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 congenially and more profitably then you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely, i you know. Assures the the patriots were were carrying their swords and their guns they were carrying their pins and they were carrying their pros and they were carrying their poetry alone with them to move this revolution forward and to our country forward. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i hear music i fear no danger. Im invulnerable. I see no foe and im related to the earliest times and to the latest. And that pretty much sums up. I think what we wanted to write about when we sat down down to write this book. Yeah. Throw yeah throw. Until about thrice until about three weeks ago mcgraw thought thoreau was a running back for lsu. So you are here at a inflection point. In the life. Hes the reason we won the national champi
we begin with a visit to nashville s ryman auditorium as author david ewing talks about how the venue became a place for political rallies, civil rights events and home to country music s grand ole opry. today we re at the historic ryman auditorium in downtown nashville, tennessee. it definitely tells the history of both things it is famous for. it was built by a river boat captain who was famously converted under a tent in downtown nashville in may of 1865. after his conversion, he believed that traveling ministers should have a permanent home inside that was large enough to take the large crowds of the traveling ministers who came to town. so captain ryman built the ryman auditorium and it opened at first in 1892 as a tabernacle. so that s the church part of the history. the music part of the history, the country music part, deals with the grand ole opry which came here in 1943 after being in many different homes in nashville, and stayed here until 1974 when the new opry
[applause] hello guys, how are you? [cheering and applause] hello, how are you? good morning. i m 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 it s all about sounds and it s 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 it s 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. i m 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 th
please welcome yuval levin and john meacham. hey guys, how are you? [applause] how are you. good morning. i m the old guy up here. so history as you all know is about words. that s why you re here. the stately rhythms of the declaration of independence. the cadences of the sconstitution but it s 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 . it s 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, it s 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 whe
a guys. how are you? [applause] - - hey guys. how are you? good morning. i m the old guy up here. [laughter] so, history as you all know is about words. that s why you re here. the stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution. but it s also about the sounds. the muffled drum at lexington and concorde 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 full meaning of our creed. it s 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 profitably than you can ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. absolutely. as sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and guns, they were carrying their pens and prose and poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. and our country vote. henry david thoreau once wrote when i write music, i f