Likes to remind his readers that the individuals participated in momentous events, didnt know how things would turn out. That is definitely the case. In his 2023 book, the lincoln miracle inside the republican convention, that changed history as he takes through the blow by blow action in back rooms and the wigwam at the 1860 Republican National convention forum, attendees will also remember a similar you are their approach in acorns every drop of blood the momentous second inaugural of Abraham Lincoln, which was named one of the best books of 2020 by the economist magazine. This Pulitzer Prize finalist for commentary has also written two acclaimed books about 19th century baseball and american culture, 59 and 84 and the summer of beer whiskey. So well have to have him talk at the cash bar later. Joseph fornieri is american political story and a professor of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of technology and is an expert on the political ideology of Abraham Lincoln. He is t
Likes to remind his readers that the individuals participated in momentous events, didnt know how things would turn out. That is definitely the case. In his 2023 book, the lincoln miracle inside the republican convention, that changed history as he takes through the blow by blow action in back rooms and the wigwam at the 1860 Republican National convention forum, attendees will also remember a similar you are their approach in acorns every drop of blood the momentous second inaugural of Abraham Lincoln, which was named one of the best books of 2020 by the economist magazine. This Pulitzer Prize finalist for commentary has also written two acclaimed books about 19th century baseball and american culture, 59 and 84 and the summer of beer whiskey. So well have to have him talk at the cash bar later. Joseph fornieri is american political story and a professor of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of technology and is an expert on the political ideology of Abraham Lincoln. He is t
and we will hear a lot more from them over the course of the next couple of hours. so don t go away. they have a lot more to do. so i ll start by introducing who i am and why i m here. my name is david j kent. i m the president of the lincoln group of the district of columbia or the lincoln group of dc. i assume that s for the lincoln group and not for me in particular. lincoln group is one of the most active lincoln organizations in the country and even though we are based here in dc. our membership is worldwide and really worldwide but especially countrywide so we ve been around since the 1930s. so we are very happy today to have helped organize this program. along with the national park service, and i especially want to call out jamie boyle who without whom this none of this would have happened. and and co-sponsored by the lincoln forum of which harold holder is the chair and harold you ll be hearing from harold in a shortly. so i also want to thank roberta and leiden schw
holzer to discuss. what sets it apart? guest: one is just the beauty, the building and the magnificence of the marble statue, the largest marble monument portrait in the united states, then and now. what further has set it apart is the use of this space i am sitting on all the way to the steps as a platform for the discussion of grievances, for the aspirations for a more perfect union, for what reagan called unfinished what lincoln called unfinished work. it has evolved into the setting for demonstrations, gatherings, meetings, concerts that all point to completing that unfinished business of his. host: describe where you are and for those who haven t been there, with the should know. guest: i am sitting about 50, 40 feet from the reflecting pool on the far end of the monument. and of course the memorial is behind me up 87 steps, i think i have that right. finished in 19 and they waited for it to settle on the soft ground before it settled for it to settle before they had
magnificence of the marble statue, the largest marble monument portrait in the united states, then and now. what further has set it apart is the use of this space i am sitting on all the way to the steps as a platform for the discussion of grievances, for the aspirations for a more perfect union, for what reagan called unfinished what lincoln called unfinished work. it has evolved into the setting for demonstrations, gatherings, meetings, concerts that all point to completing that unfinished business of his. host: describe where you are and for those who haven t been there, with the should know. guest: i am sitting about 50, 40 feet from the reflecting pool on the far end of the monument. and of course the memorial is behind me up 87 steps, i think i have that right. finished in 19 and they waited for it to settle on the soft ground before it settled for it to settle before they had the dedication. 100 years ago, the african-american community of washington came out to th