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Examines the origins of the party and the slaveholding south, arguing it was founded to advocate for the middle class against elite plantation owners. She also looks at the republican figures who defined the party like resident Abraham Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. The National History center of the American Historical Association at the Wilson Center cohosted this event. It is about an hour and a half. Host it is my real pleasure to introduce Heather Cox Richardson today, someone whose work i have been reading and admiring for some time now. She is a professor of history at b...

Not capable of cordiality. On the confederate side we have only one man with lee, charles marshall. [applause] there are not as many confederates who bear witness and he will be prolific and writing about the surrender scene after the war. One of the challenges of recreating this moment down to the challenge of figuring out who was in the room and what they were thinking was partially the fact that grant wrote that famous memoir of 1885 and he tells us in the memoir how he felt at that moment. Leave it not need such a story. He lived for only another five years after the surrender. Lees views ...

Famous memoir of 1885 and he tells us in the memoir how he felt at that moment. Leave it not need such a story. He lived for only another five years after the surrender. Lees views have to be reconstructed from proximate sources, from those close to him , from the way people reacted to him. I will conclude by saying that in the immediate aftermath lee was a very controversial figure. Host dr. Blight thank you so much john. Thank you all for coming this afternoon. You are the loyal diehards. You have all been here all day watching the magnificent tableau of the reenactors in front of our eyes. ...

How is this event organized . How do you know what to do and when . With the signing of the letters of surrender their at the mclean house, how do you know where to be . Tyler the simple answer is you either get told or you have some sort of schedule that you need to follow. Having an accurate timepiece is really important out here. Make sure that your watch is wound and that you know where you are going. Meaning that your act actual watch winds . Tyler yes, it winds by key. Bringing it out now, other than the physical things how do you maintain the mental sort of mindset of being in 1865 . Ty...

Bringing it out now, other than the physical things how do you maintain the mental sort of mindset of being in 1865 . Tyler especially if im answering the questions of people im not doing whats called first person. Im not pretending like im in 1865. Its a lot easier to relate to people if youre not attending like what is this microphone . Its a lot easier to answer questions. But while were in the field one of the things that keeps you sane is to remember that it was done in the past and if that they could do it, you could do it, too. Just camping out and everything, this is why we came out he...