The latest from prosecutors in court and why the defense says the governments got the case all wrong. Melanias message. The first lady firing back at the former friend who shared secret recordings of their conversations. They are not with the parents. Its sad. But when they come here alone or with coyotes or illegally, you you know, you need to do something. How shes hand lynx the fallout and the way she chose to get her message across. Nfl setback. The patriots canceling practice after a new positive covid19 test. How more cases could affect the nfl schedule. Will they now be blitzing in the bubble . Hey, good morning, everybody. Great to be with you for another weekend. Lets get straight to our top story. With tminus 17 days until the election, President Trump and former Vice President joe biden are hitting the campaign trail hard focusing on key battlegrounds. President Trump Holding rallies overnight in florida and georgia while biden was mobilizing voters in michigan. The candidat
Consider Caroline Harrison as one of the most underage or to serve in this role. Well learn why in this segment of first ladies, influence and image. Here to tell us more about Caroline Harrison or two guests who know the office well. The first ladys historian, the director meredith of that enormously popular first ladies exhibit at this milled sonia. Its edi i thank you for coming in. And bills seale, white house historian, has spent his professional career understanding the history of that buildings. Among his books is the president s white house. And doctors, were going to start with an illustration tonight. For the government was spending a lot of money. Its she got into it by wanting to create a house, they were crammed in this house. The only lived upstairs. You see, understand on the picture, the middle of the upper picture, the columns and the street side of it the office was on the left. Its the east room was below that, and the other public rooms on the ground floor. Then the
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. 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 at the white house, this is 1846, so in theory jackson planted his tree already, right . But i dont see a magnolia anywhere. So this also bolsters the case that perhaps the magnolia came a little bit later than people think. Heres an outdoor shot by lewis walt
Alex, was it you who wrote about the Jackson Magnolia. It was. So you already know about this. For everybody else, think back when Jonathan Pliska visited our class and we talked about the story behind the Jackson Magnolia. Who remembers the story, not alex. Anybody else . Yeah, william. Andrew jacksons wife died right before he went to office so he planted the tree because it was her favorite tree. Uhhuh. And he brought the seeds from the herm taj in tennessee and do you remember what jonathan told us . False. Well, he said that there really isnt any type of contemporary evidence. Andrew jackson never mentions planting a tree. Theres nothing in newspapers. So it seems like this is a story that has, of course, these romantic origins and its continued to grow from that ever since. So this is actually the first known exterior photograph of the white house. It was taken by a welshborn photographer named john plume jr. And about january, 1846. So, if youre looking at the white house, this
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