And use actual images so this is something of a departure for me. Here is how the structure is gonna work, im gonna give very brief introductions for the people sitting here at the table with me and i do all of them at once i will have each panel member talk about why they decided to be part of the project and why they selected the image they selected and they will talk a little about the image. Then we will see where the conversation goes after that so very briefly, let me introduce everybody i will start with Carol Reardon who was the professor of American History at penn state university, one of the important books on the military side of history, with a sword in one hand and germany and the other the problem of military thought in the civil war north and to field guide books of the battle of gettysburg and antietam. Next on the line is edward ayres who is a professor of humanities and president of the university of richmond. The most recent publication is a thin line of freedom and
Ms. Deitz it is wonderful to be here. I was up early this morning, and therefore i had a lot of time to walk around. I am from new york, so being in washington is a tremendous pleasure. I woke up when the fountains were going and the trees were just getting that wonderful spring green. I really thought this is americas versailles. You know . This is our place. And it occurred to me that louis the 14th probably thought it was a really good big deal. What we are talking about is really a very big deal. Designing gardens for the president ial house. Here i was coming to speak, but it really came into amazing context for me. I was just kind of Walking Around and seeing it. When i was first called to moderate this panel, i said since i am a garden journalist, i said i have never talked about any garden that i have not seen. And i had no concept of what the east wing look like. Years ago i wrote about rose garden and he called me one day and said can you come right down and see it. It was gu
Up early this morning, and therefore i had a lot of time to walk around. So being inw york, washington is a tremendous pleasure. The fountains were going and the trees were just getting that wonderful spring green. I really thought this is americas versailles. You know . This is our place. That louisrred to me the 14th probably thought it was a really good big deal. What we are talking about is really a very big deal. Designing gardens for the president ial house. Speak, butcoming to it really came into amazing context for me. I was just kind of Walking Around and seeing it. When i was first called to moderate this panel, i said since i am a garden journalist, i said i have never talked about any garden that i have not seen. And i had no concept of what the east wing look like. Years ago i wrote about rose garden and he called me one day and said can you come right down and see it. It was guarded very carefully and i never got to see anything else. I said i would be happy to do ways i
This program was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the White House Historical association. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] ms. Griffin i would like to introduce the panel that is entitled the legacy of Beatrix Farrand. The members, who are very close, will each give a short presentation on her work. The first will be paula deitz, who is editor of the hudson review. The second is judith tankard, author of Beatrix Farrand, private gardens, public landscape. The third is therese omalley, at the National Gallery of art. [applause] ms. Deitz it is wonderful to be here. I was up early this morning, and therefore i had a lot of time to walk around. I am from new york, so being in washington is a tremendous pleasure. I woke up when the fountains were going and the trees were just getting that wonderful spring green. I really thou
20 books. I have a long list here. One of my favorite books is girls. Is earls. Is one of the first books to explore soldier motivation and ideology. It is an outstanding book. He has done any others that charge, ackets book on field fortifications. A lot of people dont love braxton bragg. Im not sure you will love him after you read earls book, but it is a fair and well researched , deeply analytical look. He has won a number of awards. I should note, this book fighting for atlanta, is published by the university of North Carolina press. Let me welcome earl hess. [applause] pete, veryhank you, much. Fighting for atlanta, tactics, is the and the civil war topic. The purpose is to understand one of the more important elements that influence the course of operations in the Atlantic Campaign. It is a followup to a trilogy that i did several years ago on field fortifications in the eastern campaigns. That was volume two of that trilogy coverage. Atlanta campaign was one of four that heavil