welcome everyone. good evening. i want to thank you all for joining us tonight. on the evening of general and president ulysses s grant s 200th birthday. this historic milestone comes at a time when grant star is rising. ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the district of columbia and living us presidents. we have included in our dinner programs. just one of the proclamations from grant s birth state of ohio and all presidential messages that were available at the time of printing. what stands out in these messages? also stands out in history s understanding of grants during the 21st century. appreciation of his accomplishments is no longer confined to his military career in which he was the principal author of union victory during the civil war. it now extends to his presidency which included benchmarks in peace and equality that merit him a place in the pantheon of great presidents. grants co
Up next, the best selling historical novelist jeff shaara focuses on the latter half of the civil war involving sherman and the end of the civil war. He argues against the depiction of sherman is a villain and talks about how slaves reacted to his military victory. The Smithsonian Associates posted this 90 minute event. Good evening everyone. Can everyone hear me well . Good. I am mary maclachlan, you program coroner with the Smithsonian Associates and i would like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a stimulating program on the Union General, William T Shermans marched to the city. Before we begin and i announce our speaker, would like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure they are turned off. And also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during these programs. Lastly, we are delighted to have cspan History Channel filming tonight program. Jeff shaara will take questions at the end of the program and we have microphone so we can capture you
Associates hosted this 90minute event. Good evening, everyone. Can everyone hear me well . Good. I am mary maclachlan, you the Program Coordinator with the Smithsonian Associates and i would like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a stimulating program on the Union General, William T Shermans marched to the city. March to the sea. Before we begin and i announce our speaker, would like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure they are turned off. And also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during these programs. Lastly, we are delighted to have cspan History Channel filming tonights program. Jeff shaara will take questions at the end of the program and we have microphones so we can capture your questions. When you raise your hand, we will have event reps in the aisles of the auditorium and in the balcony and we will wait until you have a microphone in your hands. It is a pleasure to welcome our speaker, jeff shaara, back to the smithsonian. H
The other day you are the next generation of American Patriots so, appear, take a part in it. Altright, everybody come here we go. Ready . I pledge allegiance to the flag of United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [cheers and applause] all right. So first off thank you for coming, and first up we have got singer and conservative radio talk show host Monica Matthews from atlanta, georgia, is going to lead us in the blessing for the day. Keep everybody safe and shes also going to sing the national anthem. So here she is. Thank you. Thank you. Honored to be. If you can stand please stand. If you have a hat on, please take it off. Thank you. Oh, say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars thro the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs b
Ashley it is pretty accurate, they worked with a lot of historians, they did a lot of research into both what occupy alexandria was like come and specific family members. The green family was a major character in the show they were , real people. Some of the physicians and surgeons are composites of the various kinds of people who would have worked there. But there is a lot of reality in the show. It New York Times called with crinoline, which is a pretty good description. It is pretty accurate. Drama, loveunny, stories and other stuff as well. Sarah, why were they interested in having a discussion on what mercy street means to historians like you . Sarah ashley is the one who figured out the idea for the panel. And it came out of conversations she and i had been having as we watched each of the soda the show on twitter. We were tweeting at each other about the ways that things were portrayed or little bits we could see of historians work coming out in the show. Oh, that came out of th