on our panel today is bess abell. bess as president johnson said a kentucky girl who can walk with kings and prime ministers, maintained the common touch but could also lecture the president. she was five years white house social secretary. miss abell organized dinners for kings and prescriptions, planned two white house weddings, and advanced presidential trips from manhattan to manila. she designed and carried out to the last detail events as different as an lbj ranch barbecue, state dinners in bangkok, and a white house country fairs and arts festivals. also on our panel this morning is catherine s. fenton. she is the current director of the governor's residence in princeton, new jersey, and serves as special adviser for protocol to the governor's chief of protocol and director of the first lady staff. she is a former special assistant to presidents and social secretary for the first administration of president and mrs. george w. bush where she planned and implemented all white house entertaining within the white h

on our panel is bess abel, she's a kentucky girl who can walk with kings and prime ministers, maintain the common touch but could also lecture the president. she was five years white house social secretary. miss abel orchestrated dinners for kings and prime ministers and planned two white house weddings and advanced presidential trips from manhattan to manila. she designed and carried out events as different as an lbj ranch barbecue, state dinners in bo bangkok and white house country affairs. and also on the panel is katherine s. fenton, she's the current director of the governor's residence in new jersey and serves as special adviser for protocol to the governor's chief of protocol and director of the first ladies staff. she's a former special assistant to president and social secretary for the first administration of president and mrs. george w. bush where she planned and implemented all entertaining within the white house complex. and then lastly, laurie firestone who is a california native. she served as white house social secretary to george h.w. bush and first lady barbara bush

ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in thanking bess abell, laurie firestone, and cathy fenton? >> thank you all. thank you all. richard, thank you, very much. >>> this year is the bicentennial of the start of the war of 1812. up next, we hear from donald hickey, author of "don't give up the ship! myths of the war of 1812." mr. hickey attempts to dispel the many myths intertwined with the history of 1812. this event took place at the detroit historical museum. >> good evening. my name is toby voight, and i am the director of education and interpretation here at the detroit historical society, and on behalf of the society, i would like to welcome you to tonight's very special presentation. since 1921, the mission of the detroit historical society has been to educate and inspire members of our community by preserving and portraying our region's shared history. we do this on a daily basis with our dynamic visits at our museum and at the dawson great lakes museum on belisle. we also do this through program experiences, like tonight's by centennial of the war of 1812 lecture series.

ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in thanks bess abell, laurie firestone, and cathy fenton? >> thank you all. thank you all. richard, thank you, very much. >>> this year is the there's a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming program. watch featured video as well as access ahtv's history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span 3 and online at c-span.org/history. this year is the bicentennial of the start of the war of 1812. up next, we hear from donald hickey, author of "don't give up the ship: myths of the war of 1812." mr. hickey attempts to dispel the many myths intertwined with the history of 1812. this event took place at the detroit historical museum. >> good evening. my name is toby voight, and i am the director of education and interpretation here at the detroit historical society, and on behalf of the society, i would like to welcome you to tonight's very special presentation. since 1921, the mis