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I will give david a moment. Thank you all for coming. Thank you for your patience. What a beautiful day. I am the executive director of the Library Association and on behalf of of our board of trustees and first lady, we welcome you to this wonderful day, this gorgeous day of what will be a truly memorable hour with one of greatest authors and historians David Mccullough. [applause] for those of you who may not be familiar founded in 1929 by ohio firstnd lady. Ms. Cooper an avid reader who. Ther...

Our free radio app, and be part of the National Participation through cspans daily washington journal program. On you there are on you social media feeds. Created as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. She was close to being broken by the time she went to the white house. This is the earliest existing house. They lived here through the 1830s and 1840s. She was educated and taught school. Eliza would read to him while he worked making suits for the men of town. ...

To be left alone, but now to attach that belief, not simply to escape but to a sense of greater selfrighteousness, a greater sense of american purpose. Overturned in this sense. Rights andof states they return in this sense to local control. S was we will talk about reagan and the new right, a new american right. Then we will talk about the new cold war, the changes in the cold war. Then we will talk about the end of the cold war. We will talk about that in our lecture next week as well. We will...

In the 1980s represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. He was of a different party, but his hero was roosevelt because he grew up listening to him on the radio. A figure who hope to restore helped to restore hope to americans and the sense of better days ahead, someone who restored can do spirit in america. That is what reagan was all about. He came of age not just in the shadow of the Great Depression and the cold war ...

First slide if we could. We have Ronald Reagan, and we talked about the disruptions of the 1960s, the social changes in the towards 1970s suburbanization. We talked about nixon and carter and the desire so Many Americans silence, tot, for escape the disruption, to escape the conflicts. Ronald reagan coming into office in the early 1980s, elected in november 1980, represented what Time Magazine is saying here, a fresh start. A positive disposition. His hero was Franklin Roosevelt. Ronald reagan w...

Butterfield, director of the fred w Swift National library. It is my pleasure to welcome you back here. And the Ford Motor Company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. An opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have to begin the program, im you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan. She will be joined by brian lam, th...

We the people podcast and i cant wait to share her work and her insights with you. Lindsay, welcome to americas town hall. Thank you so much for having me. And Edward Larsen holds the hue and hazel darling chair in law and is University Professor of history at pepperdine university, he is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in history and coauthor of 14 books, several of them on George Washington and the founders and his newest book is franklin and washington, the founding partnership. It is great...

Is widely published. I had the great pleasure of introducing her recently on a podcast, and i cannot wait to share her work and her insights with you. Lindsay, welcome to americas town hall. Edward thank you so much for having me. And edward larson, the hugh and hazel darling chair in law at pepperdine university. He is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in history. He is the coauthor of 14 books, several of them on George Washington and the founders, and his newest book is franklin and washingto...

Pleasure to put on my constitutional reading glasses you can tell i am not actually outside because i have to put them on before i do the introduction and introduce our wonderful guests tonight. Lindsay chervinsky is a white house historian at the White House Historical association. She is the author of the new book the cabinet George Washington and the creation of an american institution. She is widely published. I had the great pleasure of introducing her recently on a podcast, and i cannot wa...