Helen tapped was more ambitious about getting to the white house than her husband, William Howard taft, and was willing to get personally in bald in politics to get him elected. As first lady, she overcame a serious illness directly mounted the white house. Invited top Classical Musicians to perform their, and support it causes that matter to her. Helen tap also has one of the most physical legacies of our first ladies. Washington d. C. s famous japanese cherry trees, the ones that frame the tidal basin in the Nations Capital and brings tens of thousands of visitors to washington every year. Good evening, and welcome to first ladies. Influence and image. The life of hell and taft, her husband served in the white house from 1909 to 1913. Here to tell us about her life and her legacy is her biographer lewis gold. His biography of her is helen taft, our musical first lady. You open the book by making the case that of the 20th century first lady, shes the most obscure but you say she deser
Luxembourg excluding the city streets of berlin braman and hamburg solid is the smallest state in germany roughly 100 kilometers from end to end. A great way to get a feel for the region its by crossing it by boat. To. One of these in the sol and still insiders to the small state is not as popular as bavaria all the baltic sea until 2000 troth coal was still being mined here so the saleh used to be an industrial region sure gree to germany for tourists but that has changed. An Extensive Network of hiking and biking trails provides direct access to nature. The circling eye of the works unesco World Heritage site honors the regions industrial past. And this weeks your video takes us to bosnia and herzegovina. I want to start by getting a proper overview. Treetop walkabouts the clue Visitors Center is the ideal place to get an idea of the lay of the land give me enders through the forest for over a kilometer culminating at a height of 42 meters on the observation platform what a view. Thi
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Sarah polk was very big on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She took an interest in politics, and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he want to see in the legislature, because if she would not married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for James Kaye Polk, he died three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42 year widowhood. Pulled place became a shrine and she would invite anyone she wanted to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected throughout their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects. Thats very interesting as a commentary on what a beloved status she had. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went to eve
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