Welcome to the dimension washington headquarters. Im so happy that all of you are here and joining us today for this program. If you have not been here before definitely after the lecture today please stay and take a tour with our staff. Just before i come to introduce our guest speaker today in just a few rules, and bits of information. We do have Light Refreshments for you in the kitchen. Coffee, tea, cheese, crackers, cookies. Please feel free to get up and take what you like. Restrooms are in this building. You do not need to go to the visitor center. We have staff here today. I am the director of the department of Historic Affairs for the county of passaic. By de facto, i am the director of the site. We are fortunate enough to have a guest speaker and historian to share his knowledge and expertise on Alexander Hamilton and his rise to military fame and glory. Mr. Cregeau graduated from Hillsdale College with a bachelors degree in history and from Colorado State university with a m
To speech or not its the people you dont have to be here. There will be no tests. I say this sincerely. im very flattered you took the time in your evening to come listen to me. I think that my students by and large are interested in the subject, but i know perfectly well that if they did not test, academic papers or rather, the seats would be empty. None of you have to be here, but she did, and i find that very flattering. I could i supposed to be a test at the end. The title of my talk on the title of my book is called the heartbreak of aaron burr. I cant tell you the whole story without giving away the ending. I dont want to give away the ending because its not just that i want you to buy the book and read the book and enjoy it and hang around till the end, but it has to do with the reason i wrote the book in the first place. This goes back to my experience of writing, my experience of reading and in particular, my experience of listening to a question that my mother has been puttin
[applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the newseums night tv studio and another addition of inside media. I am the director of programs here at the museum. As the 2020 residential election rapidly starts to invade our daily newspaper, and with joe bidens announcement fueling the fire this week, what better time to look back at the history of the presidency and to examine the character and dignity of the men who has held office . We dive in deep to that topic today as we discussed the new cspan book, the president s, ranking americas best and worst chief executives. The title tells it all and just a moment, you will hear from susan swain, the coceo of cspan who will discuss how the book came together. Based on its historians survey of president ial leadership. Following susans presentation, i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lamb, founding ceo and chairman of cspan, who over the course of many years conducted the interviews with president ial hi
The 18th century converging with the 20th century, we can be hightech about this. I feel much the same as does my wife because i have been a long time reenactor, you can see me dressed as an officer in the army. I battled three times in sweltering heat like today, and there i am speaking twice for the Alexander Hamilton awareness society. You can also say he was helping to found american industry. Were just west of paterson falls where he worked with that, of course. Washington crosses the delaware, a famous scene on christmas night into the morning of the 26th. A large life side paintize pain. Here is one that came out and debuted at the New York Historical society. You can see it was at nighttime, a different kind of craft, a cannon, maybe hamiltons. Not good weather. Similarly, another painter who is now retired, this is another painting, victory or death. ; and there they are, in the Early Morning light, trudging through the ice and the snow. You can imagine how cold they must ha
Remembered for killing treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Recounting his political rise and downfall. This was recorded at the gallery of art in washington, d. C. In 201 2012. Thank you for having me back. Im delighted to speak here. I always like to speak in washington, where the audiences are well informed and engaged, but having just finished teaching a semester and for the year at the university of texas, im always delighted to speak to an audience of people who dont have to be here. There will be no test. I say this sincerely. Im very flattered that you took the time and took your evening to come listen to me. And i try to i think that my student, by and large, are interested in the subject but i know perfectly well that if they didnt have tests, if they didnt have papers, that they werent held accountable, then most of the seats would be empty. So none of you have to be here, but you did come. I find that to be very flattering. I could, i suppose, give you a test at