Through the perilous fight is a gripping account of six weeks of dylans leaders and retails and fitted detail one of the burning of our capital at the heel of the british and the spectacular and improbable turn of events that will change the course of the war and the path of our young nation. Steve vogel has written extensively of military history in the wars in afghanistan and iraq as a graduate from International Public policy from John Hopkins School of studies represent steve vogel. [applause] it really is a great honor to be here when they think about it the library of congress which you may or may not know was burned down as part of the story that i tell. Is erotic to be here ironic to be here today. The attack on washington and of the burning of the white house and the library of Congress Comment today colberts papers are at the library of congress so that is justice served of some kind. [laughter] but i do spend a lot of time there an equal resources both for the amount of mate
[applause] to i would say half of the rating and a big chunk of the research i did while i had a fellowship for jefferson studies. I want to think andrew for that and my good friend for many acts of friendship does the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation chair at the university of virginia. I want to think mary Scott Fleming for keeping the trains running on time for this presentation and to Christopher Oliver assistance to a range of this. And managing the fellowship that i so have profitably and so spent here. Also might sister and her brother traveling here for connecticut also alan taylor one of the leaders of the of escape from the virginia plantation during the war of 1812. Since it is monticello lets begin with Thomas Jefferson and this is a that comes from a letter that he wrote in response to his former secretary. He wrote this letter August August 251814 which is a low point in the United States will recall the war of 1,812th. If you know, of the occupation and the partial b
And less important. They are being shut down. Washington is the key to unleash the 50 places to really produce the innovation. The past to start through filter down. Thank you. [applause] copies of his books are available for sale. Thank you for your attention we will see you soon in the future. [inaudible conversations] i am happy for this event tonight. One of the many aspects of our series to cover a lot of different topics some are more contemporary it is contemporaneously or to do stuff with that history we did a recent one on earth been agriculture and the spaces of nature. And real history in california is a fascinating topic. There are so many different threats but Upton Sinclair is so essentials and i have known laura for a while it has been my pleasure so here is another person doing history for a long time so i am honored to have heard tonight. I do want to read a brief introduction to hear it on dash to her. nr focusing on labor and the lookout and the author of three books
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The. Not when it is sucked up by the School District itself and so until we shine a light on return on investment for these expenditures i think we will continue to live in a world where we spend more money per kid but dont get the results. Talk about student voucher tell us how you change your thinking on this interesting topic. This topic gets people really riled up if you want to have the debate just bring up the word voucher. I am a democrat and have spent my entire life when i asked my dad the difference he said democrats care more about the people that have less than republican make more money and i said i made democrat and i have been ever since. So when i got to washington d. C. I had clear views about what education reform should look like right to allied with the vouchers because the democrats think they are bad because you take the money away from the pork that needed them or let the core that need it the most but when i arrived in washington there is a publicly funded Vouch