Director of the civil war era studies program. He did his graduate work in history at the university of pennsylvania, where he focused on the history of religion. He also has holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long that im not going to even try to read them all to you. You can go to allen guelzo. Com and get a full accounting of not only his publications, but other salient elements of his biography and doings. What im going to do here is mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what well be doing this afternoon, and ill just read it. Abraham lincoln redeemer president , 1998 and won the first of allens lincoln prizes. Lincolns emancipation proclamation, end of slavery in america, published by simon and schuster in 2004 brought him his second lincoln prize. Lincoln and douglas that defined america, simon and schuster 2008 for some reason didnt win the lincoln prize. Fateful lightning, new history of the civil war and reconstruction cam
Modern transport poses new dangers of contagion. The struggle against epidemics is a global one. For the danger of death is worldwide. Sunday on American History tv at 4 00 p. M. Eastern on reel america the 1948 film the eternal fight. The traveller now became a carrier of deadly germs, wherever he went the germs stayed and spread. And sunday at 6 00 p. M. Created the entire Continental Congress as a committee as a whole to gather amongst ourself an individual caucus and decide how we should proceed. Do we really want independency and then he appointed another committee of five men to draft our declaration of american independence. From a virtual tour of monty cello with interpreter bill barker. I served 40 years in Public Service but i often thought if heaven had begin me a position to my great delight it would have been upon a small spot of ground well watered and near a good market for the produce. Gardening is one of my greatest delights. This weekend on American History tv on cspa
Museum. Im winning interpretation here at the museum and thank you all for coming out this evening for this very special event. A few housekeeping i have before we begin let because of your wonderful old historic boarding house here in Downtown Washington we do not have restrooms available on this floor. If anyone should need to use the restroom during the course of the program please see alyssa right behind you and she could lead you to where you need to go. This is a pay what you please program this evening meaning that the conclusion will have to give and a negotiation and a Non Profit Organization and supporting the memberships and your donation will directly support the programs of education here at the missing Soldiers Office. A donation boxes just outside your way downstairs through the elevator. Now on to this evenings program. How many of you have been here to the missing Soldiers Office before . A show of hands. Quite a few of you, excellent. Who those of you having your firs
And mr. John j. Hennessy whos going to present stonebridge at manassas John Hennessy retire in 2021. As the chief historian, fredericksburg and spotsylvania, national military, where he worked for the final 26 years of his nps career. That deserves a round of applause applause. Prior to fredericksburg. He served an exhibit planner for nps across the country and as a front line ranger historian, Manassas National battlefield park, where he began his career hes author of four books, most notably return to bull run the campaign and battle of second manassas, still in print after 30 years and the first ballymena passes and end of innocence and into innocence substantially revised and published in 2016. Lets welcome mr. Thank you everybody its good to be here and good to see you all. I am not going to mention zombie gordon. I am from massachusetts which jettisoned maine in 2019 and an unfortunate and youre going to have to suffer this through will and and and the rest of us we dont have any
Spirit mound, what was supposed to be inhabited by 18inchhigh devils, and of course they had to go see these devils. But once they got to the top of spear mount, what did they see . Their first bison. Acres and acres of bison and this flat land. And you have to remember, these are men coming from eastern United States who are used to trees and forests and hills and rocks, and so this open plain was like a farmers delight as well as a hunters delight with all these buffalo. And so and as they come up the rivera little bit farther, george shannon, the youngest member of the expedition, age 17, got lost. But the most important thing that happened in south dakota was the encounter with the teton lakota in the pierre area in central south dakota. Many historians believe it could have been the end of the expedition because it was a confrontation. It was a great misunderstanding between the nonindians, lewis and clark, and the indian people here at the confluence of the bad river and the Miss