Patriotism and Popular Culture in the new United States. On june 19th of 1812, James Madison made public announcement of the first war ever to be declared in the history of the United States. He said, quote, i. E. Exhort all the good people of the United States. As they love their country, as they feel wrong that they exert themselves. Madisons call made clear that the expectation of showing love of country required giving support to the war. At a moment of national crisis, patriotism was needed. He sought to justify the conflict to the population at large and motivate the country to support the war. The stakes were high because although a majority in congress voted in favor of declaring the war not one Single Member of the Federalist Party voted in support of the war. The ticket very skeptical view of the war, far more so than did southern and western members of the Democratic Republican Party that madison was leading. Ostensibly a conflict with britain over the National Sovereignty t
[applause] thank you very much for that introduction and thank you to the David Library for hosting me. Its a real pleasure to be here and see all of you this afternoon. Thank you. The title of my talk this afternoon is, love and honor in 1812. Patriotism and Popular Culture in the new United States. On june 19th of 1812, James Madison made a public announcement of the first war ever to be declared in the history of the United States. He said, quote, i exhort all the good people of the United States as they love their country, as they feel wrongs, that they exert themselves. Madisons call made clear that the expectation of showing love of country required giving support to the war. At a moment of National Crisis patriotism was needed. He sought to justify the conflict to the population at large and motivate the country to support the war. The stakes were high because although a majority in congress had voted in favor of declaring war not one Single Member of the Federalist Party had vo
He goes to georgetown and from georgetown he becomes a candidate for a rhodes fellowship and goes to he cannot have a sustained ongoing relationship with a woman. He is attracted to the kind of women his mother directs him to gore the beauty queens, who are the ones who are flirtatious and who are attractive and that is really where his eyes had been. And tell the goes to yale law school. There he meets hillary rodham. You can watch this and other programs on line at booktv. Org. Now on booktv, Nicole Eustace examines the effects the war of 1812 had on american politics and patriotism. The author reports at the end of the three year war resulted in the quote era of good feelings marked by defuse partisanship and greater nationalism. Its a little over an hour. [applause] thank you very much for that introduction and thank you to the David Library for hosting me. To real its a real pleasure to be here and to see all of you this afternoon. Thank you. The title of my talk this afternoon is