Back so i think theres a general consensus now this conflict is generational, its a different kind of conflict its not one where you can say you can walk away fromthis because we want. The enemy, this enemy has decided to keep fighting. You can watch this and other programsonline at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversation] hello everyone. Thank you so much for coming out tonight. Im part of the event staff here and on behalf of the staff and our owners we are honored to welcome you to host john simpson for his book the word detectives. Searching for it all at the meeting of the oxford dictionary and a few housekeeping notes for us to get started. Take out the cell phones and noisemaking devices and silence those at this time so we dont have any unnecessary interruption, that would be great. We will also mention that we are on book tv is here today and they will be filming the event and we are doing our own reporting as well so john is going to come us about a half hour we will have anothe
It was designed to display the bill of rights, and it opened in 1936. Only the bill of rights occupied the case. We had to wait until 1952 to bring all three founding documents together. The story of how the declaration and constitution came to the archives is the one we never tire of hearing. Now i would like to introduce jessie krantz, historian of the National Archives. She became the first historian in 2013. She was previously with [indiscernible] with the center for legislative archives and has been with the agency since 1999. Please welcome jessie krantz. [applause] jessie thank you, david. I am very happy that steve could be with us today during American Archives month to talk about his new book american treasures. It shows not only the important record created by other federal agencies but also the record that we as a National Archive has created ourselves. In writing his book, he discusses several different sets of records, but the nearest and dearest to my heart is that recor
Ford has been a supporter of mount vernon for more than 90 years. We are grateful for their ongoing support. [applause] is warrenguest bingham. Hes a speaker, broadcaster, freelance writer and author. Mr shank his career includes nearly 25 years of success in sales and marketing and philanthropic services. He has a special history in interest in the history of south and north carolina. He is the creator of carolina color, a series of live radio vignettes, and his column has appeared in the raleigh times and observer. I hope you brought some hush puppies or barbecue or something with you. Being a tech person myself, i appreciate warren because he has a very active twitter account. He will discuss his latest book, George Washingtons 1791 southern tour. This is a book that considers the history and lore of the president s president s visit to the south. I had a opportunity to work on an interactive map here a few years ago. It has more than 1000 places where washington visited during his
Who is here tonight who came from salt lake, utah, his name is devery anderson. He is the author of the book, emmett till the murder that shock the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive books on the subject. It took him 21 years from conception to completion to write this book. And i had the privilege to work on this case, emmett tills case, starting in 2002 with emmett tills mother, to work toward the reopening of the case to be reinvestigated and to have the United States congress to pass the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is now in the works being we authorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expect in the next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] anderson is an editor at signature books in salt lake, utah, and is currently working on a masters degree in publishing at the George Washington university. He is the editor and coeditor of several books on mormon history. And in 2015, the University Press of
Ford has been a supporter of mount vernon for more than 90 years. We are grateful for their ongoing support. [applause] is warrenguest bingham. Hes a speaker, broadcaster, freelance writer and author. Mr shank his career includes nearly 25 years of success in sales and marketing and philanthropic services. He has a special history in interest in the history of south and north carolina. He is the creator of carolina color, a series of live radio vignettes, and his column has appeared in the raleigh times and observer. I hope you brought some hush puppies or barbecue or something with you. Being a tech person myself, i appreciate warren because he has a very active twitter account. He will discuss his latest book, George Washingtons 1791 southern tour. This is a book that considers the history and lore of the president s president s visit to the south. I had a opportunity to work on an interactive map here a few years ago. It has more than 1000 places where washington visited during his