The library of Congress Packard campus in culpeper, virginia, preserves and provides access to the libraries collection of films, television programs, radio broadcast, and sound recordings. American history tv visited the packard campus to learn about the earliest films, including u. S. President s, the spanishamerican war, world war i, and the first ever political ads created by the Democratic Party in 1912. Im head of the moving image section in the library of congress. Today, we are at the packard campus for audiovisual culpeper,on in virginia, dedicated to preserving our audiovisual heritage. One of my favorite films we have in the collection is what we believe to be the very First Political ad. 1912, and this is a race in which William Howard. Aft is a republican candidate Woodrow Wilson is a democratic candidate. Theodore roosevelt is running the progressive bull moves party. The film is produced by the Democratic National committee. Its called the old way and the new, and it ope
Have the cspan History Channel program filming tonight. Jeff shaara will be happy to take questions at the end of the program. We have microphones so cspan can capture your questions. If you will raise your hands we will just wait, if you could, to hold off on asking your questions until you have that microphone in your hand. It is a pleasure to welcome our speaker jeff shaara to the smithsonian. Jeff was last here with us in 2013 when he presented an Outstanding Program on the battle of vicksburg. Prior to that he was here in 2012 when he presented a program on the battle of shiloh. Jeff shaaras trajectory as one of the most acclaimed writers on it the civil war, the revolutionary war, and world war ii. He holds a degree in criminology from Florida State university. At age 15 he operated a rare coin business, first out of his home and then at a retail store. In 1974 he moved to tampa, florida, and eventually became one of the most widely known precious metal dealers in florida. But in
Good evening everyone. Can everyone hear me well . Good. Im mary mclachlan. Id like to welcome all of you tonight to what promises to be a very stimulating program on the Union General william t. Sherman. Before i begin and i introduce our speaker, id like to remind everyone to check their cell phones and make sure that they are turned off. And also remind everyone that photos are prohibited during Smithsonian Association programs. And lastly, we are delighted to have the cspan History Channel program filming tonight. Jeff shaara will be happy to take questions at the end of the program. We have a mic so cspan can capture your questions. If you will raise your hands we will just wait, if you could, to hold off on asking your questions until you have that microphone in your hand. It is a pleasure to welcome our speaker jeff shaara to the smithsonian. Jeff was last here in 2013 when he presented an Outstanding Program on the battle of vicksburg. Prior to that, he was here in 2012 when he
Defense and how was applied to war. He also describes the attitudes of generals before and after the war. This was hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Ladies and gentlemen. Good afternoon. I am glad thatl, you are not stuck in traffic right now. Im sure some of you have enjoyed that in the past. Im glad to have you here for this event. Introduceivilege to my cofounder and friend. Education manager at the civil war trust, and that basically has turned the civil war into his playground across the country. One tobeen going from the next to the next. He wants to contextualize this symposium. Great defenses of the civil war. We will talk a lot about great title field defenses. Successful, nonsuccessful. We also want you to think about defense in a broader context as well. To help us get our gears turning, it is my pleasure to chrisuce my friend wright. [applause] thank you, everybody. Thank you for coming out to the Fourth Annual civil war symposium. Been fantastic. His wife jenny who is
American history tv. Next, steven hood, the author of john bell could the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. Generals weof love to hate. You can watch all of this coverage by visiting our website at www. Cspan. Org history. Join us tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Eastern for more of the symposium. [crowd noise] im just getting it right to the introduction of our next speaker, who had an odyssey to get here but he is here happily. M. Hood is a distant relative of confederate general john bell put. He is the author of John Bell Hood the rise, fall, and resurrection of a confederate general. And also, the lost papers of confederate general John Bell Hood. President of the Confederate Museum in new orleans. Without further do, sam. [applause] sam hello, and thank you. You mentioned my odyssey. My wife and i moved to myrtle beach, south carolina, five days ago. And if you think it is bad when the Airlines Lose your luggage, we werent able to move into the so we arere buying livin