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Im head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and im pleased to be here with you today. Were pleased to serve for the 8th year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and even prouder to watch it grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. I wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some best seller lists today. But its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the com...

This happy occasion preserves unbroken a convention which began with president to get our roosevelt. The great and the near great have addressed this audience, but tonight we welcome the man whom history will record as behemoth among moral leaders in the hour of greatest need. [applause] i have in mind the rapid succession of communist aggression as millions of people were behind the fire reaching iron curtain. I have been buying the stalemate of the stalemate in korea, the inflation in our home...

On october 7th the reports back to richmond and rights to le suggesting he is ready to come back, but at least with the army of Northern Virginia, lee wanted a more vigorous person to take charge. He never recovered the use of his right arm. At this point because of the bullet exiting through his throat he cannot speak. Lee is having none of that. On october 17, he orders long streak to return and resume command of the first core of the army of virginia. North of the james river. Lee is going to...

Irish regiment. , a caricature of lincoln writing the emancipation proclamation, the lincoln family by Francis Bicknell carpenter, victor nehligs painting, an episode of war, and some prison art. Lets look at the relationship between war and art, harold. Does war stimulate arts in america, and did art change the romantic image of war . Harold i think both. Good evening. Thanks for having me back. I think the great emphasis of american painting to the civil war was probably landscape painting. Po...

Valerie paleo of the New York Historical society talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication, the civil war in 50 objects. In this program, they discuss objects related to soldiers, uniforms, and accoutrements. This conversation took place online at the New York Historical society provided the video. So now, civil war fashion. This series has been investigating the power of objects to be emblematic of historical events and to help us understand the passed as a historian, i work alon...

Early and do that, that would be fine. The rapid recovery, but it would be nice to report it. The rapid recovery of homebuilders sentiment points to massive new construction and we are doing massive amounts of construction of new homes. That is because people have tremendous confidence. This is where we went. And the Housing Market has quickly rebounded. We were at a record. Now were going to be at a record again very shortly. Those numbers rin credible. Thats where we are. We had to turn off th...

And he didnt and he didnt. Less move on to our next artistic work. This is an etching by ladelbert work in 1963. Were in the second year where of the civil war. Its getting difficult to circulate battlefield heroes or triumphs and thats for one practical reason, most of the abledbodied artists were fighting in the war as soldiers. So this is an interesting thing to concept as far as sculptural monuments, there were none done at the time of the civil war, no artistic works. Tell us about the arti...

Fine. The rapid recovery, but it would be nice to report it. The rapid recovery of homebuilders sentiment points to massive new construction and we are doing massive amounts of construction of new homes. That is because people have tremendous confidence. This is where we went. And the Housing Market has quickly rebounded. We were at a record. Now were going to be at a record again very shortly. Those numbers rin credible. Thats where we are. We had to turn off the economy and now were turning it...

Use and access to coffee during the warld. Jake wynn and kyle dalton compared union and confederate soldiers and take questions via chat. The National Museum of civil war medicine provided this video. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us on this new program were trying out. Were having a morning conversation over coffee. Im kyle dalton, the membership and development coordinator. And im jake wynn. Im the director of interpretation for the National Museum of civil war medicine and the Cl...

Lincoln, the irish brigade and battle scenes. This conversation took place online and the New York Historical association provided the video. So, were continuing our conversation in this series that argues that objects have the power to convey historical events and to help us understand the past. This idea inspired Harold Holzers book. The objects of which were taken from the collection of the New York Historical society. This evening, well be look iin at five objects from the book and related e...