Good evening, and welcome to green lights bookstore. We are honored [inaudible] Theodore Roosevelt the roughriders dawn of the american century. Before i turn things over these turnoffs or silence your cell phones or other devices. Books are available for sale. If you want to see what is happening the rest of the summer and in case you havent noticed tonights event is being recorded by booktv. Our interviewer this evening is the author of the awardwinning bestsellers a little bonfire in the forthcoming the world made by women a history of women from the apple to the pill. Her work includes the bbc netflix a series. Her next project is the exhibition for the summer opening of buckingham palace. She will be speaking with the feature author deput the deputyd editor of the New York Times and the author of historical works in a shed on fire, america in the wake of the assassinati assassination, the belle of the centurbill of thecentury the bal rights act as well as a guide to scotland and b
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
Booktv. Org for the full weekend schedule. Now we kick off with clay risens story of the rough riders led by Theodore Roosevelt. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Good evening and welcome to green light bookstore. Were excited tonight to have clay risen presenting his book, the crowded hour. Hell be talking to dr. Amanda foreman. Before i turn things over to them, a couple of housekeeping things. First, turn off or silence cell phones or electronic devices. Second, book withs are for sale at the register. If you want to see whats happening the rest of the summer here at greenlight, fliers are available at the desk. And tonights program is being recorded by cspan. Amanda forman is author of awardwinning best sellers and of the forthcoming the world made by women a history of women from the apple to the pill. Her documentary work includes wellingtons women, the georgians and the bbc networks [inaudible] her next project is the exhibition fit for a queen inside victorias palace, for
house under president s joe biden donald trump barack obama george w bush and bill clinton. stuart mclaurin is president of the white house historical association leading the association s nonprofit nonpartisan mission to support conserv. station and preservation at the white house with private funding john stanwich serves as the national park service liaison to the white house overseeing the national park services responsibilities for the care of the white house and its grounds as well as the park areas immediately surrounding the white house. finally. we are joined by lydia teterick curator of the white house. she has been part of the white house curatorial staff since 1979. tetrick has lectured and published articles on the white house collection and specializes in historic photographs of the executive mansion. please join me in welcoming our panelists to the stage for our final panel today. here put me in the middle here. i don t like this. well, thank you sarah for that
our final panel today, which brings together a highly impressive group of scholars and practitioners dedicated to the preservation of the white house something that s very near and dear to us here at the white house historical association, dr. matthew costello vice president of the david m rubenstein national center for white house history and senior historian at the white house historical association will moderate the conversation. our first panelist is leslie green bowman president of the thomas jefferson foundation which owns and operates monticello in addition to this work. she has served by presidential appointment on the committee for the preservation of the white house under president s joe biden donald trump barack obama george w bush and bill clinton. stuart mclaurin is president of the white house historical association leading the association s nonprofit nonpartisan mission to support conserv. station and preservation at the white house with private funding john st