the next half of the morning s program is highly visual, particularly the last session. that is another thing we can use to focus our attention which is a wonderful thing to have. thank you to octagon house for making it possible. the third speaker, matthew costello, has been a stalwart friend of the u.s. capital historical society. he is my counterpart, the senior historical at the white house historical association around the corner. he agreed to share his expertise on our first president in discussing washington s cap et al., and thorton s cap a tall. matthew, think you for joining us today. [applause] matthew: thank you for that introduction. it is a real privilege to be here today. to be able to enjoy and celebrate this day, commemorating william thornton s legacy. his contributions to the capital city and to the capitol. as chuck mentioned, my expertise is more on george washington specifically, the memory of george washington. i have gotten bogged down into the empty m
offer some of the freshest insights into that period. his latest book the fear and freedom looks at the long-term effects of the war and its legacy. a sequel of sorts but a work that definitely stands on its own. it is my pleasure to call to the podium dr. keith lowe. [applause] keith: afternoon, everyone. thank you very much for the introduction. thank you all for coming to listen. move this up a bit. this is my first time in new orleans. i am genuinely excited to be here. when i told my kids i was coming, they were so jealous. i made the mistake of telling them why i was coming, and they sort of visibly deflated. i think my son said something along the lines of god, dad, why are you so obsessed with the second world war? [laughter] he thinks i come to some kind of geek convention. [laughter] we are all geeks here. my son is 14 years old. i ve got a daughter as well. she s only 11. neither of them are really old enough to properly understand history and what it means yet
enter raters have been reading whatever we can about the postwar period. our many historians have been reading whatever we can about the postwar period. war sok at the world immediate aftermath offer some of the freshest insights into that period. his latest book the fear and freedom looks at the long-term effects of the war and its legacy. a sequel of sorts but a work that definitely stands on its own. it is my pleasure to call to the podium dr. ke keith lowe. [applause] afternoon, everyone. thank you very much for the introduction. thank you all for coming to listen. move this up a bit. this is my first time in new orleans. i am genuinely excited to be here. i told my kids i was coming, they were so jealous. i made the mistake of telling them why i was coming, and they sort of visibly deflated. something son said along the lines of god, dad, why are you so obsessed with the second world war? he thinks i come to some kind of geek convention. we are all geeks here. my s
aspect of his life. the collection would include about 18,000 written pieces. he is the most written about american ever. which is quite staggering. day a visitor can see about 100 original pieces from our collection that are on display. there is always a reason to come back to the abraham lincoln presidential museum. we are rotating those items out and putting new pieces on display all of the time. we always like to say a visitor that comes today, if you come back one year later you will see a whole new group of 100 pieces. i pulled some pieces out of our vault. ofy illustrate the life abraham lincoln. you first the oldest piece of writing he did that survived. of paper thate abraham lincoln got his hands on in 1824 when he was living in the cabin in the middle of the wilderness. he got his hands on 11 pieces of paper just like this. he made a little notebook. he used this to work his way through a textbook. you can see, he worked his way off through all sorts of mathemati
can about the postwar period. those who have studied the period would agree that keith savag and its look at the world wars immediatee continent insights into that period. his latest book the fear and freedom looks at the long-term effects of the war and its legacy. a sequel of sorts but a work that definitely stands on its own. it is my pleasure to call to the podium dr. keith lowe. [applause] keith: afternoon, everyone. thank you very much for the introduction. thank you all for coming to listen. this is my first time in new orleans. i am genuinely excited to be here. when i told my kids i was coming, they were so jealous. i made the mistake of telling them why i was coming, and they sort of visibly deflated. i think my son said something along the lines of god, dad, why are you so obsessed with the second world war? he thinks i come to some kind of geek convention. we are all geeks here. my son is 14 years old. i ve got a daughter as well. she s only a 11. neither of t