Examines the transformation of washington, d. C. Political and physical landscape between the spanish american war and world war i. This program from the society of the Anderson House in washington, d. C. Is 40 minutes. [applause] thank you, emily. And good morning. Its a great pleasure to introduce william seale. I have known william for a very long time because he married my good friend and colleague classmate. William seale is a charming if texas gentleman whose interest in history and the building has fuelled a long career in both off. He holds a b. A. And ph. D. From duke. He left texas and spent two years in colombia South Carolina restoring the campus. He then came to washington to write a history of the state capital with Henry Hedgecock and their two sons settled in the native alexandria. At this point in his career, he focused on two things. Historic restoration. His volume in the white house was published by the White House Historical society in 1986 with the second edition
What solution is there . Even if you had a fair tax or flat tax, youve still got to have an i. R. S. And i love Arthur Laffer, reagans economic advisor, he said, you dont have to have the i. R. S. Do away with it. The problem with the i. R. S. Is of course theyre going to get arrogant because they pick who theyre going to audit, just like weve seen with all these abuses, they put they pick what all they are going to audit, just as weve been hearing, they get so intrusive, so personal, and then they decide what your punishment is going to be. Theres no other area in america, and i sure dont think the think the founders anticipated that the i. R. S. Or any entity would exist that could be the prosecutor, the judge, the jury, and the executioner all. And thats why Arthur Laffer says, you need to get rid of the i. R. S. And have an Auditing Agency thats a fraction of the size of the i. R. S. , they dont get to pick who they audit, thats done completely at random they never get to pick who
The shoals. And some more ships would sail up the bay under captain peter parker to disrupt communications and further confuse the americans. And hes able hes able to persuade ross and Admiral Cochrane to go along with this. Ross, he takes them ashore, in st. Marys county and ross sees how poor the defenses are. And ross is, you know, an aggressive commander himself. He certainly has proven himself in the european wars, and hes eager to get home. Hes got a wife who is not at all happy hes been sent across the ocean to fight in this new war. So what they agree to is they dont commit to an attack on washington, but they agree that theyll land the forces at benedict, and go try to trap barney and based on the resistance they meet, they can make a decision as to whether or not to continue on to washington. Cockburns plans are zealously endorsed by one of ross officers. This is lieutenant george de lacy evans. This picture was taken much later, during the crimean war, where he commanded a d
200 years ago this summer in he war of 1812, british soldiers invaded washington, d. C. 24, 1814 and set fire to the white house and the u. S. Building. President James Madison and first Lady Dolly Madison fled the city. Highlights from a symposium looking back at what war. Nown as mr. Madisons the White House Historical association, u. S. Capitol society, and James Madisons mt. Peelier cohosted this event. Our next speaker this mornings session will be talking about Dolly Madison and the british invasion of washington, d. C. In the war of 1812. We have heard some things about Dolly Madisons role in the war of 1812. Now, well hear more from holly shulman, a former editor of the Dolly Payne Todd madison papers. Associate Senior Editor of the papers of James Madison in 2004. Dr. Shooulman continued to publh Dolly Madison papers which she has grants from the Historic Preservation and Records Commission of the national archives. Please welcome holly shulman. [ applause ] those of you who a
And most of them i think were built around either boston or philadelphia. In supporting the war, and particularly the naval war, did jobs ever come into any of the equations in 1812, or looking longer through American History, when did jobs become an issue of National Policy . All right. When did jobs start driving our defense policy . Yes. Not during this war. I dont see any evidence that federalists said, well, weve got to support expanding the navy because thats going to be jobs in our commercial ports where were often in a majority. Ive not seen that hint of that. And this is a rare war, in that the we really did bad economically during the war. Sometimes we do very well during a war, i think its more typical that the massive spending in the ploumt, world war ii being the best case probably, generates economic activity. But not in this war. And thats largely as Andrew Lambert will be happy to remind us, because of the overwhelming power of the british navy. Which established a bloc