Are portrayed in the musical were living people. They all had good sides and bad sides and pros and cons to their personality. The musical make it so that you understand who these people were. And i know theres a lot of conversation about, well, theres a latino man playing hamilton and an africanamerican playing George Washington. Okay. Thats just part of the conversation. And again, if that brings new audiences into the museums, like you all today, thats great. And i think thats what we should all think about when we think about the musical. Heres your sneak peek, too. So talking a little about the room where it happened. So this is George Washingtons office at the morrisjumel mansion. If youve been there before it was the dark green color. This is what it looks like now. This is our phase one of our reinterpretation plan. It is this gray wallpaper with little tiny flowers on it from 1770 and this very bright persimmon trim which is historically accurate. Were going through a big rebr
Francis a. Mcani professor from notre dame. Hes the author of many books including god and race, a short history, published in 2008. The civil war as a theological crisis, 2006. And americas god from Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln which appeared in 2002. Recent essays are treatment of the bible in candidate, the 300th anniversary celebrations of the King James Version of the bible and catholic uses of scripture in 19th century america. Today he will be speaking on his new book which is available outside after our seminar. In the beginning was the word, the bible in American Public life, 1492 to 1783. Mark noll. Thanks for the opportunity of being here, and thanks especially to the Woodrow Wilson center, the american association, the National History seminar, its a pleasure to be in washington on a warm winter day. Images you have on the screen is is of the first english language complete english language bible published in north america. Once the break had been made with britain w
Baldy is all about how its really responsible for destroying the army and the invasion of russia. A lot of people thought it was cold or the russian army. All of those things didnt help. But the sanitary conditions of the day simply didnt allow them to protect themselves against this bacteria and it was devastating, really devastating. The poet thomas more than 90 of his army in the invasion of russia and a lesson, by the way that a century later adolf hitler did not attend to his regret. A friend of mine grew up across the street at the university of virginia and she wrote her great book on appomattox and its sort of a revision history and in my view a correct one of the outcome of appomattox, how robert e. Lee hughes fantasy is the agreement to foster a resegregation, resuppression of black americans after the union won the civil war and slavery was supposed to be over. They essentially invoke the free spirit about the nonex as none of them should be prosecuted and robert e. Lee had
And no one else has a ruler with six wives, who cuts the heads off two of them. So youre off to a flying start there. Sreenivasan a tudor takeover, adapting the story of king henry the eighth for print broadway and television. The drama, power plays and an antihero reimagined. It is the story of a new modern man at the start of a new modern europe. And the way in which everyone really tries to serve the whims of henry the viii. Sreenivasan those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by con