The good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the 16th annual roosevelts reading festival at the president ial library and museum. Im the director and im so honored to be on stage today with these distinguished historians and supporters of the library. How many of you have been here all day . Raise your hand, okay thank you very much. Give yourself a round of applause. [applause] this is one of our favorite events of the year and we feel so honored to have been here with us today. I hope that you all come back next year. I want to introduce first susan, professor at william and has written 12 books, four of whom are on roosevelt and the most recent is a blueprint for war, the 100 days that mobilized america. Whats truly remarkable is the way that it zeros in on a specific timeframe and a series of decisions and actions that were made by one president and one specific circumstance. Michael lost obviously has written nine books and is both an nbc news historian and National Archive foundation
The good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the 16th annual roosevelts reading festival at the president ial library and museum. Im the director and im so honored to be on stage today with these distinguished historians and supporters of the library. How many of you have been here all day . Raise your hand, okay thank you very much. Give yourself a round of applause. [applause] this is one of our favorite events of the year and we feel so honored to have been here with us today. I hope that you all come back next year. I want to introduce first susan, professor at william and has written 12 books, four of whom are on roosevelt and the most recent is a blueprint for war, the 100 days that mobilized america. Whats truly remarkable is the way that it zeros in on a specific timeframe and a series of decisions and actions that were made by one president and one specific circumstance. Michael lost obviously has written nine books and is both an nbc news historian and National Archive foundation
And prose. Before we begin id like to go over a few announcements, so please, for us to silenc first r cell phones and other devices, not only is it a courteous to the author but we are also on cspan to night. You do not want to be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. During the question and answer portion if you could come up to the microphone over here it is right here that way we can hear your questions and engage in a discussion afterwards. Our staff would greatly appreciate that the cofounder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is the tale of two brothers Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, hairy truman and Lyndon Johnson sent to the presidency because of these unfortunate circumstances. The limited reading of the constitution, one of which Many Americans take for granted may not be the only way to handle succession. Walter isaacson, author of L
The author but we are also on cspan to night. You do not want to be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. During the question and answer portion if you could come up to the microphone over here it is right here that way we can hear your questions and engage in a discussion afterwards. Our staff would greatly appreciate that the cofounder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is the tale of two brothers Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, hairy truman and Lyndon Johnson sent to the presidency because of these unfortunate circumstances. The limited reading of the constitution, one of which Many Americans take for granted may not be the only way to handle succession. Walter isaacson, author of Leonardo Da Vinci writes jerrod coming treats us to some of the most colorful episodes in our history. The historic importance of the leaders and highlights the grea
They stand for coming out here on this lovely saturday evening. We are very pleased to have steve waldon to talk about his new book. Sacred liberty. It is about religious freedom and what steve calls in the subtitle, americas long, bloodied and ongoing struggle for that freedom. These days we tend to think of a religious freedom as a basic fundamental principle of our democracy and one we take very much for granted. But our countrys history as they recount in a fascinating history is filled with examples of religious prosecution. In just the opening pages of his book, he recall stories of ministers brutalizing baptist ministers around the time of the resolution, the American Revolution and later catholics and jews from holding office, the banning of native american spiritual practices, attempts to exterminate women and much more. All of which underscores and despite the First Amendment, the struggle to ensure religious freedom in the United States has indeed been challenging and compet