Im delighted to move us to our second panel the Conservation Movement in state and National Parks and we are lucky to have lauren meyer or historian and Landscape Architectsts serving s moderator to kick off this event. Lauren has a longstanding relationship with the olmstead having edited the list of Design Projects which were just mentioned as well as part of the near 12 volume thousands and thousands of pages. He is currently the cochair of the nonprofit partner of National Historic sites and with that welcome lauren. Thank you enough i can figure out the technology here i will pull up the next i might need someone. [inaudible conversations] there it is. Right in the middle. Welcome everyone to session to. Im going to kick off this panel covering sort of a flyover of the role of the olmstead and the National Park service. Followed by scholar and historian Hope Christian who looked into the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, jr. And ending with sam hodder who will talk about the importan
Welcome everyone to the fifth installment of our conversations on the olmstead series. President and ceo ofoc the National Association for olmstead parks and the partner of the olmstead campaign. We have at last arrived 2022 and we invite everyone from coast to coast to participate in the array of conferences, tours and more around the country. Please visit olmstead at 200. Org to learn more. Today we are going tot start in mr. Olmsteads neighborhood the community of brookline, massachusetts. Some neighborhoods hold a unique place in history because they were home to an extraordinary individual, and that is the case in the neighborhood of brookline, massachusetts. There Frederick Olmstead and Charles Spring sergeant and others worked in close proximity in the 19th and early 20th century architecture and landscapeay design in ways that continue to reverberate today. Thats why the national nationalassociation parks and or organizations across the country dfought hard to oppose proposed p
Second part of the Calvin Coolidge centennial Conference Marking the centennial of the 30th residence extension to the white house at 9 30 p. M. Eastern on the presidency pete souza for white house photographer for president S Ronald Reagan and barack obama talked about the daytoday workings of the presidency including the history making moment he witnessed, exploring the american story. Watch American History tv saturdaysn cspan2 and find a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online anytime cspan. Org history. I am delighted to move us to our second panel. The Conservation Movement and state and National Parks. We are lucky to have lauren meyer a historic on an Landscape Architect serving as moderator kick off speaker for this event. Lauren has a longstanding relationship having edited a master list of Design Projects which i just mentioned, as well as parts of the papers of Frederick Olmsted amiri 12 volumes thousands and thousands of pages. She screw the coach of the friend
Thank you for joining us for tonights lecture, a tempest, a teapot. Political combat antebellum rhode island with scholar eric chaput and Elizabeth Sulock director Public Programs for the Newport Historical society. This year, the 180th anniversary of the door rebellion, which is considered the most significant constitutional political event to occur in rhode Island History. During tonights lecture, dr. Chaput will explore the life of Thomas Wilson dorr and his attempt to overturn Rhode Islands existing government in the spring of 1842. He will focus heavily on the numerous newport connections to the story of dawes attempt at legal reform, including a lengthy trial, led to his imprisonment in 1844. A native Rhode Islanders erik chaput teaches at Providence College and at Western Reserve Academy. He holds a doctorate in American History from Maxwell School of citizenship and public at syracuse university. And he is the author of the people smarter. And is 1842 rhode island rebellion, wh
Rhode island with scholar eric chaput and Elizabeth Sulock director Public Programs for the Newport Historical society. This year, the 180th anniversary of the door rebellion, which is considered the most significant constitutional political event to occur in rhode Island History. During tonights lecture, dr. Chaput will explore the life of Thomas Wilson dorr and his attempt to overturn Rhode Islands existing government in the spring of 1842. He will focus heavily on the numerous newport connections to the story of dawes attempt at legal reform, including a lengthy trial, led to his imprisonment in 1844. A native Rhode Islanders erik chaput teaches at Providence College and at Western Reserve Academy. He holds a doctorate in American History from Maxwell School of citizenship and public at syracuse university. And he is the author of the people smarter. And is 1842 rhode island rebellion, which is available at newport history shop dot com. Dr. Chaput is the cocreator with historian rus