I am going to mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what we will be doing this afternoon. The first is called Abraham Lincoln, redeemer president. It was published in 1998. It is the first of his lincoln books. The emancipation proclamation the end of slavery and america published by simon and schuster. That brought him his second lincoln prize. Lincoln and douglas the debate that defined america. For some reason that did not win the lincoln prize. A new history of the civil war and reconstruction came out in 2012. The fifth title i will mention is called gettysburg, the last invasion which brought a third lincoln prize to alan. The only person who has won three. He is currently working on a biography of robert e. Lee. That will be published and it will be one of the things we will get to today. We are going to talk about his work on the field of civil war era studies. I want to begin with a question relating to the opportunities for people in our field to try and
New vitality to a strange subject, emphasizing the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in opening the west. We are so fortunate to have him here from our neighbor to the southwest arizona. ,dr. Langellier earned his ba in history and historical archaeology, his ma in history with a concentration on the American West and spanish borderlands, as well as a emphasis on film history from second the university of san diego. He later went on to earn his phd in military history from kansas state university. Career in public history he retired to tucson in , 2015. He is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for uncle sam, blacks in the frontier army, which is for sale in the gift shop following the lecture. We are excited to welcome dr. John langellier. Join me in a round of applause as we welcome him to the podium. [applause] John Langellier i feel like a telemarketer. [laughter] John Langellier i will send you every month a book that i have written that no one wants if you sign up now. [
President s life portrait exhibit at the Herbert Hoover president ial library and museum in west branch, iowa. North carolina painter and sculptor created the portraits for cspan in 1999 and recently added president trump. The traveling exhibit created in conjunction with the White House Historical association was brought to the Hoover Library by cspan in partnership with media. The curator shows us the additional artifacts that accompany each of the portraits. Today we are at the Herbert Hoover president ial library in west branch, iowa, and the museum portion of the building. This is our temporary exhibit, which is cspans american president s life portraits. The idea for this to them about from thinking about taking the temporary exhibit from cspan. And then adding something personal from each man to show Something Different about them. We think of them as about the president s, but we want to show them as human beings as well. That is an interesting aspect. Some of these guys were v
Pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for this iconic street which is home to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner but his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Fort totten, fort reno, fort dupont. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surprised to learn about their civil war history. The civil war was a milestone in the nations history. The role of famous battlefields like gettysburg and antietam are wellknown to all of us. Today we are going to learn about another important albeit less wellknown battle that took place not far from where we are today. Were it not for the defenses built to protect washington, d. C. The battle of fort stevens, the city of washington, d. C. Could be in a different place today. Today we will learn about
For example in january 1865, ab maryland has abolished slavery. Bn. The confederates are talking about offering limited emancipation in order for talk service in the army. Things have changed. This was not a debate they woult have in the cabinet in the way that Tony Horowitz or steven in spielberg portrayed. Such its such a wonderful thing to see, a film addressing such a fm complicated issues, but the timing is all wrong. Timi ecti from ave dramatic perspective, frostbite an Artistic License perspective is totally understandable. They need to create drama and tension. This is act i, right . S screenwriting 101, you set up tension and then you resolve itw i give them all the license they of this conflict between the tw conservatives and the radicals,o they have to introduce something that doesnt actually appear inc the book thats the basis for the film. tats t so the film is supposedly built around the team of rivals, doris kern goodmans book. But in the team of rivals, socalled seward