Incredible documents, spanning from everything from papal ambassador from the congo in 1608, to the first printing of the u. S. Constitution, and so forth. Its an opportunity to get close to history through interaction with documents. Whats exciting about this evening is that we not only have the documentation, but we also have living witnesses to history to 11 and deepen our understanding of these events. From the karen archive, we decided to expand the event. Figure was on her way this evening and was instrumental in organizing the event by introducing me to jean the otherand panelists, but who unfortunately got stuck in denver in a snowstorm and was unable to join us. Part of her collection is on display in the corner which she generously lent to us to show. Through sue, serendipitously, by chance i came back to washington and have been to meet mary gallagher, who contacted me here in washington. Collectionincredible she shared with me and has been kind enough to share some of her t
A milestone by meeting at the historic Decatur House in washington, d c, to recount their white house experiences. Bys program was hosted bottoms, and International Auction trust. It is about one hour. This is an event that has been birthed from a number of sources. It really all started for us with the collection you see against the back wall, the care and archive, which is one of documents and ephemera related to history. The collector who put it together with focused on finding documents and printed matter that bring you as close as you can to the contemporary events described and i encourage you all to have a look at these incredible documents spanning the papal from ambassador from the congo in 1608 who died two days after arriving in rome to the first printing of the u. S. Constitution and so forth. It is an opportunity to get close through history through interaction with documents and i think what is exciting about this evening is we not only have documentation but we have livi
Which was protected by a large stone fortress. When they approach the city of st. Augustine the military commander in that city let it be known to the patriots that there are not going to allow them to take control of st. Augustine. There were some periodic fighting that took place. End of significant fighting that took place. When the patriots moved on some of black towns that were located in the interior portion of the northern florida peninsula around what is today known as the prairie. The time it was known as olajuwon. The patriots were defeated in the fighting against the seminoles. They eventually moved back cam where they determined that this project was a complete failure and that they had failed to achieve their objective of taking a portion of florida. And what they ultimately wanted to do when they took over it was that as soon as they became in charge of that area it was ceded to the United States, immediately transferred to United States buried in in the republic florida
The demographic changes for the 1980s. This is about 20 minutes. The book is called Barack Obamas america have new conceptions of race, family and religion end of the reagan era. Catholic University Professor John Kenneth White is the author. Professor, lets begin. Tell us about the cover of the book. I had not been to do with the cover, but it works so well for the book because it is the photographs of people who attended obama rallies in 2008 and you have a mixture of coming in now, white, black, hispanic, you name it. Theres even a couple of pictures and their of al gore and you have to really search for that. But it describes i think visually the changes in the democracy of the United States that led to Barack Obamas election. And sho forth. And i think americans understand the changes taking place in the country are here to stay. But for some americans can creates discomfort because there is a sense of loss. A loss of a 1950s america. A loss of a time when rules were clear about m
I this program was part of the seventh annual savannah book festival. For more information visit savannahbookfestival. Org. Now on booktv, amie parnes and Jonathan Allen speak about their biography of Hillary Clinton. The coauthors look at clintons political career since her primary defeat in 2008. After this hourlong event, well bring you a book party for the authors. Were going to, were going to read a little bit from the book. I just first wanted to say thank you to everyone who showed up. I see a lot of familiar faces. Im from Silver Spring originally, so its a big kick to be here, because ive been sitting in the audience. I was telling folks earlier that i saw ted kennedy deliver the Midnight Ride of paul revere here many years ago which was kind of cool, so its hard to make me, like, really nervous, and im kind of nervous now, so thank you all for showing up, really appreciate it. [laughter] and i guess were just going to start with a realizing so that we can get to with a readin