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    Monuments to Absence

    Author Andrew Denson looked at how the 1830s forced Cherokee removal is remembered in the South through memorials and historic sites. The Georgia Historical Society hosted this virtual event…

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    The Cold War and Popular Culture

    University of Virginia Professor Grace Elizabeth Hale looked at the Cold War era and its influence on popular culture. The Georgia Historical Society and UVA Club of Savannah co-hosted the e…

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    Former Senator Sam Nunn - The Cold War at 75

    The Georgia Historical Society’s senior historian Stan Deaton interviewed former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn about the Cold War 75 years after it began. Senator Nunn served from 1972 to 1997 as a …

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    Presidential Leadership During the Cold War

    University of Virginia History Professor William Hitchcock discussed presidential leadership during the Cold War-era and the Cold War’s lasting impact. He is the author of The Age of Eisenho…

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    Cold War and Civil Rights Movement

    University of Virginia Professor Kevin Gaines looked back to the Cold War era and explained how opponents of the civil rights movement associated it with communism and how similar methods ar…

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    Trial and Murder of Leo Frank

    Steve Oney talked about his book, And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank, about a 1915 murder case in Marietta, Georgia. In his book, he explores th…

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    Commercialization in Post World War II America

    Stan Deaton talked about commercialization and consumerism in post-World War II America. He spoke about the emergence of cars, television, fast food, and suburban communities and the impact …

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    Pathfinder of the West

    Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump, talked about John C. Fremont, who was an explorer, mapmaker, U.S. Senator from California, two-time Republican presidential candidate, Governor of the …

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    Historians on North v. South Today

    Civil War historians and social scientists discussed regional perceptions of the Civil War, which still differ 139 years later. The roundtable, titled “Why Are We Still Fighting the Civil Wa…

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