Polk had a strong wreef belief in politics and often helped her husband makes decisions. Margaret taylor was opposed to her husbands nomination for president. As a teacher, Abigail Fillmore was the first president ial wife to have a profession and began efforts to establish the First White House library. Sarah polk, margaret taylor, and Abigail Fillmore, this sunday night on first ladies, influence and image, examining the public and private lives of women who fulfilled the position of first lady. From Martha Washington to michelle obama, sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan3. As a complement to the series, cspans new book first ladies. Its available as a hard cover or an ebook through your Favorite Book store or online book seller. Well take you now to Oak Ridge Cemetery in springfield illinois, for the 150th commemoration ceremony of president ab ham lincolns funeral. Then author and historian Michael Burlingameburlingame as he reflects on the ceremony in springfield. You are watch
For hundreds of thousands of americans. Theres a certainry poetry if you want to call it that and closuren to lincoln coming down these cks tracks toto this place in his coffin because, as he came he cir went through the circuit that he had ridden for 23 years hed ridden through the prairiesut b cut by these tracks. And he visits all these towns. Isited so all these towns were filled with his friends. Ret so this was a return for him in a very touching way. Y. And for he was returned on the same trains on the same tracks that hed been forever. I bought ai book about the fune lincoln funeral and i was going o star to startt reading it. And i just saved it. Chance just by chance i was coming these are the same tracks were on now. Passenger trains. Rain so imwi on an amtrak train with this book on a really gray rainy day back in january. With this book about the in ja funeral. I wasan amazed how moved i was to e g be going down these same tracks that carried lincolns body 150 earli years
Welcome. Welcome to the september meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Im david j. Kent on the president of the Lincoln Group of district of columbia. And this is kind of a special night because not only is our first meeting since june, but we also have zoom. We have a video being recorded and this is my official book launch for my new book, lincoln the fire of genius. So thank you. I know a lot of people like when are coming in and i really appreciate that. Im going to give a talk tonight about about lincoln and the fire and basically look at well, i just let me look at just the the the subtitle because that i think that really describes the book. Its however ham lincolns commitment to science and Technology Helped modernize america. So thats what im going to talk about tonight. And just to give you a little background, im going to talk about, i guess start with the book is really kind of the kind of piece set out in the three different sections. The first is like
Welcome. Welcome to the september meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Im david j. Kent on the president of the Lincoln Group of district of columbia. And this is kind of a special night because not only is our first meeting since june, but we also have zoom. We have a video being recorded and this is my official book launch for my new book, lincoln the fire of genius. So thank you. I know a lot of people like when are coming in and i really appreciate that. Im going to give a talk tonight about about lincoln and the fire and basically look at well, i just let me look at just the the the subtitle because that i think that really describes the book. Its however ham lincolns commitment to science and Technology Helped modernize america. So thats what im going to talk about tonight. And just to give you a little background, im going to talk about, i guess start with the book is really kind of the kind of piece set out in the three different sections. The first is like
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