Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the good morning, everyone. Welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and our good friends, our partners, the john w. Cloogy center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mcloren, and i have the privilege of being the president of White House Historical association, and i see many familiar friends and faces here today. And, of course, those who are joining us by cspan and through our own digital coverage, its great to have all of you joining us here today as well. I ought to recognize three of my colleagues who have been involved and on point for this. Many here at the association have played a role in making today happen at these annual symposiums which theyre actually a yearlong effort to put together. We focus on the cloakium partners in th
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and good friends, our partners, the john w klug center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mclaurin, and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. And i see many familiar friends and faces here today and, of course, those who are joining us by cspan and through our own digital coverage. Its great to have all of you joining us here today as well. I want to recognize three of my colleagues who have been involved and on point for this many here at the association and have played a role in making today happen in these annual symposiums, which theyre actually a year long effort to put together. We start with a colloquium of scholars in the fall and focus on a topic or a subject with our partner in this case, the clergy center. And then that evolves over the course of the year
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and good friends, our partners, the john w klug center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mclaurin, and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. And i see many familiar friends and faces here today and, of course, those who are joining us by cspan and through our own digital coverage. Its great to have all of you joining us here today as well. I want to recognize three of my colleagues who have been involved and on point for this many here at the association and have played a role in making today happen in these annual symposiums, which theyre actually a year long effort to put together. We start with a colloquium of scholars in the fall and focus on a topic or a subject with our partner in this case, the clergy center. And then that evolves over the course of the year
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and good friends, our partners, the john w klug center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mclaurin, and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. And i see many familiar friends and faces here today and, of course, those who are joining us by cspan and through our own digital coverage. Its great to have all of you joining us here today as well. I want to recognize three of my colleagues who have been involved and on point for this many here at the association and have played a role in making today happen in these annual symposiums, which theyre actually a year long effort to put together. We start with a colloquium of scholars in the fall and focus on a topic or a subject with our partner in this case, the clergy center. And then that evolves over the course of the year
Thank you, bob. I am glad to see so many people escape from the rain inside here. [laughter] i hope that is not the only reason youre here. But it is dry inside. Christmases,time is something that came upon me accidentally. To write expected about the subject or talk about it. I did spend two christmases in korea during the korean war. They were not very exciting christmases. Hardly anybody knew it was until he tended to tokyo army radio and heard recordings like i saw mommy kissing santa claus, which was not very good for morale. [laughter] about christmas and war. My first biography dealt with lawrence of arabia. It came out just as the movie with peter otoole came out. That was a lucky break because people suddenly heard of me. It made it easier to write other books. The 1980s, i began work on a book on the end of world war i on the armistice on november 11, 1918. In the process of doing that research, after many previous books, i discovered there had been a truce, a cessation of ch