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At things like artifacts, serial culture, paintings, fine arts, decorative arts, the white house has all of those things as well. If you are into politics, policy obviously, that is the big one people think about. Even in terms of pop culture, or political culture, understanding the white house is a symbol for american democracy. And how that symbol has changed and evolved over time. It says a lot about who we are, the american identity itself, and i think all of these different ways of studying...

We dont know who the architect was who did that expansion and who built the bell tower. Tragically, latrobe had already died at that time. He had died in new orleans. And i imagine there might be some historians in the room. And if anyone is interested in helping us solve the mystery, we would love to know. The bell tower is very beautiful addition to the church and inside the bell tower, it houses a bell that was forged by paul reveres son, joseph revere. Stamped on it, it says 1822 boston reve...

American history textbook, but if you dig a little bit deeper, theres an incredible history just beneath the surface. Lindsay, also a White House Historical association historian and new in the role there. Were going to spend some time with both of you learning about your work and also about the association. So im going to ask you to give the elevator speech about the association itself, how it got started and what its mission is. Sure, so the association was founded by Jacqueline Kennedy to pre...

Localities. Now when people talk about federalism, they usually use the term to refer to the balance of power between the federal government and states. But last time we were talking about the debates between state and local level power. And those mirrored debates at the federal level and if anything they were much more contentious because so much governing authority was located in the states and localities. And what were talking about was a system of layered authority. Where states had control ...

Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Susan historian james banner, you have been involved in editing a story of the american presidency through a single lens, president ial misconduct. What is the value of that . James i think it is narrow, it is circumscribed and it remains useful. Our situation now is a critical one. A study that provides a sort of general metric for historians, citizens, anybody who wants to learn about the history of this particular topic, which is president ial misdoi...

Welcome, welcome. As we just noted, we are here to talk about constitutions and the rule of law. With a particular focus on a few got a rule of law, how do you keep it . How do you nurture it . How do you make it stick . And we got three extraordinarily distinguished panelists to lead these conversations. Each of them is directly involved in the workings of constitutional democracy studying it, thinking about it, writing about it, teaching about it, and in judge gregorys case, actually directly ...

We have three extraordinary distinguished panelists to lead this conversation. Each of them is directly involved with the workings of constitutional democracy. Studying it, thinking about it, writing about it, teaching about it. And actually directly involved in its workings. Thise introduce triumvirate. Roger gregory is the chief judge thehe court of appeals for Fourth Circuit. He has served on that court for almost 20 years. Has the distinguished distinction of having been nominated for the co...

Constitutional democracy. Studying it, thinking about it, writing about it, teaching about it. And actually directly involved in its workings. Thise introduce triumvirate. Roger gregory is the chief judge thehe court of appeals for Fourth Circuit. He has served on that court for almost 20 years. Has the distinguished distinction of having been nominated for the court by both president clinton and president george w. Bush. He was confirmed by the senate 931 judge gregory is the first africanameri...

Panetta lecture series. Before we begin, i want to first ask that on this memorial day, we have a moment of silence in honor of all those men and women who have died while serving in the United States armed services. Thank you. This season we are discussing the health of american democracy, and it is very fitting that we recognize the individuals who have given their greatest sacrifice for our freedom and our way of life. We honor their commitment to country. Our guests in our discussion this ev...

Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the fourth and final event in this years leon panetta lecture series. Before we begin, i want to first ask that on this memorial day, we have a moment of silence in honor of all those men and women who have died while serving in the United States armed services. [ event concluded ] [gavel pounding] thank you. This season, we are discussing the health of american democracy. It is very fitting that we recognize the individuals who have even the greatest sacrifice...