Escapehe author of from north korea. Book, thanksgiving a holiday at the heart of the beencan experience, has very well received. The tradition here is to give and introduce her, a portion of what you get from this. Theespecially pleased with book. I was so delighted to see she mentioned a little place in virginia, which is now located in charles city county, my birthplace, as one of the places that held a thanksgiving ceremony before the pilgrims. Massachusetts, think that. Join me in welcoming ms. Melanie kirkpatrick. [applause] kirkpatrick good morning. And thanks to harold and frank for your warm welcome. All of you at the forum. 100 was a lot of fun to research. Thenss a historian arthur injured junior agreed it was a thanksgiving that theeeded the pilgrims and indians in massachusetts. Five days from today on this coming thursday, i am pretty sure i know what youre going to have for dinner. Survey, on thee fourth thursday, an astounding 88 percent of americans eat turkey. A meal
Williams, chair of the Lincoln Forum, and welcome to this panel of forum 22, relating to lincolns enemies. And im so pleased to have it distinguished, every time someone says distinguished i want to run to the merlot bar. Its like saying with all due respect in my courtroom. But we do have some great scholars with us this morning. Stephen engle, the author of a great book about lincoln, and the nations governors. Jonathan white, author of midnight in america, and soon to be with us, the book our little monitor. And of course catherine clinton, no stranger to us, author of mrs. Lincoln, a life, and many other books. And walter stolzier, as well as lincolns secretary of war Edwin Stanton, called stanton, and he told me and i hope im not revealing any confidence, he has a glint in his eye for sammen chase. Good luck with that. Because im sure we will hear about secretary of the treasury sammen chase from professor clinton. So let me start with this. John barre, who is one of our Lincoln F
Ah gus tuss saint gaudin. It is called the standing lincoln. We will get back to this. I love this material. I got to tell you, i am so moved by lincoln and by his era and by the art and imagery about him, the photographs of him. I know it sounds creepy, im in love with his body, and well see in photographs of him theres lots to say. By the way, i know im kind of like old and thin and tall, but i do not dress up like Abraham Lincoln. Maybe one day. But, you know, having said that, you know, i realize public history or Performance History or living history is really, really important. Lincoln enactors have an important place in the way we understand history. So if youre interested in that, we have a wonderful scholar, amy tyson, in the History Department whose specialty that is. I used to give lots of talks like this around the state of illinois in the years leading up to lincolns buy centennial, bicentennial of his birth in 2009. He was born in 1809. I found out that illinois is a huge
Oozing pianos, furry fruit and mink tufts on marble captivate those who enter gallery 289 at the Chicago Art Institute. Bringing together over 30 paintings, sculptures and drawings, “The Image Disappears,” which opened in February, is the Art Institute’s first-ever solo exhibition of Salvador Dalí’s work. Best known for his surrealist style and zany personality,.
In this week s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald explores claims that a 1939 daguerrotype image is the oldest picture of Abraham Lincoln, Donald Trump threatened House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the Simpsons TV show predicted the Silicon Valley Bank failure and more.