Outreach programs as well. She special ooiizes in 19th cen history, including, of course, the civil war era, but slavery more generally, warfare more generally as well. Her writing has appeared in civil war monitor and Civil War History journal among other publications. Her big project at the moment is converting her phd dissertation into a book. Thats going to be well worth looking out for a few years down the line. Its on the very same topic shell speak about tonight. As you can see, the powerpoint is up there called under the rebel lash black prisoners of war in the confederate south. Another advantage to the zoom format is you can type in your questions using the and a feature. You can type those in any time during the talk, after the talk, and of course we may not be able to get through all the questions depending how many you ask, but well certainly try to address as many as we possibly can, and well wrap things up by about 8 15. Okay . Well, thats all for me, so please join me i
Project. Busy people get things done, and we knew we were in for it when dr. Whittenberg talked about that. Jonathan white has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not only a prolific historian, with more projects on the back burners than ive ever seen on the stove before. He won the outstanding faculty award for academic education. Hes a parent of young children, i dont know where john finds the time. Hes been very generous with what remaining time he has from all of that for this museum and our Education Programs for which were all very grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of johns work are his published work are many and varied with something of a focus Abraham Lincoln with the legal and constitution, as well and hes coauthor of a book entitled Civic Education and the work of citizenship and because he has news they wrote our little monitor, the greatest invention of this civil war. I asked him to put it on a topic, and it draws from oth
Best and worst chief executives. We hear from author rosen, Michael Gearhart and from Robert Strauss. His book is worst president ever about james buchanan. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center. I am Jeffrey Rosen, the president of this wonderful institution and this is such a happy day to celebrate the great collaboration between the National Constitution center and cspan. Cspan has an inspiring nonpartisan mission to bring unfiltered information about the u. S. Government to american citizens, and that coincides with the National Constitution centers mission which i now want all of you to recite along with me to inspire our guests and our cspan viewers. The National Constitution center is the National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That was so well done. [ applause ] i was so thrilled when my friend and coll
Author of numerous books including lincoln and the power of the press. Served as chief historian for New York Historicals 20092010 exhibition, lincoln annual lincoln in new york. Begin, i ask that you please turn off your cell phones and other Electronic Devices and please join me in welcoming our guest. Thank you. [applause] mr. Holzer good evening. Happy lincolns birthday. So proud and grateful to be asked to do another birthday talk here at the New York Historical society. Two years ago, it was snowing. T year it was sleeping sleeting with ice. President was another who would not be unhappy about global warming. Just a guess. [laughter] i want to give a speech about a speech. , only masterpieces qualified for that kind of analysis so let me call your attention to the fact that his second inaugural address is indeed a masterpiece. I think most of you already know the speech, at least the most familiar part of it with malice toward none and charity for all. That phrase long ago became
He is the director of the roosevelt house policy institute at hunter college. He previously served as chairman of the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial foundation and cochair of the u. S. Lincoln bicentennial commission, appointed by president bill clinton, is the author of numerous books including lincoln and the power of the press. He served as chief historian for New York Historicals 20092010 exhibition, lincoln in new york. Before we begin, i ask that you please turn off your cell phones and other Electronic Devices and please join me in welcoming our guest. Thank you. [applause] mr. Holzer good evening. Happy lincolns birthday. I am so proud and grateful to be asked to do another birthday talk here at the New York Historical society. Two years ago, it was snowing. On lincolns birthday last year it was sleeting with ice. I think lincoln might have been another president who would not be unhappy about global warming. Just a guess. [laughter] tonight, i want to give a speech about a speec