This concludes the observance. These be seated for departure of the president of the United States. Thank you for joining us today as we celebrate and honor all who serve. [applause] the role of u. S. Intelligence of monitoring drones from other countries. Federal contractors and hiring procedures. Washington journal is live every morning starting at 7 00 on c span. Coming up, our first ladies Series Features Jacqueline Kennedy. A veterans Day Celebration ceremony at the world war ii memorial. I think every first lady should do something in this tradition to help the thing that she cares about. I just think that everything in the white house should be the best. The entertainment that is given here. Children are the same the world over and so is our feeling for children. I think it is good in the world, there is quite enough to divide people, so we should cherish the language and the emotion that unites us. Jacqueline kennedys 1000 days as first lady was defined by images, young mother,
Welcome to cspans first ladies, influence and image. Tonight we tell you the story of Jacqueline Kennedy. We have two guests at the next table at the table to tell you more. A president ial historian and author of many books on the presidency, with a special focus on the cold war era and Kennedy Administration. Is a uva political scientist and as part of the modern first ladies serious she has written a Jacqueline Kennedy biography. I want to start, before we get into details on the white house years, with the assassination and the imagery of the assassination. Anyone who was alive at that time has those images in their mind. Subsequently, because of the power of the internet, we were talking before about the collective consciousness. People have experienced this since it happened. She was just 34 years old. Just 34 years old. From the moment at dallas, we know so much about the story. You forget he was shot into her arms. For five minutes they were there and she felt that they left th
President kennedy and his funeral cemented her in the public consciousness. Welcome to the cspan series, first ladies, influence and image. We have two guests at the table, to tell you more about her story. He has a special focus on the cold war era and the Kennedy Administration. Robert parry is a political scientist and as part of the modern first ladies series, he has written the Jacqueline Kennedy biography. Before we get into more details about her white house years, i want to talk about the images of that assassination. Anyone who was alive at that time has those images in their mind. This is a collective consciousness. She was just 34 years old. Just 34 years old. We know so much about this story. He was shot and into her arms, for five minutes they were there and she felt that they left the hospital to go back to washington, but they had to do something to make sure that he had the historical reputation. What would a 34yearold woman have have the sense of that experience . What
She has almost 15 years of service in the federal government including prominent roles with the us senate as well as the library of congress, dr. Shogun teaches government students at Georgetown University and served as vice chair of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission. Another feather in her cap in an illustrious resume is that she currently serves as a cochair of the board of directors at the womens Suffrage National Monument Foundation designated by the congress to build the first memorial in dc dedicated to the history of the movement for womens equality. Its a huge deal. To begin with our panelists we have elaine rice bachmann, who is the state archivist of maryland and a coauthor of a wonderful book designing camelot published by the White House Historical association, and im proud to say it was launched in this very room on july 28th, which happens to be Jacqueline Kennedys birthday. I was there for that event and when im tired of practicing law i go into my study and i lo
Good time. Well start our second panel today. First i want to introduce the moderator our very own colleen shogun. Who is the Senior Vice President at the David M Rubinstein National Center for white house history of the White House Historical association . Dr. Shogun is a trained political scientist with a phd in american politics from Yale University as well as a bachelors degree in Political Science from boston college. She has almost 15 years of service in the federal government including prominent roles with the us senate as well as the library of congress, dr. Shogun teaches government students at Georgetown University and served as vice chair of the womens Suffrage Centennial commission. Another feather in her cap in an illustrious resume is that she currently serves as a cochair of the board of directors at the womens Suffrage National Monument Foundation designated by the congress to build the first memorial in dc dedicated to the history of the movement for womens equality. I