The curse continues in 1940, will that person also die in office, according to the curse . The first person who became a victim of the curse was William Henry harrison, who had been a military hero. Wellliked. He was elected in 1840. Before he was elected, and seven in92, lieutenant harrison 1792, lieutenant harrison served at the battle of Fallen Timbers. He was fighting against the miami native americans. It was about control over ohio. The treaty they have signed was being violated. By oup together a small a Small Coalition to do battle, they have been defeated. One of the shawnee leaders involved in the battle of Fallen Timbers was ironically, tecumseh , and would become the leader of a large band of shawnee. We have to individuals here whose path will cross in an ironic way. ,his is William Henry harrison the battle of Fallen Timbers, which ive just discussed, and chief tecumseh. Tecumseh was a chief of the shawnee. After a band of warriors the revolutionary war, years later, agai
Thro the perilous fight, ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Starspangledat banner yet wave, oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] tonight continues a wonderful weekend and yearlong of programming and activities as the Eisenhower Institute celebrates the 125th birth date of dwight d. Eisenhower. We have had film makers, members ofterans, the shape organization, and members of the eisenhower administration. We still like ike. Programlike to turn the over to steve scully, who will be moderating our town hall forum. Recognize someo of the brave men who served under general Dwight Eisenhower. We are pleased and honored and thrilled to have you here tonight. I think you all deserve a round of applause. [applause] thank you very very much. Thank all of you for being with us tonight. A rare and unique opportunity to the living grandchildren
Before. This is the hold broadside holt broadside, one of the original copies of the declaration of independence. Holt inrinted by john new york. It is an extremely valuable document. It is only one of four known to have to exist. It was brought to cincinnati by richard, who settled in cincinnati and was a meatpacker here in cincinnati. It was donated to the Historical Society in the late 19th century. Like i say, it has never been on exhibit before. It was one of the many copies made to distribute the word about the declaration of independence. There wasnt the communication that we has today. Much of that was done through broadside, newspapers, things like that. This copy is rare because they just do not survive. They were printed on paper. They were not cared for. Like many pieces, they were not seen as Historical Documents at the time. We are very, very fortunate that this one survived. This is, even though it doesnt look like much, one of the earliest pieces from cincinnati history
For that introduction, thank you so much. I wish my parents could have heard that. It would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. So there you go. Well, for me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year that began just a year ago when the library, the fred w. Smith library for the study of George Washington opened and i was able to take a seat as one of the inaugural library fellows. During that year, i learned what a treasure all of you have in mt. Vernon. Led by kurt v. Brands and with the library led by doug bradburn, the staff here is simply extraordinary. Theyre extraordinarily dedicated, theyre extraordinarily loyal and theyre extraordinarily collegial. For 150 years the mt. Vernon Ladies Association has kept this place special. And with the new library, the orientation and education center, no crop of those women have done a better job than the current one, at least since martha did it alone. Among those remarkable women, of
Stay and answer additional questions or whatever you want to talk about. The life in the whit war of 18t for two and a half years. We dont call world war ii the war of 1941 to we dont call the civil war the world 1861 but we call it the war of 1812. Folks that support it and feel it was a positive thing called americas second war for independence. I think it was that. Its detractors call it an unnecessary war come and they think it was unnecessary. Thankfully we havent had an unnecessary war since then, right . [laughter] i call it the unknown war because no one does anything about it. My favorite president harry truman was characteristically blunt on the war of 1812 treaty, he called it the silliest damn war we ever fought. And they think it was that, too. It was a war that had we won, candidate would have been a state. And possibly we would have had a huge slave colony in mexico, maybe even cuba. Had we lost the war of 1812, we wouldve become once again a colony of britain. But after