Civil War Homecoming
The year 1865 saw inauguration, abolition, armistice, assassination, grief, celebration, and reunion. The brand new state of Minnesota mourned and commemorated along with the rest of the nation.
A live stage show featuring Dan Chouinard, Beth Gilleland, Dane Stauffer, Kevin Kling, Maria Jette, T. Mychael Rambo, Prudence Johnson, members of the Roe Family Singers, and the Brass Messengers as well as Eric Jacobson, Annette Atkins, Gwen Westerman, Mark Ritchie, Dean Urdahl, Patricia Bauer, and David Geister.
ACT I
0:00:00 Opening sequence: Randal Dietrich & Stephen Smith
0:01:20 Music: The Vacant Chair
0:04:00 Welcome: Dan Chouinard
0:05:30 Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural (part 1 of 2): Dean Urdahl
0:07:30 Music: Weeping Sad & Lonely
0:10:00 Civil War literature: Dan Chouinard
0:10:30 Bowlers: Beth Gilleland & Dane Stauffer
0:13:25 Christie Brothers: Mark Ritchie & Kevin Kling
0:16:00 1861-1864: Eric Jacobson
0:23:00 Gettysburg: Kevin Kling
0:27:30 Music: Brother Green
0:29:30 Civil War Music: Dan Chouinard
0:31:30 Music: Battle Cry of Freedom
0:32:20 1865: Dan Chouinard
0:32:50 Music: Home for Me
0:35:50 13th Amendment: Dan Chouinard
0:38:40 Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural (part 2 of 2): Dean Urdahl
0:40:20 Frederick Douglass: T. Mychael Rambo
0:42:00 Music: True Lover’s Fairwell
0:42:45 Bowlers: Beth Gilleland & Dane Stauffer
0:46:20 Lee’s Surrender/Fall of Richmond: Pat Bauer
0:47:15 Music: Dixie
0:48:00 Lincoln’s assassination: Dan Chouinard
0:51:50 LeDuc: Pat Bauer & David Geister
0:53:17 Funeral Train: Dan Chouinard
0:56:00 Grand Review: Dan Chouinard
0:56:50 Christie Brothers: Mark Ritchie & Kevin Kling
0:58:50 Music: Down by the Riverside
1:00:55 Intermission: Stephen Smith, Shari Lamke, Randal Dietrich
ACT II
1:02:00 Shall We Gather At the River
1:03:40 Homecomings: Mark Ritchie & Kevin Kling & Dan Chouinard
1:07:05 Music: Home Sweet Home
1:08:30 Music: Maiden in the Garden
1:10:45 Civil War Veterans: Dan Chouinard
1:12:30 Bowlers: Beth Gilleland & Dane Stauffer
1:14:45 MN & the Civil War: Annette Atkins
1:19:30 Blacks in MN: Dan Chouinard & T. Mychael Rambo
1:22:00 Music: I’ll Overcome Someday
1:25:00 Native People: Gwen Westerman
1:31:45 War’s Legacy: Eric Jacobson
1:38:50 Litany of stories
1:44:50 Angel Band
1:47:20 Civil War in our Midst
1:52:20 Music: Jacob’s Ladder
1:55:40 Closing Comments & Credits
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George Washington | Wikipedia audio article
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George Washington
00:02:30 1 Early years (1732–1752)
00:08:04 2 Early military career (1752–1758)
00:10:14 2.1 French and Indian War
00:17:24 3 Marriage, civilian life and political beginnings (1759–1774)
00:22:38 3.1 American Revolution
00:24:44 4 Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
00:27:40 4.1 Quebec, Boston, and Long Island
00:33:08 4.2 Crossing the Delaware
00:35:52 4.3 Trenton campaign
00:38:53 4.4 Brandywine, Germantown, and Saratoga
00:41:55 4.5 Valley Forge, Monmouth, and Southern campaigns
00:45:59 4.6 Sullivan expedition and Hudson River
00:47:24 4.7 West Point espionage
00:49:33 4.8 Yorktown victory, peace treaty
00:52:43 4.9 Resignation
00:56:00 5 Early republic (1784–1789)
00:56:12 5.1 Military retirement
00:57:04 5.2 Constitutional Convention
00:59:16 5.3 First presidential election
01:00:38 6 Presidency (1789–1797)
01:04:00 6.1 Cabinet and executive departments
01:05:32 6.2 Domestic issues
01:06:56 6.2.1 National Bank
01:08:46 6.2.2 Jefferson–Hamilton feud
01:10:43 6.2.3 Whiskey Rebellion
01:12:49 6.3 Foreign affairs
01:15:03 6.4 Indian affairs
01:18:50 6.5 Second term
01:22:43 6.6 Farewell Address
01:26:02 7 Retirement (1797–1799)
01:28:35 7.1 Final days
01:32:38 8 Burial
01:34:18 9 Personal traits
01:36:19 10 Religion and the Enlightenment
01:40:16 11 Slavery
01:43:35 12 Historical reputation and legacy
01:46:33 12.1 Papers
01:47:18 12.2 Monuments and memorials
01:47:46 12.3 Postage and Currency
01:48:16 13 See also
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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was one of the Founding Fathers and the first President of the United States (1789–1797). He commanded Patriot forces in the new nation's vital American Revolutionary War and led them to victory over the British. Washington also presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the new federal government. For his manifold leadership he has been called the Father of His Country.Washington was born to a successful family of planters and slaveholders in colonial Virginia. He had educational opportunities and at age seventeen launched a successful career as a land surveyor. He then became a leader of the Virginia militia in the French and Indian War. During the Revolutionary War he was a delegate to the Continental Congress which unanimously appointed him commander-in-chief of the Army, leading an allied campaign to victory at the Siege of Yorktown which ended the conflict. Once victory was in hand, in 1783 he resigned as commander-in-chief, declining further authority and power out of his devotion to republicanism.
As the country's premier statesman, Washington was unanimously elected President by the Electoral College in the first two national elections. He promoted and oversaw implementation of a strong, well-financed national government, but remained impartial in the fierce rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. When the French Revolution plunged Europe into war, Washington proclaimed a policy of neutrality while sanctioning the controversial Jay Treaty. He set numerous precedents that have endured, such as the cabinet advisory system, the inaugural address, and his acceptance of the Congressional title The President of the United States. His Farewell Address strongly warned against political partisanship, sectionalism, and involvement in foreign wars.
Washington owned slaves throughout his life from age 11, but became increasingly troubled by slavery and freed his slaves in his will. He was a member of the Anglican Church and the Freemasons, and he urged tolerance for all religions in his roles as general and President. Upon his death, he was famously eulogized as first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Washington has been widely memorialized by monuments, art, places, stamps, and currency, and he has been consistently ranked by scholars among the four greatest American presidents.
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German Americans | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:44 1 History
00:03:29 1.1 Colonial era
00:04:49 1.1.1 Palatines
00:06:49 1.1.2 Louisiana
00:08:47 1.1.3 Southeast
00:10:49 1.1.4 New England
00:11:23 1.1.5 Pennsylvania
00:13:54 1.2 American Revolution
00:14:53 1.3 19th century
00:16:09 1.3.1 Jews
00:17:09 1.3.2 Northeastern cities
00:17:25 1.3.3 Cities of the Midwest
00:19:08 1.3.4 Deep South
00:19:22 1.3.5 Texas
00:21:29 1.3.6 Germans from Russia
00:24:18 1.3.7 Civil War
00:25:53 1.3.8 Farmers
00:28:05 1.3.9 Politics
00:30:20 1.4 World Wars
00:30:28 1.4.1 Intellectuals
00:31:41 1.4.2 World War I anti-German sentiment
00:33:56 1.4.3 World War II
00:35:47 1.5 Contemporary period
00:37:35 2 Demographics
00:38:17 2.1 German-American communities
00:38:47 2.1.1 Communities with highest percentages of people of German ancestry
00:40:45 2.1.2 Large communities with high percentages of people of German ancestry
00:41:38 2.1.3 Communities with the most residents born in Germany
00:45:22 3 Counties by percentages of Germans
00:54:17 4 Culture
00:55:39 4.1 Music
00:58:24 4.2 Turners
00:59:31 4.3 Media
01:02:03 4.4 Athletics
01:02:55 4.5 Religion
01:06:27 4.6 Language
01:09:01 5 Assimilation
01:09:10 5.1 Introduction
01:09:29 5.2 The apparent disappearance of German American identity
01:22:22 5.3 Factors making German Americans susceptible to assimilation
01:31:32 5.4 Persistence of unassimilated German Americans
01:34:12 6 German-American influence
01:38:24 7 Education
01:38:55 8 Notable people
01:42:46 8.1 German-American presidents
01:43:32 9 See also
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German Americans (German: Deutschamerikaner) are Americans who have full or partial German ancestry. With an estimated size of approximately 44 million in 2016, German Americans are the largest of the self-reported ancestry groups by the US Census Bureau in its American Community Survey. German-Americans account for about one third of the total ethnic German population in the world.None of the German states had American colonies. In the 1670s, the first significant groups of German immigrants arrived in the British colonies, settling primarily in Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia. Immigration continued in very large numbers during the 19th century, with eight million arrivals from Germany. Between 1820 and 1870 over seven and a half million German immigrants came to the United States. By 2010, their population grew to 49.8 million German Americans, reflecting a jump of 6 million people since 2000.
There is a German belt that extends all the way across the United States, from eastern Pennsylvania to the Oregon coast. Pennsylvania has the largest population of German-Americans in the U.S. and is home to one of the group's original settlements, Germantown (Philadelphia), founded in 1683 and the birthplace of the American antislavery movement in 1688, as well as the revolutionary Battle of Germantown. The state of Pennsylvania has 3.5 million people of German ancestry.
They were pulled by the attractions of land and religious freedom, and pushed out of Germany by shortages of land and religious or political oppression. Many arrived seeking religious or political freedom, others for economic opportunities greater than those in Europe, and others for the chance to start fresh in the New World. The arrivals before 1850 were mostly farmers who sought out the most productive land, where their intensive farming techniques would pay off. After 1840, many came to cities, where Germania—German-speaking districts—soon emerged.German Americans established the first kindergartens in the United States, introduced the Christmas tree tradition, and introduced popular foods such as hot dogs and hamburgers to America.The great majority of people with some German ancestry have become Am ...