Discusses the life of the woman married to president Warren Harding and dispels some of the myths during her time at the white house. The Historical Association hosted the event and provided the video. Today we are welcoming the author of a dozen books on president ial families, including four full length first lady biographies and an overview of all the families who made their home in the white house. We wrote a two volume history americas first family an inside view of 200 years of private life in the white house. He served as a consultant to the smithsonian interpretation of the exhibit and was a librarys historian until 2017. He is currently writing camera girl ethe first chronicling of jacqueline bovine kennedys life when she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer. Welcome, carl. Thank you. I appreciate so much being able to join the white house Historical Association today and im very honored to give you a little bit of a background about Florence Harding and the book. You kn
Good afternoon. Im Matthew Denhart president of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation. And on behalf of the College Foundation board of trustees, the state of vermont, the coolidge historic site, the coolidge family. It is my honor to welcome you here to Plymouth Notch for the centennial celebration, the inauguration of president coolidge. It was 100 years ago in this small village that president coolidge was sworn into office by the light of a kerosene lamp at 247 in the morning, by own father, colonel John Coolidge, many gathered last night. Well, earlier morning, as we recreated the scene, more than 100, perhaps 200 gathered to see this transfer of power recreated. We have a brief program planned today with remarks from coolidge biographer Coolidge Foundation chairman amity shlaes from vermonts 80th governor jim douglas and from members of the coolidge family, Christopher Coolidge jeter and Jennifer Coolidge harville. Then well reenact the scene at this more humane. Our hopef
Good afternoon. Im Matthew Denhart president of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation. And on behalf of the College Foundation board of trustees, the state of vermont, the coolidge historic site, the coolidge family. It is my honor to welcome you here to Plymouth Notch for the centennial celebration, the inauguration of president coolidge. It was 100 years ago in this small village that president coolidge was sworn into office by the light of a kerosene lamp at 247 in the morning, by own father, colonel John Coolidge, many gathered last night. Well, earlier morning, as we recreated the scene, more than 100, perhaps 200 gathered to see this transfer of power recreated. We have a brief program planned today with remarks from coolidge biographer Coolidge Foundation chairman amity shlaes from vermonts 80th governor jim douglas and from members of the coolidge family, Christopher Coolidge jeter and Jennifer Coolidge harville. Then well reenact the scene at this more humane. Our hopef
She has published six books. Most recently editing in 2016 a companion to first ladies. Blackwell companion to american history. Monographs include reds in america, stolen secrets and the dawn of the cold war, loans and legitimacy, the evolution of soviet american revelations and the subject of tonights presentation which is for sale right outside. First Lady Florence harding, behind the tragedy and controversy. Dr. Sibly serves on the Editorial Board for american communist history and on the historical raisery committee for the United States department of state. She received her ph. D from the university of california santa barbara. Her commentary has appeared recently, to name a few, in time, the guardian, usa today and Canadian Broadcasting Company and the new yorker or the new york post, my apologies and heres something you dont hear about historians every single day. In 2011 she got to appear as Florence Harding in a play which she wrote at the ohio state marion campus. We are so
She has published six books. Most recently editing in 2016 a companion to first ladies. Blackwell companion to american history. Monographs include reds in america, stolen secrets and the dawn of the cold war, loans and legitimacy, the evolution of soviet american revelations and the subject of tonights presentation which is for sale right outside. First Lady Florence harding, behind the tragedy and controversy. Dr. Sibly serves on the Editorial Board for american communist history and on the historical raisery committee for the United States department of state. She received her ph. D from the university of california santa barbara. Her commentary has appeared recently, to name a few, in time, the guardian, usa today and Canadian Broadcasting Company and the new yorker or the new york post, my apologies and heres something you dont hear about historians every single day. In 2011 she got to appear as Florence Harding in a play which she wrote at the ohio state marion campus. We are so