I hope you all are having a good time. Well start our second panel today. First, i want to introduce the moderator our very own colleen shokin who is a Senior Vice President David M Rubenstein nationals at the white house history of the White House Historical association. Doctor shokin is a trained political scientist with a phd in american politics and bl university as well as a bachelor degree in Political Science from Boston College she is almost 15 years of service and the federal government including prominent roles with the u. S. Senate as well as the library of congress. Doctor shokin teaches government students at Georgetown University and serves as vice chair of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission. Another feather in her cap a lustrous resume and she currently serves as a cochair of the board of directors of the women suffrage at National Monument foundation. Designated by the congress to build the first memorial in d. C. Dedicated to the history of the movement for wome
We welcome every one of you to our captivating talk with historian and author fergus bordewich. The Capital Historical Society chartered by congress, a nonprofit organization, is designed to tell the story of the capital and the people who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. Today is clearly of that effort. Were going to discuss mr. Bordewich s new book clash war Ulysses Grant and the battle to save reconstruction, which is actually a story not just about president grant, but about the role that Congress Actually played in all of this activity. Because he found the results of one of the very first investigative committees of congress. This multivolume report part of the investigation on the Klu Klux Klan that went the south and story is told throughout his book, which talks about the bloody reconstruction era roots and how really influences whats going on today. This story he will tell details how the federal government wields, its power to try to dismiss the Klu
We welcome every one of you to our captivating talk with historian and author fergus bordewich. The Capital Historical Society chartered by congress, a nonprofit organization, is designed to tell the story of the capital and the people who work there in a manner that inspires informed patriotism. Today is clearly of that effort. Were going to discuss mr. Bordewich s new book clash war Ulysses Grant and the battle to save reconstruction, which is actually a story not just about president grant, but about the role that Congress Actually played in all of this activity. Because he found the results of one of the very first investigative committees of congress. This multivolume report part of the investigation on the Klu Klux Klan that went the south and story is told throughout his book, which talks about the bloody reconstruction era roots and how really influences whats going on today. This story he will tell details how the federal government wields, its power to try to dismiss the Klu
Who need it most. Charter communications along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Joining us now Youtuber Max Miller he is the author of this new book tasting history. Mr. Miller, first of all how did you put into cooking in the first place . Yes it is actually a funny story. I was on a vacation at disneyrl world with my friend and she got sick. We spent the entire vacation in our hotel room watching the Great British bakeoff. I became enamored with it. I love that show so much i decided to teach myself w how to bake everything they were breaking. Over the next couple of years i did just that. Thats how i got into baking and how i got into the history of food i used to talk about the history of food on the show. What might you put this up on youtube your experimentation . Whats a friend at work. I would bring in my creations to my coworkers and let them try them. But they had to listen to a lecture on history at the same time and one of my coworkers sai
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