Assistant to president george bush graduate of yale university. [applause] thank you so much for that love and lovely introduction judy. As you mention i used to work as a president ial speechwriter before i started writing this book so you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book didnt much care for my old occupation. In fact robert e. Lee was so offended when he heard George Washington might have used a ghostwriter to pen his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it. He said anyone who says George Washington used a ghostwriter was quote injudicious. So if ive learned nothing else from writing his biography its that i should say a little bit less about my own biography. Im so pleased to be at this Beautiful House and im so grateful to the Historical Society for inviting me today. I had a chance to go over to see the Historical Society earlier today and it is such a wonderful facility and im so happy to see it expanding. Thats a great thing for p
Jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and bbc radio. Is writing has appeared in the new york times, the Weekly Standard and other outlets. During his time at the white house johnson served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush, a graduate of yale university, and we welcome him to Filson Historical Society. [applause] thank you so much for the lovely introduction, judy. As was mentioned used to work as a president ial speechwriter before start writing this book, so you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book didnt much care for my old occupation. In fact, robert e. Lee was so offended when he heard George Washington might accused a ghostwriter to pin his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it. He said that anyone who said George Washington is a ghostwriter was quote injudicious. So if ive learned nothing else from writing this biography, its that i should say a little bit less about my own biography. Im so p
Our way through like every other News Organization. We have done something truly impressive and made a real commitment to hardhitting and investigative groundbreaking journalism and im grateful for that and i thank you. [applause] ladies and gentlemen chairman and editorinchief of kiplinger publications. [applause] good evening. I am from the kiplinger letter and i will be referred. I am not related in any way to the other nights, including john and james. I wish that i were but i am not our honorary this evening is the first kipping letter award who has never worked as a professional journalist. Paradoxically he is one of the most influential figures in this totally reshape the journalism profession too adapted to the new realities of the digital age. And because beneath the guise of the lawyer, a newspaper publisher and a Foundation Executive while he was never a professional journalist, he was once a student journalist in 1965. A busload of students went down to alabama from connect
Next Jonathan Horn recounts robert e. Lees decision to join the Confederate Army after being sought by the north and the south. From louisville kentucky, its about an hour. Its my pleasure to introduce dr. Horn. He is an author and former white house president ial speechmaker who spent years researching and writing his robert e. Lee biography the man who would not be washington published in january of this year. Jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and nbc radio. His writing has appeared in the New York Times the Weekly Standard and other outlets. During his time the white house jonathan served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush and as a graduate of io university and we welcome him to louisville university. [applause] thank you so much for that lovely introduction judy. As was mentioned i used to work as a president ial speechwriter before i started writing this book. So you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book did
Place in mr. Mcleans parlor settled the issue of who would be the victors of the American Civil War but many questions remained unanswered. Soldiers echoed their thoughts in letters and diary entries. While letters of Union Soldiers reflected jubilation, their words also reflected concerns. In the front lines of appomattox chaplain jl mulligan of the 140 pennsylvania wrote a few days later, though the army of Northern Virginia is ours, still grave questions remain to be settled, for which god alone can give the true wisdom and guidance. A confederate are atillerist had an entry on april 11th that lee had surrendered his whole army. Surely the last 24 hours has been a day of the most intense mental anxiety i have ever experienced. Thousands of thoughts have passed through my mind as to what fate awaits my country my family my neighbors, my friends, and myself. And several months earlier morgan w. Carter, with the 28th United States colored troops expressed his concerns in a letter home.