Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the maryland inn. My name is mike radek. This lady beside me is peg. She has been our innkeeper for years and helps me run the property for events like this. I want to welcome you to another treaty of paris center event. And represents the art mission between the Historic Inns of annapolis. Posting pictures and forgotten sketches of the 14 forgotten president s before George Washington. I will turn this over to mark. I hope you have on young enjoyable afternoon. Thank you mark. [applause] mark thank you again for coming today. We are very delighted to have Peter Hanson Michael as our speaker. He serves as the president of the john hanson Memorial Association. Both in Frederick Maryland where hansen rose to political prominence. His book is called remembering john hanson which has 12 National Book prizes. Peter Hanson Michael descends from john hansons immigrant grandfather. He is the author of palace of yawns which in 2014 one a National Book award. His
Treaty of paris center event. And represents the art mission between the Historic Inns of annapolis. Posting pictures and forgotten sketches of the 14 forgotten president s before George Washington. I will turn this over to mark. I hope you have a very enjoyable afternoon. Thank you mark. [applause] mark thank you again for coming today. We are very delighted to have Peter Hanson Michael as our speaker. He serves as the president of the john hanson Memorial Association. Both in Frederick Maryland where hansen rose to political prominence. His book is called remembering john hanson which has 12 National Book prizes. Peter Hanson Michael descends from john hansons immigrant grandfather. He is the author of palace of yawns which in 2014 one a National Book award. His latest book running on empty america has its say on economic equality is due out. He is a graduate of the university of maryland, berkeley and princeton and lives with his wife vickie. Please join me in welcoming Peter Hanson
Im a senior fellow at the manhattan use it institute. We are pleased to have allen guelzo here to talk about the civil war. When hundred 50 years ago this week Abraham Lincolns funeral was making its way across the United States. The civil war had ended two weeks previously with lee surrendered at appomattox. It was an eventful month. Some asserted that 1865 was the most eventful month and history of the United States. No one knows more about these events then allen guelzo. He is the professor of the civil war era and director of the civil war era studies at gettysburg college. Hes the author of many prizewinning books. Lincolns emancipation proclamation. The end of slavery in america. Lincoln and douglas, the debates that defined america. That one the Lincoln Institute prize. His most recent work is Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas, a collection of essays. Lincoln, a volume at oxford in 2009. His book on the battle of gettysburg publish in 2013. He spent eight weeks on the New York T
Weeks previously with lee s surrender at appomattox. It was an eventful month. Some asserted that 1865 was the most eventful month and history of the United States. No one knows more about these events then allen guelzo. He is the professor of the civil war era and director of the civil war era studies at gettysburg college. Hes the author of many prizewinning books. Lincolns emancipation proclamation. The end of slavery in america. Lincoln and douglas, the debates that defined america. That one the Lincoln Institute prize. His most recent work is Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas, a collection of essays. Lincoln, a volume at oxford in 2009. His book on the battle of gettysburg publish in 2013. It spent eight weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Possibly the best book written on the battle of gettysburg. His articles and essays have appeared in scholarly journals. Los angeles times, a very long list. Allen guelzo is our most distinguished biographer of Abraham Lincoln, historia