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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Interpreting The American Revolution Civil War 20240711

Feldman analysts is artistic portrayals of the American Revolution and civil war. She talks about the influence of paintings, sculptures, in memorials on how history is remembered. The Smithsonian Associates host to this event. Today we are going to look at the American Revolution and civil war, in particular, but a little beyond that. Controversies about the stories we tell. I am going to focus, because it is impossible to cover such an amount of material in one top. Im going to focus in particular on the nations capital, and the public buildings on the mall, which is after all, the centerpiece of american political culture, and our public culture, where people come from all around the world, and the country to participate in government, to learn about government, to understand our heritage. So i thoug ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 The Presidency Remembering President James Garfield 20240712

Service. Thank you for that on behalf of the city. Today is going to be talking about james garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington d. C. I wont say too much more, i dont want to steal his steam, please join me in welcoming matt. applause thank you very much. The story im going to tell might be ripped from todays recent headlines. There was a president ial memorial delayed for years. It was caught up in congressional infighting, and replace it with another. A powerful lobby behind the memorial had chosen this site, the designer, the design criticize in the press. The site was very close to the capital on maryland avenue. If the years 1887, not 2017, and the memorial was one to president garfield and not president eisenhower. James garfields death was a national shock. He is been a compromise candidate for the presidency and had won the closest election in american history. It was a difficult life but his rise up was the rags to riches story. ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Interpreting The American Revolution Civil War 20240712

To learn about government, understand our heritage, so i thought, what is it we say to those people when they come to washington . What have been some of the controversies . What are some of the issues we should be aware of and what is missing . That is going to be my focus with the Capital Building here, rotunda, and of course the mall which stretches all the way back , down to the Lincoln Memorial. Building Capitol Building with its great paintings by John Trumbull of the American Revolution and at the opposite end of the mall, the Lincoln Memorial commemorating the civil war and Abraham Li ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Interpreting The American Revolution Civil War 20240713

Available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Next on American History tv, art historian Judy Scott Feldman analyzes artistic portrayals of the American Revolution and civil war. She talks about the influence of painting, sculptors, and memorials on how history is remembered. The Smithsonian Associates posted this event. Posted this event. We are going to look at the American Revolution and civil that. Ut a little beyond controversies about the stories we tell. I am going to focus, because it is impossible to cover such an amount of material in one talk, i will focus on the capital and the public buildings on the mall , which is the centerpiece of
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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion On Washington Rules 20160305

Is the nations capitol. He knew to take metro onto reletting night. [laughter] and he came down from saratoga springs. Despite the fact that he is a new yorker i should say that no less a local source than the Washington Post saying he succeeds in showing us the human face of washington, and too often perceived as faceless, that is achievement enough. Tom lewis. [applause] thank you very much. Im glad that you knew microphone. Take the metro. I will be getting to it. I am glad that you knew to take the metro. I want you to no that i invited several people to come tonight, as my guest. And i have been in the back of the green room and have gotten frantic messages saying, we are stuck in traffic. And i said, ditch your cars, grab a metro, and get off at federal triangle. They will be coming in late, and i expect others, too, will be will be that way as well. I want to thank rebecca very much for her introduction and think the
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