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Cu cu culmination his his hard work. That is true. You dont advance your cause by claiming personal credit. Let me give you another example of how a president s legacy can be totally different from what we think at the time. Harry truman to be bipartisan here, take a democrat, went out of office with the lowest poll ratings in history till that time. 2530 years later we had vietnam, watergate, and we looked back at truman and saw the real deal an authentic leader who got all of the big things right and the Little Things wrong. We forget the hawaiian sports shirts and stuff. That became endearing. Harry truman once said i wonder how far moses had gotten if he stopped to take a poll in the middle of the desert. Truman became a model of a divisive leader who took big decisions, who took responsibility, and by and large history has been much kinder to him than historians were at the time. In terms of obama, we said he wanted to be a transformitiative president but we will not know for 1015
Good evening. Have the honor of being executive director of Ronald Reagan president ial foundation. I am John Heubusch and i thank you for coming this evening. Hon. Men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world if you would stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Please be seated. Before we get started there are a few people in the audience i would like to make sure we are recognized today and i begin with the former first lady of the state of california gayle wilson. [applause] we also have with us the Vice President of Strategic Communications for general electric. Gary . [applause] tonight is a special night as we have with us a very special group of students from around the country. 20 Reagan Foundation scholarship winners and their families. Please stand. [applause] they will be atte
Conversation. Thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] you are watching American History tv, 40 eight hours of programming on American History every weekend on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for information about our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. 200 years ago on august 20 4, 1814, british soldiers routed american troops at the battle of bladensburg festival said washington. Openictory left the y it to British Forces who marched into the city and burned the white house and capitol building. Learn more about the burning of washington during the war of 1812 from author and historian anthony pitch at an event hosted by the Smithsonian Associates. It is about one hour and 15 minutes. We are coming up on the 200th anniversary. We wanted to commemorate this anniversary despite the fact it is a less than glorious moment in our nations history. When
Youll also notice this evening there are cspan cameras around. They are here broadcasting. Those watching will also be no stranger to anthony pitch. Many of his programs have been taped for broadcast by them before. We are very lucky to have him tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Anthony pitch. [applause] thank you very much for coming. It is raining outside, so i am very glad to see a lot of people out tonight. I want to tell you a few years ago i escorted somebody into the white house. His name was major ed ross, the same name the general robert ross who burned the white house. He was a descendent. One can see the scorch marks i told him were there. They are under the front door. There is a big stone archway where you can see massive scorch marks from the fires set by the british in 1814. The pastry chef who has his offices close by could not stop giggling. He thought here is a man who has come to finish the job. [laughter] i like to write stories that are epic, true, and sad. People