[inaudible background conversations] [inaudible speaking] the panel is titled American History, renegades and sponsored by the Mississippi Library commission. Tracy carr, with the library commission, was in the room for the very first organizational meeting of the festival we couldnt do this without the Mississippi Library commission or libraries from all over the state so thank you very much for your support. We are in the room today courtesy of foreman watkins law firm, our gratitude to them. Our panelists are tom craven, eric j dolman and Peter Houlihan. You can purchase copies of their books from vendors outside and you can find the times are authors will be signing in your program. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes then open the floor to questions. Please come to the podium in the center of the room to ask your questions. Help me welcome our moderator for this panel, kitty blunt director of Mississippi Department of archives and history. [applause] thank you. Im
Debate. He focuses on henry clay, Stephen Douglas and the impact of slavery on the compromise that preserved the union. The New York Historical society and the bryant park host this event. It is just under 90 minutes. Can you hear me . Good evening. Thank you, paul, and were delighted at the New York Historical society to partner with the Bryant Park Organization and oxford on this exciting series. This will be followed by a question and answer session and a book signing. Im really delighted this evening to welcome author and historian fergus m. Bordewich. Hes the author of six nonfiction books and hes published an illustrated Childrens Book and wrote the scripts for mr. Jeffersons university. Hes a regular contributor to smithsonian magazine. And his articles have appeared in many magazines and newspapers including the new york times, the wall street journal, and american heritage. His new book, americas great debate e mores explores the way that slavery distorted american democracy i
Its very fancy. The ladies are wearing gowns. Good. How about a third thing . What else do you see . Go ahead, jimmy . It looks like theyre all fairly close together. Like i cant tell, they might be dancing or i dont know. But they are all very close together. Exactly. Very good. Okay. Thats good. Yeah. I should say about Lady Washingtons reception that lady washington herself is standing literally center stage, an elegant gown. What you might not have noticed was that there is someone else who we sometimes think of as important, sort of receding into the background here. Thats good old george. George washington here in the center in black formal republican gown, sort of overshadowed by lady washington. Now, the title was Lady Washingtons reception. The word used at the time was that of a levee which is a formal reception which was held and hosted by the first lady, martha washington. Any of you notice how she was standing on a platform. Thats right. You also noticed the opulent attire
Most important symbol of democracy in the world. Although i have come to work every day here for 25 years, it never fails to impress me. Senator mcconnell, thank you so much for your time. That was senator Mitch Mcconnell in 2010. He is the Incoming Senate majority leader for the 114th congress which convenes on january 6. We continue with a look at the historical role of the majority leader. We will hear from robert byrd, speaking in 1998 inside the Old Senate Chamber. [applause] welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the third lecture series that the leaders have been sponsoring. I think this will be one of the most interesting ones we will ever have. We have had three this year and we hope to have three more next year. When the idea was first suggested that we have some further attempt to preserve the history of the senate, that we had a unique time in history because we had such a large number of former Vice President s and former leaders of the senate that were still in the senate or a
We hear from senator robert byrd of West Virginia, he spoke in 1998, inside the Old Senate Chamber. [applause] welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the third lecture series that the leaders have been sponsoring. I think this will be one of the most interesting ones we will ever have. We have had three this year and we hope to have three more next year. When the idea was first suggested that we have some further attempt to preserve the history of the senate, that we had a unique time in history because we had such a large number of former Vice President s and former leaders of the senate that were still in the senate or alive, that we should take advantage of this opportunity, of course, the first person that came to my mind as i thought about how to put this together was senator robert byrd. Because i knew that he, probably more than any of us, knows about and cares about the institution of the senate and the history of the senate and all of its procedures and traditions. I went to senato