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
Garden spot of orchids. Growing up in a slave holding family, she ended up as the spells of the commanding general at the u. S. Army during the civil war. She and he was ulysses as grant shared 37 years together that included the hardships of war, the tribes of politics and eight challenging years in the white house. Welcome to our program, our continuing series first ladies influence an image. Tonight, the life of julia grant. Lets introduce you to our two guests of the table, a member of our Academic Advisory Panel for this year, we are delighted to have him here. Hes a Longtime White House a story in and the author of the president s house. Bill, its so great to see you. Pam is a historian at the ulysses as Grant National Historic Site and st. Louis majority and working on a biography of julia grant. Lets start with you, we last left the cities with the johnson,s after impeachment. And the politics with the radical republicans and the reconstruction, so set the stage for us as the g
Before the American Express news broke, the dow was under a lot of pressure. That number came in line with expectations. It wasnt terrible. The fed rate hike could still nbt cards. The dow is down 85 points. We have someone who says the Current Employment report is not measuring jobs properly. Hell explain why next. Also, more on twitter. Its falling yet again today. That stock has been cut in half in just four months. Its now 1 away from the ipo price. Well look at whether investors should be cutting losses or holding out hope at this point. Crazy. And maximizing your airline miles. Wait until you meet the guy who has flown nearly five million miles for free. I love this story. Hes looking to make a business out of helping others do the same. Bill, we have to talk about he is taking advantage of the system or just finding out the way to benefit it. Its all legal much its all ethical. Hes just found a way to gain the system. Well tell you exactly how hes doing that if a little bit. Let
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] each week American History tv visits museums and is for places. You are looking at Peterson House here in washington, d. C. Where president Abraham Lincoln passed away in april of 1865. Up next, the boarding house across the street from fords theatre where Abraham Lincoln was shot 150 years ago. This is an interesting house that has a great history even before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. It was built by a german immigrant to america, William Peterson, and he used the house as a boarding house. This is a relic of 19th century civil war boardinghouse culture. Once upon a time, everybody lived in boarding houses senators and even vice president. This house is an important part of and development antebellum and the civil war history. I have been coming here for years, making pilgrimages. I st
Live coverage at 1 30 eastern on American History tv on cspan3. Next professor Jennifer Murray from the university of virginias college at wise talks about how reunions have change from the reconstruction era to the present. She described how the years after the war focused on reconciliation but has expanded to deal with slavery as a cause of the war. This class is 1. 5 hours. Last time we met with our discussion of the culture of the civil war commemoration we left off talking about david blake and reconciliation, and civil war reunions and we had a reading from james foster and his conversation of the confederacy. What i want to continue the conversation with today, for todays topic, the culture of civil war commemoration, looking at these themes we have talked about an postcivil war america, from 1855 to the present. What i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the context we have talked about, to reiterate the point on how important the Ameri