Welcome everybody. My name is Douglas Bradburn and im the founding director of the president ial National Library here in a beautiful mount vernon and delighted to welcome you all again for a wonderful evening of conversation and history and i would also like to welcome the cspan audience out there. Its great to have you back in the library. You know these evening book talks are special for a variety of reasons because we get to bring exciting new stories to the eager community here but also because its sponsored by the great donor to mount her in and for many many years. As you all know it does not take any government money. A completely private institution based on philanthropy and based on people coming so we have been in groups like the ford family the Ford Motor Company who supported mt. Vernon since henry ford brought the first fire engine to mt. Vernon to keep the Mansion House from burning to the grandpa to some of you know its an ongoing challenge and in fact you are welcome t
Welcome everybody. My name is Douglas Bradburn and im the founding director of the president ial National Library here in a beautiful mount vernon and delighted to welcome you all again for a wonderful evening of conversation and history and i would also like to welcome the cspan audience out there. Its great to have you back in the library. You know these evening book talks are special for a variety of reasons because we get to bring exciting new stories to the eager community here but also because its sponsored by the great donor to mount her in and for many many years. As you all know it does not take any government money. A completely private institution based on philanthropy and based on people coming so we have been in groups like the ford family the Ford Motor Company who supported mt. Vernon since henry ford brought the first fire engine to mt. Vernon to keep the Mansion House from burning to the grandpa to some of you know its an ongoing challenge and in fact you are welcome t
To our grommets and talks about the state of education in the united states. Gerard robinson if you expect tobe successful in college let them into a school is doing a disservice to them. Sunday night at 8 00. Walter isaacson discusses the legacy of Benjamin Franklin. He argues that franklins epitomized Americas National character. The museum is a Georgian House at 26 craven street, very centrally located, so on your next visit to london, i know you will want to stop there. I can very glad, indeed, to recognize and congratulate the Museum Staffing director, who is with us this evening, representing Benjamin Franklin house. Thank you. [applause] louise and i am also very glad to recognize and thank for all of her efforts as well as for Benjamin Franklin house, Benjamin Franklin house trustee anita wien. Thank you. [applause] louise some of you may be wondering about the names, including the auditorium and the house. Robert h. Smith, as you may know, was among much else a visionary devel
Be occupying. So yes he was a terrific guy and the only choice for a really successful first president because of the trust that people had in him, that he could in habit this presidency, and they could trust him in that position. But he brought with him some problems. A question i sometimes get and you probably do, as well if not washington, who would be the next obvious choice and my answer is, there wasnt another choice and thats kind of the point he was the in dispensable man. He was somewhat in dispensable perhaps, yeah. So that brings us to this question of what to call him, this debate that you write about, you know, the title controversy. I wonder if you could just give us a little bit of background to the debate. Why did it even happen . The constitution says that this person will be the president of the United States. Why did people in the senate feel like they needed something more than that . Well, the senate had convened once the senate convened in early april 1789 and fin
Isfact, i would argue it essential, because this is one of those areas where u. S. Global leadership has yielded tremendous benefits economically from a technological perspective and from a jobs perspective. Announcer watch the communicators on cspan2 at 8 00 p. M. Announcer our road to the white house coverage continues in cleveland, with live coverage of the Republican Party Platform Committee. Monday, july 11, starting at 10 00 a. M. Eastern, and continuing on tuesday, july 12, at 10 00 a. M. Eastern. The rnc Platform Committee is charged with improving the republican platform and submitting it. Live coverage on cspan, the cspan radio app, and cspan. Orc. Tv, on American History author and journalist walter es the life ands legacy of Benjamin Franklin, whose methods and passion for science epitomized what he calls, quote, Americas National character, end quote. The American Historical Society hosted this program. It is a little over one hour. Smith the robert h lecture in democracy.