I have been so passionate about history for well over half my life. I first got into president s when i was seven years old. My mother brought me this book called so you want to be president . George andudith st. David small. I actually dont know why she bought me the book. I think she offered to tell me at one point that i declined because i like the mystique about it. Brian have you read the whole book . Kurt it was a very thin book. When i really liked was the illustrations. It was my first exposure to president s and i found the illustrations very funny. There is William Howard taft, who famously got stuck in the bathtub at the white house. When david smalls illustrations did was they showed president taft being lifted out of the bathtub with an industrial crane. There is an operator wearing a hard hat lifting taft out of the bathtub while he is holding a champagne glass and turkey leg. Stuff like that got me interested in president s in general. I have been passionate about it sin
By the ford motor company. That is the mansion you see right there. It was built before that by the washington family. It expanded by none other than George Washington. Mount Vernon Ladies Association has maintained this property at the highest level of Historic Preservation so that people every recommend about the life and lessons of George Washington. And they have done this without seeking any government money. They are a privately funded astitution and it is part of our mission to help people everywhere learn about the principles of the founding and of course George Washingtons light. The topic tonight is perfect for what we do. We are really excited to have this special presentation for you. Today with the mount vernon ladies, please welcome aging harrison, dr. Adrienne harrison. She is currently a fellow and consulting historian with battlefield leadership. She is a graduate of west point and later went on to earn her and a and phd degrees in American History from rutgers univers
This goes all the way back to henry ford who provided the first fire engine to keep the mansion from burning down. We like to see that. That is what we see right there. It was built before that by the washington family. It was expanded by George Washington. Of course, the association has maintained this property so that everyone can learn about the life and lessons of George Washington. They are a privately funded institution and it is part of the mission to help people everywhere learn about the principles of the founding. The topic tonight is perfect for what we do. We are really excited to have this special presentation for you. Please welcome adrienne harrison. She is a graduate of west point who later went on to earn her phd degrees from rutgers university. She has been an assistant professor at west point. She served as 12 years as a commissioned officer in the u. S. Army including three combat tour is in iraq. She brings a certain amount of experience to this project. She will t
President ial biographies. American history tv airs on cspan 3 every weekend telling the american story through events, interviews, and visits to historic locations. This month American History tv is in primetime to introduce you to programs you could see every weekend on cspan 3. Our features include lectures and history, visits to College Classrooms across the country, to hear american artifacts takes a look at the treasures at u. S. Historic sites, and archives. Real america revealing the 20th century through archival films and newsreels. The civil war where you hear about the people who shape the civil war in reconstruction, and the presidency focuses on u. S. President s and first ladies to learn about their politics, policies, and legacies. All this month in primetime and every weekend on American History tv on cspan 3. Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park service. Tomorrow night we bring you a number of National Park service tours from our american artifacts
Much wisdom we would have missed out on. The one and only president for sure trevor of the Carnegie Corporation. Ishmael the director of the library in alexandria, and they are joining us to celebrate your service. We are also lucky to be joined by the latvian ambassadors to the United States committee acting librarian of Congress David howell and Jane Mcauliffe the director of outreach and delegates to the board. Grace mckenna and come i havent seen her come there she is, whose family has done so much to shape this Institution Come and Diana Davis Spencer who has been a great friend to our work. The gatherings like this remind me what a impact the center has around the globe including hundreds in russia and ukraine and even now we pick the best scholars and the most brilliant staff to work on the most important issues and we learned that from you. You always scholarship at the heart of the work. No one who knows you would be surprised. Some may already know this but jim and his daught