dr. masur: it was such a pleasure to be together with a group of people. one of the takeaways for me and my involvement with the project is how many people were involved. you hear the discussion that this had to happen on the ground and there was this opportunity transfer and historians were doing this, it was remarkably a collective effort that is different from what history professors often do, which is teacher class, write an article. that stood out. what is your background and history? -- host: what is your background i and history? >> -- dr. masur: i began in the american studies field. i had a historian buried inside of me. i want to know why we are the way we are now and we came to the understanding that we know something about history. a very curious about the past. i feel like there are a lot of puzzles to put together. i think in the end what you are often learning about is why we get here. host: reconstruction, what do we need to know about? >> it is very misunderstood. host: why? dr

dr. masur: it was such a pleasure to be together with a group of people. one of the takeaways for me and my involvement with the project is how many people were involved. you hear the discussion that this had to happen on the ground and there was this opportunity transfer and historians were aing this, it was remarkably collective effort that is different from what history professors often do, which is teacher class, write an article. that stood out. what is your background and history? -- host: what is your background i id history? >> -- dr. masur: began in the american studies field. i had a historian buried inside of me. i want to know why we are the way we are now and we came to the understanding that we know something about history. a very curious about the past. i feel like there are a lot of puzzles to put together. i think in the end what you are often learning about is why we get here. reconstruction, what do we need to know about? is very misunderstood. host: why? dr. masur: we can sa

dr. masur: i would just add to ng,t, because, mayor keyserli we are trying to look at the stories that beaufort can tell, advanced communications in storytelling, and secretary babbitt, who is talking about making this story national. in the proclamation, we called reconstruction, as the historians had instructed us, the second founding. and we related to the three very important amendments to the constitution, and how that changed, really, our foundation and was a potential for opening .p a brand-new freedom that is a story that needs to be told in lots of places and in lots of ways, and i guess that i challenge everyone here to think of how that story can be told, .here it can be told the national, which was my career, and tell stories through places. that is one way to tell a story. it can be a very compelling way to tell a story. i have been reassured that the national historic landmark theme study on reconstruction is now out, and that is typically how we look at where else can the story b

dr. masur: i would just add to ng,t, because, mayor keyserli we are trying to look at the stories that beaufort can tell, advanced communications in storytelling, and secretary babbitt, who is talking about making this story national. in the proclamation, we called reconstruction, as the historians had instructed us, the second founding. and we related to the three very important amendments to the constitution, and how that changed, really, our foundation and was a potential for opening .p a brand-new freedom that is a story that needs to be told in lots of places and in lots of ways, and i guess that i challenge everyone here to think of how that story can be told, .here it can be told the national, which was my career, and tell stories through places. that is one way to tell a story. it can be a very compelling way to tell a story. i have been reassured that the national historic landmark theme study on reconstruction is now out, and that is typically how we look at where else can the story b

dr. masur: it was such a pleasure to be together with a group of people. -- governor babbi