“Whose American Revolution Was It—and Whose Is It?” “All of ours,” said Greg Nobles at the Georgia Archives “Tracing Footsteps” event. Great to see Greg and hear all the other excellent talks about Austin Dabney, Governor Wright, and Nancy Ward by Robert Davis, Greg Brooking, and Katherine Beckett!

Georgia Tech is starting an "Institute for Technology and Civic Leadership." The keynote was, "Robert George and Cornel West: Truth Matters: Fruitful Disagreement in an Era of Rapid Technological Change." Has had any experience with these new "Civic" Institutes: positive, negative, or otherwise?

From Knoxville — No Kings thoughts , insightful, funny, angry, and mournful.

I went to “Big Ears” for the music; and the music rocked! I didn’t know there would be so many stories! Laurie Anderson!! Terri Allen!! Joe Boyd! Just wow.

An ordinary father or a citizen of the world? Why I believe in opening doors to refugees I’m a historian who believes deeply that every person matters.

A few months ago and last summer, I participated in two book talks about my father, Juan Gerona, by Juan Yzuel. On this substack post (my first) I compiled my comments and a few further reflections.
carlagerona1.substack.com/p/an-ordinar...