Im amity shlaes the Coolidge Foundation and i shall start with a quotation from Calvin Coolidge. We need more of the office desk and less the show window in polished. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for limelight. More, less window. No limelight. Midnight oil. So thats what coolidge said over hundred years ago when trying to explain the profession of government. The lines sound a little meager, a little modest, but is also something consoling, even elating the midnight oil. Hard is not only a refuge. It is feast for minds. Yours. Thats why tomorrow is the centennial of the coolidge presidency. We have prepared a kind of a verite feast of policy for our audience. Were going to learn about government from. President coolidge at the conference. Youll hear all about coolidges life from his boyhood in vermont to his final decision not to run again. Made at mt. Rushmore in 1927. Well also course discuss the coolidge project, the coolidge legacy, his relevance for politics today
Weve also got some other raffles going on, and at your table you have been given a notecard that we would like you to write down a question for our panel this afternoon. If you have a question for them, and what i will do, i will take up the most objectionable ones [laughs] well proceed from there. But, so if youve got a question, write it down, and we will ask our wonderful speakers today. Weve also at the break we are going to bring in my staff and were going to have a chance acknowledge them. Our Panel Discussion is after lunch at 1 00. So, thatll be the end of our day. I really like our speakers presentation title today. Mission impossible rethinking george b. Mcclellan. After what weve heard so far in this conference, i think it is even more impossibler. Dr. George rable is the Professor Emeritus at the university of alabama, roll tide. He held the Charles Sumner so chair of history. He is the author of fredericksburg, fredericksburg, which won a lincoln prize. His most recent boo
In American History with 23,000 casualties between two size and ended in the unions strategic victory. This 40 minute talk was part of a symposium on great defenses of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices and the entire field. Ien i first met kevin pollack thought, this is one of those guys that is going to be a rock star. I hear when i travel across the country, we have to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child for getting young folks and involved with the civil war, kevin pollak is it. He is getting married in just a couple weeks. As you know, that will be a major life shift for him. Kevin is the license battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. He is coauthor of an upcoming book or the emerging civil war. About the maryland campaign. Us aboutng to talk to what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at 8 p. M. It is my pleasure to introduce kevin pollak. [applause] kevin good morni
Panel discussion featuring all seven speakers. Coverage on American History tv on cspan 3. [no audio] everybody. Ning, were ready to get started. Welcome back to the last day of our conference. And also welcome to our cspan viewers. Were live. Just a couple of announcements before i introduce the speaker. We still have some Tickets Available on our wonderful plan k, that you will be able to take him today if you want. Weve also got some other raffles going on, and at your table you have been given a notecard that we would like you to write down a question for our panel this afternoon. If you have a question for them, and what i will do, i will take up the most objectionable ones [laughs] well proceed from there. But, so if uyoyouve got a question, write it down, and we will ask our wonderful speakers today. Also at the break we are going to bring in my staff and were going to have a chance to make knowledge them. Our Panel Discussion is after lunch at 1 00. So, thatll be the end of our
After the Union Victory in the civil war battle in maryland, president lincoln issued the emancipation prok cla mags, freeing slaves in the south. Up next a conversation on the 1862 battle. Our next speaker is one of the great emerging voices in the entire field. When i first met Kevin Pollock, i thought this is one of those guys who is going to be a rock star. He already is. I hear when i travel across the country to roundtables weve got to get more young people involved. If we need a poster child for getting young folks involved with the civil war, Kevin Pollock is it. Hes about to grow up in a quick way, hes getting married in a couple of weeks that will be a major life shift for him. Kevin is a licensed battlefield guide at the Antietam Battlefield. Hes the education director and hes coauthor of an upcoming book for the emerging civil war series about the maryland campaign. Hes going to talk to us a little bit about what he considers to be a great defense, robert e. Lee at antietam