At this time im honored to introduce the speaker for today. Todd is both an offer and funeral f director. In fact, his family has been involved in that profession in delaware for four generations. The most recent book is last rites the evolution of the american funeral and todd will be speaking to us today about how Abraham Lincoln was at the center of the transformation of american funeral practices both during his time in the white house and also through his tragic death. Now, we will have a question and answer session at the end of the talk. There will be a couple of walking microphones. I would ask please take advantage of those because we want our cspan audience to be able to hear both of the questions and the answers. At this time i will turn it over to todd. [applause] thank you. Its my pleasure to present to you this evening. Now we all know what happens good friday, 1865. But what imta going to talk abt this evening is about how the grand event of that was Abraham Lincolns tra
Controversial race between Rutherford B Hayes and samuel to lynn exploring the american story. Watch American History tv saturdays on cspan2 and find a fu sedule on your Program Guide or watch online on cspan. Org history. Welcome, everyone to the National World war ii museum. Appreciate you joining us for our regular lunch block series. My name is chrissy gregg, director of teaching and learning at the museum. Im thrilled my colleague, Maggie Hartley, director of public engagement, usually in this role introing people but shes in the spotlight presenting today. Her lecture is entitled more than just hemingways wife, the wartime journalism of martha gill horan. I would love to turn it over to Maggie Hartley for her presentation. Thanks very much. Thanks for the introduction. It was interesting being on the other side of this. Im excited to do my first lecture at the museum since joining the team. So as many of you have figured out, this is about Martha Gellhorn. We will talk about hemi
Silenced. Im also delighted to let you know that this program is being filmed by cspan to be aired at a later date, so if you enjoy tonights program and would like to see it again or if you think your friends would like to see it, you should check periodically over the next few weeks to cspan. Org and see if its up. Sometimes it takes a couple of weeks for them to run a show and other times it can be one or two months. So its worth checking periodically. It is my pleasure to introduce our speaker, dr. Lindsay fitzharris. Dr. Fitsharris tells me as a little girl she used to drag her grandmother from cemetery to cemetery so that she could hunt ghosts. So some thought she was obsessed with death from an early age. She likes to think she was simply fascinated with the past and with the people who lived there. Thus began her lifelong obsession with history. Dr. Fitzharris received a doctorate in in science, and technology. In 2010 she was granted a postdoctoral fellowship by the Welcome Tru
[applause] get on the inner say go an hourandahalf south end you take a right to and you come across a nondescript little town Courthouse Square absolutely an admirable one of the space miss america that is the center of the biggest book go set a watchman. Guest you find el little landlocked town in alabama that hasnt changed too much from teethirty description in and to kill a mockingbird. Keeping an eye out for the kfc. [laughter] there was a time the town council would tear down the old courthouse because they built a 1960s courthouse now of course, that has been restored now looks like a torch. Is the shrine to American Literary culture but that is the best thing about that tower. There is still though museum friedman and trimming capote where his home town was. It is the square. The bricks are still there with the boundary of the house that there is a plaque than there is the yard i think is where that walkin theory is. But it seems almost reluctant to embrace it is the southern c
[inaudible conversations] welcome everybody. My name is Douglas Bradburn. And the founding director of the National Library for the George Washington and beautiful mount vernon and delighted to you all again for a wonderful evening of conversation and history and i would also like to welcome the cspan audience out there. Its great to have you back in the library. You know these evening book talks are special for a variety of reasons. We get to bring exciting new historians to an eager community here but also because it sponsored by the great donor to mt. Vernon for many many years as you all know. The association does not take any government money. Its completely private institution based on philanthropy and some people come to the estate so we depend on it in groups like the ford family and the Ford Motor Company have supported mount vernon. Henry ford did the first fire engine mt. Vernon to keep the from burning to the ground. Ongoing challenge and in fact you were welcome to the don