It was used as a place to stay and it was basically destroyed. Eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Eliza received many gifts she brought her to. This was the room she returned to after years in the white house . She was obscure, as she probably would have wanted it, but shes who he needed. Abraham lincolns assassination just weeks after the warravaged nation and brought Andrew Johnson and andrews wife e lizza was thrust into being the first lady and reconstruction in the south and his own impeachment. This week on cspans first ladies, the life and times of Eliza Johnson. Good evening and thank you for being with us. As we learn per about Eliza Johnson let me introduce you to our two guests who will help us do that. Jacqueline berger is in the midst of midst a threevolume series and she joins us from her home in southern california. Kendra hinkle is a greenville, tennessee, native as Andrew Johnson is and longtime employee of the National Park service and serve
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im a board member of the Abraham Lincoln institute and a former executive director of the commission. Thank you for joining us today. Unlike that of winston churchill, abe lincolns humor tended toward selfdepravation. The spectators shouted that lincoln was being twofaced. Twofaced cried lincoln. If i had two faces, do you think i would wear this one . [ laughter ] lincolns humor was an essential component of his personality and political persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at corpis kristy. He taught history before being appointed professor at Oxford University and a fellow of st. Catharines college. He was elected president of the college in 2010 and served in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the finest modern biographies of the 16th president , lincoln a life of purpose and power which was awarded the lincoln prize in 2007 a
War. It changed hands over 26 times. Andrew and eliza did purchase slaves so they had domestic help. It was used as a hospital, as a place to stay. It was basically destroyed. Eliza being ill with tuberculosis wasnt able to get out much. Eliza received many gifts that she brought home with her. This is the room she returned to after her years in the white house. She was just obscure as she probably would have wanted it but she is who he needed. Abraham lincolns assassination just weeks after his second inaugural shocked a war ravaged nation and brought his southern democrat Vice President Andrew Johnson into the white house. Johnsons wife eliza was 54 years old and an invalid when she was thrust into the role of first lady determined to be a helpmate to her husband as he navigated the turbulent end of the civil war, reconstruction in the south, and his own impeachment. This week on cspans first ladies the life and times of eliza mccard l johnson. Good evening and thank you for being wi
Im john wetenhall. Here on the campus of George Washington university in the heart of washington, d. C. Norman rockwells four freedoms exhibition is a traveling show, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Norman Rockwell museum, the 75th anniversary of dday, and putting on the wall the images Norman Rockwell created that rockwell painted the created the ideological concepts that president roosevelt in the state of the Union Address in 1941. This is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person who worships god in his own way everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want, translated in the world terms, means economic understanding procured through every nation a healthy peace time life everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom of fear. It means a worldwide reduction of armament. That no nation will be in a position to be in a physical act of aggression against any neighbor anywhere in the world. applause what people forget today is that the con
Hes received numerous prestigious awards incluing the lincoln including the lincoln prize, the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book prize, and he authors regularly a number of articles that are published in leading newspapers; usa today, the wall street journal, washington post. And hes featured regularly on television and radio programs such as nprs weekend edition. He is the [inaudible] professor of civil war era at Gettysburg College where he serves as director of the civil war era studies program. However, he is on sabbatical from Gettysburg College this year, and he serves as the William Garwood visiting professor in the James Madison program of american ideals and institutions at Princeton University. You can learn more about allens work either by visiting his web site, allenguelzo. Com, but perhaps most importantly allen is a regular speaker at the union league of philadelphia and for the Abraham Lincoln foundation. He is also a member of the union league of philadelphia. So, please,