Hello, my name is kai bird, im the executive director of the leon leavy centers for biography at cuny, university of new york. We are sponsored by Sheldon Whitehouse and the abto promote the arts and crafts and biography among other things. We been a sponsor of the National Book festival for some years. We are here on a session with the 20th anniversary actually of the National Book festival, the theme this year is american ingenuity. We are going to be talking tonight with two notable publican intellectuals, Harold Holzer is one of the countries leading lincoln scholar, currently the director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at hunter college. Ted widmer is himself the author of eight books, professor witmer is now on my faculty abwe will be discussing his latest book lincoln on the verge thirteen days to washington. These are two very different books. Im going to hold up each of them. This is literally a mini biography, not so many, its a substantial book, focuses on 13
Firstdegree wanton endangerment. One Police Officer was shot in the abdomen and another shot in the leg. Doctors said their injuries are not lifethreatening. The university of louisville cancel classes after the riots and the shooting. One class the school has recently started is aimed at socalled systemic racism and the course is called Breonna Taylors louisville race, equity and law. The ignorance of the radical left is hardly reserved for College Campuses however. Today it was on full display outside the u. S. Supreme court where President Trump and the first lady visited to pay their respects for the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Her body lies in repose at the Supreme Court. As the president and the first lady stood near the casket protesters cut through the somber moment by heckling and yelling at the president and first lady. Listen to this. Lou at least there was no violence. Tonight breaking news, there is newlyreleased evidence of the bias and the fbi as if we needed more
Endangerment. One Police Officer was shot in the abdomen, another shot in the leg. Doctors say their injuries are not life threatening. The university of louisville canceled classes after the riots and the shooting. One class the school has recently started is aimed at socalled systemic racism, and the course was called Breonna Taylors louisville race equity and law. The ignorance of the radical left is hardly reserved for college campuses, however. Today it was on full display outside the u. S. Supreme court where President Trump and the first lady visited to pay their respects for the late are Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, her body lies in repose at the Supreme Court. As the president and the first lady stood near the casket, protesters cut through the somber moment by heckling and yelling at the president and first lady. Listen to this. [background sounds] lou ignorant, but at least there was no violence. Tonight, breaking news, there is newlyreleased evidence of the bias in the fbi,
Service. Thank you for that on behalf of the city. Today is going to be talking about james garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington d. C. I wont say too much more, i dont want to steal his steam, please join me in welcoming matt. applause thank you very much. The story im going to tell might be ripped from todays recent headlines. There was a president ial memorial delayed for years. It was caught up in congressional infighting, and replace it with another. A powerful lobby behind the memorial had chosen this site, the designer, the design criticize in the press. The site was very close to the capital on maryland avenue. If the years 1887, not 2017, and the memorial was one to president garfield and not president eisenhower. James garfields death was a national shock. He is been a compromise candidate for the presidency and had won the closest election in american history. It was a difficult life but his rise up was the rags to riches story.
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