History from the Indiana University of pennsylvania. His pennsylvania certification as secondary education is also from Indiana University of pennsylvania. Holds a masters degree in Library Science from the university of pittsburgh and he is currently the director of the albert e. Lee library at Waynesburg University where he is an adjunct professor. He is the author the Gettysburg Campaign guide, a study guide two volume. His he is say a point of no return is part of the turning points election, it is on the 1864 president ial election and the doom of the confederacy. A walking tour and brief introduction to civil war medicine is what hes currently working on and is forthcoming later this year in 2018. In 2016 he received permission from the Pennsylvania Historical Museum commission to create a memorial marker for lettermans childhood home. This marker was dedicated on november 11th of 2017. Since 1993 he has reenacted in the American Civil War as a federal infantry man, medical servi
1929, the Financial Health of the over and stated stock market plunges into a Great Depression, it grips the world. This land is your land this land is my land from california to the New York Island i want to see my country again holds a prosperity. This land was made for you and me snen send in let me insert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is, fear itself. By the time Franklin Roosevelt gives his 1933 speech, almost a quarter of the nation is unemployed. More than 5,000 banks have failed. The drought is persisting in key agricultural areas in the country. People must have faith. Coming up in a next hour, stories from the Great Depression as we take you around the country to places like oledo. In 1931, five of the six largest banks in toledo failed at the same time. Which made it the largest ranking failure of the Great Depression. To successful Infrastructure Projects impacting us today. And to one ending in tragedy. We will take you to st. Paul, where depression er
Field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not as much said about it as you would imagine. Article one is quite long. Article two is quite shorter. As you can imagine, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of america, full stop. That is the first sentence in and the key phrase in the second article of the constitution which describes the presidency. Much of what we know today as the american presidency has come from experience, from precedent, from action. We are thrilled to have an opportunity to learn
Contributed to the book. Next they talk about the president s rankings at a forum recorded last spring at George Washingtons mount vernon. Kevin good evening. Welcome to mount vernon. My name is kevin butterfield, i am the director of the fred w. Swift National Library for the study of George Washington at mount vernon. It is my pleasure to welcome you back here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernons ladys association and the ford motor company. Each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. An opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fasci
Kevin good evening. Welcome to mount vernon. My name is kevin butterfield, i am the director of the fred w. Swift National Library for the study of George Washington at mount vernon. It is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight. The Ford Motor Company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. An opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not as much said about it as you would imagine. Article one is quite long. Article two is quite shorter. As