Podcasts. Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact she really took an interest in politics. And that she was her she grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became somewhat of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. A very interesting commentary on what a beloved status sh
Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was, you know, earnest about her husbands work. She went to every post she could go to with him. He went through that arduous journey. The hardships were terrible. They really were. She was very well liked in the diplomatic community. T
The first friday of february to kickoff the program you all have programs in our seats and well be following that program with one exception at the outset here and well move through that as printed. On behalf of the board of board of directors of Historical Society and members again welcome to this celebration of black History Month. As you know any of you know black History Month was started by carter he Organization Association for the study of africanamerican life and history. It begun in 1926 and while a lot of us intend to think of black History Month begun there if carter woods startup the process of the black History Month was the bringing together of a number of activities that had been going on for years prior to 1926. So the celebration of black History Month week began in 26 and evolved to black History Month that. One of the interesting points about the gunning of black history slash month that carter woods had in mind not just the celebration on a particular day and partic
The first friday of february to kickoff the program you all have programs in our seats and well be following that program with one exception at the outset here and well move through that as printed. On behalf of the board of board of directors of Historical Society and members again welcome to this celebration of black History Month. As you know any of you know black History Month was started by carter he Organization Association for the study of africanamerican life and history. It begun in 1926 and while a lot of us intend to think of black History Month begun there if carter woods startup the process of the black History Month was the bringing together of a number of activities that had been going on for years prior to 1926. So the celebration of black History Month week began in 26 and evolved to black History Month that. One of the interesting points about the gunning of black history slash month that carter woods had in mind not just the celebration on a particular day and partic
The first friday of february to kickoff the program you all have programs in our seats and well be following that program with one exception at the outset here and well move through that as printed. On behalf of the board of board of directors of Historical Society and members again welcome to this celebration of black History Month. As you know any of you know black History Month was started by carter he Organization Association for the study of africanamerican life and history. It begun in 1926 and while a lot of us intend to think of black History Month begun there if carter woods startup the process of the black History Month was the bringing together of a number of activities that had been going on for years prior to 1926. So the celebration of black History Month week began in 26 and evolved to black History Month that. One of the interesting points about the gunning of black history slash month that carter woods had in mind not just the celebration on a particular day and partic