Clearly into the microphone as we are recording it today. Cspan, booktv is here as well. Following the q and a will have a signing at the table. If you havent already purchased books we had plenty at the front of the store at the registers. Tonight im very excited to welcome yuval levin to politics and prose, celebrating his newest book, a time to build. From family and community to congress and the campus, how recommitting to our institutions can revise the american dream. As the nation faces increasing divisiveness fueled by partisan politics, culture wars and populace anger on both sides, levin argues rather than trying to tear down existing institutional frameworks we should be looking to them as sources of strength and support. Through a time to build he shows our Current Crisis isnt completely due to the presence of an impressive oppressive force but the absence of uniting forces and urges us to commit ourselves to renewing the vitality of institutions. Ranging from the family an
In Salt Lake City utah, this runs about an hour. [applause] thank you. Its a great honor to be here and a great honor to see so many bright faces eager to talk about stuff i am equally eager to talk about with you. Ordering the destruction of the nauvoo, he turns to his secretary, William Clayton who happens to be the secretary of the Sacred Council that had recently been established in nauvoo called the council of 50. He turns to clayton and says i want you to go and burn the secret counsel weve been meeting with over the last few months. They could be understood as treasonous and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong han hands. They might as well have remained buried because they remained restricted from scholars. It wasnt until they were going to be making it available for the first time in published form. They are kept hidden and secret. Until finally when there were the people that finally got access to the council 50 records some were disappointed by the content. He was be
Talk about stuff that i am equally eager to talk about with you. A week before joseph smith was killed in carthage jail when he was in some tense negotiations with the state to turn himself in and be tried for ordering the destruction of the knob works pozner he turns to William Clayton who just happens to be the secretary of the secret counsel established, counsel 50. Joseph turns to William Clayton and says i want you to go and burn the minutes of that secret counsel. He knew the contents of those records were very controversial and when seen in a certain light or a certain context they could be understand is treason and he was anxious to keep them out of the wrong hands. William clayton to the great benefit of the rest of us chose to disobey his profit and instead of burning the documents buried them where they remained for several months until the crisis seemed to subdue. Once the crisis subdued and William Clayton dug up those documents again they might as well have remained burie
How are you all doing . Our topic for today is the second part of our civil war content for the semester. I want to talk today about Economic Policy and social events that are tied to the economy. I titled this feeding the confederacy. We will focus most of our attention on the Confederate States. We will talk about the crucial of we will talk about the crucial issue of how you make sure your soldiers and civilians have enough to eat over the course of the war. There are two key ironies of this confederate experience for me, that historians who studied the confederacy point to. One is that the Confederate States of america is a predominantly agricultural nation. The vast majority of the union and confederacy live on farms. But especially in the Confederate States. We are dealing with a population that is overwhelming people who live on farms. Yet, they will struggle to feed themselves more often than they will run out of bullets and armaments. This is surprising when you think of an ag
Several military exercises, and they receive a ticker tape parade in new york city. Pres. Kennedy your majesties, i speak on behalf of all of my fellow americans in welcoming you to the United States. The interest of both of us is the same, to maintain our freedom, to maintain our peace, and to provide a better life for our people. That is the purpose of your visit, your majesty, how we can jointly preserve that effort. Mr. President , it is a most pleasant opportunity for the empress and myself to be able to accept your very kind invitation to visit your beautiful country. Today the name of america has a magic meaning for the most distant communities of the world. I bring with me the greetings of my countrymen to your people. With the expression of the sincerest feelings of pleasure. And i expressed to you, mr. President , my warm wishes for happiness and prosperity for your great and noble nation. Cape canaveral. Home of the American Space agency. A center of Scientific Research and