Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact and she really took an interest in politics and that 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 won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if hed 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 anybody who wanted to come for a visit to see the objects that 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 to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a
Thank you to all the panelists for participating in this fascinating discussion. [applause] youre watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation like us on facebook at cspan history. American history tv is featuring cspans original series, first ladies, influence and image at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time on sunday nights throughout the rest of the year. Cspan produced the series in cooperation with the White House Historical organization. We tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now circle, Margaret Taylor, and Albert Fillmore. Sarah polk, Margaret Taylor and Albert Fillmore on the first ladies. This is 90 minutes. Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy. 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. She would not have married james if he [inaudible] unfortunately for james polk he died and sarah became a
Prime minister shinzo abe took a swing at golf diplomacy today at the Trump National golf club in jupiter, florida. Theyre spending the weekend together, discussing trade and shared security interests. First lady melania trump, and ackia aby toured the Morikami Museum and japanese gardened in delray beach. The couple are staying at the winter white house, trumps Maralago Club in palm beach. Major garrett is there and reports the president also spent some time on twitter. Reporter President Trump arrived at his florida club for a golf summit with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. But wrangling over the president S Immigration policies have already overshadowed the diplomatic engagement. This morning, president tweeted that once he gets involved in negotiations, the price of a border wall between the u. S. And mexico will come way down. Mr. Trump is also confronting resistance to hiS Immigration ban, which is currently on hold. The president told reporters on air force one yesterday a
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Prime minister shinzo abe took a swing at golf diplomacy today at the Trump National golf club in jupiter, florida. Theyre spending the weekend together, discussing trade and shared security interests. First lady melania trump, and ackia aby toured the Morikami Museum and japanese gardened in delray beach. The couple are staying at the winter white house, trumps Maralago Club in palm beach. Major garrett is there and reports the president also spent some time on twitter. Reporter President Trump arrived at his florida club for a golf summit with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. But wrangling over the president S Immigration policies have already overshadowed the diplomatic engagement. This morning, president tweeted that once he gets involved in negotiations, the price of a border wall between the u. S. And mexico will come way down. Mr. Trump is also confronting resistance to hiS Immigration ban, which is currently on hold. The president told reporters on air force one yesterday a