Please welcome yuval levin and john meacham. Hey guys, how are you . [applause] how are you. Good morning. Im the old guy up here. So history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence. The cadences of the sconstitution but its also about sounds. About the muffled drama lexington cardboard and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the fullmeaning of our creed. Its also about music. Music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree. More continually and more profitably than you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely, its as sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns, they were carrying their pins their pros and their poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i hear music, i fear no
Henry David Thoreau once wrote, when i hear music, i fear no danger and im invulnerable. I see no foe and im related to the earliest times and the leaders. That sums up what we wanted to write about when we sat down to write this book. The thoreau. Until three weeks ago, he thought he was a running back. Hes the reason we won the national championship. Well done. I rooted for clemson just to piss mcgraw off. We are an unlikely duo. Im very fit. [laughter] very well known for my good looks and singing voice. When we started this project, i was down in dallas and george w. Bush asked me, what are you working on . I said im doing this project with tim mcgraw. He went mcgraw . I like the wife. [laughter] so i was misinformed. I thought this was a project with fatal and then his sorry ass shows up. So here we are. We are neighbors in nashville. Tim asked me an important question and i never thought about it. He asked given the periods of history i have about, have i consider the role of mus
Words. The rhythms of declaration of independence, the pages of the constitution but is also about balance. It is about the drama and the sound of the surge the sound of a minister, the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meaning of our creed is also about music and music is one of the most universal expressions you can listen to a song which you might disagree more congeniality and more profitably than he could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Tim as sure as the patriots are carrying their swords in their guns, they were caring appends in the pros in the poetry along with them to move the revolution forward and to move our country forward. Henry David Perrault once wrote that when i hear music i fear no danger, i see no photo and relating to the earliest times i relate them to the latest and the pretty much sums up and think what we, wanted to write about. Jon until about three weeks ago, mcgraw thought pro was a running back for le
A guys. How are you . [applause] hey guys. How are you . Good morning. Im the old guy up here. [laughter] so, history as you all know is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution. But its also about the sounds. The muffled drum at lexington and concorde and the sound of the surf at omaha beach. The sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meaning of our creed. Its also about music. And music is one of the most universal expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree, more continually and profitably than you can ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. As sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and guns, they were carrying their pens and prose and poetry along with them to move this revolution forward. And our country vote. Henry David Thoreau once wrote when i write music, i fear no danger and im in
Prizewinning biographer jon meacham look at American History through song. [inaudible conversations] please welcome tim mcgraw and jon meacham. [applause] hey, guys, how are ya . [applause] hi, how are you . Good morning. Im the old guy up here [laughter] so history, as you all know, is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution, but its also about sounds. Its about the muffled drum at lexington and concord and the sound of the surf at omaha beach, the sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full mean being of our creed. And its also about music. And music is one of the most universe aral expressions. You can listen to a song with which you might disagree more congenially than you could ever listen to a speech about something with which you disagree. Absolutely. You know, as sure as the patriots were carrying their swords and their guns, they were carrying their pens,