So i really appreciate the opportunity today to give, i guess, my first talk on this brand new book. I had some conversation and now im speaking to you directly and i hope you enjoy it because were the children and grandchildren of immigrants and im the grandchildren of immigrants, and its a story that Many Americans share. Even if we approach it now from from different points of view. And if we were speaking at our old headquarters of fort lesley mcnair, i would have a perfect hyper local introduction to this topic. Thats because, i mean, your former meeting site, as you all know, is the site of the execution of the lincoln conspirators. But remember, one of them was a german immigrant, george axelrod. All of them were hanged under the supervision of the son of german immigrants. And the grisly result was photographed by an immigrant from scotland, alexander gardener, spare it by fate it might be added, was the leader of the gang John Wilkes Booth who was killed by a trigger happy bri
So i really appreciate the opportunity today to give, i guess, my first talk on this brand new book. I had some conversation and now im speaking to you directly and i hope you enjoy it because were the children and grandchildren of immigrants and im the grandchildren of immigrants, and its a story that Many Americans share. Even if we approach it now from from different points of view. And if we were speaking at our old headquarters of fort lesley mcnair, i would have a perfect hyper local introduction to this topic. Thats because, i mean, your former meeting site, as you all know, is the site of the execution of the lincoln conspirators. But remember, one of them was a german immigrant, george axelrod. All of them were hanged under the supervision of the son of german immigrants. And the grisly result was photographed by an immigrant from scotland, alexander gardener, spare it by fate it might be added, was the leader of the gang John Wilkes Booth who was killed by a trigger happy bri
Brand new book. I had some conversation and now im speaking to you directly and i hope you enjoy it because were the children and grandchildren of immigrants and im the grandchildren of immigrants, and its a story that Many Americans share. Even if we approach it now from from different points of view. And if we were speaking at our old headquarters of fort lesley mcnair, i would have a perfect hyper local introduction to this topic. Thats because, i mean, your former meeting site, as you all know, is the site of the execution of the lincoln conspirators. But remember, one of them was a german immigrant, george axelrod. All of them were hanged under the supervision of the son of german immigrants. And the grisly result was photographed by an immigrant from scotland, alexander gardener, spare it by fate it might be added, was the leader of the gang John Wilkes Booth who was killed by a trigger happy british immigrant boston corbett, under the command of an irish born captain. So this is
Brand new book. I had some conversation and now im speaking to you directly and i hope you enjoy it because were the children and grandchildren of immigrants and im the grandchildren of immigrants, and its a story that Many Americans share. Even if we approach it now from from different points of view. And if we were speaking at our old headquarters of fort lesley mcnair, i would have a perfect hyper local introduction to this topic. Thats because, i mean, your former meeting site, as you all know, is the site of the execution of the lincoln conspirators. But remember, one of them was a german immigrant, george axelrod. All of them were hanged under the supervision of the son of german immigrants. And the grisly result was photographed by an immigrant from scotland, alexander gardener, spare it by fate it might be added, was the leader of the gang John Wilkes Booth who was killed by a trigger happy british immigrant boston corbett, under the command of an irish born captain. So this is
First is john quist, the tall one standing behind michael birkner. History. Rofessor of he teaches classes in 19 century u. S. History and 20th century as well. He studied at the university of michigan. A student of james mills important portend. John has published a very important book entitled the social roots of antebellum reform in alabama and michigan. And his cospeaker today is michael birkner. Michael is the Benjamin Franklin professor of liberal arts and professor of history at Gettysburg College. Many of you might remember that michael was the interim director of the Civil War Institute. He played a pivotal role in the transition. Let me just say, there is not a person on this faculty that i rely more on than michael birkner. He has been indispensable to what i have done here, with my staff has done, and the way we have been able to connect with Gettysburg College students. And they are students who adore him. I hear time and time again that michael birkners class on historica