Timothy D. Manning, Sr. Executive Director
Virginia Heritage Foundation
The Institute for the Study of Virginia History and Culture
160 Longbridge Drive
Kernersville, North Carolina 27284
(336) 420-5355 / TManning1@triad.rr.com

Background:

Chaplain and college professor full-time, part-time, and as guest presenter for 32 years teaching Medical Ethics, A History of Medical Work, Biblical Greek, Military Ethics, Family-life Ethics and various theological courses. Founder of the Virginia Heritage Foundation in 1995 and the North Carolina Heritage Foundation in 2002. Pro-life leader in Washington, D.C. and later in Virginia.

Topics:

• Constitutional Reconstruction 1865-1877. The goals, purposes and outcomes of U.S. Reconstruction as designed by the Radical Republicans.

• Major Robert Lewis Dabney: Prophet of Virginia. A biographical sketch and his understanding of America’s social and political devolution.

• Help! They’re Still Shootin’ At Us! U.S. warfare against civilian populations from the WBTS through the present.

• Patriotism and Nationalism. What are they? What is the difference between them

• The U.S.A. Pledge of Allegiance. Its origin, meaning, use and practice.

• Virginia and the South’s Fight Against Slavery. The untold story of Southerner’s resistance to slavery, first under the British and then under northern U.S. domination.

• Radioactive America. The intentional exposure, without their knowledge or consent, of military and civilian Americans to nuclear fallout and radiation 1940-1998 and exposure to various biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction in order to test disbursement techniques.

• “007” Intrepid to James Bond. The story of how and why the United States entered into World Wars I and II.

• An Experience in North Carolina Schools: Telling the Truth to Our Children. How reconstructed are our children? Tells also the isms forced on the minds of our children through government indoctrination.

• Readin’, Writin’ and Talkin’ Southern. What is it? Where did it come from? What’s its future? Should it be preserved?

Publications:

• Editor of: The Documents: A Primer for the Study of American Governments. A collection of the defining constitutions, laws, letters and speeches of the U.S.A. and the C.S.A.

• Editor of: Lincoln Reconsidered: The Pre-Conference Reader.

• Help! They’re Still Shootin’ At Us! A short history of the origin and continuing U.S. warfare against large civilian populations in the War to Prevent Southern Independence.
• The Pledge of Allegiance: Is It Patriotic? Its origin, meaning and purpose.

• Various essays: The Difference Between History and Cultural Heritage, Patriotism and National: What’s the Difference?, Reparations for U.S. Slavery: An Assessment, and other essays on history and theology.

Speaker’s Requirements:

• Distance willing to travel: Unlimited. Compensation of travel expenses appreciated.

• Will bring Virginia Heritage Foundation’s educational materials.

• Most topics require 45-60 minutes allowing time for questions and answers. Some topics can be expanded to two 45-minute sections.