Everybody looks mostly settled. So welcome again here in the afternoon. My name is . Jarod rhodes. Im the speech and debate director for the Coolidge Foundation. Our program is an exciting. We give we provide opportunities for High Schoolers to, engage in speech and debate, and thereby learn and develop and practice the skills of oratory and rhetoric, civil engagement, research. You have to do a lot that in writing your own speeches as well. Of course, along the way we give them a big dose of coolidge material as well. And so they learn quite a bit about our 30th president as of our program. You might be how its structured. We have tournaments across the nation. Weve in idaho this year. Weve been in dallas in december, just came back north carolina. We have tournaments all all across the country and we qualify students essentially to the coolidge cup, which is our championship tournament that we hold each july in plymouth, vermont and in the coolidge historic site, we i know its been i
Series known as the peters rushton seminars, a series that i am john obrien from the department of english and im happy to kick things off. Todays lecture is part of an English Department lecture series known as the peters rushton seminars, series that goes back to 1950. It is a series that is including speakers, such as brooks, randall jerrell, wh and shamus heaney. Today, we are happy to help fred kaplan over the return to speak on his designer Thomas Jefferson. Fred kaplan is a distinguished professor of Queens College and the Graduate Center of the city of university of new york. A scholar in 19th century literature has become best nose is one of the most distinguished biographers of our era. He has published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, john quincy adams, abraham lincoln, gore vidal and Thomas Jefferson. In his masterly pen, offers a biography of Thomas Jefferson by giving an english professors kind of attention to jeffersons written wor
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
Every saturday, we document americas story and book tv brings you the latest nonfiction books and authors. Funding comes from these Television Companies and more. Hi, everybody. Afternoon. Im john obrien from the department of english and im happy to kick things off. Supporting ycspan 2 as a publ service. Hi, everybody. Good afternoon. Im john obrien from the department of english and im happy to kick things off todays lecture is part of a lecture series known as the Peter Rushton seminars, a series going back to 915 1950. Today we are happy to welcome fred kaplan to the rotunda to speak on his designer Thomas Jefferson. Professor of english at Queens College and Graduate Center of the City University of new york. He has become best known as one of the most distinguished biographers of our era. Covers thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, john quincy adams, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. He offers a biography of Thomas Jefferson by giving them english profess
Hi, everybody. Afternoon. Im john obrien from the department of english and im happy to kick things off. Todays lecture is part of English Department lecture series known as the peters rushton seminars, a series that goes back to 1950. Its a series that included speakers such as keith brookes, randall general auden and seamus heaney. Today, were happy to welcome fred kaplan to the west oval room of the rotunda to speak on his designer Thomas Jefferson. Fred kaplan is distinguished Professor Emeritus of english at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of new york. A scholar in century literature, kaplan has become best known as one of the most distinguished biographers of our era. He is published biographies of thomas carlyle, mark twain, henry james, charles dickens, John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln gore vidal, and now Thomas Jefferson in his masterly pen. Kaplan offers us a biography of Thomas Jefferson by giving an english professors kind attention to jeffer