occasional speaking. we are very pleased to have him with us here today to make the first nomination. bob krick. [ applause ] the years do move right along for many decades, my son, a young historian, was introduced as my son. now, almost inevitably i m introduced as his father. so these things come and go and change. i was instructed by my long-time friend john coskey, that it would be a good idea if i maintained some suspense about who my nominee was. ed bart and others used that ploy last year and john thought it worked well. but i don t see, however, that i can do that. as i look around, there are a lot of friendly faces out there. many of you who know my persona at all, will not be on tender hooks whether it s braxton brag or charles sumner, you know who i m interested in, you know who i m going to talk about. i do, though, at least for starters have a quirky context for you. i m going to talk about soap sold to philadelphians, yankees in the northeast. and number two
virginia library. if time magazine had been around in 1862, who would time select as person of the year? the library of virginia and museum of confederacy co-hosting an event that the invited five historians. and by the end of the day, the audience here in richmond will vote on person of the year 1862. lots ahead, all day coverage here on c-span3 on american history tv. and during breaks in the event the in richmond we ll take your phone calls, talk to the historians about their selections, and give you a chance to weigh-in with your vote as well. you can do that on the phone, and do that online. if you re on twitter, you can follow us at american history tv specifically today, if you want to tweet, use th the #poty1862. also on facebook, we ve already posted the question, who do you think was the most influential person of 1862? facebook.com/cspan. coming up next, they ll get under way shortly at the library of virginia in richmond to get the program under way. live cove
time magazine had been around in 1862, who would time select as the person of year? the library of virginia co-hosting an event that invited five historians including david blight to answer that question. by the end of the day, the audience here in richmond will vote on person of the year 1862. so lots ahead, all-day coverage here on c-span3 on american history tv. and during breaks in the event in richmond, we will take your phone calls, we ll talk to the historians about their selections and also give you a chance to weigh in with your vote as well. now, you can do that on the phone. you can also do that online. if you re on twitter, follow us @cspanhistory. specifically today if you want to tweet use #poty1862. on facebook we ve posted the question who do you think was the most influential person of 1862? facebook.com/cspan. we ll look at some of those throughout the day as well. coming up next, they ll get under way shortly at the library of virginia in richmond to