She was not happy that her husband had been elected president. She was not looking forward to being the first lady. The problem was of course, that he died only one month into his presidency, and she never made it to washington. In 1836, when john tyler resigned from the United States senate, he and his wife laetitia and her family moved to williamsburg. It is right here that laetitia tyler suffered her stroke in 1839 and john tyler learned that he was elected as Vice President William Henri harrison, and it is also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became tenth president of the United States, and that laetitia tyler learned that she became the first lady. She has another terrible stroke and guys. Her husband goes into great morning and then he meets Julia Gardiner who is another young love in her twenties. Julia is the madonna of the first ladies. She loved publicity. She actually posed as a model which was frowned upon. She was bewitching. They had a total of a
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 thank you for telling us about your scholarship and we look forward to learning more about this period of American History through the writings of julia tyler. Thanks for your time. Thank you very much. We have a few minutes left. I want to get a couple more calls in. Next one is a call from bill in fishers, indiana. Hi. Caller enjoying your show very much and your two guests as well very much. I was wondering was julia a religious person and i was wondering about her conversion to catholicism and how that influenced her later life. Do you know. I will leave julia to talk about her. Was she religious . Not really, but she does join the Catholic Church later in life and im not sure why she actually does that. Perhaps the church gains more by that than she does because theres always been that tension between protestants and catholics in this country, even though we dont have an official religion, most people think of america as
Somebody had to do it i am the chosen one. Somebody had to do it. Were live from the white house. Those stories, plus going nowhere fast the new report that shows traffic in america is officially worse than its ever been. Stunning sight new images of the titanic revealed, the first in nearly two decades and what scientists were shocked they didnt find. And stampede oh, my god. The dramatic moment tourists find themselves caught in the middle of a massive herd of bison at yellowstone look at the big one oh today, thursday, august 22nd, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a thursday morning can you imagine being in that car . Its like the summer of bison. I feel like weve seen these bison stampedes over and over the past weeks fortunately in this case everyone was okay. We did have to bleep some of that video well show you what happened in a few
Trump. You know, andy card, chief of staff to president george w. Bush. It seems to me that president s always come to washington to change history and history always changes them. I think it is both. Every president has changed much more than they thought they would be by serving as president. A lot has to do because of the sacrifices. They are very moved by the american people. Especially those that step up and say i will serve. So the call to Noble Service is an important call for the president to recognize and reward. That is never taken for granted by george w. Bush. Never. He greatly appreciated anyone who served, whether it was as a staff at the white house. With the battle with iraq or afghanistan, he was completely grateful to the Service People gave to this country. I have heard him say at times when he was being heavily criticized and he would say look, nobody made me do this. He recognized that that was part of the job. And it was very very tough. He had phenomenal parents
Trump. You know, andy card, chief of staff to president george w. Bush. It seems to me that president s always come to washington to change history and history always changes them. I think it is both. Every president has changed much more than they thought they would be by serving as president. A lot has to do because of the sacrifices. They are very moved by the american people. Especially those that step up and say i will serve. So the call to Noble Service is an important call for the president to recognize and reward. That is never taken for granted by george w. Bush. Never. He greatly appreciated anyone who served, whether it was as a staff at the white house. With the battle with iraq or afghanistan, he was completely grateful to the Service People gave to this country. I have heard him say at times when he was being heavily criticized and he would say look, nobody made me do this. He recognized that that was part of the job. And it was very very tough. He had phenomenal parents