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memories, the legacy, the principles of abraham lincoln for over 80 years we ve had programs like this with outside speakers and our own members. and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the lincoln group of d.c. who have authored books related to the life and times of abraham lincoln. each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the three will gather here and have an opportunity to take your questions. so keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. i will introduce them briefly. all three of them. and then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. the first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. and it is for the general reader. as the author, david kent, will show, has some astonishing illustrations. the second book, by elizabeth smith brownstein, an experienced washington journalists, talks about wh ....
ah gus tuss saint gaudin. it is called the standing lincoln. we will get back to this. i love this material. i got to tell you, i am so moved by lincoln and by his era and by the art and imagery about him, the photographs of him. i know it sounds creepy, i m in love with his body, and we ll see in photographs of him there s lots to say. by the way, i know i m kind of like old and thin and tall, but i do not dress up like abraham lincoln. maybe one day. but, you know, having said that, you know, i realize public history or performance history or living history is really, really important. lincoln enactors have an important place in the way we understand history. so if you re interested in that, we have a wonderful scholar, amy tyson, in the history department whose specialty that is. i used to give lots of talks like this around the state of illinois in the years leading up to lincoln s buy centennial, bicentennial of his birth in 2009. he was born in 1809. i found out t ....
next, we tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. transportation curator matt anderson shows us cars used by presidents truman, eisenhower, carter and reagan, and the lincoln continental that john f. kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. my name is matt anderson and i m curator of transportation here at the henry ford. we are inside the henry ford museum of american innovation. just outside our driving america exhibit, where we look at the history of the automobile in the united states. we re actually standing in front of a series of presidential limousines, which tell the story of the development of presidential transportation over the last 117 years or so. right behind me is a 1902 carriage used by president theodore roosevelt. it becomes a force of the united states, starting in 91890, but by the time of roosevelt s administration, it s a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. roosevelt, in ....
next, we tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. transportation curator matt anderson shows us cars used by presidents truman, eisenhower, carter and reagan, and the lincoln continental that john f. kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. my name is matt anderson and i m curator of transportation here at the henry ford. we are inside the henry ford museum of american innovation. just outside our driving america exhibit, where we look at the history of the automobile in the united states. we re actually standing in front of a series of presidential limousines, which tell the story of the development of presidential transportation over the last 117 years or so. right behind me is a 1902 carriage used by president theodore roosevelt. it becomes a force of the united states, starting in 91890, but by the time of roosevelt s administration, it s a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. roosevelt, in ....
vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. transportation curator matt anderson shows us cars used by presidents truman, eisenhower, carter and reagan, and the lincoln continental that john f. kennedy was riding in when he was assassinated. my name is matt anderson and i m curator of transportation here at the henry ford. we are inside the henry ford museum of american innovation. just outside our driving america exhibit, where we look at the history of the automobile in the united states. we re actually standing in front of a series of presidential limousines, which tell the story of the development of presidential transportation over the last 117 years or so. right behind me is a 1902 carriage used by president theodore roosevelt. it becomes a force of the united states, starting in 91890, but by the time of roosevelt s administration, it s a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. roosevelt, interestingly enough, for all the ....