Podcasts History BackStory 313: Best of BackStory: The Time Ed Ayers Marched Into Richmond

313: Best of BackStory: The Time Ed Ayers Marched Into Richmond

Published: Feb. 21, 2020, 5:01 p.m.

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As BackStory moves towards the end of its production, we\\u2019ve asked our hosts to select memorable moments from the show that we\\u2019re publishing as episodes once per month.\\xa0
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A founding host of the show, Ed Ayers has had hundreds of conversations on a huge variety of topics. But some of his favorite BackStory moments touched on anniversaries and events related to his own field in American history: slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.\\xa0
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So in this best of BackStory, we will take a deep dive into what the Confederacy means today, and learn about the newly opened Civil War Museum. Then, we\\u2019ll hear tape from a BackStory live show at the 150th anniversary of the liberation of Richmond, Virginia.
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