Her in ford theater. That is a very unique experience for me as a writer. I think sometimes at fort theater, they, if i can speak for them, they have to almost deny the box in a way. You are doing a play that has nothing to do with lincoln, and yet you cant cover it up. You cant not lighted. It is there. It is always present. So what is wonderful and difficult in a certain way is that it is meant to be present. It is meant to be part of the play. So i think sitting in the audience realizing there was a night on april 14 in 1865 that a president and his wife sat in that box and were watching a play just like we are going to be watching a play. And this terrible thing happened. Of the next on American History tv, as part of our programming marking the 150th anniversary of the assassination of resident lincoln, we visit fords theatre to learn about an online project to collect documents and artifacts detailing ordinary americans responses to the death of the president. Sarah jencks welcom
And the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice, commitment to country. She rose to the occasion. She was opposed to slavery. She was quite a behindthescenes dynamo,. She said cannot rule without including what women want. The backdrop to the occupancy of the white house is one of personal tragedy. She is worried about her husband. And defend him against slander. She is concerned about her children their upbringing, their , education. She could hold her own with anybody. In her own time and since, she was in every way her husband equal her husbands equal. Born in 1744, Abigail Smith married john adams at age 19. Over 54 years of including a future president. Ahead of her time in many ways and a writer perhaps unparalleled to any first lady, she pens this to her husband during the American Revolution susan good evening and welcome to first ladies. For the next 90 minutes we will be learning more about Abigail Adams the second first lady of , the United States. We have two guests, au
Artifacts detailing ordinary americans responses to the death of the president. Sarah jencks welcome to fords theater. I am the director of education programming here at fort. David mckenzie i am david mckenzie, the Digital Projects manager. Sarah jencks and we are so excited to share a project with you today. We have been working for the last year and half to create remembering lincoln. It allows us to take resources primary source resources from around the country and around the world and digitize them and put them online so that anyone anywhere in the world can learn more about how regular people responded to abraham lincolns assassination. David mckenzie when lincoln was assassinated, of course this was five days after general robert e. Lee surrendered to general Ulysses S Grant down at appomattox courthouse, and this is, going back and the moment, the first president ial assassination in the countrys history. It is something that americans had never experienced before. They had al
C cspan. Org. Up next, as part of the programming marking the 150th anniversary of the assassination of president lincoln, we visit fords theater to learn about an online project to collect douchlts and artyifacts detailing responses to the death of the president. Welcome to fords theater, director of Educational Programs here. Im david, the Digital Projects manager here at fords. So excited to share our prompt with you today. We have been working for the last year and a half to create remembering lincoln, a project supported by the Institution Museum Library Services allowing us to take resources primary source resources from around the country and around the world and digitize them and put them online so that anyone anywhere in the world can can learn more about how people, regular people responded to the assassination. Now when lincoln was assassinated, of course this was five days after general robert e. Lee surrendered to general grant down in appommaammattox courthouse, this is t
Here are some featured programs this weekend. On cspan, saturday starting at noon politicians, white house officials, and Business Leaders offer advice and encouragement to the class of 2015, including former president bush and the chair of Dreamworks Animation and 9 15 p. M. , Staff Members reflect on the presidency of george h. W. Bush and at noon, mu commencement speeches from Condoleezza Rice and michael nutter. On saturday morning,booktv is in new york with book expo american beginning at 10 00 and live callin segments with publishers and authors throughout the day. Sunday evening at 9 00 on after words, we look at the case that considered the constitutionality of proposition 8 the law that resended the right of samesex couples to marry in california. On cspan3 7 00 eastern conversation with white house historian william seal on first ladies who had the most impact on the executive mansion. Sunday afternoon before 2 00 life and death of the 20th president , jameis garfield serving