in 1968, many americans thought they were voting to bring our sons home from vietnam in peace. and since then, 20,000 of our sons have come home and coffins. i have no secret plan for peace, i have a public plan. as one whose heart has eight for the past ten years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. it was 1972, 2:30 in the morning, and then presidential nominee george mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. a few weeks later he would lose badly to president nixon. tonight, the candidacy and legacy of mcgovern. joining us from there is presidential author scott faris. scott, it is 2:30 in the morning when mcgovern delivers his acceptance speech in miami. why? well, the reason i think it was sort of emblematic of the whole distrust of the mcgovern campaign was, it was an insurgent campaign run against the establishment. what had happened was, as you heard senator mcgovern there, he was very strong on the issue o
it was 1972, to a plot 30 in the morning when george mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. a few months later, he would lose badly to president richard nixon. tonight, the candidacy and legacy of george mcgovern. we are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. joining us is provincial author scott farris. it was 2:30 when he delivered the acceptance speech in miami. why? it was emblematic of the whole mcgovern campaign, which was it was an insurgent campaign run against the establishment. what happened was, as you heard from senator mcgovern, he was very strong on the issue of vietnam. one of the things about senator government senator mcgovern as one of the most influential who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. he spoke about that war in ways no patinkin that had ever spoken about war before. no president presidential candidate had ever spoken about war before. it was strong language that unsettled l
i have a public plan, and as one whose heart has ached for the past eight years over the agony of vietnam, i will halt the senseless bombing of indochina on inaugural day. [applause] greta: it was 1972, 2:30 in the morning when george mcgovern delivered his acceptance speech. a few months later, he would lose badly to president richard nixon. the contenders. the candidacy and legacy of george mcgovern. we are live from the mcgovern museum in mitchell, south dakota. joining us from there is presidential author scott farris. acceptance speech in miami. why? scott: thank you, greta. of the structure of the mcgovern campaign. against the establishment. senator mcgovern, he was very, very strong on the issue of vietnam. one of the things that has drawn me to writing about senator mcgovern as one of the most who ran for the presidency who was not successful, he went after the vietnam issue. he spoke about that war in ways no presidential candidate had ever spoken about war before
new book that is just came out april 21st, something for us to read in this time and just to do a quick introduction, doctor is in a professor at texas woman s university and coincidentally, is home of the archive. and this is a book that is very special for her and i m sure she will talk about her journey to getting this book to publication. i want to start, something i m always fascinated by, how did you get started on this topic, when did you learn about it, what hooked you in? that s a great question and thank you so much for having me in talking to me today, i would like to show this picture, this is the moment in time where i met carol and that is her in the aviation people who might be on here and no that their buying one of the coolest airplanes over, and in oklahoma of june of 1993, i went by myself, i could not get any friends to go with and somebody pointed out the fact that curtis pitts was in the shade of the hanger over there and he introduced me too carol as
the lost history of presidents black family, you can purchase it directly in the link in the chat box to the right of your screen and the link provided on the atlanta history center website. as betty and i are talking, we invite you to commit your question to the q&a portion of your screen and i ll try to get to them as time allows. doctor betty kirsten is a retired physician and denominated us yet, the other madison is her first book and it follows a nearly 30 year quest to confirm her lineage, the reviews call it group for new generation, thank you so much for being with us. i m very happy to be part of this program. most of us grew up thinking of james mattis as the fourth president, one of the founders of our country, wrote the first draft of the u.s. constitution and bill of rights, what did you think or what were you told about him going out? i was told what everybody else was. he was an important figure in american history but i was also told that he was my great