Made to preserve the quality and the richness and the absolute beauty of these waters. Were more about Saratoga Springs and other stops on our tour at cspan. Org citiestour. You are watching American History tv. Each week, american artifacts takes you to restore places to learn about American History. Located in the heart of washington, d. C. , the Willard Hotel has been a part of history for years. And the mark twain first japanese delegation to the u. S. In 1860. I represent the partnership that owns this wonderful asset and today you will hear a lot about its rich history. Hello, welcome to the Willard Hotel, located two blocks away from the white house. It is conveniently located near iconic monuments on the national mall. We are very fortunate to have this location. We give our thanks to captain john taylor, who was reputed to be one of virginias wealthiest plantation owners. He was a friend and supporter of george washington. In 1860, he built the twostory dwelling. You might won
Welcome to the willard. It is located two blocks away from the white house. Marie hello, welcome. The willard is covalently located in the city, near iconic , and memorials on the national mall. We are very fortunate to have this location. We give our thanks to captain john taylor, who was reputed to be one of virginias wealthiest plantation owners. He was a friend and supporter of general washington. Captain taylor acquired the land avenue4 pennsylvania in 1816. He built the twostory dwelling. You might wonder if that was a good investment for him. Washington dc at the time was not really a city, more of a town. On a rainy day, some avenues where rivers of mud and felt, and when it was dry debris from construction building the president s mansion was everywhere. Tourists and people coming to the city found Hotel Accommodations very sparse, and if you did find it was communal living. Jim hello, i am the bartender at the round robin bar at the historic Willard Hotel. As washington dc gr
Good afternoon, everyone. Joining uso much for for the American Civil War symposium. Ordinary people, extraordinary times. T up on our roster where she received the 2016 great teacher award. She taught previously at the state of at the university of new york in the state of albany. She received her phd studying under dr. And dr. Gallagher. Dr. Taylor is a member of the board of editors of the journal of southern history and advisor editor for the civil war monitor magazine and coeditor of the university of Georgia Press is on civil war series. Her current book project of the manyy thousands of men and women and children who fled slavery during the civil war and examined how their day to day experiences shaped the way emancipation unfolded in the United States. Book derived from her dissertation provided family in the civil war. In 2005. Published that book is the topic of her program today. I present to you dr. Amy morel taylor. It is indeed a real pleasure to be back here in virginia,
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The civil war. He discusses topics such as, how intelligence was used during the war and why they are so few primary source documents on civil war era intelligence gathering. The Smithsonian Associates hosted this event. It is a little under two hours. He is a historian with the Central Intelligence agency. He joined the u. S. Government in 1986 as a staff historian at the army center of military history, where he served for 14 years before he joined the cia. During his time with the agency he also served in rotational assignments as deputy and chief historian at the National Reconnaissance office and at the office of director of National Intelligence. Dr. Laurie has taught at the American University and university of maryland at baltimore county. He specializes at the history of intelligence. He is the author of 40 articles on both military and intelligence history from the 19th century to the present. Please join me give you a warm welcome to dr. Clayton laurie. [applause] dr. Laurie