Amanda Moniz, the Assistant Director of the
National History Center, has commenced a much-needed service for Washingtonians interested in history by gathering
news of public historical events in the capital. To contribute, email her at amoniz@historians.org.
Of note for legal historians are two “Researcher Talks” at the National Archives, which are held at noon in the Research Center, G-25, Archives 1. On May 1 the speaker is
Nancy Beck Young, who will discuss
Why We Fight: Congress and the Politics of World War II. On May 5
Romain Huret, Associate Professor of American History at the University of Lyon, will discuss
American Tax Resisters. For more information, please call 202-357-5350.
But the main event this week is
A Just and Lasting Peace”: Ending the Civil War,
the 2014 United States Capitol Historical Society Annual Symposium, to
be held from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM on Friday, May 2, 2014, in the Dirksen
Senate Office Building, Room G-50. The speakers are Gregory P. Downs,
Carole Emberton, Paul Finkelman, Matthew Pinsker, Anne Sarah Rubin,
Michael Vorenberg, and Peter Wallenstein. I'll note the papers of
Professor Finkelman and Vorenberg below. The rest are here; other
information, including that relating to registration
here.
“Henry Wirz and Concept of War Crimes: Vengeance or Justice," by Paul Finkelman
“Judgment at Washington: Lew Wallace, Henry Wirz, and the Elusive Quest to End the Civil War," by Michael Vorenberg
