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Live. And for those of us joining us in person, welcome to the historic Decatur House and the White House Historical association. And my name is dr. Colleen hogan, a Senior Vice President at the White House Historical association, and the director of the David Rubenstein center for white house history tonight, a special episode of white house history live as we launch the book mourning the president s loss and legacy in american culture. This book was published by the University Virginia press in partnership with the center for president ial history, Southern Methodist university, and the Miller Center at uva. Mourning the president s brings together and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of americans have eulogized and remembered. U. S. President s. This evening, were joined by several scholars that contributed the book on stage. And we have others in the audience, including chester and brandon robinson. Thank you for joining us this evening. Dr. Ma
Source on cspan, unfiltered, unbiased, word for word, from the Nations Capital to wherever you are, because the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like, cspan powered by cable. Welcome to white house history live and for those of us joining us in person, welcome to the historic Decatur House and the White House Historical association. My name is dr. Colleen shogan, and David Rubenstein history. Tonight is a special episode of white house history live as we launch the book, mourning the president s loss and legacy in american culture. This was for the center of president ial history at Southern Methodist university and uva. Mourning the president s brings renowned scholars to examine how different generations and communities of americans have eulogizeden remembered u. S. President s. This evening were joined by several scholars that contributed to the book on the stage and others in the audience, chester patch and robinson. Dr. Matthew costello is th