uniforms and acute ma. so, civil war fashion. this series has been investigating the power of objects to be emblem mattic of historical events. i work alongside these treasures every day and it is my great privilege to use them in exhibitions as well. but, harold, let s tell the audience a bit about the inspiration for the program, the book civil war in 50 objects. how can only 50 objects tell such a sweeping story? well, as the cover shows, we managed to vary messages, tactile objects, images. probably as you force us to describe this as civil war fashion i ll get you for that later the hardest thing is to preserve the textiles. the objects we re going to discuss today, some of them are really extraordinary in term of how they ve survived. yeah, absolutely. and without further ado, let s get to our four things this evening. right. we have uniform, military buttons, a foot locker, and a drum. very interesting. fashion? maybe, maybe not. but an aggregate, they
conversation in this series that argues that objects have the power to convey historical events and to help us understand the passed. this idea inspired harold holzer book, the civil war in 50 objects. the objects which were taken from the new york historical society. this evening, we will be looking at five objects from the book and related exhibition group surrounding the theme of art of war. so these works are all very different and have very different background stories. we have the return of the 69th irish regiment. a caricature of lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation. we have a painting of an episode of war and some prison art. first, let s look at the relationship between more and art i harold. did war stimulate part in america and did our change the romantic image of war? i think both. valerie, good evening. thanks for having me back. i think the great emphasis of the american painting up to the civil war is history painting and landscape painting. portrait
what sets it apart? guest: one is just the beauty, the building and the magnificence of the marble statue, the largest marble monument portrait in the united states, then and now. what further has set it apart is the use of this space i am sitting on all the way to the steps as a platform for the discussion of grievances, for the aspirations for a more perfect union, for what reagan called unfinished what lincoln called unfinished work. it has evolved into the setting for demonstrations, gatherings, meetings, concerts that all point to completing that unfinished business of his. host: describe where you are and for those who haven t been there, with the should know. guest: i am sitting about 50, 40 feet from the reflecting pool on the far end of the monument. so, i am sitting, i m very bad at this, about 50 feet, 40 feet from the reflecting pool. which is on the far end of the monument. of course, the memorial is behind me, up 87 steps, i think i ve got that right. 58 fro
i hate to be the cause of reduction in buys, but good evening. im herald holzer, director of roosevelt house and on behalf of the hunter college president to his in the room tonight i m delighted to welcome you all to the home of franklin d. roosevelt and eleanor roosevelt. one of them is going to be talking about gubernatorial administrative work today, he was the new york state governor before he came president and his wife was the conscience of the empire state just as she later became the conscience of the country and the world, who was never afraid to confront challenging and uncomfortable issues like the one we are going to discuss this evening, even if her own confronting husband, privately of course because this was the 1930 s. i think you all know as well, the history of this amazing space. was originally a wedding gift to franklin and eleanor from his mother sarah, and it came to the newlyweds with only one stipulation. sarah herself moved in and stayed in residen
chairerald holzer, vice of the lincoln forum. it s a pleasure to welcome you to panel discussions we will have on foundations of lincoln s leadership. ideas, but principally people who inspired and motivated him. it is a pleasure to welcome as rightnel from my left to the author of the political life of abraham lincoln, volume one, sidney blumenthal. richard burr kaiser, the life of abraham lincoln. author not only of the recently published american ulysses: the life of ulysses s grant, and the author of a. lincoln, ronald white. thank you to you all. [applause] our goal today is to hear from you and see if we can evoke differences of opinion. we will certainly welcome audience participation and questions from our usual microphone. i will give you a signal in about 20 minutes or so to encourage you to line up and engage with us. first person i want to talk to in relation to lincoln s inspiration are the three sets of parents. not one person, but three. the three sets of