February and january by a combined 689,000. Thats from the associated press. President obama makes his first visit to Salt Lake City as president and will likely have something to say about those jobs figures and the economyover all. Cspan will have live coverage of his remarks starting at 1 00 p. M. Eastern. Tonight on American History tv, the history of washington, d. C. How the District Of Columbia was formed to be the nations capital. After that, a profile of French Foreign american architect pierre len fant, the designer of the city. Then a history of the Dupont Circle neighborhood, part of the original plans by l enfant. All of this tonight on American History tv on cspan three. Tonight bill clinton moderates a panel with a venture capitalist who started his own Health Insurance company and a Stanford University dropout who started a blood testing company. Heres a preview. ] x what do you need to happen thats beyond your control for your Business Model to have a good chance to su
History in Louisiana State university. He served on the board of trustees and on the National Advisory board of the American Civil War center. Hes a two time recipient of the Jefferson Davis award for the best book published on the era of the civil war. He thus had a long and close relationship with both of the institutions that are now the American Civil War museum. Despite being a native south carolinan who spent his life in louisiana well call him an honorary richlander. If you looked down you would have seen a granite marker. This walk honors william j. Cooper junior. All of us on the staff get asked all the time, what book should i read. Given the fact theres only about 80,000 of them out there the choice is easy. Ill tell you one book you should read and its on sale outside is bills new book now we have war upon us. It gives insight to the several months before the opening of the civil war. Its a great addition to anyones bookshelf. Its my pleasure to introduce mr. William j. Coo
Thank you very much. It is a pleasure and honor to be here and share the stage with these wonderful scholars. Im grateful to Patrick Schroeder to having included me. So you have the surrender scene and i would like to turn to the surrender aftermath and the political debates spawned by appomattox and ill argue that lee and grant had distinct visions of what an honorable possess would look like and peace would look like and the two of the myths of the gentlemens meeting of the minds and they had fundamental visions of what an honorable peace would look like and why the war turned out the way it did. But i will try to take us beyond lee and grant as the appomattox drama unfolded the countrymen and women would crowd the scene and vest the surrender with their oesh as pir own aspirations and agendas and dreams and the dream in the eyes of africanamericans and soldiers and former slaves and lees surrender was a freedom day, the day that the moment the moment that the promise of emancipation
Recipient. Next robert kenzer nominates Abraham Lincoln, citing lincolns influence in the amendment that eradicated slavery in the oustu. S. This is about 45 minutes. Youd like to congratulate all of you who voted for the virginia ham sandwich as the sandwich of the year. I had one of them, and mine was not the deciding vote, i want you to know. Our next speaker is robert c. Kenzer. Bob is the William Benford vest chair of history at the university richmond, where he has taught for almost 25 years. For most of those year he has been the ally for the lecture series which we do each year jointly with the university of richmond in september. Like will green, bob has a bill cooper connection. Bill studied under the late david donnel at john hopkins university. Bob was also a david donnel student, although a few years later at harvard university. He teaches a wide variety of classes for the university of richmond, including several on aspects of the civil war in film. His Research Interest
Radical political thinking of Martin Luther king jr. Sunday at noon on indepth our live threehour conversation with former Investigative Reporter for the washington post, and New York Times best selling author, ronald kessler. Hes written 20 books including escape from the cia, the since of the father quarterback, and the first family detail. Saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on lectures in history, Charles Calhoun on the obstacles faces and accomplished by ulysses s. Grant on american history, historian Patrick Schroeder takes us on a tour of a courthouse in virginia, the site of the confederate surrender on april 16, 1865. Medical researchers update the Senate Aging Committee on progress in developing a cure for alzheimers. The effect of this on current treatments and the need for more funding to study the disease. Witnesses include former model, actress and restauranteur bee smith whos diagnosed with early onset alzheimers. This hearing will come to order. Good afternoon. It is my plea