Virginia is 45 minutes. Our first speaker we are privileged to have here today is scott harris who is the director of the James Monroe Museum and library. He has been as such since july 2011. Previously scott was the dwrekt to of the New Market Battlefield state historical park owned by vmi and previous to that historic of the city. He received his ba with honors and holds a masters degree from the college of william and mary. Mr. Harris. [ applause ] im not going to drop the mic but i will lower it gently to the ground. There. Thank you very much and good morning. Oh, come on. Good morning. Good morning. If youll turn in your hymnals to number of of 61. Oh, thats tomorrow. [ laughter ] if i may take the chance in a house of worship to spread the gospel of james monroe as my colleagues will be doing today. Any time that we have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the man that i like to call the hardest working president in show business we like to do so. So its a real treat to b
His own writings. Well hear from Matthew Mason, auth are on of John Quincy Adams and the politics of slavery. This is just over an hour. A remarkable historical figure and central to almost any academic study of the late 19th to mid excuse me, late 18th to mid19th century and based on the diary that John Quincy Adams had to Matthew Mason are here to talk about their book selections from their diary. This book was recently hailed by the Washington Times as a great read and an informative excuse me, an informative reality check on issues that vex us even now. Matthew mason is a professor at Brigham Young university. He holds a ph. D from the university of maryland and has been at byu since 2003. His publications include slavery in politics in the early american republic, a possible biograp biography the politics of bondage and freedom in the new american nation, and massachusetts in the civil war. The commonwealth and national disunion edited with the mhs own conrad wright. David is dist
Yorba linda and the new Richard Nixon president ial library and museum. Im william barlbault, president of the Nixon Foundation and im glad youre here on an important day for the library. Joining us is the president of the library and the blue coats of the gentlemen recognized today. Thank you. Before i introduce larry higby, who introduced jo haldeman, i want to introduce members of the haldeman family who are here, particularly three of jo and bobs children, hank haldeman, susan haldeman, and ann cot bee. Thank you. Two of our Foundation Friends who knew bob haldeman well are also here. First, my predecessor as president and now a board member of the Nixon Foundation, sandy quinn. [ applause ] and a truly remarkable and very special woman who was at ucla with bob haldeman and John Ehrlichman in the post world war ii years. When she graduated she took a train to washington, d. C. And in july of 1951 Rose Mary Woods hired her to join the staff of a newly elected california senator, Ric
His own writings. Well hear from Matthew Mason, auth are on of John Quincy Adams and the politics of slavery. This is just over an hour. A remarkable historical figure and central to almost any academic study of the late 19th to mid excuse me, late 18th to mid19th century and based on the diary that John Quincy Adams had to Matthew Mason are here to talk about their book selections from their diary. This book was recently hailed by the Washington Times as a great read and an informative excuse me, an informative reality check on issues that vex us even now. Matthew mason is a professor at Brigham Young university. He holds a ph. D from the university of maryland and has been at byu since 2003. His publications include slavery in politics in the early american republic, a possible biograp biography the politics of bondage and freedom in the new american nation, and massachusetts in the civil war. The commonwealth and national disunion edited with the mhs own conrad wright. David is dist
Nixon. Tonight, the candidacy and legacy of George Mcgovern. We are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. Joining us from there is president ial author scott farris. It was 2 30 when he delivered the acceptance speech in miami. Why . Scott thank you, greta. I think it was because of the structure of the Mcgovern Campaign. He was running against the establishment. So it occurred to senator mcgovern, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. One of the things that has drawn me to writing about senator as one of the most influential who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. He spoke about that war in ways no president ial candidate had ever spoken about war before. It was language as you heard that was mild compared to what i have heard it was strong , language that unsettled lots of americans and caused them to worry about how he would win the war. It was an insurgent campaign to end the war against the established demo