good afternoon, everyone. i m the manager here at the national archives experience. i d like to welcome you all and are good friends at c-span to the special constitution day program. today the national archives sobering the 224th birthday of the united states constitution with an author talk on james madison who was father of the constitution. we are honored today to have as our special guest speaker the preeminent historian and senior editor for national review, richard brookhiser. mr. brookhiser has been writing about politicians, living and dead for most of his life. his first article in high school was a cover story in national review in 1970. when he was 15 years old. he went to work for the magazine full-time in 1977 and has been there ever since. in 1987 he began writing a column for the new york observer. and has written for many of the magazines on the atlantic monthly cosmopolitan cover everything from the fall of communism, the monica lewinsky. for a short
their respective causes. but it would have been a greater tribute to our nation had they lived. for more information on booktv s 2011 cities tour, visit c-span.org shall be local content. and now on booktv richard brookhiser recounts the life of the fourth american president, james madison. mr. brookhiser examines madison s influence in the framing of the u.s. constitution, collaboration on the federalist papers, development of the republican party and his command of troops during the war of 1812. it s a little less than an hour. good afternoon, everyone. i m dug swanson, i m visit services manager here at the national archives experience. i d like to welcome you all and our good friends at c-span to this special constitution day program. um, let s see. today the national archives is celebrating the 224th birthday of the united states constitution with an author talk on james madison who was the father of the constitution. we are honored today to have as our special gue