Write to even though you are never to see it or know it. A very poignant letter written by a grieving mother. There was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. The axelrod broke on the train and, her son did not survive the crash. She said the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much to take care of. She was not interested in housekeeping. She was not capable of taking care of the house. Pierce himself was seen as a failure in the office. It was probably the unhappiest of all presidencies. Good evening, and welcome to cspans first ladies influence image. In this program we learn about the final mueller first ladies of the antebellum era. We meet jane pierce whose tenure in the white house was defined by overwhelming loss. By the time she and her husband Franklin Pierce arrived at the executive mansion, they had lost all three of their young sons and this reluctant first lady finds herself crippled by grief. For the next 45 minutes we
She hated politics, hated it with a passion. She did not move in to the white house with pierce. This couch is one piece that they took to the white house. They had eight rooms that they had to furnish with their personal furniture. When she did arrive, she basically holed up and spent much of her time writing letters to her dead son. In her great grief, she calls him, my precious child, i must write to you, although you are never to see it or know it. A very poignant letter written by a grieving mother. They were on a train from boston to concord and there was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. An axle rod broke on the train and benny did not survive the crash. She concluded that this was gods judgment, that the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much for jane to take care of. I dont think she was interested in housekeeping particularly. She just wasnt capable of taking care of a house. Most would regard that pierce himself as
Mid60s here. If you are north, it is sold out. 51 most of the temperatures here, fog still an issue, visibility really good for some, not so good for others. Half of the bay anywhere from zero to half a mile or three quarters of a mile in the same can be set around petaluma. A lot of cloud cover, on the mild side, 60s four minium temperatures today. That was nice, that sammy davis, that was nice. The fog is still there although it might be better now as the sun is coming up, visibly slightly better. It is very slow, theres a long line, could be because of the fog but you can see how slow it is approaching the Richmond Bridge. A crash that lingers at ashby avenue, the bay bridge toll plaza lighter because people are coming in from 580 or 880, you can take advantage of that. 880 is completely fogged in. If you look at the commute, you can see traffic is okay. Lets go back to the desk. San jose busy this morning investigating a deadly shooting. It happened on florence avenue and white roa
As you continue to enjoy your dessert, id like to begin our program because we have a very special program today. I think the most special of the eight that weve had in this annual observance of steve indicators birthday. Im Stuart Mclaurin and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. Welcome you to our campus here at historic Decatur House and on behalf of our board of directors, our National Council on white house history and my staff colleagues, i would like to welcome you here to the White House Historical association and historic Decatur House for this eighth observance. This actually began in 2006, and weve done it every year. Of course, with covid. We had to go virtual, but weve had wonderful, extraordinary speakers each time. And this time is going to be no different. You had the opportunity to hear earlier from former secretary of the Navy John Dalton, and also hes also a former member of the board of directors here at the associat
As you continue to enjoy your dessert, id like to begin our program because we have a very special program today. I think the most special of the eight that weve had in this annual observance of steve indicators birthday. Im Stuart Mclaurin and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. Welcome you to our campus here at historic Decatur House and on behalf of our board of directors, our National Council on white house history and my staff colleagues, i would like to welcome you here to the White House Historical association and historic Decatur House for this eighth observance. This actually began in 2006, and weve done it every year. Of course, with covid. We had to go virtual, but weve had wonderful, extraordinary speakers each time. And this time is going to be no different. You had the opportunity to hear earlier from former secretary of the Navy John Dalton, and also hes also a former member of the board of directors here at the associat