john stagg, professor of history at the university of virginia, and editor of the james madison papers he's critical volumes of madison's personal correspondence. and we'd like another 20 if you can fit that in in the next few years. >>. [ inaudible ] >> because of the work of john and his usl]team, we have much complete understanding of madison and the context of his life and really we cannot have done our work without this incredible research. today he's going to illuminate for us the intricacies of madison's presidency, including such factors as the perpetually fluctuating cabinet, and madison's later life reflections on his thoughts about the war. so please join me now in welcoming our colleague and our mentor, dr. john stagg. [ applause ] >> thank you for those words of welcome, and i would like to add my thanks to those of our previous speakers, to the organizers of the conference today. as the by centennial of the war approached, i found myself what was the federal government and washington going to do about the by centennial of the war of 1812? it was entirely predictable that

john stagg, professor of history at the university of virginia and the editor of the james madison papers where he's edited so far 20 of these critical volumes of madison's personal correspondence. we'd like another 20, john, if you think you can fit that in in the next few years. because of the work of john and his team, we have much more complete understanding of madison and the context of his life and really we cannot have done our work without this incredible research. today, he's going to illuminate for us the intricacies of madison's presidency and madison's later life reflections on his thoughts about the war. please join me in welcoming our colleague and our mentor, dr. john stagg. [ applause ] >> thank you, katherine, for the wonderful welcome, and i would like to add my thanks to those of our previous speakers to the organizers of the conference today. as the bicentennial of the war approached, i found myself wondering, what is the federal government in washington going to do about the bicentennial war of 1812? it was entirely predictable that the great state of maryland would h

john stagg. [ applause ] >> thank you, cathy for the warm welcome. i would like to add my thanks to the previous speakers and to the organizers of the conference today. as the bicentennial of the war approached, i found myself saying what was the federal government and washington going to do about the bicentennial war of 1812? it was entirely predictable that the great state of maryland would have a party, particularly in 2014 because the great state of maryland thinks it has a franchise on the star spangled-banner and the nation's flag. i'm glad to say that we are doing something here today. and, as i say, i'm grateful to the conference organizers for that. let me start with some very general remarks about the nature of james madison's historical reputation. for the first half of the 20th century, i think, madison's standing was not high. the main reason for that was the war of 1812, which i don't think i need to belabor here at the moment. one of the most frustrating and unpopular wars ever waged by the united states. but there was also the impress

john stagg. [ applause ] >> thank you, katherine, for the wonderful welcome, and i would like to addhanks to those of our previous speakers to the organizers of the conference today. as the bicentennial of the war approached, i found myself wondering, what is the federal government in washington going to do about the bicentennial war of 1812? it was entirely predictable that the great state of maryland would have a party, particularly in 2014 because the great state of maryland thipnks it has a franchise on the star-spangled banner. i'm glad to say we are doing something here today, and as i say, i'm grateful for it. let me start with some very general remarks about the nature of james madison's historical reputation. now, for the first half of the 20th century, i think, madison's standing among the prisons was not high. the main reason for that, i think, was the war of 1812 which i don't think i need to belabor the point at the moment, but it was frustrating when it waged war with the united states. but we were also under the impression that madison was really just a floater with th

this is a little more than an hour. >> let me introduce john stagg. he has edited so far 20 of these critical volumes of madison's personal correspondence. and we'd like another 20, john if you think you could fit that in. because of the work of john and his team, we have much more complete understanding of madison and the context of his life and really we cannot have done our work of montpelier without this incredible research. today he's going to illuminate the untrickacies of madison's presidency, including factors as the perpetsually fluctsuating cabinet and madison's later life refluctuations on his thoughts about the war. so please join me now in welcoming our colleague and our mentor, dr. john stagg. >> thank you, cathy, for the words of welcome, and i would like to add my thanks to those of our previous speakers to the organizers of the conference today. as the bicentennial of the war approached, i found myself wondering, what is the federal government and washington going to do about the bicentennial war of 1812? it was entirely predictable t

john stagg. he's a professor of history and an editor of james madison papers, where he has edited, so far, 20 of these critical volumes of madison's personal correspondence. and we'd like another 20 if you think you can fit that in, john, in the next few years. because of the work of john and his team, we have a much more complete understanding of the work of madison and his life. today, he is going to ill lumine for us the intricacies of madison's life and his reflections about the war. so please join me now in welcoming our colleague and our mentor, dr. john stagg. [ applause ] >> thank you, kat, for those words of welcome. i would like to add my thanks to those of our previous speakers, to the organizers of the conference today. as the bicentennial of the war approached i found myself wondering what is the federal government and washington going to do about the bicentennial war of 1812. it was entirely predictable that the state of maryland would be there. and, as i say, i'm grateful to the c

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john stagg, professor of history at the university of virginia and the editor of the james madison paperswhere he's edited so far 20 of these critical volumes of madison's personal correspondence. we'd like another 20, john, if you think you can fit that in in the next few years. because of the work of john and his team, we have much more complete understanding of madison and the context of