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[applause] hello guys, how are you . [cheering and applause] hello, how are you . Good morning. Im the old guy appear. [laughter] so, history, as you all no, is about words and that is why you are here and the stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadence of the agnstitution but its all about sounds and its about the muffled drums at lexington and concorde and the sound of the surf at omaha beach, sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us to live up to the full meaning of our creed and its also about music and music is one of the most universal expressions....

Prizewinning biographer jon meacham look at American History through song. [inaudible conversations] please welcome tim mcgraw and jon meacham. [applause] hey, guys, how are ya . [applause] hi, how are you . Good morning. Im the old guy up here [laughter] so history, as you all know, is about words. Thats why youre here. The stately rhythms of the declaration of independence, the cadences of the constitution, but its also about sounds. Its about the muffled drum at lexington and concord and the sound of the surf at omaha beach, the sound of a minister at the march on washington calling on us t...

As a way to highlight the transformation. Yesterday, one of the things i did was to compare certain texts like uncle toms cabin, as a framework exploring some of the themes of the displacement of god, the masculinization, this artifacts of the transformation of culture following the civil war, with Rebecca Harding davis, mark twain, and frederick douglass. Today, what i want to do is start out telling a story, and i want to do it with one work of literature that you all know. So the text itself stays the , same, but how people have interpreted it has changed dramatically since the end of the w...

Country star Vince Gill and preeminent steel guitar player Paul Franklin talk about reviving the classic country of Ray Price with 'Sweet Memories.'