People will sometimes they northerners wanted to waive hearts and minds wasnt there why wasnt there a Marshall Plan well, there was. The friedman zero often gave more to governors than africanamericans, but it was pro trade as sort of agency of subjugation and oppression and tyranny and so on, so there was no link that lost cause types it would go to to distort history and part of their distortion was sweeping under the rug the evidence of dissent in the south, sweeping under the unity, sweeping under the rug the contributions of the southern black Union Victory in their opposition to slavery and so on to create a fiction and again, northerners and others who had hopes and a change to come in the face of a Massive Campaign of a propaganda. I have been thinking about this and im writing a biography of a james long street, a confederate general who almost alone among confederate generals accepted terms offered and through the conclusion that the confederates did have to yielded to the id
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
let s let s all get started. we have a great program for you today to the 100th birthday. 100th anniversary of the dedication of the lincoln memorial which you might recognize as the building right behind us. i want to start by let s have a rounder applause for the united states marine band. band. the president s own brass quintet. 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
let s let s all get started. we have a great program for you today to the 100th birthday. 100th anniversary of the dedication of the lincoln memorial which you might recognize as the building right behind us. i want to start by let s have a rounder applause for the united states marine band. band. the president s own brass quintet. 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
let s let s all get started. we have a great program for you today to the 100th birthday. 100th anniversary of the dedication of the lincoln memorial which you might recognize as the building right behind us. i want to start by let s have a rounder applause for the united states marine band. band. the president s own brass quintet. 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