Are watching American History tv, all weekend every weekend on American History tv. Tv,ext on American History novelist and historian kevin baker discusses his book, america the genius how a generation of tinkerers changed the world. At an event in cape cod, mr. Baker describes what he thinks are key factors in the nations innovative spirit. Guestant to thank our tonight. Kevin baker has written several your, at you are still in but also was raised in rockport, massachusetts. He has experienced being a massachusetts person. Tonight,ing forward to keeping an ion the weather, but please welcome kevin baker. Mark, for having me. Great to be on the cape, if only virtually. Hoped to be there, but i am going to have to make do. Talk to you about america the ingenious, this book i wrote. The best thing about writing books is that hopefully, you learn something. I learned a great deal writing this. Americansory of how invented, developed or learned to exploit so many innovations that would sha
Mike pence campaigning and i was spoke at a rally in carter lake, he told supporters to fight for the president s reelection. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. I think i will get rid of this, thank you so much. Wonderful to be here with the Vice President , the honorable david young who will be coming up after me, this whole concept of people coming along saying america was never great, i wonder where those people came from because today recognized this nation being defended by a ragtag bunch of militia men became the most powerful nation in the world in record time. That does not happen to a nation that is not great. What was the world like before the United States of america . Stop and think about what the world was like. There were despotic leaders just trampling over other people. They have to think twice about that now, think about the innovation, the entrepreneurship, the hard work that went into making america into a great place, that is what makes us the kind of place
Service. Thank you for that on behalf of the city. Today is going to be talking about james garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington d. C. I wont say too much more, i dont want to steal his steam, please join me in welcoming matt. applause thank you very much. The story im going to tell might be ripped from todays recent headlines. There was a president ial memorial delayed for years. It was caught up in congressional infighting, and replace it with another. A powerful lobby behind the memorial had chosen this site, the designer, the design criticize in the press. The site was very close to the capital on maryland avenue. If the years 1887, not 2017, and the memorial was one to president garfield and not president eisenhower. James garfields death was a national shock. He is been a compromise candidate for the presidency and had won the closest election in american history. It was a difficult life but his rise up was the rags to riches story.
Captioning performed by vitac. He was in the civil war . Yes. What was his claim to fame there . What was his battle and what did he hold . He rose to general. I dont know that he saw any significant battle experience. Again, there was he had a solid career, onsolid li sol of military service. I concentrated on the conclusion of that. Being a general, was that a function of being a politician first, or was he a politician after . No, he was a politician after. He was a politician after. I think he bought in the battle of [ inaudible ] okay. In his election he won electoral vote 214155 but popular vote was virtually tied, 48. 27 to 48. 25. Exactly. So weve had a sequence of republican president s from there was a third candidate as well. It was below 50 , so there must have been a third candidate. Yes, chuck. My first wasnt a question. There was a book that came out a few years ago about the assassination, and it seemed i havent read it all. I own it. Its upstairs but i havent read it.
The president noticed today, and he tweeted this, quote the Dow Jones Industrials just closed above 29,000. You are so lucky to have me as your president. With joe biden it would crash. President trump today also in the great state of North Carolina, designating wilmington to be the First World War ii heritage city. President trump took the occasion to point out the necessity of maintaining law and order in america. American warriors did not defeat fascism and oppression overseas only to watch our freedoms be trampled by violent mobs here at home. We stop those violent mobs very easily. All they have to do is say please come in, mr. President. Well have it done in one hour. [cheers and applause] for the sake of all americans, we must uphold the rule of law and defend the American Dream for every child in the our land. We must teach our children that america is a land of heros like you. Youre heroes. Lou the president energetic, optimistic on the campaign trail, and he should be. New po