With you. Lindsay, welcome to americas town hall. Lindsay edward thank you so much for having me. Therey and edward larson, hugh and hazel darling chair in law at pepperdine university. He is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in history. He is the coauthor of 14 books, several of them on George Washington and the founders, and his newest book is franklin and washington, the founding partnership. It is wonderful to welcome you back to the National Constitution center. Edward thank you so much for having me back, even if only virtually. Jeffrey it is just great. I am so eager to learn from both of you and with both of you in a spirit of louis brandeis. Come, let us reason together. Let the learning begin. Let us begin with you, because you have this powerful pairing of the two founders you consider the first among the founders, washington and franklin. You notice they are labeled first and second in the most famous portrait of the Constitutional Convention and are often considered for mo
Hosted the event. It is a little over one hour. We are we are delighted divided to have paul saiti with us. The author of of arms and artists, he is the author of several books and essays on american artist. He has cocurated exhibitions at the metropolitan museum of art and the museum of fine arts in boston. He is the recipient of the National Endowment for artists. He is a twotime senior fellow at the met. He has spoken internationally on the intersection of american art and history. With that, i would like to welcome paul to the lectern. [laughter] thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here this evening. Good evening to you. I want to thank my hosts here at the tavern. And i want to thank my publisher, for publishing this book. Artists. D this is the book here. It is a hybrid book in the sense that it cap attempts to do a number of things at the same time. It is meant to be read by anybody. Anyone interested in 18thcentury america, the founding, or the revolution. I think you w
Hosted the event. It is a little over one hour. We are we are delighted divided to have paul saiti with us. The author of of arms and artists, he is the author of several books and essays on american artist. He has cocurated exhibitions at the metropolitan museum of art and the museum of fine arts in boston. He is the recipient of the National Endowment for artists. He is a twotime senior fellow at the met. He has spoken internationally on the intersection of american art and history. With that, i would like to welcome paul to the lectern. [laughter] thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here this evening. Good evening to you. I want to thank my hosts here at the tavern. And i want to thank my publisher, for publishing this book. Artists. D this is the book here. It is a hybrid book in the sense that it cap attempts to do a number of things at the same time. It is meant to be read by anybody. Anyone interested in 18thcentury america, the founding, or the revolution. I think you w
Constitutional convention, he tried to lead by conciliation, by listening, by cooperation. At the Constitutional Convention, he listened to everyone, he met with people at night, he worked out compromises. Sure, some did not go along. There were people he broke with like george mason. He brought enough together to work across lines. It was always shifting alliances. But this was not the dream he had. Its what we got though. Brian how much time have you spent at mount vernon to do your books the last couple of years . Prof. Larson i have been fortunate to be the good Great Library fellow. If you do not think something is a treat, to live in the residence and get up before the tourist, and be there after the tourists leave. Bring out my notebook, work on pages, experience, see the view that washington saw when i was , when he was him talking about this thing, i could work on this thing, too. That sort of experience, you know, it does not get better than that. Brian if you are in residenc
Constitutional convention, he tried to lead by conciliation, by listening, by cooperation. At the Constitutional Convention, he listened to everyone, he met with people at night, he worked out compromises. Sure, some did not go along. There were people he broke with like george mason. He brought enough together to work across lines. It was always shifting alliances. But this was not the dream he had. Its what we got though. Brian how much time have you spent at mount vernon to do your books the last couple of years . Prof. Larson i have been fortunate to be the good Great Library fellow. If you do not think something is a treat, to live in the residence and get up before the tourist, and be there after the tourists leave. Bring out my notebook, work on pages, experience, see the view that washington saw when i was , when he was him talking about this thing, i could work on this thing, too. That sort of experience, you know, it does not get better than that. Brian if you are in residenc