The owners, Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine as well as our staff, we would like to welcome you to todays event. To briefly note some housekeeping items before we get going, we would greatly appreciate it if you turn off or silenced their cell phones. This is my favorite part. Everyone starts region. So as not to disturb the conversation. We do have ats microphone, this one, for the q a portion of the event. It will get passed around if you raise your hand. Weou are recording this event so we do want to use the microphone or any questions that we have. Copies of the book are available at the register if you like to purchase one copy or many copies. We encourage many. There would be a sign after the q a so if youd like to get your purchased book signed, lightp in an orderly fashion against this sort of cabinet at the conclusion of the talk. It is now my pleasure to introduce alexis coe, author of you never forget your first a biography of George Washington. She follows her awardwinnin
Prof. Harbour ok, we are ready to begin. We have two classes left this semester, today and then after thanksgiving. I want to welcome cspan and remind you, in terms of what we have been doing this semester, that, thus far, we have proceeded in a topical way of different aspects of the american presidency. In the first half of each class. In the second half of each class we have had individual case studies. This will be different because we are simply focusing on case studies. Today, we are going to talk about bill clinton and george w. Bush and time we will talk about barack obama and donald. There will be so little to talk about when it comes to donald trump, i worry about the silence. W. H bill clinton and george on the docket today, there were a few things that warranted some talking at the start. Some older folks like us to acclimate our psyches to realize that, to you all, bill clinton genuinely is a figure of history. None of you have an active recollection, or even a childhood r
Perpetuated. What i like about this is you get to not only debunk these things but try to figure out where they started and why people grew so attached to them because that also tells you a little bit more about how people understand the past and how they use it or misuse it. So, remember earlier in the semester we talked about the Jackson Magnolia. Who remembers the story . Andrew jacksons wife died right before he went to office so he planted this tree because it was her favorite tree. Matthew and he brought the seeds from the hermitage in tennessee and do you remember what jonathan told us . He said there isnt any contemporary evidence, Andrew Jackson never mentions planting a tree, theres nothing in newspapers so it seems like this is a story that has these romantic origins and its continued to grow from that ever since. So this is actually first known exterior photograph of the white house taken by a welsh born photographer named john plume jr. In january 1846. So if youre looking
I love it. Im thrilled to have you at your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older than a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was chief justice marshall. He served from 1831 until his death a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often as we think about the complex history. That this place, this institution has been witness to much of the history, including much of the history well discuss today. So think of that and th
Times, whether you were researching them on the internet or doing research for your papers in this class but there are a number of stories that continue to be circulated and perpetuated. What i like about this is you get to not only debunk these things but try to figure out where they started and why people grew so attached to them ecause that also tells you a little bit more about how people understand the past and how they use it or misuse it. So, remember earlier in the semester we talked about the Jackson Magnolia. I think a number of you went into detail about the Jackson Magnolia. Alex, was it you who wrote about the Jackson Magnolia . You already know this. But think about to when johnson pivska visited the class and we talked about the Jackson Magnolia. Who remembers the story . Andrew jacksons wife died right before he went to office so he planted this tree because it was her favorite tree. Matthew and he brought the seeds from the hermitage in tennessee and do you remember wh