Always ask this question. She was new. Ok. This is housed in this building that was commissioned as a hospital for the navy in 1864 by president lincoln. It was the forerunner of the bethesda naval hospital, it started here. Hospitals after the made it to the suburbs, this building was allowed to go derelict. It did not meet code. It had a lot of problems and the city pretty much walked away from it. Ago, a group years of neighbors got together when we heard there was going to be a request of proposals from the city for the renovation and reuse of this place for some community purpose. That is how this foundation was born and how hill center came into being. To make sure this place continues in its current wonderful condition, for generations to come, we do have a Fundraising Campaign going on now to create a hill center endowment. Has given too bad, along with your neighbors and we ask you remember the hill center preservation in your charitable giving. I dont normally provide the hil
It is wonderful to believe ive had the Good Opportunity to work with so many of these people here at this library, first in washington and then here at the library over those 19 years and longer. So he wanted the president wanted this library to be a place of study and of community and thats what we can say like this. Certainly evidence. I dont want to talk too long for you. So let me go over the format real quickly. Therell be a 30 minute talk, 30 minutes, and then well have a brief question and answer period. And then the author will go into the library to sign books. If you want to purchase them in our new deal store. And let me introduce our speaker, david kissinger. Youre not spelled kissinger as i was told, chris, in your show. Okay. You see, just never, never, never try to explain it. It gets bad. Thats what happens when you become management. Right . You inevitably get it wrong. So, chris center David Chrisinger is executive director of the Public Policy writing workshop at the
Im bill harris, the director here at the fdr president ial library. And were so happy to see many Friendly Faces and familiar faces. And if we have new ones out there to please, welcome to the library and welcome to one of my favorite events of the year, which is the reading festival. Its our 19th annual. Its hard to believe its been going on for 19 years. It is wonderful to believe ive had the Good Opportunity to work with so many of these people here at this library, first in washington and then here at the library over those 19 years and longer. So he wanted the president wanted this library to be a place of study and of community and thats what we can say like this. Certainly evidence. I dont want to talk too long for you. So let me go over the format real quickly. Therell be a 30 minute talk, 30 minutes, and then well have a brief question and answer period. And then the author will go into the library to sign books. If you want to purchase them in our new deal store. And let me i
Im bill harris, the director here at the fdr president ial library. And were so happy to see many Friendly Faces and familiar faces. And if we have new ones out there to please, welcome to the library and welcome to one of my favorite events of the year, which is the reading festival. Its our 19th annual. Its hard to believe its been going on for 19 years. It is wonderful to believe ive had the Good Opportunity to work with so many of these people here at this library, first in washington and then here at the library over those 19 years and longer. So he wanted the president wanted this library to be a place of study and of community and thats what we can say like this. Certainly evidence. I dont want to talk too long for you. So let me go over the format real quickly. Therell be a 30 minute talk, 30 minutes, and then well have a brief question and answer period. And then the author will go into the library to sign books. If you want to purchase them in our new deal store. And let me i
Clarence thomas by his wealthy rightwing benefactors. But we begin tonight with a pop quiz. Where did president Abraham Lincoln go to law school . The answer may surprise you. And the answer is nowhere. That is correct. He was a selftaught lawyer. And yet, his judgment that seceding from the union was unconstitutional shaped the country we live in today, more than almost any other action by a u. S. President. Lincoln also had a big influence on the practice of law, Writing Notes for a law lecture in around 1850 that laid out guidelines for being a good lawyer. Such as being among other things diligent, moral, a good businessman, and above all, honest. Above all, honest. Qualities the Illinois State Bar Association says are what defines the term lincoln lawyer. The more you know. Of course, if you want to be a lawyer today, it generally requires going to law school. Only a handful of states allowia to do so without a law degree. But just because someone earns a degree doesnt necessarily