek …
Kevin Lee Brown,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Kevin Lee Brown
African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia
No abstract provided.
How To Interpret History To The Sci-Fi Fan: My Favorite Civil War Novel,
2011
Gettysburg College
How To Interpret History To The Sci-Fi Fan: My Favorite Civil War Novel, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I often struggled to find an answer to the comment often leveled by visitors that, "they were so backward back then," or that, "we know so much more now." Getting across the fact to visitors that much of science, especially the basics of Newtonian physics and electromagnetic, has been understood at their elemental level for generations is sometimes a tough order of business. I found myself at times trying to explain Alessandro Volta's invention of the Voltaic battery in 1800 or the use of the Turtle during the American Revolution. Still, compared to the explosions over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the …
Coda: Henry Wise's Peculiar Property,
2011
Gettysburg College
Coda: Henry Wise's Peculiar Property, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
Slaves belonging to Henry A. Wise, Princess Anne County, Virginia.
Governor Wise's War: Burn Notice (Part 3),
2011
Gettysburg College
Governor Wise's War: Burn Notice (Part 3), John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
The early teens of April seem to have been specifically engineered by Ex-governor Wise and some of the members of the Secession convention jonesing for separation of from the Union. A notice ran in the Alexandria Gazette on April 1st, declaring that on the 16th of that month a, "grand Secession demonstration," would be held in Richmond. Among those signing the notice was Henry Wise. The Gazette reported that, first news of it came from Norfolk," just a stones throw from Wise's home in Princess Anne County. "Perhaps they think the Convention too slow," the Gazette presumed, "and wish to …
Governor Wise's War: Loose Lips (Part 2),
2011
Gettysburg College
Governor Wise's War: Loose Lips (Part 2), John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
When last we left Ex-Governor Henry Wise, he was exceedingly impatient at the Virginia secession convention's failure to act immediately and swiftly after the firing on Fort Sumter. The power broker who had stared down John Brown now called upon personal loyalties to get the job done where politics had failed. An account by John Imboden has the Governor querying the future Brigadier General, asking whether he remembered the charge Wise made upon presenting two brass cannon to a Staunton militia unit. Imboden recalled the Governor had told him, "he was bound to obey the call of Wise for those …
Hymn To Freedom: Obama's 150th Proclamation,
2011
Gettysburg College
Hymn To Freedom: Obama's 150th Proclamation, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
This post is about the President's proclamation on Tuesday. I was heartily pleased by this action from the White House. It phrasing brings to mind an intellectual fusion not unlike that crafted through Daniel Webster's 1830 pronouncement of, "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable." Certainly the 19th century conception of Liberty and our modern conception of the term, as adeptly pointed out in the most recent episode of Backstory with the American History Guys, are not the same. Still, Obama's proclamation keenly joins the two Northern war aims and war outcomes at the hip. "The meaning of …
Sidney H. Barlow,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Sidney H. Barlow
African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia
No abstract provided.
Clifford Bryant,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Clifford Bryant
African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia
No abstract provided.
Governor Wise's War: My Misconception (Part 1),
2011
Gettysburg College
Governor Wise's War: My Misconception (Part 1), John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I worked in the living history branch at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park for three years, wearing old timey clothing and talking to visitors about the meanings of John Brown. Harpers Ferry is where I began to understand what the concept of interpretation means, and how it is such a radically different concept from academic history. [excerpt]
Traces Volume 39, Number 1,
2011
Western Kentucky University
Traces Volume 39, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections
Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter
Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.
Public History Newsletter Spring 2011,
2011
Wright State University
Public History Newsletter Spring 2011, Public History Concentration
Public History Newsletter
A six page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.
Review Of A Question Of Command: Counterinsurgency From The Civil War To Iraq,
2011
Chapman University
Review Of A Question Of Command: Counterinsurgency From The Civil War To Iraq, Gregory A. Daddis
History Faculty Articles and Research
A review of A Question of Command: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq, by Mark Moyar.
The Civil War Centennial: Inspiration For The Civil Rights Movement?,
2011
Gettysburg College
The Civil War Centennial: Inspiration For The Civil Rights Movement?, John M. Rudy
Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public
I read Richard Williams' Old Virginia Blog, not because I agree with what he has to say but explicitly because it gets me so corking mad. Interspersed with tea party rants and modern political diatribes, Williams is an interesting (and sometimes frightening) voice of modern Confederatism and Southern exceptionalism.
Danny Herrington,
2011
Georgia Southern University
Danny Herrington
African American Funeral Programs, Willow Hill Heritage & Renaissance Center, Bulloch County, Georgia
No abstract provided.
