by first lady jacqueline kennedy , dedicated to the preservation of the white house. and also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. this evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of jefferson s white house. forwas a lawyer in boston 38 years before he began writing about american history. his previous book is lincoln s white house, the people s s house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. a you would like to ask jim question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. jim, welcome to white house history live. james: thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. colleen: we are honored to have you. the first question in the is the setting for your book. there have been numerous books about thomas jefferson and about his presidency. focus of thisque book on the white house as the s twog for jefferson terms
manuscripts and artifacts that document the history of washington, d.c. this series which has been going since the founding of the museum features a new speaker each week that talks about some aspect of d.c. history, art, architecture or one of our current exhibits. we invite you to grab a cup of coffee and learn about the city that we live in. this week, we are celebrity the opening of a new exhibition, eye of the bird, vision and use of d.c. s past. this show brings historical washington to life with new paintings and related works from the small washingtonian collection. to bring context is mark hudson, executive director of tudor place, will be discussing lafayette s visit to washington from 1824 to 1825. for the past three years, mark hudson has had the privilege of serving as executive director of tudor place. during a career that has spanned nearly three decades, he has served as executive director of the vermont historical society, historical society of frederick coun
we invite you to sit down and learn a little bit more about the city will be living. peter waddell who created these paintings. he is best known for his paintings of washington see an architecture. he often creates images of history where no images exist and is the first artist to re-create the plan for the federal city. is captured history for the white house historical association. in 2010, his contributions to the arts in washington were recognized with he received the measures are toward. please join me part art award. thank you. first of all, i would just like to thank george washington university museum for this. and alva small who generously comissioned these. these works would not have been possible without their encouragement and support. i loved washington from the first. bit chaoticwas a when i arrived here, its beauty, originality, and. excitement were immediately obvious. . i was determined to make it my home and history has been the core of my work.
the speaker covers many of those topics. we invite you to come in, enjoy, lunch, coffee, tee or the coffee on us, not the lunch on us and learn more about the city that we live in. with us today is peter waddell who will be discussing how he created the two new bird scale sation in eye of the bird visions of d.c. past. peter waddell is best known for d.c. history and architecture. he often creates images of history where no images exist. and is the first artist to plan. e laenfant a contribution for the arts in washington. he was recognized when he received the mayor s art award. please join me in welcoming peter waddell. [applause] peter: thank you, jackie. first of all, i d just like to thank george washington university museum for this and albert small who very genuously commissioned this place. and these works wouldn t have been possible without their encouragement and support. i loved washington from the first. although, it was a bit chaotic. it s beauty, originality and
introduction. i feel like going to door number one or door number two. thank you for coming. the immediate peg for this evening is the ratification of the 13th amendment. let s begin by backing up a bit. the army up for junius surrenders at appomattox. clearly the civil war is over. plans forhe unions the south for the freed men? i don t think there was any even though plan, president lincoln had put forward various ideas, plans of reconstruction during the civil war. these were primarily geared to winning the war, so to speak, and maybe detaching states from the confederacy. nobody had really thought through exactly what the status of the freed people was going to be. lee sense, at the time of surrender and shortly afterwards followed by lincoln s was theation, this fundamental question facing the country. you might say, what are the consequences? slavery was still legal in certain parts of the united states. it was pretty clear by this point that slavery was doomed. what w