As with much of womens history, her story is generally relegated to second tier when talking about her husband, so it is a pleasure tonight to have william hazlegrove here to share his expert perspective and thoughts on her contributions to history. His new book is a look at her role after wilson suffered his debilitating stroke. This latest book is just one of 13 of his books. After his talk books will be , available to purchase and im sure he would be happy to sign them. Please be sure to connect with us through our website and social media so we can keep you uptodate on our Upcoming Events and exhibitions. We will be opening our latest exhibition on october 28. It is called evolving elections. It looks at the 1916 and 2016 elections. Which we will all be glad his history some. One of our most popular events, vintage game nights, is coming up. Please ask any of the staff who is here on how to get involved. Without further ado, william hazlegrove. [applause] mr. Hazelgrove thank you f
Im one of those people. I have never heard that. Happy valentine. A lot of times in philadelphia we approximate word. You take notice. So if you just joined us at 7 00, what are you thinking . You have to have Something Better on. I notice somebody said yesterday, happy new years. It is happy new year. Only mike would get annoyed by that. Yes. And then i get a text yesterday afternoon saying we will have party favors if you want to use it on the air tomorrow because most of the staff wont be there. Right. But, feel free to use these party favors to pretend like it is new years eve. This is what was left on my test being. Yeah. Celebration. Purple and black. Wow, wow, wow. Hey, good day, it is december 30th. It is in the new years eve. But it is another holiday. It is still hanukkah. It is also kwanzaa. It is your daughters day. It is nia day of kwanzaa, fifth day of kwanzaa and her name means purpose swahili. Okay. Why not the sixth day. There is another one. There is another one. You
Bus. Coming up next, on the presidency, author William Hazelgrove talks about his book madam president , the secret presidency of edith wilson. She married Woodrow Wilson after his first wife died in the white house and when he suffered a massive stroke in 1919, it was edith who guarded access to the recovering president. The president Woodrow Wilson house in washington, d. C. Hosted this hour long event. Okay. Well, welcome, everyone, to the Woodrow Wilson house. Im thrilled to see you all here tonight. Im carrie villar, the interim director at the wilson house. And just before we get started, point out the portrait on the wall. I think it is thats the lady were going to be talking about tonight. And it is fitting that were here. Her birthday was a couple of days ago, so to be here celebrating her birthday. Were indebted to edith wilson for her forethought and commitment to preserving her husbands legacy. Without her generosity, the wilson house wouldnt exist. Shes the woman who saved
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From beyonce, to bruce springsteen, philadelphias in the spotlight of the music worlds. Where you can find both performers in our city today. So the thing was, when i took an uber to go see bruce springsteen, couple of weeks ago, the same night, the same time, was adele across from the wells fargo sent, so funny, the girl got in the uber, she was going to go see adele. I said thats difficult, right . All of the ladies go to adele, all of the dudes go to bruce. Im local about being happy about my dunkin donut happy on this coffee day. This there this is that will cheer you up. National coffee day. You know it will be a good day when the Dunkin Donuts truck. Thanks for coming up. And theyre un the tent which we needed to . We need all of the rain gear, poncho, umbrella, just stay safe out there, and try and stay dry, because well have periods of rain really the entire day. 63 degrees right now. Winds a little breezy, at 13 Miles Per Hour. Weve seen some higher gusts up to 30 Miles Per Ho