As well as instructor for this freshman seminar course, today it is my pleasure to introduce dr. Christine henry, an assistant professor of Historic Preservation as well as the original designer for the course. Professor henry holds a ba from the university of william and mary. She holds a degree from the catholic university. She holds a phd from the university of maryland at college park. Her Research Interests focus on the concept of place making and social justice issues in the discipline of Historic Preservation. In addition, professor henry is forever a student of natural architecture, including focusing on roadside architecture, which dovetails nicely with this class. Welcome, professor henry. Prof. Henry good morning , everyone. It is great to see you. Thank you so much. So this is what i think of when i think of a road trip. The open road. All semester, you all have been studying all kinds of themes of the freedom of the road, of who is allowed to travel when and where. Travel
Preservation of the white house. And also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. This evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of jeffersons white house monticello on the potomac. Jim was a lawyer in boston for 38 years before he began writing about American History. His previous book is lincolns white house the peoples house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. If you would like to ask jim a question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. Jim, welcome to white house history live. James thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. Colleen we are honored to have you. The first question is the setting for your book. There have been numerous books about Thomas Jefferson and about his presidency. You have a unique focus of this book on the white house as the setting for jeffersons two terms in office. Can you tell us
Her Research Interests focuses on the concept of place making thesocial justice issues in display of historic preservation. Focusing onnry is roadside architectural. The blue hole, an icon. Prof. Henry good morning everyone. It is great to see you. Thank you so much. So, this is what i think of when i think of a road trip. The open road. All semester, you all have been studying all kinds of themes of the freedom of the road, of who is allowed to travel when and where. Travel as a process, rather than a destination. The mythology of the car and American Society and roadside architecture in the 20 century. You a i am going to tell story that ties those themes together. Morning, it is going to be about a quest to find a magical piece of the place that i remember from my charter. The story begins in the 1990s. I the opportunity to travel to ohio on business. I had the opportunity to travel to ohio on business and i wanted to see if i could find my favorite roadside attraction, the blue hol
I am a doctor that plays a doctor. Medicinen internal physician in pennsylvania. This is my hobby. I love it. I love the guys out here. I love speaking to the public. I love the educational factor we are trying to keep this alive. This is a mobile emergency room. Treat, do, we assess, we stabilize, and then we get them out. Get out of my yard. We are basically located as close to the front lines as possible. Inve got troopers coming in pretty bad shape. It operates behind the lines. Here he again demonstrates his value, taking on many jobs the physician would have to perform. This frees the doctor to Pay Attention to the serious cases. The medics are the real heroes in the war. They are out there will triaging with gunshots. They will triage in the field. They come to one guy with a cut on his shoulder and say put a bandage on you and get back to the rear. The second guy has both legs blown off. This guy is going to die. Theres nothing that is going to save this guy. Get somere going t
Jim was a lawyer in boston for 38 years before he began writing about American History. His previous book is lincolns white house the peoples house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. If you would like to ask jim a question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many questions from our online audience as possible. Jim, welcome to white house history live. James thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. Colleen we are honored to have you. The first question is the setting for your book. There have been numerous books about Thomas Jefferson and about his presidency. You have a unique focus of this book on the white house as the setting for jeffersons two terms in office. Can you tell us why you decided to focus on the white house in your book about Thomas Jefferson and his presidency . James sure. My book about lincolns white house i guess inspired me to move backwards to jeffersons white house. I foun