of who was his great inspiration yet, but we have had fabulous interpreters in ronald whyte, richard burr kaiser and sidney blumenthal. thank you all for joining us. [applause] announcer: interested in american history tv? y.sits www.c-span.org/histor american artifacts, road to the white house rewind, lectures and history, and more at www.c-span.org/history. >> this week, c-span is in fresno learning more about the city's history. right now we are in kearney park, named for one of the city's ag pioneers. coming up next we will visit his home and learn more about his vision for this area. ruth lang: we are located here in the kearney mansion. this is built in 1903. this was the managers residence. mr. kearney did not intend to live here permanently. he had plans for a grander chateau to be built on the property. he's lived here for years until he died in 1906. mr. kearney was really a self-made man. he was not born here in california. he was born in liverpool, england. when he was 12 his family immigrated to america. they settled in a suburb of boston. and he went to commercial college, learned

richard burr kaiser, the life of abraham lincoln. author not only of the recently published "american ulysses: the life of ulysses s grant," and the author of "a. lincoln," ronald white. thank you to you all. [applause] our goal today is to hear from you and see if we can evoke differences of opinion. we will certainly welcome audience participation and questions from our usual microphone. i will give you a signal in about 20 minutes or so to encourage you to line up and engage with us. first person i want to talk to in relation to lincoln's inspiration are the three sets of parents. not one person, but three. the three sets of parents in his life. you have all written about them. by the three, the woman who he referred to has his angel mother, nikki lincoln. his stepmother, sarah bush johnston lincoln. and his father, his relationship with abraham remains something of a mystery or a controversy even today. influential who was and he was a negative influence? why do we start with sydney. the positive and the negative were about one e

richard burr kaiser believes that the united states, that was the true import of the constitution, but it goes from the people of the states to the people of a nation. as you can imagine, there were plenty of fights over that at the time. patrick henry says, we the people, what do you mean? it should be we the states. james madison is saying, no, we have this national federal government has a national component in a state component. in the people who wind up being so supportive of this new national government or the people who fought in the continental line and could not et paid. john marshall who becomes our great chief justice and upholds these national powers, he served with washington and he saw what it was like to try and keep an army together with congress refused to pay the soldiers. at the end of the constitutional convention, you've probably heard the story, how many of you of had a chance to go to what we call independence hall in philadelphia? this kind of looks familiar to you. ou see the group there. that is george washington, who was that? who knows? it is supposed to be

american history tv, historian richard burr kaiser discusses how the ideas of founding fathers, such as george washington, thomas payne and thomas jefferson, influenced abraham lincoln's thoughts and policies during the civil war. it highlights lincoln's upbringing and passion for education. this event was part of the annual lincoln forum symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it is about 50 minutes. >> now i have the pleasure of introducing a speaker whose work has finally entered the lincoln realm and with wonderful impact. he is been for years more of a scholar of the colonial period. hamilton resurgence arose a great deal, and a certainly hope he has several points in the broadway production investment, was a lot to -- owes a lot to richard brookhiser. he was the historical consultant to the huge hamilton exhibition at the new york historical society. that was 12 years ago now, but it was transformative both in hamilton historiography and in the future of the new york historical society. in addition to curating that show, he wrote a 1999 book , still consulted, alexander hamilton

and, richard burr kaiser and the author of the recently published an expertof grant and in lincoln's writings. welcome to all of you. we will welcome audience participation from the usual microphone. i will give you a signal in about 20 minutes or so to encourage you to lineup and engage with us. person i want to talk to in relation to lincoln's inspiration are the three sets of parents

and richard burr kaiser, the author of "founder son: a life of abraham lincoln." author, not the only of the recently published american ulysses, a life of ulysses s grant, but a biographer of abraham lincoln, an author of a lincoln and expert of lincoln's writings, harold wright. welcome to you all. [applause] youur goal is to hear from and to see if we can evoke differences of opinion. the evil certainly welcome audience -- the well certainly --we will certainly welcome audience for dissipation. i will give you a single to line up and engage with us. the first person i want to talk to in relation to lincoln's inspiration are the three sets of parents. the three sets of parents in his life. you have all written about them. by the three amine the woman he referred to as his angel mother, nancy lincoln. the woman regarded him as his son, his stepmother sarah bush johnson-lincoln. and his father whose relationship with abraham remains somewhat of a mystery or controversy, even today. of the three, who was influential and was a negative influence? why don't we start

. > american history tv, historian richard burr kaiser discusses how the ideas of founding fathers, suchs george washington, thomas payne and thomas jefferson, influenced abraham lincoln's thoughts and policies during the civil war. it highlights lincoln's upbringing and passion for education. this event was part of the annual lincoln forum symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it is about 50 minutes. >> now i have the pleasure of introducing a speaker whose work has finally entered the lincoln realm and with wonderful impact. he is been for years more of a scholar of the colonial period. hamilton resurgence arose a great deal, and a certainly hope he has several points in the broadway production investment, was a lot to