Flake opened his speech saying he wished to speak that day on the state of disunion. Websteresqst daniel ue at first. He said that democratic norms and ideals were undergoing a daily thundering. The healerne, lincoln, the lincoln who appealed to the better angels of our nature. That same lincoln had taken, at that time, a firm stance against slavery and was making plans against fort sumter. He was not compromising. Weve come here today and tomorrow to figure out compromises. Or not. Loyalty tohether state is more important to loyalty to country or not. Reporters ny these last few months have been the gift that give that keeps on giving to historians whether we wanted it or not. Asked, what would you say to general kelly if you talked to him . Have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever read the gettysburg address . Just pointing that out. War, ande of the civil , theresr secession commentary ample from so many people. Jefferson davis gave a speech in late april to the Confederate C
, the lincolnncoln who appealed to the better angels of our nature. , at same lincoln had taken that time, a firm stance against the expansion of slavery into the American West and was making plans against fort sumter. He was not compromising. Weve come here today and tomorrow to figure out compromise that could have saved the civil war from happening. Or not. To decide whether loyalty to state is more important to loyalty to country or not. One of the many reporters a lot of us have been talking to last and these last few months have been the gift that keeps on giving to historians whether we wanted it or not. One asked me, what would you say to general kelly if you talked to him . What came out of me was have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever been to that cemetery . Comedy many of those guys died for their state . How many of those guys died for their state . Have you ever read the gettysburg address . What did lincoln collect what did lincoln call it . A nation. Just pointi
About the fragile and chaotic nature of the freedom and enduring dignity of the people who secured it. W join me in welcoming chandra manning. [applause] thank you. Thank you very minute to all of you for coming today. Im a tiny bit surprised to see anybody. With an election just three days ago and an outcome that we know is going to make history going y forward, im i wasnt quite sure if anybody would show up ay but im glad you did. He its a story of refugee see center of American History and skis do ash story about page asking defining citizenship as a day in and dayout basis. Want to talk about how thisf particular book came about, how i came to write it. Ill give you a glimpse into what it says and then id like to end with what i hope this book achieves. Wayne to start by being if any of you have ever been to a. Psychorama, an enormous painting, a sicker already th sicker you walk into thee middle of it and every inch is painted. Y inch in intricate, elaborate detail. Thats a sick l
Historian Harlow Giles Unger recounts the life of americas sixth president on quincy adams who died in 1848. Quincy adams was some of the second president john adams had a long political career which included, aside from his presidency, ten years of secretary of state, senator, congressmen and miniature. This is a little under an hour. I will start with a very simple question. Was there a moment you said to yourself i need to write a biography of John Quincy Adams . Yes, indeed, there was. A couple years ago when i ran out of any ideas on the Founding Fathers. Others had written on washington, jefferson, madison, and id written on Patrick Henry, james monroe, james hancock. So i pulled out john f. Kennedys cal woods prizewinning book profiles in courage and their in chapter 1 was John Quincy Adams. I thought his name begins with a xu chapter 1. Thats not the reason he was in chapter 1. John kennedy himself a war hero had listed these characters in order of the degree of courage, and he
The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency board of directors on Wednesday approved a package of tax incentives for a proposed greenhouse operation in Cambria.