dr. katherine algore. she is going to tackle james madison's other half and some of us might say his better half, dolly madison. katherine has written several very important books on dolly, including a perfect union. dolly madison and the creation of the american nation. and most recently she annotated and edited and important memoir written by dolly madison's niece. katherine is the director of education at huntington library art collection's botanical gardens and professor of history at the university of california riverside. today she will discuss the republican queen's identity during the war. this time when dolly madison strong room and her events were known as squeezes, they were so popular. i've also heard that she is going to mention maybe the role of snuff in the war of 1812. i would encourage all of you later on to go take a look at dolly madison's snuff box which is over at the decatur house. we just brought that up from mount pillier today. please join me in welcoming dr. katherine algore. >> t

dr. katherine algore.he is going to tackle james madison's other half and some of us might say his better half, dolly madison. katherine has written several very important books on dolly, including a perfect union.

dr. katherine algor. he's going to tackle james madison's other half and some may say his better half, dolly madison. katherine has written several very important books on dolly including a perfect union. dolly madison in the creation of the american nation. and most recently she edited an important memoir written by dolly madison's niece. katherine is the director of education at the huntington library, art collections and botanical gardens and at riverside. today she will discuss the republic against the war and her events known as squeezes they were so popular. i've also heard she's going to mention maybe the role of snuff in the war of 1812. and i would encourage all of you later on to take a look at dolly madison's snuff box which is over at the delaware cater house. we just brought that up today so go take a look look at snuff box. with that teaser, join me in welcoming dr. katherine algor. >> thank you so much for that lovely introduction, i'm tempted to say forget about the speech, let's look at th

dr. katherine algore. >> thank you so much for that lovely introduction. i'm tempted to just say forget about my speech, let's go look at the snuff box. but, no, no, no. i'm very happy and honored to be here with such a distinguished set of scholars and, if i may say, an even more distinguished and lovely audience. thank you so much to bill and to the white house historical association, to the u.s. capital historical society and of course james madison's montpelier for asking me and getting me here. thanks to the huntington library for giving me the day off. the slogan -- don't give up the ship. the figure of uncle sam. the star spangled banner. the proliferation of symbols that emerged from the war of 1812 constitutes a paradox. though as this conference demonstrates, much recent scholarship on the causes, conduct and legacies of the war has produced fresh insights about the costs and gains of the war, even the combatants. at the time the treaty was signed, americans understood that peace gained them little in policy, international power or territory. on

dr. katherine algor. he's going to tackle james madison's other half and some may say his better half, dolly madison. katherine has written several very important books on dolly including a perfect union. dolly madison in the creation of the american nation. and most recently she edited an important memoir written by dolly madison's niece. katherine is the director of education at the huntington library, art collections and botanical gardens and at riverside. today she will discuss the republic against the war and her events known as squeezes they were so popular. i've also heard she's going to mention maybe the role of snuff in the war of 1812. and i would encourage all of you later on to take a look at dolly madison's snuff box which is over at the delaware cater house. we just brought that up today so go take a look look at snuff box. with that teaser, join me in welcoming dr. katherine algor. >> thank you so much for that lovely introduction, i'm tempted to say forget about the speech, let's look at th

dr. katherine algore. [ applause ] >> thank you so much for that lovely introduction. i am just tempted to say forget about my speech. let's go look at the snuff box, but no, no, no. i am very happy and honored to be here with such a distinguished set of scholars and if i may say, an even more distinguished and lovely audience. thank you so much to bill and to the white house historical association. to the u.s. capitol historical society and james madison's montpelier for asking me and getting me here and thanks to the huntington library for giving me the day off. the slogan don't give up the ship the figure of of uncle sam, the star-spangled banner, the proliferation of symbols that emerged from the the war of 1812 constitutes a paradox,y this as this conference demeanor straights, much recent scholarships on the conduct and leg cease of the war has produceded fresh insights about the costs and gains of the war and even the combatants. at the time the treaty of gent was signed americans understood that peace gave them little in policy, international power or territory