continued to meet with political figures in the new capitol in the district of columbia and often called upon to craft policy. the colonial williamsburg foundation hosted this hour and 15 minute event. our speaker tonight. dr. peter henriques is professor of history emeritus from george mason university, peter lectures widely on subjects relating to george washington and has recorded at least five other lectures for c-span. and we greatly appreciate their being here this evening for this lecture. he is the author of realistic visionary, a portrait of george washington, which of course is available in our museum store. but please join me in welcoming professor peter henriques. [ applause ] i don t think i can top that. thank you very much. have a good evening. you know, there s a touch of sadness actually for me coming to this particular presentation since we ve been going through the different stages of washington s life. i ve so enjoyed the opportunity and the privilege
services most visited historic home, arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial at arlingt arlington cemetery. join us with our phone calls as we talk with the former arlington site house manager who will oversea the year-long restoration of the mansion, slave quarters and grounds. today the 100 anniversary of the national park service live from arlington house at 7:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. coming up this weekend on american history tv on c-span3. the abraham lincoln presidential library foundation published a book of musings by public figures and ordinary americans celebrating or responding to lincoln s gettysburg address. editor of gettysburg replies, the world responds to abraham lincoln s gettyburgs address reads passages from the book. his presence still resonates from the words he s written and the artifacts and documents that he has left behind for our prosperity. he was a simple yet deeply complex man who looked at complex issue plainly
it was a wonderful memory. that s a terrific memory from long ago. those are accurate. she s referring to the girl s dressing room upstairs. the custis lee mansion was known as until it was changed after your visit to arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial. next up is jean in wyoming. caller: hello. please go ahead. hello. we re listening. what s your question? caller: i have a couple of questions. the one question is, why do you not why do you not advertise more often about your events and stuff coming along? okay. you have another question? caller: yes. the other question is, i am actually a volunteer from for the laramie. i was there you know what? we re getting feedback on your call. we will take your first one. why doesn t the park service advertise more frequently? hopefully, we re doing a better job of doing that. it s difficult for us to take out time on media to be able to put things out there. we do our best. we rely not exclusively
you re looking at a live picture of arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial. this is the national park service s most visited historic home and it was on this day in 1916 that president woodrow wilson signed the legislation that created the park service. we re here this evening at arlington house to talk about the park service and its history. we will also learn more about this special house and the people who lived here and how it s being preserved and interpreted by the national park service. we re joined tonight by robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon bies, the former site manager here at arlington house, and obviously, park service employee who is also overseeing a year-long rehabilitation 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. therefore, we celebrate the 100th ann
thank you very much. you re looking at a live picture of arlington house, the robert e. lee memorial. this is the national park service s most visited historic home and it was on this day in 1916 that president woodrow wilson signed the legislation that created the park service. we re here this evening at arlington house to talk about the park service and its history. we will also learn more about this special house and the people who lived here and how it s being preserved and interpreted by the national park service. we re joined tonight by robert stanton, former national park service director, and brandon bies, the former site manager here at arlington house, and obviously, park service employee who is also overseeing a year-long rehabilitation 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. therefore, we