Complicated and controversial building of a memorial to president James Garfield on the u. S. Capitol grounds. Well hear from Matthew Gilmore who edits a washington, d. C. History blog. Those of you probably know matt by name, if not in person. He runs a blog, the matthew b. Gilmore press blog and also hes an author of the column of the intowner. If you follow d. C. History, hes been integrally involved. Anything history in d. C. Oh, you also run the d. C. History list. Thank you for that on behalf of the city. Today hes going to talk about James Garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington, d. C. I wont say too much more about it. I dont want to steal his steam. Please join me in welcoming matt. [ applause ] thank you very much. The story im going to tell might be ripped from todays or recent headlines. There was a president ial memorial delayed for years caught up in congressional infighting. Legislation pending. A powerful lobby behind the mem
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Now let me conclude my introductory time at the lectern by introducing you all to phil and his two interlocutors, phils a senior fellow here at aei previously, worked as a senior fellow at the R Street Institute and the brookings institution. He also, as a fellow on the House Committee on the modernization of congress back in 2019, he earned his doctorate politics from Princeton University and is the author of two books why congress and to the edge legality and the responses to 2008 financial crisis. Seated at the far end, there is Daniel Lipinski dans a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and the pope, leo the 13th fellow on social thought, the university of dallas. He represented the Third District of illinois in the us house of representative. From 2005 to 2021. His career quite distinguished. Congressman lipinski earned a doctorate in political from Duke University and the author of congressional communication, content and consequences in the middle we have reid
To move faster more aggressively on voting rights. There was only one reporter we could count on on to keep standing up and asking the obvious question. And that was april ryan and im just grateful for you for what you do. We thank you. My now let me conclude my introductory time at the lectern by introducing you all to phil and his two interlocutors, phils a senior fellow here at aei previously, worked as a senior fellow at the R Street Institute and the brookings institution. He also, as a fellow on the House Committee on the modernization of congress back in 2019, he earned his doctorate politics from Princeton University and is the author of two books why congress and to the edge legality and the responses to 2008 financial crisis. Seated at the far end, there is Daniel Lipinski dans a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and the pope, leo the 13th fellow on social thought, the university of dallas. He represented the Third District of illinois in the us house of