“America on the Eve of the Civil War,” a conference held in April 2009 and sponsored by the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, is now available online as a Webcast. Sixteen historians participated in this conference, which included four different sessions – “Taking Stock of the Nation in 1859”, “The Future of Virginia and the South”, “Making Sense of John Brown’s Raid”, and “Predictions for the Election of 1860.” (Each session can be viewed separately.) Interviews are also available – the historians answer a wide range of questions, such as “What do we need to better understand about this time period?” and “Are there still lessons for us today from 1859?” You need to have the Real Media player installed in order to watch these videos.
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Very cool. Thanks for linking that.
Interesting little vid, also enjoyed the stuff about the California Gold rush
Very good question.. “Are there still lessons for us today from 1859?”
As much as we don’t want to face it, nowadays we can still learn a lot of things from the past, these things were all relying on modern technique, what happens if it all of a sudden stops? We will have to go back to basics.
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