Abraham lincolns hand. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this took place virtually, and the New York Historical society provided the video. Good evening, everyone. It is my absolute delight and pleasure to have the opportunity to speak with my good friend and professional colleague Harold Holzer. And as we said, please feel free to use the q a button at the bottom or the top of the screen and well get to as many questions toward the end. Lets turn our attention to some objects that help us describe the civil war. And might we see the cover of our book, civil war in 50 objects. In the museum realm, particularly the history museum, the art, objects, and documents on display have the power to stand in for a larger historical narrative conveying so much more than what is structurally defining of that object itself. But harold, what about our book civil war in 50 objects . How did this come about, and how effective is it at conveying the narrative of the civil war in 50 objects . Its kind of
The opportunity to speak with my good friend and colleague harold holzer. Button on the top of your screen we will get to his many questions as we can toward the end. Attention to some objects that help us describe. He civil war realm, art,m objects, and documents on display have the power to stand in for a larger historical about our but what book . How did this come about and how effective is it in conveying the truth of the civil war in 50 objects . History thatctile brings you closer to the lived experience of the civil war. That is what made it so exciting for me. If you are asking how it happened, it happened because of lori. They asked me if i would be interested in doing this kind of article for publication, and she in and i will put some of the objects i have in mind on a few tables in the Administrative Offices of the historical society. What i saw during that first we will be discussing these objects. One of them was a relic of Abraham Lincolns presidency that i had never he
A jutjawed, handsome arizona senator, and a conservative who spoke with clarity and decisiveness. A deeply principled man who would stand up to the Eastern Liberal establishment, and especially who would take a tough line in the cold war. Goldwater but appease an aggressor, and eventually youll have to go to war with him. Man the thing about goldwaters rhetoric that scared people was that goldwater would kick off a nuclear war. You didnt want goldwaters finger next to that button. We have the guts to make our intentions clear so clear they dont need translation or interpretation. Man senator goldwater was not the extremist that he was painted. Some of the people behind him were, but he wasnt. Sabato in 1964, it was the grassroots in the Republican Party that changed the g. O. P. Forever. Almost the entire republican establishment either publicly or privately abhorred goldwater, didnt want him to be the nominee and then didnt really support him when he became the nominee. Man it awoke a
A jutjawed, handsome arizona senator, and a conservative who spoke with clarity and decisiveness. A deeply principled man who would stand up to the Eastern Liberal establishment, and especially who would take a tough line in the cold war. Goldwater but appease an aggressor, and eventually youll have to go to war with him. Man the thing about goldwaters rhetoric that scared people was that goldwater would kick off a nuclear war. You didnt want goldwaters finger next to that button. We have the guts to make our intentions clear so clear they dont need translation or interpretation. Man senator goldwater was not the extremist that he was painted. Some of the people behind him were, but he wasnt. Sabato in 1964, it was the grassroots in the Republican Party that changed the g. O. P. Forever. Almost the entire republican establishment either publicly or privately abhorred goldwater, didnt want him to be the nominee and then didnt really support him when he became the nominee. Man it awoke a
A jutjawed, handsome arizona senator, and a conservative who spoke with clarity and decisiveness. A deeply principled man who would stand up to the Eastern Liberal establishment, and especially who would take a tough line in the cold war. Goldwater but appease an aggressor, and eventually youll have to go to war with him. Man the thing about goldwaters rhetoric that scared people was that goldwater would kick off a nuclear war. You didnt want goldwaters finger next to that button. We have the guts to make our intentions clear so clear they dont need translation or interpretation. Man senator goldwater was not the extremist that he was painted. Some of the people behind him were, but he wasnt. Sabato in 1964, it was the grassroots in the Republican Party that changed the g. O. P. Forever. Almost the entire republican establishment either publicly or privately abhorred goldwater, didnt want him to be the nominee and then didnt really support him when he became the nominee. Man it awoke a