Next, the panel of scholars talks about Abraham Lincolns friendships both before and after he became president. This was part of the annual lincoln symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. Its just under an hour. Welcome to the Lincoln Forum and to a special Panel Discussion on lincolns friends. Lets start, if we can, with a lincoln quote because on todays topic, as with most subjects, Abraham Lincoln expressed himself better than almost anyone, and as he said in 1849, the better part of ones life consists of his friendships. Well, we want to look today at what, if anything, he meant by that. How sincere he was or how well he understood his own commitment to and concept of friendship. And i have a group of very accomplished friends to explore that topic with me. Chuck strozier who has spoken at the Lincoln Forum. Who brings his experience as a psycho analyst, a psychobiographer, a one time resident of springfield. Which i moon he knows about lincoln springfield, not one must be a psychoa
Following Hurricane Irma. [applause] also joining us in the east gallery is his wife first lady ann scott. [applause] gov. Scott good morning. Thank you for your graciousness towards me and my wife. It is wonderful to be here. I think about the first time i gave this speech. I am honored to deliver my final state of the state address today. I would like to recognize a few people. First, speaker of the house richard corcoran. [applause] gov. Scott mr. Speaker, i appreciate your commitment to cutting taxes to make sure that every floridian can get a great education. To Senate President joe negron. [applause] gov. Scott mr. President , your focus on lake okeechobee and floridas environment will benefit future generations. Lieutenant governor carlos lopezcantera. [applause] gov. Scott carlos thank you for , all you do for our great state and for joining me in the fight for freedom and democracy in cuba and venezuela. I also would like to recognize attorney general pam bondi. I spoke to her
American artifacts, Wake Forest University professor david lubin shares images from his book. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Next on cspan, here West Virginia governor jim justice announced several initiatives to discuss the drug epidemic and to prevent child sex abuse. Now, only briefly do i want to belabor the past with you. I am going to stay back here. I am going to spook myself a little bit closer. Ok. , when i got here, this is what we were facing. Like it or not liking it, when i got here, it was in the middle year, the 16 17 year. We were supposed to have a balanced edge it but it looked like we were going to come up because things kept running away from us. It looked like things could be even more dire and we could very well have a 200 million hole in the budget. The next year, my first full year, 497 million in the hole. In the years thereafter that, going up to 722 million. Now, i said a minute ago, just imagine the miracle that has happened. The miracle t
I have been the director since 2015, january. What is the value of an oral history . Well, for us we try to make it accessible to the cadets so they can use it for their research but all of our videos and interviews are open source so anyone in america can get online and look at our interviews and hopefully learn something about our history from them. As an historian what is the place oral history holds in the overall study of history . Oral historyies help add detail. If you are writing a paper or book about something and you find oral histories you can pull information from that to add a little bit of color or nuance to what you are writing about. It gives you have the experience of the people that lived through it. It is interesting because memories are different. People remember things differently and they change a little bit over time. So, it is good to add to some of the research you are doing but of course you want to back it up with good primary source documents. Who are you ca
Professor of american legal history at harvard law school. Shes also a professor of history in the college of arts and sciences. Her first foray into writing produced lost at sea which was written when she was 7. So shes an overachiever. Since then, she has authored or coauthored six historical studies, including the hemingses of monticello, an american family, which was winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2009. The highly acclaimed book also won 15 additional awards, including the Frederick Douglass prize. Her 2011 study of Andrew Johnson, the subject of her talk this morning, was praised as brilliantly written and fairminded. The book is not available in the bookstore today. Youll have to order it. But i do have her most recent book, and that is coauthored and it is titled the most blessed of patriarchs, Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination. She will be available for a few minutes after her presentation to sign autographs, sign books for you. So please help me welcome one o