Leaving office. My decision is quite practical, so i got a phone call from my landlord. Gerald turner. Rather than raising the rent or threatening to hold our security deposit, i was relieved to hear president turner ask if i believed in free speech. [ laughter ] i said, yeah. He said, perfect, heres your chance to give one. As a proud member of the smu community, i am honored to be here truly honored to deliver the commencement address the. Well have the entire speech by former president george w. With bush and other commencement addresses from colleges around the country starting saturday at noon eastern on cspan. This sunday night at 8 00 eastern on first ladies influence and image. Well look into the personal lives of three first ladies, sarah polk, Margaret Taylor and Abigail Filmore. Sarah polk had a very strong belief in politics and often helped her husband, james make political decision ss. Margaret taylor was opposed to her husbands nomination for president and Zachary Taylor
Cspans coverage of College Commencement speeches continues saturday with Susan Webber Wright at the university of arkansas and dream works chair melody hobson at usc. Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 president ial candidate mitt romney speaking in Manchester Manchester new hampshire. President bush addressing Southern Methodist university. You know, when i mention this had speech to some of my pals they were surprised i was going to give it. See, i havent given a commencement speech since leaving office. My decision is quite practical, so i got a phone call from my landlord. Gerald turner. Rather than raising the rent or threatening to hold our security deposit, i was relieved to hear president turner ask if i believed in free speech. [ laughter ] i said, yeah. He said, perfect, heres your chance to give one. As a proud member of the smu community, i am honored to be here truly honored to deliver the commencement address the. Well have the entire speech by former president george
Row lit fest. Near the end of june, watch for the annual roosevelt reading festival from the president ial library. Middle of july, live at the harlem book fair with author interviews and panel discussions. At the beginning of september live from the Nations Capital from National Book festival. Thats a few of the events on cspan2s book tv. Each week, American History tv real america brings archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 50 years ago lip done johnson delivered his first policy speech regarding the vietnam war, carried lives from Johns Hopkins university in baltimore to an estimated Television Audience of 60 million. He want to answer from those that thought the United States wasnt doing enough to help South Vietnam, titled peace without con quest, the address attempted to explain why Southeast Asia was a vital interest to the United States and worthy of Economic Development in vietnam. U. S. Military personnel went from about 23,000 in january of 1965 to ov