It was at a student political meeting in ohio in 1962, the summer between my sophomore and junior years of a college, and we were writing notes back and forth to each other during some very important session or whatever students do, and he had something sort of typically 19yearold boy pompous, and i wrote back, im the youngest of five. I have an insane family. Host who are they . Guest my family is a wonderful family. My father and mother were some of the most dedicated public servantses in the history of the country, and my father, hail boggs, elected before i was born. 26 years old. My mother was 24. They had a baby girl, the day of his elects, and eight days later a baby boy, and they came here, and i think about it now, you know, in my old age, and think about these kids coming to washington. In this day and age theyd still be on their Parents Health insurance, and there they were, the member of congress and his wife. Of course they werent kids in that era. They were fully grownup
What the war was over was about the continues to play out in a variety of different ways. My real question is on the 1903 world series. To counterfactuals. Even if mcclellan had won that election he would not have taken office until march 4, 1865 when the war was virtually over. Over. Do you really think he would have exceeded to the southern demands that they be aa separate country . And if lincoln had gone on with the radicals have done to him at least a modified form of what they did to johnson . Let me just say one thing that will connect baseball to lincoln i can do that. Theres a wonderful political culture that shows Lincoln Holding a bat and the other three candidates holding balls using baseball is a metaphor for which candidate should be elected. Elected. Lincoln is talking about striking the ball fair and hitting a home run lincoln wrote a blonde memoranda beforehand saying in the event he lost he felt it would be his duty before the inauguration of the next president to res
What the war was over was about the continues to play out in a variety of different ways. My real question is on the 1903 world series. To counterfactuals. Even if mcclellan had won that election he would not have taken office until march 4, 1865 when the war was virtually over. Over. Do you really think he would have exceeded to the southern demands that they be aa separate country . And if lincoln had gone on with the radicals have done to him at least a modified form of what they did to johnson . Let me just say one thing that will connect baseball to lincoln i can do that. Theres a wonderful political culture that shows Lincoln Holding a bat and the other three candidates holding balls using baseball is a metaphor for which candidate should be elected. Elected. Lincoln is talking about striking the ball fair and hitting a home run lincoln wrote a blonde memoranda beforehand saying in the event he lost he felt it would be his duty before the inauguration of the next president to res
Networks. Than 50 years of repo world events thats this christmas dane at cspan networks. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits museums and historic places. Up next, we take you inside the house wing of the u. S. Capitol to learn about the history of women in congress in the second of a twopart program, we continue the story beginning in the 1940s with republican congresswoman clare boothe luce. Im farrah elliott, a curator for the house of representatives and that means that i take care of a lot of the artifacts, the artwork, the objects that document the houses rich heritage. My nobody job is to collect bigraphical information on members, gather data and historic list and conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. And we try to tell the story of the house which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can kind of connect with it at a human level some we do that through tel
Words we heard so many wonderful words from our panel, so we are going to ask you to the fourth floor. Join me once again and taking the panel us, and we will see you on the fourth floor. [applause] join us today at 2 00 pm discussion e for a on ronald reagan. We look at reagans skills as a and how it r, attributed to his success as a president. And the influences of his experiences on his political career. That is today at 2 00 pm time here on cspan3s American History tv. Each week, we visit museums and historic places. Up next, we take you inside the of the u. S. Capital to learn about the history of women in congress. In the second of a twopart program, we continue the story with ning in the 1940s clare boothe luce. I am farar elliott, a curator for the museum. I take care of the artifacts, the objects that documents the house is rich heritage. I am matthew wasniewski. Historian at the house, and my job is to collect Historical Information on the members. To conduct oral histories.