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By first Lady Jacqueline kennedy , dedicated to the preservation of the white house. And also educating american citizens about the white house and its diverse history. This evening, our guest is jim conroy, the author of jeffersons white house. Forwas a lawyer in boston 38 years before he began writing about american history. His previous book is lincolns white house, the peopless house in wartime, which won the prestigious lincoln prize. A you would like to ask jim question at the end of our broadcast, please type it in the comments section of the facebook feed and we will get to as many que...

To have you here director at the library. And we have a great speech today for president s day weekend. The day in the life of the president. How many of you are members raise your hand. Oh, wow look at that fantastic so those of you who arent members you become a member today you get a 25 discounts on pauls book which you can buy in the store he will be ding a book signing immediately after the program. So you can get a new become and have him sign before we go today. We have a new kick the that will be opening in april. I want to tell you about its called art of war. Its an exhibit that look...

Introduction. I feel like going to door number one or door number two. Thank you for coming. The immediate peg for this evening is the ratification of the 13th amendment. Lets begin by backing up a bit. The army up for junius surrenders at appomattox. Clearly the civil war is over. Plans forhe unions the south for the freed men . I dont think there was any even though plan, president lincoln had put forward various ideas, plans of reconstruction during the civil war. These were primarily geared to winning the war, so to speak, and maybe detaching states from the confederacy. Nobody had really ...

Cspan audience that is here as well, and everyone watching live online, all 10 of you im sure. [laughter] doug this is a way to bring authors to be mount vernon community, free every month. We try and bring relevant books and important history topics as well. We have a great one for you this evening. Had a longn has relationship with the ford family and ford motor company, going back to henry fords original donation of the fire engine which helps keep the mansion safe. Mount vernon is continually interested in making sure that the mansion is safe from destructive fire, and that is important to...

Founder and owner of Big Motoring World, Peter Waddell, has been removed from its list of directors at Companies House