We are here to clan war. Ulysses s grant and the battle to save reconstruction with mr. Border with he a prolific author he has written nine nonfiction books and is built on and furthers and continues the research and writing did about the radical reform. Republicans in power. I told congress at war how reformers fought the civil war. Lincoln ended slavery, remade america. That was published just three years ago in 2020. Its a narrative that continues in klan war and his earlier works include, and im sort of going to enlist a couple of these in reverse sequencing back in time time bound china, the underground railroad and for the soul of america there was great debate. Henry clay, Stephen Douglass and the compromise that preserved the the First Congress how james George Washington and a group of extraordinary women invented the government and washington the making of the american capitol and there were several earlier than that. Mr. Burdick is, a native of new york city, he is an indep
Our captivating talk with historian and author fergus bordewich. The Capital Historical Society chartered by congress, a nonprofit organization, is designed to tell the story of the capital and the people who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. Today is clearly of that effort. Were going to discuss mr. Bordewich s new book clash war Ulysses Grant and the battle to save reconstruction, which is actually a story not just about president grant, but about the role that Congress Actually played in all of this activity. Because he found the results of one of the very first investigative committees of congress. This multivolume report part of the investigation on the Klu Klux Klan that went the south and story is told throughout his book, which talks about the bloody reconstruction era roots and how really influences whats going on today. This story he will tell details how the federal government wields, its power to try to dismiss the Klu Klux Klan, defined as the first
We welcome every one of you to our captivating talk with historian and author fergus bordewich. The Capital Historical Society chartered by congress, a nonprofit organization, is designed to tell the story of the capital and the people who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. Today is clearly of that effort. Were going to discuss mr. Bordewich s new book clash war Ulysses Grant and the battle to save reconstruction, which is actually a story not just about president grant, but about the role that Congress Actually played in all of this activity. Because he found the results of one of the very first investigative committees of congress. This multivolume report part of the investigation on the Klu Klux Klan that went the south and story is told throughout his book, which talks about the bloody reconstruction era roots and how really influences whats going on today. This story he will tell details how the federal government wields, its power to try to dismiss the Klu
Chartered by congress, a nonprofit organization, is designed to tell the story of the capital and the people who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. Today is clearly of that effort. Were going to discuss mr. Bordewich s new book clash war Ulysses Grant and the battle to save reconstruction, which is actually a story not just about president grant, but about the role that Congress Actually played in all of this activity. Because he found the results of one of the very first investigative committees of congress. This multivolume report part of the investigation on the Klu Klux Klan that went the south and story is told throughout his book, which talks about the bloody reconstruction era roots and how really influences whats going on today. This story he will tell details how the federal government wields, its power to try to dismiss the Klu Klux Klan, defined as the first organized terrorist movement in American History. That out of the ashes of the civil war at the
Designed to tell the story of the capital and the people who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. Today is clearly of that effort. Were going to discuss mr. Bordewich s new book clash war Ulysses Grant and the battle to save reconstruction, which is actually a story not just about president grant, but about the role that Congress Actually played in all of this activity. Because he found the results of one of the very first investigative committees of congress. This multivolume report part of the investigation on the Klu Klux Klan that went the south and story is told throughout his book, which talks about the bloody reconstruction era roots and how really influences whats going on today. This story he will tell details how the federal government wields, its power to try to dismiss the Klu Klux Klan, defined as the first organized terrorist movement in American History. That out of the ashes of the civil war at the peak of its, you know, power in the early 19, 1870s