The Senate Tavern and house. If you judge by fords theater in washington, d. C. , its about 14 miles southeast of there. What happened at about midnight when the calendar turned from april 42, 52, 1865, here in this tavern, John Wilkes Booth had been on the run. He shot Abraham Lincoln about ten, 15 or 10 20 p. M. , and he met up with one of his conspirators, david harold, across the 11th street bridge. And they met up at a high point and they rode straight here. This was their intended because this was a house of conspiracy. It was owned by mary surratt. She live here. It was a country tavern that a man rented it and ran it for her. And then she was living in her house in washington, d. C. , her boarding house. So booth and david harold arrived here and they pounded on the door. The innkeeper, john lloyd, was asleep and they pounded on the door and again and in then they let booth and david harold. Then they came in the side entrance, not through the front door. And then booth said, f
The Senate Tavern and house. If you judge by fords theater in washington, d. C. , its about 14 miles southeast of there. What happened at about midnight when the calendar turned from april 42, 52, 1865, here in this tavern, John Wilkes Booth had been on the run. He shot Abraham Lincoln about ten, 15 or 10 20 p. M. , and he met up with one of his conspirators, david harold, across the 11th street bridge. And they met up at a high point and they rode straight here. This was their intended because this was a house of conspiracy. It was owned by mary surratt. She live here. It was a country tavern that a man rented it and ran it for her. And then she was living in her house in washington, d. C. , her boarding house. So booth and david harold arrived here and they pounded on the door. The innkeeper, john lloyd, was asleep and they pounded on the door and again and in then they let booth and david harold. Then they came in the side entrance, not through the front door. And then booth said, f
The Senate Tavern and house. If you judge by fords theater in washington, d. C. , its about 14 miles southeast of there. What happened at about midnight when the calendar turned from april 42, 52, 1865, here in this tavern, John Wilkes Booth had been on the run. He shot Abraham Lincoln about ten, 15 or 10 20 p. M. , and he met up with one of his conspirators, david harold, across the 11th street bridge. And they met up at a high point and they rode straight here. This was their intended because this was a house of conspiracy. It was owned by mary surratt. She live here. It was a country tavern that a man rented it and ran it for her. And then she was living in her house in washington, d. C. , her boarding house. So booth and david harold arrived here and they pounded on the door. The innkeeper, john lloyd, was asleep and they pounded on the door and again and in then they let booth and david harold. Then they came in the side entrance, not through the front door. And then booth said, f
The Senate Tavern and house. If you judge by fords theater in washington, d. C. , its about 14 miles southeast of there. What happened at about midnight when the calendar turned from april 42, 52, 1865, here in this tavern, John Wilkes Booth had been on the run. He shot Abraham Lincoln about ten, 15 or 10 20 p. M. , and he met up with one of his conspirators, david harold, across the 11th street bridge. And they met up at a high point and they rode straight here. This was their intended because this was a house of conspiracy. It was owned by mary surratt. She live here. It was a country tavern that a man rented it and ran it for her. And then she was living in her house in washington, d. C. , her boarding house. So booth and david harold arrived here and they pounded on the door. The innkeeper, john lloyd, was asleep and they pounded on the door and again and in then they let booth and david harold. Then they came in the side entrance, not through the front door. And then booth said, f
It is an honor for me to participate in this program at this place. Committed to protecting and sharing the rich legacy of the units its maybe and its a particular pleasure for me to be with you. Last year, my wife susan and i, attended a performance of hamilton in new york. Many lines from the play struck me and stayed with me but one of them kept running through my head. Eliza hamilton, the widow of alexander hamilton, saying with the chorus of the Founding Fathers who lives, guys, tells your story. This is relevant to my remarks and its relevant to my book because in any war, any war and in any armed confrontation, i guess, the first questions are the determinative ones, who lives guys. Stripped of all other explanations about the purposes and to the goals of war, this is the fundamental human question that those who go to war must face. Indeed, its the cool purpose of war. Its best never to forget this, who lives, guys. Thats why i had so much trouble in recent years as politicians