that was joanne freeman. her history with hamilton is extensive. we have many hamiltonian's in the audience. how many of you have read all 27 volumes of the papers of alexander hamilton, and several times? joanne started early reading them as a teenager. her extensive research took her to the hamilton grange in scotland as well as to st. croix. she immersed herself in the culture by living there for several weeks. she has so much experienced hamilton that she went and fired a black powder dueling pistol. she did this at a gun range. calling it "oddly satisfying, not much of a kick, but a nice full pop and dramatic puff of smoke soon after." we have an historian tried to capture the mood and moment of what it was like several hundred years ago. her phd work was done at the university of virginia, of all places. a hamiltonian in jefferson country, that is immersing yourself in a different culture. joanne pulled that trigger in research for her book, "affairs won the bestich book award from the society of historians of the early american republ. -- it

. >> now i have the pleasure of introducing joanne freeman. she has a long history with the museum and even longer with alexander hamilton. 25 years ago john herzog approached a young women at the library of congress where the hamilton papers are lodged and this woman even a grad student had already curated an exhibit on hamilton. that became one of our earliest exhibits and that is joanne freeman. we have many hamiltonians here in the audience but how many of you have read all 27 volumes of the papers of the alexander hamilton and several times? of course joanne has. she started reading them as a teenager and her extensive research took her to scotland and nevus and st. croix. and she immersed herself in the culture living there several weeks. so much experienced hamilton that she went and fired a black powder duelling pistol. did at a gun range mind you. it's okay. oddly satisfying. not much of a kick but a dramatic pop and a dramatic puff of smoke soon after. so trying to capture the mood and moment of what it was like several hundred years

that's good advice for a historian and joanne freeman explains history not as it ought to be but as it was. and what said that? of course, alexander hamilton. it's my pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker, joanne freeman. >> thank you very much for that introduction. i have to say i'm really pleased and honored to be here speaking to you today, particularly at the end of what was an event-filled weekend celebrating and commemorating alexander hamilton's life and accomplishments and particularly, to be speaking here at trinity church where hamilton was laid to rest 210 years ago today. now, my subject today is alexander hamilton as a man of honor. and i suppose, rather perversely i'll start by telling you what i'm not going to be talking about today before i launch off on what i am going to be talking about. i'm not going to be talking about what an on national man hamilton was, although he was. instead, what i want to talk about is what honor as it was 'understood in the 18th century, meant to hamilton in a concrete way. and how it shaped his thoughts and actions over the course of

that became one of our earliest exhibits and that was joanne freeman. her history with hamilton is extensive. we have many here in the audience, but how many of you have read all 27 volumes of the papers several times? joanne has, she started early reading them as a teenager. her research to the hamilton in scotland as well as in saint kroi. she immersed herself in the culture by living there for several weeks. she has so much experience that she went and fired -- she did this at a gun range calling this oddly satisfying, not much of a kick, but a nice full pop and a dramatic smoke of puff soon after. joanne, we have a historian trying to capture the mood and moment of what it was like several hundred years ago, and this actually extends through her ph.d. work that was done at the university of virginia, of all places. so a hamiltonen in jefferson country. that's immersing yourself in a different culture. joanne pulled that trigger in research of her book, which won the best book award from the society of historians of the early american republic. it als

that became one of our earliest exhibits and that was joanne freeman. story with hamilton is extensive. we have many here in the audience, but how many of you have read all 27 volumes of the papers several times? joanne has, she started early reading them as a teenager. her research to the hamilton in scotland as well as in saint kroi. she immersed herself in the culture by living there for several weeks. she has so much experience that she went and fired -- she did this at a gun range calling this oddly satisfying, not much of a kick, but a nice full pop and a dramatic smoke of puff soon after. joanne, we have a historian trying to capture the mood and moment of what it was like several hundred years ago, and this actually extends through her ph.d. work that was done at the university of virginia, of all places. so a hamiltonen in jefferson country. that's immersing yourself in a different culture. joanne pulled that trigger in research of her book, which won the best book award from the society of historians of the early american republic. it also rece

then joanne freeman discusses alexander hamilton followed at 9:40 by professor watson jennison teachinga class on political unrest in the early american republic. at 10:30 eastern, a classroom lecture on alcohol use in colonial america with university of california professor alan taylor. all tonight an american history tv in primetime. >>> tonight, c-span primetime brings you a debate on what makes america great. it's between retired professor and noted anti-vietnam war activist bill ayers and conservative author and filmmaker dinesh d'souza. here's a portion. >> started out as a revolutionary and, well, you started out a little bit, frankly in the bin laden mode. you tried to bomb the pentagon, the u.s. capitol. here's my question to you. you sounded totally different today. you talked about teaching. you talked about being an educator, sokratic doubt and wonder. what happened to that old revolutionary? is he still alive or has he thrown in the towel? >> i think i still am a revolutionary. if by revolutionary you mean, if what you mean by revolutionary is having a fully worked out prog

the early american republic, beginning with advice from the founding fathers and yale professor joanne freeman discusses alexander hamilton, followed by professor watson jenson teaching a class on political unrest in the early american republic. and later, a classroom lecture on alcohol use in colonial america with university of california professor allen taylor. that's tonight at 8:00 eastern on "american history tv" in primetime. >>> while congress is on break this month, c-span's primetime features a wide range of political views and topics. this week, veterans health care and detectives from the center for disease control and prevention. we visit the atlanta press club for the future of news, and we take a history tour looking at the civil war. c-span primetime, monday through friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 202-626-3400 or e-mail us. join the c-span conversation. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >>> this month, c-span presents debates on what makes america great, evolution and genetically modified foods,

then at 9:00, yale professor joanne freeman discussed alexander hamilton. 9:30, university of north carolinansboro professor is teaching. then at 10:30 eastern a classroom lecture on alcohol use in colonial america with alan taylor all tonight on american history tv in primetime. >>> tonight cspan in primetime spotlights veterans' health care. including the testimony by dr. christian head, a veterans affair department official who told a house committee that retaliation by whistle blowers has slowed reform. >> i think the va has a potential to be one of the finest institutions in the world. we've seen certain aspects that the pharmacy cannot be matched. it's one of the best in the world. very efficient. there are many things that are efficient within our system, but what we should ask ourselves, when someone came out with the idea of seeing a veteran in 14 days, that was actually sounded like a good idea, veterans would be seen promptly. what we should be questioning is if we made a mistake and somehow overloaded the system, how come people's names disappeared off lists? how come hundreds of

ofi have the pleasure introducing joanne freeman. she has a long history with the museum and even longer one with alexander hamilton.