Im head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and im pleased to be here with you today. Were pleased to serve for the 8th year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and even prouder to watch it grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. I wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some best seller lists today. But its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. Its real purpose is literacy which leads to learning and opportunity which helps our goal in succeeding. Learning to love books is what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will describe his biography and certain other popular founding fathers. One thing i learned from the story of president grant is how people can evolve and through persistence and hard work, acknowledge and overcome their imperfections. Its an incredible story that reminded me that a person can
Welcome everybody. I am david moscowitz, i am head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and im pleased to be here with you today. We are pleased to serve for the eighth year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and prouder to watch it grow to the incredibly popular, impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [applause] wouldnt be surprised to see us move on to some bestseller lists today. Its even more important to keep the book festival a free event for the community. The real purpose here is literacy which leads to learning an opportunity which matches our goal of helping our community succeed. Learning to love books and learning to Love Learning are what the book festival are all about. In this session, ron chernow will discuss his biography of ulysses grant. If we are lucky, certain other popular founding fathers. [laughter] one thing i learned from the story of president grant was how people can evolve and through persistence and hard work and k
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Conversation in this series that argues that objects have the power to convey historical events and to help us understand the passed. This idea inspired Harold Holzer book, the civil war in 50 objects. The objects which were taken from the New York Historical society. This evening, we will be looking at five objects from the book and related Exhibition Group surrounding the theme of art of war. So these works are all very different and have very different background stories. We have the return of the 69th irish regiment. A caricature of lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation. We have a painting of an episode of war and some prison art. First, lets look at the relationship between more and art i harold. Did war stimulate part in america and did our change the romantic image of war . I think both. Valerie, good evening. Thanks for having me back. I think the great emphasis of the american painting up to the civil war is history painting and landscape painting. Portraiture continue