h.w. bush, george w. bush, bill clinton, and barack obama presidential oral history program, and she also directs the edward kennedy oral history proekt j. she served as a u.s. supreme court fellow for chief justice william rehnquist and has worked for both republican and democratic members of the united states senate. her books include 42, inside the presidency of bill clinton. george h.w. bush, rose kennedy, the life and times of a political matriarch, and edward kennedy, and oral history and the priestly tribe and the supreme court s image in the american mind. we welcome dr. per toe the program and just as a quick reminder we will have time for questions from the audience at the conclusion of the program. so if you do have questions for dr. perry, please type them in and we ll get to as many as possible at the conclusion of the program. welcome, barbara. kl ecolleen, thank you so mu. thank you for the introduction and thank you to stewart for his leadership of this wond
late night bull session last night which a lot of my democratic colleagues in detroit did as well. i m sure a few of you stood up to watch the democratic debates. i have to admit, i did not. i read the recaps this morning and seems like much seasoning and thoughts by the democrats have not yet made them come to their senses. understand were still advocating for decriminalized just decriminalizing our border illegally and deporting no one and in the meantime giving taxpayer-funded healthcare, too. in fact, one of my colleagues in the congress recently said that we have to provide taxpayer-funded abortion to illegal immigrants. which, i have to say, sounds like something some of you might come up with at a late night bull session when you re thinking of a parity about the democratic party positions might be. i could go on and on about our democratic friends and what they were saying last night but i see that on your tables you all have a fascinated book in front of you. it is c
he serves as the he did his graduate work at the university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. he also holds a master of divinity agreed. his roster of publications is so long that i am not going to even try to read them all to you. lzo.com go to allengue and get a full accounting of not only his publications, but other salient elements of his biography. what i am going to do here is mentioned five books. i think there especially pertinent. i will read them in order. first is called abraham lincoln, redeemer president. lincoln s emancipation byclamation published simon & schuster. it brought him his second again price. lincoln and douglas. published in 2008. it did not when the lincoln prize. [laughter] the next came out from oxford university press in 2012. in the fifth title is invasion. , the last it brought a third wink and prize to alan. is currently working on a biography of robert e lee. .t will be published b he and i will talk about
civil war era at gettysburg also serves ashe director for the civil war era studies program. he did his graduate work of history at the university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. he also holds a master of divinity degree. his roster of publications is so long that i am not going to even try to read them all to you. nguelzo.comto alle and get a full accounting of all his publications and his biography and doings. what i m going to do is mention five books that i think are especially pertinent to what we will be doing this afternoon. i will read them in order. the first is called abraham . ncoln, redeemer president lincoln s emancipation proclamation: the end of slavery in america. published by simon & schuster in 2004. lincoln and douglas, the debates that defined america. whitening: gettysburg, the last invasion. published in 2013 which brought a third lincoln prize to alan, he is the only person who is 13. has won 3. he is currentl
parks service. we re here to talk about the service at its history and also learn more about the special house and people who lived here and how it s being preserved by the national parks service. we re joined by robert stanton. biez, the former site manager here at arlington house. obviously a park service employee. he s also oversees a year long renovation of the estate. let me start with the story of how the national park service began. as the national park service was authorized by an act of congress, signed into law by president woodrow wilson, august 25, 1916. there we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the national park service today. and that legislation came about through the stellar efforts of many conservationists and civil leaders throughout the country. was it at all controversial at the time it was signed into law? it was in the sense there was sort of a misunderstanding in terms of some of the constraints that may be imposed by having one federal agenc