Journalists James and Thomas Risen talked about Sen. Frank Church (D-ID) and the committee he headed in 1975-76 that investigated abuses by U.S. intelligence agencies. Four former Church Committee members participated in the discussion. This event was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
English historian Peter Moore discussed the generation that preceded the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the influence of leading figures on the ideas that started the American Revolution. This event was part of the American Inspiration series from American Ancestors and the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Scott Shane recounted the life of Thomas Smallwood, a slave who bought his freedom & helped hundreds to escape slavery. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Historian Wayne E. Motts discussed patients treated during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. From the barn where the 11th Corps Union Army Hospital was based, on George and Elizabeth Spangler's property in Gettysburg, he talked about Southern soldiers who were cared for alongside Union wounded. The Gettysburg Foundation in Pennsylvania hosted this event.
Lincoln Memorial University professor William Hardy talked about how baseball came to Knoxville after the Civil War and shared stories about some of the early leagues and players. The East Tennessee Historical Society hosted this event.
President Richard Nixon's firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the balance. Fifty years later, key players convened to talk about their roles, and the larger implications for the presidency and the country. Speakers included the Washington Post's Bob Woodward, Watergate Assistant Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, and Nixon White House Counsel John Dean.
English historian Peter Moore discussed the generation that preceded the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the influence of leading figures on the ideas that started the American Revolution. This event was part of the American Inspiration series from American Ancestors and the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Scott Shane recounted the life of Thomas Smallwood, a slave who bought his freedom & helped hundreds to escape slavery. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Historian Wayne E. Motts discussed patients treated during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. From the barn where the 11th Corps Union Army Hospital was based, on George and Elizabeth Spangler's property in Gettysburg, he talked about Southern soldiers who were cared for alongside Union wounded. The Gettysburg Foundation in Pennsylvania hosted this event.
Lincoln Memorial University professor William Hardy talked about how baseball came to Knoxville after the Civil War and shared stories about some of the early leagues and players. The East Tennessee Historical Society hosted this event.
President Richard Nixon's firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the balance. Fifty years later, key players convened to talk about their roles, and the larger implications for the presidency and the country. Speakers included the Washington Post's Bob Woodward, Watergate Assistant Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, and Nixon White House Counsel John Dean.
English historian Peter Moore discussed the generation that preceded the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the influence of leading figures on the ideas that started the American Revolution. This event was part of the American Inspiration series from American Ancestors and the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Scott Shane recounted the life of Thomas Smallwood, a slave who bought his freedom & helped hundreds to escape slavery. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Historian Wayne E. Motts discussed patients treated during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. From the barn where the 11th Corps Union Army Hospital was based, on George and Elizabeth Spangler's property in Gettysburg, he talked about Southern soldiers who were cared for alongside Union wounded. The Gettysburg Foundation in Pennsylvania hosted this event.
Lincoln Memorial University professor William Hardy talked about how baseball came to Knoxville after the Civil War and shared stories about some of the early leagues and players. The East Tennessee Historical Society hosted this event.
President Richard Nixon's firing of Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox on October 20, 1973, set off a chain of political and legal events that left his presidency hanging in the balance. Fifty years later, key players convened to talk about their roles, and the larger implications for the presidency and the country. Speakers included the Washington Post's Bob Woodward, Watergate Assistant Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks, and Nixon White House Counsel John Dean.
English historian Peter Moore discussed the generation that preceded the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the influence of leading figures on the ideas that started the American Revolution. This event was part of the American Inspiration series from American Ancestors and the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Scott Shane recounted the life of Thomas Smallwood, a slave who bought his freedom & helped hundreds to escape slavery. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Historian Wayne E. Motts discussed patients treated during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. From the barn where the 11th Corps Union Army Hospital was based, on George and Elizabeth Spangler's property in Gettysburg, he talked about Southern soldiers who were cared for alongside Union wounded. The Gettysburg Foundation in Pennsylvania hosted this event.
Lincoln Memorial University professor William Hardy talked about how baseball came to Knoxville after the Civil War and shared stories about some of the early leagues and players. The East Tennessee Historical Society hosted this event.
