Podcasts. Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact she really took an interest in politics. And that she was her 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 won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became somewhat of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through 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 to her. A very interesting commentary on what a beloved status sh
Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through 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 to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was, you know, earnest about her husbands work. She went to every post she could go to with him. He went through that arduous journey. The hardships were terrible. They really were. She was very well liked in the diplomatic community. T
Most of our come out he calls himself ataturk father of the turks and catapults turkey into the modern age couldnt and didnt have one of his greatest achievements was making women visible. He knows no mercy for himself or for others im not a dictator i want to rule by capturing the hearts of the people not by breaking them a controversial hero both loved and hated is present day turkey still divided by ataturks revolution. The 1st world war the Ottoman Empire allies itself with the german empire and austria hungary against france russia and Great Britain one of modern historys most brutal battles takes place off turkeys mediterranean coast allied warships attempt to pass through the dardanelles straits and reach istanbul but they fail this gives rise to a new allied strategy and an opportunity for most of our kemal ataturk. The allied forces attacked the deliberately peninsular with infantry sparking a static battle that lasts for months. The young officer Mustafa Kemal is in command o
Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Also a member of the wig Political Party and todd and clay shared some political ideas especially in regard to slavery. Both clay and todd supported the American Colonization Society which was a movement to resettle freed blacks back to liberia. So this represents yet another view on slavery that mary lincoln was exposed to as a chi child. This is the gentlemans parlor of the house and its a section of the house that would have been offlimits to the women, but according to one of Mary Todd Lincolns cousins, mary would like to sit in on the political conversations when her father was entertaining the prominent men of the day. Mary lincoln might have taken an interest in politics to help garner attention from her father who was very active in state and local politics. And our next caller is from lexington, kentucky. John is on the line. John, your question or comment. Hello, thank you for taking my call. I certainly appreciate the empathetic and
A great way to get a feel for the region its by crossing it by boat. In the saddle and still insiders to the small state is not as popular as bavaria all the baltic sea until 2012 coal was still being mined here so used to be an industrial region sure gree true during for tourists but that has changed. And Extensive Network of hiking and biking trails provides direct access to nature. Circling in the works you know. School 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 walker books the clue Visitors Center is the ideal place to get an idea of fully of the land of manners through the forest for over a kilometer culminating at a height of 42 meters on the observation platform what a view. This Horseshoe Bend in the river is known as the xhosa life and its by far the most popular attraction and salt lands. From up here you can see it pretty well the silence is green