Recent Events
(1891 - 1900 of 1908)
AHTV: The Arizona Historical Foundation On Sen. Barry Goldwater
Saturday, December 12, 2009 Washington, DC
The Arizona Historical Foundation looks at how Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) politics were shaped by his southwest roots. This year marks the 100th anniversary of his birth in Phoenix, where his conservatism was established at an early age.More Info »
AHTV: Fortenbaugh Lecture With Author Martin Marty
Saturday, December 12, 2009 Washington, DC
Martin Marty delivered the Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture on the topic, "The Wartime Abraham Lincoln and the Ironic Tradition in American." He focused on President Lincoln as a religious thinker along with his religious beliefs.More Info »
AHTV: Walter Stahr, Author, "John Jay: Founding Father"
Saturday, December 12, 2009 Washington, DC
Mr. Stahr talked about his book “John Jay: Founding Father.” Jay was a central figure in the American Revolution and early Republic; a delegate to and president of the Continental Congress. The author described Jay's role in events in early American history, including the Revolutionary War, and the writing of the Constitution.More Info »
AHTV: Natalie Bober, Author, "Countdown to Independence"
Saturday, December 12, 2009 Washington, DC
Ms. Bober talked about her book, "Countdown to Independence: A Revolution of Ideas in England and Her American Colonies: 1760-1776." The book focuses on the period beginning with the ascendance of George III to the throne of Great Britain and ending with the approval of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress.More Info »
Interview with Fmr. CA Gov. & U.S. Sen. Pete Wilson
Sunday, December 6, 2009 Washington, DC
In a never-before-aired interview, former California Governor & U.S. Senator Pete Wilson talked about his political career and work with former Sen. Robert Dole (R-KS). This oral history is a project of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas.More Info »
AHTV: Conference on Barry Goldwater
Sunday, December 6, 2009 Washington, DC
The Arizona Historical Foundation held a conference on "Goldwater at 100: His Politics, Ideology and Legacy," at Arizona State University. Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona from 1953–1965 and 1969–1987. He was also the Republican Party's nominee for president in the 1964 election. Goldwater biographer Robert Alan Goldberg gave the keynote address at the conference.More Info »
AHTV: Panel Discussion on Patriotism During World War II
Sunday, December 6, 2009 Washington, DC
Alan Brinkley spoke at the National WWII Museum's Mason Lecture Series on the topic of, “Visions of Peace in an Age of War.” In his address, he focused on how a wide variety of people and how a wide variety of people interpreted FDR’s vision to create an America that would be part of the world community.More Info »
AHTV: Discussion on American Presidents
Sunday, December 6, 2009 Washington, DC
Historian Arthur Schlesinger, editor of Times Books' "American Presidents Series," moderated a panel discussion of the lives of some of America's lesser-known presidents. The panelists included: Ted Widmer, author of Martin Van Buren; Jean Baker, author of James Buchanan; Josiah Bunting, author of Ulysses S. Grant and Zachary Karabell, author of Chester Alan Arthur.More Info »
AHTV: William Davis, Author, "An Honorable Defeat"
Sunday, December 6, 2009 Washington, DC
William Davis, Director of the Center for Civil War Studies at the Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State Univ., talked about his book, "An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government." In the book, Professor Davis traced the paths of Davis, Breckinridge and other members of the Confederate cabinet after they fled Richmond.More Info »
AHTV: Michael Lerner, Author, "Dry Manhattan"
Sunday, December 6, 2009 Washington, DC
Michael Lerner talked about his book "Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City," published by Harvard University Press. The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ushered in the era of Prohibition in 1919. He focused on the history of resistance to Prohibition in New York City to expose the inherent failures of the law.More Info »