Before the nixon improvements, you can see a portion of his lydia can tell you better than me. The wine cellar, semicircular, is still down there. The mike, oh, okay. Traces of jeffersons wine cellar and after the war of 1812, when the house was rebuilt, where the west wing big building is now was a stable. It is under the dining room windows, wasnt a very clear decision. And it was paved all in there, and you can the big arch is still there, just filled in where the horses were admitted. So it is the west wing is a working wing and it receives plenty of attention, but it does have a job to do. Yes. I would like to know when was electricity put in the white house so that an elevator could be used by president roosevelt or if, for some reason, they didnt have a back up, were there ramps or anything of that sort to be used . The first elevator, which was a counterweight elevator, not electrical, was ordered by president garfield and put in later by put into operation by arthur. It was ne
The symbol had survived and even increased in power and roosevelt dismissed any critics of the remodeling as yahoos. Thats all he said. The white house was lived in hard for the next some 40 years. World war i and ii passed by. Very little in world war i, world war ii. They lived it down. And it also was threatened with being dangerous for bombs and things during the war. We thought wed be attacked. Ms. Roosevelt wrote in the summer of 43 and said qun father expects los angeles to be bombed this summer. So the Great Depression was battled from its walls in world war ii. president coolidge in the 20s tore off the attic and added a lowprofile third floor. President franklin met with the corps of engineers after pearl harbor, and among the many negative documents, a particular one brought a week after pearl harbor called the house a fire trap. Roosevelt simply dismissed the report. I dont want to hear it. In 1945 came a president no one had ever heard much about. Harry s. Truman was a Pro
President franklin met with the corps of engineers after pearl harbor, and among the many negative documents, a particular one brought a week after pearl harbor called the house a fire trap. Roosevelt simply dismissed the report. I dont want to hear it. In 1945 came a president no one had ever heard much about. Harry s. Truman was a Problem Solver and considered that he had an appropriate knowledge of architecture and interior design. Some might have objected to that, but he did have a history of dealing with buildings. One might question trumans sophistication but his sensitivity towards symbols was acute. Always had been. As he was to demonstrate with this house, the corps brought to him the same documents that hed truman read them and ordered a structural investigation from the corps. He wasted no time. And the resulting death sentence predictably, the corps said the house must be torn down and reconstructed. The widowed Eleanor Roosevelt moved out from the second and third floors s
Outskirts in oak ridge cemetery. So, like it is important to the city of springfield. Cyber is up to 2005 to the public, and home to many folks here in Central Illinois. A president ial library for the greatest president. The purpose of the library is very basic, to preserve and pass on the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Hes a man who i think best encapsulated what it means to be american, what the whole idea of america is all about. Freedom, equality, opportunity. We do put him on a pedestal, rightly, but he was also a human being and had great ambitions to do great things. And he certainly succeeded in that. Abraham lincoln was born in 1809 in kentucky. He lived there just for a few years, moved when he was six or seven up to indiana and lived through his teens and indiana. He grew up on the frontier, so he had a lot of hard work to do clearing land, essentially being a farmer in many ways. Again, lived a very difficult life though, i think. One that he was determined to move beyond. You
Tyler is married to sarah olson and they have a fiveyearold son, leo, and a two euro twoyear old daughter willa. Ladies and gentlemen, tyler olson. [applause] good evening, everybody. It is good to be here with you. I am here for two reasons. The first is to see all of you. I see some familiar faces. The second is very simple. Iowa needs a new governor. [applause] as john said, i have a five yearold and a twoyearold. A lot of you have come tonight and asked if my kids are here. The first question i thought would be, good to see you, but it is are your kids here . This is one of our favorite times of day. After dinner, we put on the music. My fiveyearold and twoyear old dance around the house. Not quite in a venue like this, this is a nice ballroom, but around the living room. There is nothing more joyful than a fiveyearold and a two yearold dancing around the house. They dont care if anybody is watching. My wife and i are making sure the blinds are down and the curtains are drawn becau