i'm harold holzer director of roosevelt house. and on behalf of president nancy canter, who is it's a pleasure to welcome af

i'm harold holzer director of roosevelt house. and on behalf of president nancy canter, who is it's a pleasure to welcome all of you on zoom in person and in our c-span audience to the first roosevelt house public program of calendar year 2025. and in another milestone worth noting this evening marks the beginning of the 15th anniversary year of roosevelt house as a public policy institute founded and striving to meet the goals set by eleanor roosevelt herself when she turned this building over to hunter college lodge in the midst of world war two, always, she said at the ceremonies on main campus that day, there was an effort at the home to look on all human with great respect and to have a true understanding of the points of view of others which our objective as we plan, our public programs and engagement for sacred space in the coming year and all the time. so we turn this evening to the subject latino heritage and influence. we're also reminded that here in the home that eleanor and franklin roosevelt shared for five years, we

next to ron is harold holzer. harold spoke to us last night on his new book on lincoln and immigration. he is the jonathan fenton director of the roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. this is, again a staggering fact. i don't believe it's a typo. author, coeditor or editor of how many books? harold? a 55. 55. he's right. 55 books on lincoln and the civil war next to harold. there we have is elizabeth leonard. she is the gibson professor of history at colby college, or she's recently retired from colby. she is the author of a number of books, the most recent. you heard her speak about it last night. benjamin butler. i've been told by the folks at the bookstore that there is one copy left to ben butler. no copies left to ben butler. however, there are books, but there are two other books that she has published and which the one on the various. come on, elizabeth, help me out here. you received the lincoln prize for lincoln's forgotten at lincoln's frederick general joseph holt of kentucky. there

next to ron is harold holzer. harold spoke to us last night on his new book on lincoln and immigration. he is the jonathan fenton director of the roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. this is, again a staggering fact. i don't believe it's a typo. author, coeditor or editor of how many books? harold? a 55. 55. he's right. 55 books on lincoln and the civil war next to harold. there we have is elizabeth leonard. she is the gibson professor of history at colby college, or she's recently retired from colby. she is the author of a number of books, the most recent. you heard her speak about it last night. benjamin butler.