Remind you, a lot goes into this kind of an event and many people have worked very, very hard, harder than ive worked, to put all of this together. One of the people who could not be here was frank cogliano, because he got stuck in newark. Hell be here later this evening. His cochair is here and shes going to say a few words. Thank you. [applause] welcome. Im sorry that frank isnt here to join me for this further welcome. Just to say how wonderful it is to see everyone here and to work with such an Amazing Group of people. I especially want to thank annette and frank, my cochair, robin, without whom we would sees to function, and also to the Wonderful Program committee, one of whose members is sitting there many are in the audience tonight and they generously of time an talent to put this program together to go through the many proposals that we had. Weir looking forward to what is an exciting, interesting, varied diverse sheer with a lot of different panels and topics. Its a pleasure
Theater at the National Archives. I am chief of the archives. And that is just a fancy way that we run a lot of the public spaces on the other side of the building. He sends his regrets that he could not be here but his presence was needed at another one of the facilities. I will gladly steal his signature line and say welcome to my house. Im pleased you could join us whether you are here in this room today were here to listen to christian be keller. The Great Partnership Stonewall Jackson and the fate of the confederacy. He became the director of the military history program. With the american civil war. In the germans nativism ethnicity and civil war memory. In the inter induction to the book. They relate clearly and concisely several things including the value of this book the four doors with the text itself. As an archivist. With the interpretive value. And the reliability of source material particularly confederate related sources. Versus poorest postwar sources. This military his
Panetta lecture series. Before we begin, i want to first ask that on this memorial day, we have a moment of silence in honor of all those men and women who have died while serving in the United States armed services. Thank you. This season we are discussing the health of american democracy, and it is very fitting that we recognize the individuals who have given their greatest sacrifice for our freedom and our way of life. We honor their commitment to country. Our guests in our discussion this evening are particularly fitting for this holiday because tonight we will conclude the 2019 lecture series by looking back to the founding of our nation and to the men who first took up arms to fight in the name of liberty and give birth to our republic. In the wake of victory, they understood that they had to create a system of government that would preserve and protect the values for which they had fought. What were their motives and intentions . Asking this question, it is important to recogniz
His line and say welcome to my house. I am pleased you could join us and whether youre here participating through facebook or youtube, welcome to those of you who are joining on cspan. Today we listen to christian teller discusses most recent book the great partnership, Stonewall Jackson and the state of the confederacy. Doctor keller is the eisenhower chair of the National Security and strategy of the United States Army War College in carlisle pennsylvania. This year he became a director of military history program. In many articles he is the author, coauthor or editor of several previous books on American Civil War including the germans ethnicity and civil war memory. In the introduction in the book he lays out clearly and concisely several things. Including the value of this book. Historical and what youll find in his notes versus the text itself. I greatly appreciate him confronting ahead on interpretive value and reliability of material particularly confederate wartime sources ver
Good evening and welcome to politics nation. The punchlines have been delivered and the punch bowls have been emptied after last night white house Correspondents Dinner. In washington, returning to the harsh realities of Election Year politics in 2024. The polls showed the race between President Biden and former President Trump is tighter than ever and in the coming weeks, the direction of the campaign could be influenced by events played out in New York City but i have returned. On tuesday, former President Trump will return to a manhattan courthouse where jurors will hear from witnesses in his hush money case. At Columbia University, administrators will have to grapple with how to deal with propalestinian demonstrators ahead of their upcoming commencement. The decisions they make will be watched closely by other colleges and communities. Protests over events in the east have left americans deeply divided. We are joined by a man who will be at the center of all of this weeks drama, ne