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visiting our website cspan.org/history. but were so thrilled to be back open and to be able to have world-class authors and all around great human beings like craig back on our campus and i think most of us know that craig is one of the definitive biographers on ronald reagan. in fact the london telegraph hailed him as the best of the reagan biographers. but he has proven through books like mary ball washington citizen newton december 1941 that hes also one of the best historian author...

presidential campaign. the primary campaign is going on and several candidates are seeking the nomination of one of the parties and theyre coming up on one of the nominating the primers the state primary and youll typically youll hear some politicians say oh if i finish in the top three, that will be a win that if i to finish in the top three, ill be very happy or something like that. and of course, hes trying to manage expectations. because if he does that successfully and if people a...

side had i think this campaign has been more misunderstood and misinterpreted than maybe any other campaign in the civil war. i think the reason reason is because of expectations. you know today in politics you would see say theres a presidential campaign. the primary campaign is going on and several candidates are seeking the nomination of one of the parties and theyre coming up on one of the nominating the primers the state primary and youll typically youll hear some politicians say ...

conversation which focuses on actor johnny depp, stuntman evil can, and vice president, kamala harris. >> whats in the world has happened to johnny depp? >> i dont know. alcohol, probably. drugs, a bed divorce case. you know. i worry about him. he has hit a -- he keeps acting and keeps going. im not in regular touch with him anymore. >> how well did you know him? >> i know him very well. i spoke to him. -- no, we edited a book on woody gum free together. we found a long lost manuscript...

of really important historic civil war sights in this area if you go a few miles to the east in historic frederick, youll see the national museum of civil war medicine, which is an excellent place to go if youd like to have a fun way of learning about how medical advances made in the civil war impact us and beneficial way even today nearby. that is the battlefield at monocacy important battle of the civil war now. if you go a bit west from this farm, youll see the battlefield of antiet...

first in war, first in peace, that was light horse harry. the other thing that people would have known robert e lee for would have been his service in the mexican war and especially on the staff of general scott during scotts fabulous invasion. moving in land to mexico city in 1847. lee served in many respects as scotts eyes and ears performing over and over again feats for scott so much so that scott made the confession that for all the honors he had won in that great campaign to mexi...

even prior to our affiliation as an actual chapter. it is something if you dont know the work that penn does. it is linked to what were talking about tonight in many ways. an amazing organization that advocates for authors and freedom of the press and all kinds of important things that are tied to the mission that we have as well. penn is a membership driven program and organization. if you dont know their work i would invite you to go to pen.org. every day something is happening that ...

My name is tammy myers, i am president of the gettysburg heritage center, and i have drilled to have you here in attendance. He is a retired executive a licensed battlefield guide here at Gettysburg National military park. Joe is the past president of the association of licensed battlefield guides and the gettysburg civil war roundtable. In addition, he is on the faculty of the prestigious lincoln leadership institute. He has three books to his credit including after gettysburg, lee retreats and...

Our privilege to host conversations like this that bring remarkable people who do remarkable things and sometimes are Difficult Conversations to this stage. Tonight what youll hear is as i said that front row seat on history. Being a woman of color at this time and in this place is something that is too rare and that we need to be thinking about on a lot of different levels. So i know your thoughts will be challenged with that and probably in places you be regaled by some of the stories along th...

Theons during mexicanamerican war. The New York Historical society hosted this hourlong discussion. We are thrilled to welcome back three frequent guests of Historical Society tonight. F. Marszalek is the giles distinguished professor of meritus at Mississippi State university, the executive managing editor of the ulysses s. Grant association, written orek has edited numerous acclaimed books memoirsg the personal of ulysses s. Grant released earlier this year and you will store. In our museum cr...