David fisher. David has been studying u. S. President s for most of his adult life. He has lined the walls of his home. He tells me with his extensive collection of more than 1100 First Edition president ial biographies dating the founding of the republic. After graduating with distinction from stanford university, david has held a has career positions as radio sportscaster. A consultant, an executive in the federal government and as Risk Management expert. His leadership positions in government spanned the department of defense, the Government Accountability office and the Internal Revenue service. He currently resides with helene, his wife, in bethesda maryland. So please join me in welcoming david fisher. And thank you so much, pat, and great to be here, folks. Pleasant good evening to you i will be back here at wheatland. My wife and i actually had made the drive up a couple of years ago to see the home at the time we we brought our dog chester who is think three months old at the
David fisher. David has been studying u. S. President s for most of his adult life. He has lined the walls of his home. He tells me with his extensive collection of more than 1100 First Edition president ial biographies dating the founding of the republic. After graduating with distinction from stanford university, david has held a has career positions as radio sportscaster. A consultant, an executive in the federal government and as Risk Management expert. His leadership positions in government spanned the department of defense, the Government Accountability office and the Internal Revenue service. He currently resides with helene, his wife, in bethesda maryland. So please join me in welcoming david fisher. And thank you so much, pat, and great to be here, folks. Pleasant good evening to you i will be back here at wheatland. My wife and i actually had made the drive up a couple of years ago to see the home at the time we we brought our dog chester who is think three months old at the
The first runner up is california. Katherine won more than just the crown. She also won a place in the history books. Not only was she the youngest contestant to make it to the famous pageant. At 15 years old, shes the youngest winner ever. Hi katherine hi, thank you for having me. Our pleasure. What was it like competing against 50 girls who were quite a bit older than you . Right, well, i see myself as a really mature 15 year old. So i dont think my age really held me back from having the same experience as everyone else. I made so many friends and i just had the time of my life. It was so much fun. Now, you grew up in a small town in louisiana. What was that like . I did. Well, living in a small town, i love living in a small town. You know everyone. Theyre so supportive and when i won, they just went crazy. Theyre amazing, i love living there. You must be a pretty big celebrity around town . I would say so. You actually started playing softball at three . I did. My sister actually
She also won a place in history books. Not only was she the youngest contestant to make it to the famous pageant, at 15 years old, she is the youngest winner, ever. Hi, katherine. Hi, thank you for having me. Our pleasure. What was it like competing against 50 girls who were quite a bit older than you . Right, well, i see myself as a really mature 15yearold. So, i dont think my age really held me back from having the same experience as everyone else. I made so many friends, and i just had the time of my life. It was so much fun. Now, you grew up in a small town in louisiana. What was that like . I did. Well, living in a small town, i love living in a small town. You know everyone, they are so supportive, and when i won, they just went crazy. Theyre amazing. I love living there. You must be a pretty big celebrity around town. I would say so. You actually started playing softball at three . I did. My sister actually played softball, and my dad wanted me to get involved. And i started pla
To join the conversation, like us on facebook cspan history. Next on American History tv, we continue our look at the 1864 president ial election between Abraham Lincoln and general george mcclellan, lincolns former commander the battle of potomac. Elizabeth varon examines the point of view from the confederates. This is hosted by the Lincoln Group of d. C. My name is katherine lincoln. Im a loyal member of the Lincoln Group of d. C. And its my pleasure and privilege to introduce professor Elizabeth Varon from the university of virginia who will speak on the election of 1864 in confederate eyes. I think this is a really important topic to address early on in this symposium so that we dont forget that there is a whole other conversation going on in other parts of the country. Professor varon has got her bachelors degree from Swathmore College and then went on to teach at wellsly yan temple before coming to the university of virginia where she is a professor of American History. Her firs