Drew gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. [applause] [laughter] [applause] i am going to introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. [laughter] i sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt think couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis said last night, the guy who falls from dysentery, that is his forgotten battle and certainly his familys forgotten battle. At the one guy on picket one night by himself on a cold day who is shut down, that is probably his most important battle. So i am going to open wit
Host three as you all know is about words. The rhythms of declaration of independence, the pages of the constitution but is also about balance. It is about the drama and the sound of the surge the sound of a minister, the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meaning of our creed is also about music and music is one of the most universal expressions you can listen to a song which you might disagree more congeniality and more profitably than he could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Tim as sure as the patriots are carrying their swords in their guns, they were caring appends in the pros in the poetry along with them to move the revolution forward and to move our country forward. Henry David Perrault once wrote that when i hear music i fear no danger, i see no photo and relating to the earliest times i relate them to the latest and the pretty much sums up and think what we, wanted to write about. Jon until about three weeks ago, mcgraw t
[applause] hello guys, how are you . [cheering and applause] hello, how are you . Good morning. Im the old guy appear. [laughter] so, history, as you all no, is about words and that is why you are here and the stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadence of the agnstitution but its all about sounds and its about the muffled drums at lexington and concorde and the sound of the surf at omaha beach, sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meaning of our creed and its also about music and music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree more continually and more profitably then you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. Im sure the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns and carried their pins and prose and poetry along with them to move this revolution forward and our country forward. Ou Henry David Thoreau once wrote w
Development, even though the number of cases in the number of deaths rise, they are rising at a slower rate, hospitalizations are growing at a slower rate and now of course admissions into intensive care, that to is dropping. So those are constructive developments that you obviously want to see. But we told you about Boris Johnson doing better. People forget another thing were dealing with is the ceo of morgan stanley, he is okay right now, he is recovering from the coronavirus. These are bits of news that we tried to get out to let you know not all the news is grim as they continue to look at what a good time to gauge when making kind of slowly get ourselves into weaning out of the lockdowns parade were a long way from that and a lot of folks to say this is a generous timeline, we will get both sides of the story. Right now we know the healthcare tax force led by the president is going to be reporting a little earlier than normal, about an hour from now. Like fermented tea it all up.
Please welcome yuval levin and john meacham. Hey guys, how are you . [applause] how are you. Good morning. Im the old guy up here. So history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence. The cadences of the sconstitution but its also about sounds. About the muffled drama lexington cardboard and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the fullmeaning of our creed. Its also about music. Music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree. More continually and more profitably than you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely, its as sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns, they were carrying their pins their pros and their poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i hear music, i fear no