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Nixon can do. What can we do so that johnson and humphrey do appear for the victory. And then the talks will resume when i am president and we can make something happen. Powerful example of how our understanding of the past is always changing and new evidence can also introduce new interpretations and how perhaps some of the, some of the things we thought were true about what a president did and why he did it can change many decades after his death. Announcer watching the entire program at 8 00 and midnight on lectures in history. American history tv only on cspan3. Announcer monday on the communicators, a look at small town and rural broadband. Mrs. Bloomfield told him our organizations disaster for rural expansion to be a greater priority. She is interviewed by Communications DailySenior Editor david account. What would you say your biggest priorities are in congress ....
What a perfect introduction. Thank you. Thats great. John and i are delighted to be back here at the lincoln forum. Those of you who know us even a little bit will not be surprise today hear last night we had an opportunity to get together and consume some wine. And in the midst of that conversation, fueled by wine we were talking about how we were th terribly jealous of ron chernow whose biography of hamilton inspired a very lucrative musical on broadway. So we thought how appropriate it would be to have joseph e. Johnston the musical. [laughter] or william t. Sherman the musical or the one that really inspired us was henry wager halek the musical. As you see on the screen here and youll be delighted to hear, this is not going to be a musical presentation today. Instead, alas, it is a tragedy in three acts. Act one. On april 17, 1865, which is a full week after lee surrendered to grant at appomattox as we just heard a few moments ago, joseph e. Johnston and william t. Sherman met in t ....
The end of the civil war. Their april 1865 meeting happened two days after president lincolns assassination and a week after robert e lee surrendered at appomattox. This is part of the annually conform symposium and is just under an hour. Welcome to session one of the 21st annual lincoln for him symposiumincoln forum. Professor craig simons is Professor Emeritus of the United StatesNaval Academy and a member of the executive committee of the board of advisors of the lincoln forum. Newlythe author or editor 2000 two dozen books, including neptune, the allied invasion of europe and the dday andings that book won the Samuel Eliot Morrison award for literature. The author of lincoln and his admirals, which won the lincoln prize in 2009. In recognition of his e ....
He is also the winner of the that particular book won the Samuel Elliott morrison award. E is the author of lincoln and his admirals which won the lincoln prize in 2009. In recognition of his extraordinary contribution, the naval historicle foundation in 2014 awarded him the congressman duredudly w. Knox history award for lifetime achievement. Professor John Mars Lak is william s. Giles distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mississippi State university came out of retirement in 2008 and accepted the task of serving as executive director of the uelills sis s grant president ial library and managing editors. He is the tautsdzer of a dozen books. Incheweding sherman. And shermans other war. His honors include an excellence in writing award from the u. S. Army histo ....
St uncorrected proof of that book standing at this podium during the introduction of our 2007 symposium about robert e. Lee z ofte as isn often true, theres a hi story behind elizabeths rise to historian. She studied with the now president of harvard university. And i must tell a story about drew. When she waswh madee the president of harvard, people were saying le, sh isnt this unbelievable . Shes the first female to be theto president of harvard and i commented to her that i thought it was more remarkable she was the first prepped of thefriend of the confederacy. But she embarked as a career at arlington house. She published clara barton professional angel. Meanwhile, her career took off in a different direction when she entered the u. S. Foreign service and served 20 years. Is now this is typical background for a civil war historian. Zabeth elizabeth served 20 years as a highly decorated senior diplomat and conventional arms negotiator for the state al department. She has spokenl al ....