Listen to distinguished Civil War historian Bell Irvin Wiley on the 99th Anniversary of the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky give a speech about the battle, on the battlefield, where, he relates, he flew by helicopter, accompanied by Kentucky Governor Bert Combs and military personnel! This talk, from 1961, captures the lives of “Billy Yank” and […]
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Listen while Kent Masterson Brown and his guest Jon Park discuss Jon’s boyhood growing up in Springfield, Illinois, in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, and why a life imbued with history brings meaning and depth to the human experience. Jon is the Chairman of the Kentucky Independence Semiquincentennial Commission, in anticipation of celebrating the 250th […]
Dr. Christopher Phillips is the John and Dorothy Hermanies Professor of American History and the University Distinguished Research Professor in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests are in the area of the Civil War and Reconstruction – in the South and West, especially the border States and […]
A native of New Jersey, and now a resident of Virginia, Ron is one of America’s most noted independent film writers and directors. Among Ron’s early films were: The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia and Parent Trap starring Haley Mills. His most known and revered productions mirror his life-long interest in American history. […]
A native and resident of Atlanta, Georgia, Bo DuBose is one of America’s most noted advocates of American history. With his late father, Bo assembled one of the largest collections of Civil War relics in America. He then spearheaded the creation of the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead, north of Atlanta. That grand museum complex […]
