Want to run. It is like saying, with all due respect [laughter] grimm in my courtroom. We do have some great scholars with us this morning. Aephen angle, the author of great book about lincoln and the nations governors. Ofathan white, author midnight in america. Soon to be with us a book called a little monitor. Catherine clinton is no stranger to us, author of many books. He told me, and i hope i am not revealing any confidence, he has. Glint in his eye good luck with that. Abouture we will hear secretary of the treasury salmon chase from professor clinton. Let me start with this. John barr, one of our members, wrote a great book but it is a door stopper, it is huge. Lincoln. Ed lonely he says in his introduction that William F Buckley junior once said americans shall not remember why lincoln was locked until we come to understand why he was hated. Until lincoln was loved we come to understand why he was hated. , as williamho whorsen said, even those commemorated or tried to memoriali
Good afternoon everyone. My name is jerry mcclory. Thank you for coming out on this bluthsery washington, d. C. Day. On behalf of the public library, i would like to thank you for coming out today. The peabody room was named after eorge peabody. He was a merchant, finance year and philanthropist who got his start in business in georgetown in 1812. He was 17 years old. He came from massachusetts with his uncle and they opened a dry goods store on m street. Despite his third grade education, he was a financial genius. He moved on to baltimore where the action was in the early 19th century. He was there for 20 years. You have probably heard of the peabody conservatory of music. That was his namesake. Became a multimillionaire. He eventually moved to london and lived there for the remainder of his life. In his will of 1867, he gave his millions away to establish educational organizations. This was a generation before Andrew Carnegie did the same thing with his money. To the community of ge
Became a multimillionaire. He eventually moved to london and lived there for the remainder of his life. Gave hisll of 1867, he millions away to establish educational organizations. This was a generation before andrew card engaged at the same thing with his money. To the community of georgetown 15,000 to establish a library. Honor of was named in him and serves as a repository for georgetown neighborhood history. For sound being the oldest neighborhood in washington, d. C. Years beforel 49 the Nations Capital was founded in 1800. M. Days speaker is jamie stieh we welcome her back. This is her second top this year. The second saturday of each month she is giving a talk about personagesamerican who really impacted American History. Columnist syndicated and contributor to u. S. News. Com. Today, she is going to give a talk about Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman. Anddouglas worked by day how. Tubman worked by night under the stars. Her talk next month will be about rachel carson. Satur
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