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members writer university white house historical association, massachusetts historical society the gerald r ford presidential foundation and our two newest institutional members the national first ladys library and the center for presidential history at southern methodist university. i programmed tonight is called taking a new look at edith wilson and should be a fascinating discussion of ediths influence on the role of first lady. the panel moderator is dr. catherine sibley professor ...

shenandoah valley campaign, may 18 1864, which was published in 2010 and tonight. hes here to talk about his newest book from arlington to appomattox. robert e. lees civil war day by 1861 to 1865. and so with that im going to turn the screen over to our guest author. great. thank you, kelly. and see him there we go. all right, and good evening everybody and its my pleasure to be here with yall and like kelly said tonight. im gonna be talking to you a little bit about my newest book fro...

my name is nancy keegan smith, and id like to welcome you as flares vice president to tonights program. thank you to our partner american university school of public affairs who has been so supportive of our endeavor. and to our flare institutional members writer university white house historical association, massachusetts historical society the gerald r ford presidential foundation and our two newest institutional members the national first ladys library and the center for presidentia...

newest book from arlington to appomattox. robert e. lees civil war day by 1861 to 1865. and so with that im going to turn the screen over to our guest author. great. thank you, kelly. and see him there we go. all right, and good evening everybody and its my pleasure to be here with yall and like kelly said tonight. im gonna be talking to you a little bit about my newest book from arlington to appomattox, which is kind of a an almanac or reference book if you will about excuse me about ...

so ive got a quote from woodrow wilson whos president in 1913 talking about just how healing right the post period after the civil war had been essentially saying everybody was united thats 1913. thats 50 years after the end of the civil war. so like i said, i want to step back and see how we ended up there with wilson saying such a thing. the lost cause is a term. i know you all have heard and weve talked about and karen cox talks about in her book, that will be discussing next week a...

how the memory began to take shape. what were going to see is that the people involved in writing the history of the civil war initially were the people that experienced it and they had their own views and beliefs and that had heavily left an imprint even on our current memory of the war. so ive got a quote from woodrow wilson whos president in 1913 talking about just how healing right the post period after the civil war had been essentially saying everybody was united thats 1913. that...

ulysses s grante is being commemorated and proclamations and other special messages issued by states across the nation the district of columbia and living us presidents. we have included in our dinner programs. just one of the proclamations from grants birth state of ohio and all presidential messages that were available at the time of printing. what stands out in these messages? also stands out in historys understanding of grants during the 21st century. appreciation of his accomplish...

and to our flare institutional members writer university white house historical association, massachusetts historical society the gerald r ford presidential foundation and our two newest institutional members the national first ladys library and the center for presidential history at southern methodist university. i programmed tonight is called taking a new look at edith wilson and should be a fascinating discussion of ediths influence on the role of first lady. the panel moderator is ...

thunder the battle of new market and the opening of the shenandoah valley campaign, may 18 1864, which was published in 2010 and tonight. hes here to talk about his newest book from arlington to appomattox. robert e. lees civil war day by 1861 to 1865. and so with that im going to turn the screen over to our guest author. great. thank you, kelly. and see him there we go. all right, and good evening everybody and its my pleasure to be here with yall and like kelly said tonight. im gonna...

complicated topic, but i want you i want us to kind of go through. the end of the war itself and how the memory began to take shape. what were going to see is that the people involved in writing the history of the civil war initially were the people that experienced it and they had their own views and beliefs and that had heavily left an imprint even on our current memory of the war. so ive got a quote from woodrow wilson whos president in 1913 talking about just how healing right the ...