mrs. abraham lincoln. she signed all of her correspondence mary lincoln, mrs. lincoln, mrs. abraham lincoln, or ml. of 19 century women, she took the lincoln name, and she never gave it another thought. she was mary lincoln until she died. i suppose that feminist historians started this mary todd lincoln thing in an effort, i guess, to rescue her from domestic of security or something. but it is historically inaccurate, and it drives me bananas. every time i hear it. so please, just call her mary lincoln, or mrs. lincoln. she would have wanted. and you and i will get along so much better if you do. [laughter] number two, fact the lincoln marriage was a companionable one. very todd and abraham lincoln recorded in the parlor of mary's sister's house in springfield, in the context of an emerging new ideal in 19 century marriage -- companionship. looking toraham were a spouse that was share interests with them and have similar perspectives as they did. both mary and abraham loved poetry, they left reading and books. they liked children, and they loved partisan politics. and they

mrs. abraham lincoln, mrs. president lincoln and the widow lincoln. i encourage you to read the book. but if you want to get an instant presentation, let me draw your attention to her guest log on the civil war in pop culture. in it tracy drew a succinct portrait of mary lincoln. but dr. mcdermott's expertise extends far beyond mary. her undergraduate studies were followed by graduate studies. her ph.d. dissertation on the journeys in the midwest formed the basis of her 2012 book p published by ohio university press. our colleague and friend writes, quote, mcdermott's careful study based on extensive primary source research sheds fresh light on the legal history of 19th century america. it should come as no surprise that traci is comfortable with this material. she start as an intern and worked her way as her current position being an integral part of the papers of abraham lincoln project. this every is making available digitally all of the works created by lincoln as well as the material received by him. i first became aware of stacy's contributions when u was on the advisory board d

mrs. abraham lincoln. more and more towards the end of her life, mary signed her letters mrs. abraham lincoln rarely using her own first name. her la her -- i think it is a sad scene and sweet evidence that she was retreating into the life that she mostly enjoyed. as her physical and emotional health were failing her, she welcomed death. she believed in death she would be reunited with the man she loved, the children she had lost, and the domestic life that she had lived with her beloved family. to conclude, i will just say that i find mary lincoln's life compelling. she was a complicated woman who lived an interesting life in a fascinating period of american history. but more importantly, i think the reason that mary lincoln is so compelling is because she was a complex individual. she was smart, intellectually curious, and social. yet she was insecure, petty, and reclusive. she loved with all of her heart and her soul, and she hated with all of her heart and her soul. evaluating her upbringing, her education, and her life experiences, i think makes her even more compelling be

mrs. abraham lincoln. she signed all of her correspondence mary lincoln, mrs. lincoln, mrs. abraham lincoln, or ml. of 19 century women, she took the lincoln name, and she never gave it another thought. she was mary lincoln until she died. i suppose that feminist historians started this mary todd lincoln thing in an effort, i guess, to rescue her from domestic of security or something. but it is historically inaccurate, and it drives me bananas. every time i hear it. so please, just call her mary lincoln, or mrs. lincoln. she would have wanted. and you and i will get along so much better if you do. [laughter] number two, fact the lincoln marriage was a companionable one. very todd and abraham lincoln recorded in the parlor of mary's sister's house in springfield, in the context of an emerging new ideal in 19 century marriage -- companionship. looking toraham were a spouse that was share interests with them and have similar perspectives as they did. both mary and abraham loved poetry, they left reading and books. they liked children, and they loved partisan politics. and they

mr. sanders: to paraphrase abraham lincoln at gettysburg, this is a campaign of the people, by the people the people. [applause] mr. sanders: what that means when you are not dependent on big money interests, you can do what is

first of all, wasn't i want to you that pointing out that abraham lincoln weighed 180 pounds. >> thank you, mr. lincoln. >> as someone who likes to dress up like lincoln, that tells me that i need to get on the treadmill or split a number of rails in order to get down to that weight. i'm going to work on that. my question for you is, as an adviser to presidents and in this time of the presidential campaign in which secret communications have become an issue, has there been any scholarship regarding the lincoln era, the wartime? i saw the lincoln movie, of course, in which he walked over to the -- the telegraph department or whether it was the department of war. obviously, there were secret communications happening. there's also the story about the confederacy where there was a secret message around cigars that was mishandled. my question is, are there any lessons -- i think there's lessons in lincoln's life. are there any lyessons that coud be carried over to this issue of communication and the need to have communications be private and confidential? >> well, lincoln didn't have e-mails. but h

first of all, wasn't i want to you that pointing out that abraham lincoln weighed 180 pounds. >> thank you, mr. lincoln. >> as someone who likes to dress up like lincoln, that tells me that i need to get on the treadmill or split a number of rails in order to get down to that weight. i'm going to work on that. my question for you is, as an adviser to presidents and in this time of the presidential campaign in which secret communications have become an issue, has there been any scholarship regarding the lincoln era, the wartime? i saw the lincoln movie, of

first of all, wasn't i want to you that pointing out that abraham lincoln weighed 180 pounds. >> thank you, mr. lincoln. >> as someone who likes to dress up like lincoln, that tells me that i need to get on the treadmill or split a number of rails in order to get down to that weight. i'm going to work on that. my question for you is, as an adviser to presidents and in this time of the presidential campaign in which secret communications have become an issue, has there been any scholarship regarding the lincoln era, the wartime? i saw the lincoln movie, of course, in which he walked over to the -- the telegraph department or whether it was the department of war. obviously, there were secret communications happening. there's also the story about the confederacy where there was a secret message around cigars that was mishandled. my question is, are there any lessons -- i think there's lessons in lincoln's life. are there any lyessons that coud be carried over to this issue of communication and the need to have communications be private and confidential? >> well, lincoln didn't have e-mails. but h

i want to thank you for pointing out abraham lincoln weighed 180 pounds. sidney blumenthal: thank you, mr. lincoln. >> as someone who likes to dress up like lincoln, that tells many to get on a treadmill or split a number of rails to get down to that weight. [laughter] >> i'm going to work on that. my question to you is as an advisor of presidents and in this time of the presidential campaign in which secret communications have become an issue, has there been any scholarship regarding the lincoln era, the wartime? i saw the lincoln movie in which he walked over to the telegraph department or department of war. obviously, there were secret communications happening. there was the story about the confederacy where there was a secret message wrapped around cigars that was mishandled. my question is, are there any lessons? i always think there are lessons in lincoln's life. are there any lessons in lincoln's history that can be carried over to this issue of communications and the need to have communications be private and confidential? sidney blumenthal: well, lincoln did not have e-mails. [la

mr. sanders: to paraphrase abraham lincoln at gettysburg, this is a campaign of the people, by the people and for the people. [applause] mr. sanders: what that means when you are not dependent on big money interests, you can do what is right for working people. [applause] mr. sanders: i don't have to worry about some billionaire or wall street guy calling me up because we don't have their money, we don't want their money, we don't need their money. [applause] mr. sanders: secretary clinton has chosen to go another route in terms of how she raises money. she has several super pacs. the largest one recently reported it has raised $25 million in special interest money, $15 million from wall street alone. [boos] mr. sanders: as some of you may also know, secretary clinton has given speeches on wall street for $225,000 a speech. what i have said is if are going to be paying $225,000 for a speech, it must be an extraordinarily brilliant speech. [applause] mr. sanders: it must be a speech that could transform our country and the world. it must be a shakespearean type speech. and if that speech i

i want to thank you for pointing out abraham lincoln weighed 180 pounds. sidney blumenthal: thank you, mr. lincoln. >> as someone who likes to dress up like lincoln, that tells many to get on a treadmill or split a number of rails to get down to that weight. [laughter] >> i'm going to work on that. my question to you is as an advisor of presidents and in this time of the presidential campaign in which secret communications have become an issue, has there been any scholarship regarding the lincoln era, the wartime? i saw the lincoln movie in which he walked over to the telegraph department or department of war. obviously, there were secret communications happening. there was the story about the confederacy where there was a secret message wrapped around cigars that was mishandled. my question is, are there any lessons? i always think there are lessons in lincoln's life. are there any lessons in lincoln's history that can be carried over to this issue of communications and the need to have communications be private and confidential? sidney blumenthal: well, lincoln did not have e-mails. [la

mr. schmidt, what would you do after tonight? >> when general sherman was asked to reflect on abraham lincoln's light after his assassination, he said that he possessed more of the qualities of goodness an greatness than any man he had ever known and the point is that john kasich has run a positive campaign. a very stark contrast to the other campaigns. now john kasich is down to the final three, could he be the character and temperament contrast to trump and could he carry that campaign now into the northeast, into california and can he win some of those winner take all states? and so john kasich, as you look at this race right now, you look at the bush donors, you look at the rubio donors, you look at the angst in new york city among some of the superpac donors, you ski a run in the kasich campaign that will allow him to articulate a message that will be able to be heard. and if you give consideration to a republican convention where donald trump or ted cruz are not able to put it away in a first ballot, where john kasich is the -- then the delegates at that convention start to have difficult decisions to make. i think it's import

abraham lincoln and steven douglas. race defined by vicious mudslinging, heated debates and racially charged attacks. >> douglas focuses his attack on lincoln. >> if you desire nero citiz citizenship then support mrpublican party. >> his weapon, race hate. >> he accuses lincoln of being in favor of race mixing in favor of black equality, calls him a black republican. he calls him things far worse. >> lincoln did a lot of things that today seem unethical but he never appealed to the darker angels of our nature and dug laz did and steven douglas should have been ashamed of himself. >> the very union itself is coming apart under the pressure of the election. down south the homes of republican sympathizers are attacked. >> the prospect of a lincoln presidency drives southerners to extremes. they prepare politically, they prepare militarily. their state arsenals are opened up, their militia companies begin to drill. >> one newspaper declares "let the boys arm." abolitionism is at your doors with torch and knife in hand. >> it is fascinating episode, i must say so and to talk to us about it historian tim naftali, former director of the nixon presidential library and author of "george h.w. bush." >> is

abraham lincoln. you can have a fictional story, but abraham lincoln really made things happen, so he is included in a fictional story. mr. roosevelt has written a fictional story, but he uses actual people that existed, just attorneye frankfurter, general michael. these are real people, but he is telling a fictional story, and we are telling a fictional story, using actual people and actual institutions and facts. i know that the criticism was made by documentarian, and his is -- his job is to tell the photographic truth. we are the van gogh of the theater, we catch the emotional and essential truth of that experience. [applause] >> in the middle. >> i want to thank you. japanese-american buddhist temple. one of the offerings in our library is a book called rice country. book, in the early chapters, they talk about the -- ja cl.ay a.c.l. i want to thank you for setting it straight and in my mind, allowing me to understand the l ingation that the jac trying to -- litigation that they for trade in trying to protect the japanese-americans in internment camps. results of of japanese-americans trying to stay under the radar,

abraham lincoln institute book award. the u.s. navy in to have available through the lecture hall. so with that said we will get you under way. from mr. craig simon. [applause] >> of very generous introduction. i am delighted to be back at the smithsonian but also equally important for the exchange of ideas about where we have been very aware we are going. i am delighted so many have decided to come out on this rainy night to talk about the u.s. navy. the genesis is a short book that i wrote at the behest of my editors at oxford university press who has a series of very short introductions. can i have the first slide? it is also pretty colorful. id which the experts in various fields on a wide variety of topics specifically we are commanded to write no more than 30,000 words. with those is to show history all encourage you to look into it. it is not the cliffs notes for those dollars to be synthetic stick to get away from that approach that is often an irresistible to many authors it look more broadly and philosophically at the big picture there are literally hundreds of titles in this series. to utopian end witchcraft some are ambit

mr. matthews. thank you madame secretary. as you know, this is that room where abraham -- there is washington. abraham lincoln gave his house divided speech. and that was in 1858. how are we doing on that subject today? >> we could use that speech again from a lot of leaders as well as citizens because there is a disturbing amount of divisive rhetoric in this campaign that is playing on people's fears, engendering mean spiritedness, bigotry that i think is not only bad for politics, it's bad for our nation. and we need to stand up against it. we've had discontent and setting up us versus them. and i feel that is part of what we're seeing in this campaign this time. >> you've called donald trump a political arsonist. do you believe he's responsible for igniting all the people? >> if you go back several month, he's been building this incitement. he has been leading crowds and jeering protesters. he has been talking about punching people in the face. he's been encouraging the man handling of both people attending as well as journalists on the floor and in the stands of his events. so i think what happened friday

mr. matthews. >> well, thank you, madam secretary. as you know, as an illinoisan, that this is that room where abraham lincoln -- there's washington -- abraham lincoln gave his house divided speech. >> that's right. >> that was in 1858. how are we doing on that subject today? >> well, we could use that speech again. from, you know, a lot of leaders as well as citizens. because there's a disturbing amount of divisive rhetoric in this campaign that is playing on people's fears, and really engendering a lot of mean-spiritedness, bigotry, that i think is, you know, not only bad for our politics, it's bad for our nation, and we need to stand up against it. we've had periods in our history, as you know so well, being such a history buff, chris, where people have strong feelings. i totally accept that. and there's even reason for some people to be frustrated, angry, fearful. but that's when leaders are supposed to be trying to find common ground, bringing people together, not flaming the discontent, and setting up us versus them. i fear that's what we're seeing in this campaign this time. >> you called donald trump a political arsonist. >>

mr. matthews. >> well, thank you, madam secretary. as you know, as an illinoisan, that this is that room where abraham lincoln -- there's washington -- abraham lincoln gave his house divided speech. >> that's right. >> that was in 1858. how are we doing on that subject today? >> well, we could use that speech again. from, you know, a lot of leaders as well as citizens. because there's a disturbing amount of divisive rhetoric in this campaign that is playing on people's fears, and really engendering a lot of mean-spiritedness, bigotry, that i think is, you know, not only bad for our politics, it's bad for our nation, and we need to stand up against it. we've had periods in our history, as you know so well, being such a history buff, chris, where people have strong feelings. i totally accept that. and there's even reason for some people to be frustrated, angry, fearful. but that's when leaders are supposed to be trying to find common ground, bringing people together, not flaming the discontent, and setting up us versus them. i fear that's what we're seeing in this campaign this time. >> you called donald trump a political arsonist. >>

abraham lincoln turned a pledge of free homesteads to settlers into a promotion with vote yourself a farm. america's 30th president not exactly mr. personality let a song do the talking. ♪ >> keep cool with coolidge was a popular one for his second term. >> who is james k. poke hat history decide who is henry clay. reagan returned to the question theme of are you better off than you were four years ago. bush 41 went with a kinder gentler nation. 43 chose yes america can. a better days ahead theme is constant. at the time cruz speaks of reigniting the promise of america. it's all about a new american century for marco rubio. donald trump wants to make america great again. slogans can fall short, even for the winners. just look to herbert who haver, with a chick in every pot, a car in every garage. eight months after his inauguration, the stock market collapsed, signaling the start of a great depression. >>> starting today, some of the most iconic attractions at yosemite park will have new names. currie village campground and badger pass key resort will have new names. the company that owns those names lost a contract to run servi

mr. hoover's presidential library. eisenhower,d the reagan, and ford presidential libraries. served as executive directory -- director of the abraham lincoln museum. where are you now? guest: there is an acid test for success in illinois government, and that is to get out for political indictments. back here for nine years -- i finished the rockefeller biography. then i have moved to grand andds, michigan to research write a biography of president ford. host: which is what you are working on now. guest: i have about six years to do it. i'm about one third of the way through the process. it is a much more interesting story than i think most people suspect, and i think a lot of people are going to be surprised. host: his museum is in grand rapids but his archives are to you. guest: what base -- what a terrible decision. it is solomon splitting the baby. you give the museum to your hometown where it sparks a great wave of renewal. if you have been in grand rapids, and i invite the audience to experience it, a town of 200,000 people, it has an extraordinary array of amenities and it really began with the decision to put the ford museum downtow

mr. president, last night, we saw another unusual election result, and we see a -- quote -- businessman now in a very significant lead for the nomination of the republican party, the party of abraham lincoln and ronald reagan, and as i watch the post mortems last night and this morning, we see again that many of those who voted cite as one of their primary if not the primary reason is distaste and anger and frustration about washington, d.c., specifically the congress of the united states as well as the president. and they believe that they need somebody who is an outsider, someone who is not -- quote -- of the establishment. i guess that applies to anyone who is in elected office, and some of us have been surprised. certainly no one has predicted these outcomes as -- as not only on the republican side but on the -- on the democratic side we saw our colleague from vermont engineer quite a stunning upset in the state of michigan last night. but he also, even though a member of the senate, senator sanders, clearly is speaking in opposition to the machine of business as usual in washington, and sometimes we ask ourselves why do the american people have such low approval rating? i have seen m

we have the portrait of abraham lincoln here, who wisely designated yosemite to be the the first acquired national park, that was very wise of him. >> yes, it was. [laughter] >> mr. chairman, i must say, the smithsonian family values every single aspect of the american park service itself, celebrating its 100th anniversary. >> we were just playing a joke. ms. mccollum: we have some great ones in minnesota. i wanted to take an opportunity. we met in the office and i have been doing more and more homework. i want to understand how to better -- where you see yourself going in the future, because now that we have all these surprises for the air science museum renovation. last january, they gave us permission to explore creating exhibit space in london. it is my understanding that such a venture would be done completely using private funds. but you have been talking about leveraging a lot of private funds here today for current collections and current buildings. i am concerned that congress has not been a full part of the discussion. i bring this up because at a minimum, the smithsonian is an establishment of the united states and their funds are held in the united s

mrs. bush with the introduction to the book, that was put out by the w bush institute. go to book tv.org for the complete we can schedule. join c-span for a abraham lincolnposium. featured speakers include sidney .lumenthal mcdermottr, stacy pat , thomas l carson and terry coffered. the abraham lincoln symposium on american history tv on c-span3. but coverage saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> washington journal continues. continuing our conversation about the nomination of judge merrick garland to the supreme court. let's take a look at president obama making the announcement yesterday. >> i sought the advice of democratic and republican members of congress. out to average qc groups, scholars -- we reached andto advocacy scholars after completing this exhaustive process, i have made my decision. who isselected a nominee widely recognized, not only as one of america's sharpest legal minds, but someone who brings to his work a spirit of decency, modesty, integrity, even handedness and excellence. these qualities and is our commitment to public service have earned him the respect and admiration of leaders from both sides of the aisle. he w

of the portrait of abraham lincoln here, who wisely designated yosemite to be the firstly federally acquired eventual park -- that was very wise of him. yes, it was. as secretary, mr. chairman, i must say that i and the entire smithsonian family values every single aspect of the american parks system and the parks service itself. >> we just had his private joke. she is going to make a float for her park. we have some great ones in minnesota too. i wanted to just kind of take an opportunity. we met in the office and i have been doing more and more homework. so, i want to understand how to yourself where you see going in the future because now that we have all of these surprises, should i say, for the aerospace museum renovation. last january, the board of regents gave the smithsonian permission to explore creating exhibit space in london. it is my understanding that such a venture would be done completely using private funds. but you have been talking about leveraging a lot of private funds here today for current collections and current buildings. concerned that congress has not been a full part of this discussion and a bring this up because at a minimum, these the

portrait of abraham lincoln here who wisely designated yoet mice to be the first federally acquired eventual park, that was a very wise -- >> yes, it was. >> yeah. >> i love -- >> yeah. as secretary, mr. chairman, i must say that and the entire smithsonian family values every single aspect of the american park system. >> as we -- >> and the park service itself celebrating its 100th anniversary. >> we do, as well. we have a private joke. ms. mccull almost? >> thank you. i'm sure there will be a plug for her park. we have some great ones in minnesota, too. i wanted to just kind of take an opportunity, we had a -- we met in the office and then i've been doing more and more homework so i want to understand how to better -- where you see yourself going in the future because now that we have all of these surprises, should i say, for the air and science museum for the renovation? the board of regents gave the smithsonian permission to explore space in london and it's my understanding completely with private funds but you've been talking about leveraging a lot of private funds here today for current collections and current buildings. i'm concerned that congress is not been a full part of thi

have the portrait of abraham lincoln here who wisely designated yosemite to be the first federally-acquired eventual park, that was a very wise. >> yes, it was. >> as secretary, mr. chairman, i must say that i and entire smithsonian family values every single aspect of the american park system and park service itself celebrating its 100th anniversary. >> we also. we have this private joke. miss mccollum. >> thank you. i'm sure miss hendry will make a plug for her park. we have great ones in minnesota too. i wanted to kind of take an opportunity, we met in the office and then i've been doing more and more homework. so i want to understand how to better where you see yourself going in the future, now we have all of these, surprises i should say for the air and science museum renovation. last january the board of regents gave the smithsonian permission to explore creating exhibit space in london. it is my understanding such a venture would be done completely using private funds but you've been talking about leveraging a lot of private funds here today for current collections and current buildings. i'm concerned that congress has not been a full part of this discuss