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And while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful, adams did forego his successors inauguration. I think that has also happened another time or two, but i wont bring that up. [laughter] and those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. It was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship, discussing many different topics in their correspondance, including the topic of death. Adams actually wrote to jefferson in 1822 these words, quote, i answer your question, is death an evil . It is not an evil. It is a blessing to the individual and to ...

Appreciation for passion and for cspan, cspan and pc. And theyve been wonderful partners to Gettysburg College and the Civil War Institute. Were thrilled to have them here today as well. So our first speaker, pete familiar. Pete familiar, a graduate of Gettysburg College, he graduated in 1994. Hes gone on. Hes a history teacher at whos satanic Valley Regional High School in the falls village, connecticut. Pete has been in indispensable to our mission here at the Civil War Institute. He has been codirector of our High School Scholarship program. While you are enjoined talks and programs here, p...

An introduction for an introduction. And first off, ill say that i serve as the executive director for civil trials. And it is an honor because i have the chance work for all of you. Its its absolutely. The program grows at the grassroots. So its individuals like all of you who may have an idea know of a spot in your backyard. You want to have it marked and marketed the world. And you come to us. So its your stories that we get to tell. And its truly honor. I would also be remiss if i didnt say that i came to history at a young age and there are few scholars who i can point to who helped get t...

Are few scholars who i can point to who helped get there. And the gentleman i have the honor to introduce is one of those. Oftentimes, you often you listen to a biography, you think to yourself, i know who that is. You dont necessarily have to have a biography list behind him, but this one is definitely worth noting. Scott, as a 34 year veteran of the National Park service, served as gettysburg supervisor historian for 20 years. He won the National Service regional Freeman Tilden award and excellence of interpretation in 1993 and was fundamental in the growth of gettysburg on site interpretati...

To kick off todays book festival, we have Kay Bailey Hutchison kicking off her book, turn to. Live coverage on cspan2 of booktv. Designed to support childhood literacy and increase company volunteerism. Through the program, more than 1 million books have been bred and donated to prekindergarten through seventh grade classroom libraries across the country. The search has shown that these years provide a crucial window of opportunity to establish a foundation for future success. Were teaching them to read, we teach them to learn to love to read. In addition to our reading first program, we gave ...