Next on American History tv, we look at the history of white house transitions with gary walters, former white house chief usher. He talks about the work of the white house staff behind the scenes between the election of a new president and inauguration day. This is about 30 minutes. Former whiters, house chief usher. When did you begin to think about the events that were going to unfold on january 20 with the inauguration of a new president . To begin a we had year and a half before that because of the budget issues. We have to prepare for the possibility of a change in administration, even with the sitting president. Our procedures began down the additionalutting money and for inaugural activities which includes things like packing up one family, getting ready to receive a new family, and the overtime associated with that. So we begin a year and a half early for the budget cycle. Went to the next summer, gathering information as each of the candidates again to announce they will be r
The new president and Inauguration Day day. This is about 30 minutes. Host gary walters, when did you begin to think about the events that would unfold on january 20 with the inauguration of a new president . Mr. Walters we had to began because of the budget issues a year and a half before that. Each fouryear cycle we have to prepare for the possibility and change of administration, even with a sitting president. Began down the road in the budget cycle of putting additional money in for inaugural activities. Which included packing up one family, letting ready to receive a new family and the overtime associated with that. We began about a year and a half to get money and the budget cycle. Summer,went to the next gathering information as each of the candidates started to announce that they would be running for president. We started to gather information that we could gain from the media, whether it be television or newspapers or magazines, about what their favorite likes and dislikes. Ju
Tvs american artifacts visits Historic Places and museums. The National Building museum in washington dc was known as the pensions building in 1885, when Grover Clevelands inaugural ball was held in the building. Composed of over 15 million red bricks, it contains a red hall that is 316 feet long, and 160 feet tall. American history tv visited the building to learn about the inaugural balls of several president s, including jimmy carter, william mckinley, Ronald Reagan and barack obama. , thank you for joining us today and welcome to the National Building museum. My name is jean, gene and i am a volunteer tour guide for the museum. We are here to go through what we call the president ial inaugural tours. We do this every four years at inauguration time. Because this building, which was built as a Federal Office Building over 120 years ago turned out to be a wonderful place to have in inaugural inaugural balls. What we want to do is explain to you how this building got dealt, that built
Seven. He talks about the work of the white house staff behind the scenes, between the election of the new president and Inauguration Day day. Inauguration day. This is about 30 minutes. Host gary walters, when did you begin to think about the events that would unfold on january 20 with the inauguration of a new president . Mr. Walters we had to began because of the budget issues a year and a half before that. Each fouryear cycle we have to prepare for the possibility of a change of administration, even with a sitting president. Our procedures began down the road in the budget cycle of putting additional money in for inaugural activities. Which included packing up one family, getting ready to receive a new family and the overtime associated with that. We began about a year and a half to get money and the budget money in the budget cycle. Then it went to the next summer, gathering information as each of the candidates started to announce that they would be running for president. We star
Studentcam. Org. Next on American History tv, former white house staffers and members of president ial transition teams discuss how the first family prepares to move into the white house and how the this canning president governs through the first 100 days. Its a little over an hour. Well, good morning, all, and i welcome you to this very exciting vital issues session about the president ial transition in the white house. Id live to give a brief gsbo duction. Leading is dr. Kumar, the director of the white house transition project, a nonpartisan effort by presidency scholars to provide information on president ial transitions and white house operations to those who come into the white house. Also with with us is miss ann stock, a former teach er. She was Vice President of Institutional Affairs at John F Kennedy center of performing arts and serve d as Deputy Assistant to bill clinton as social secretary at the white house. I found it interesting quote about you. It says you always send