Service. Thank you for that on behalf of the city. Today is going to be talking about james garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington d. C. I wont say too much more, i dont want to steal his steam, please join me in welcoming matt. applause thank you very much. The story im going to tell might be ripped from todays recent headlines. There was a president ial memorial delayed for years. It was caught up in congressional infighting, and replace it with another. A powerful lobby behind the memorial had chosen this site, the designer, the design criticize in the press. The site was very close to the capital on maryland avenue. If the years 1887, not 2017, and the memorial was one to president garfield and not president eisenhower. James garfields death was a national shock. He is been a compromise candidate for the presidency and had won the closest election in american history. It was a difficult life but his rise up was the rags to riches story.
Test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 the Senate Health committee holds a hearing on Lessons Learned from the Coronavirus Response and about efforts to prepare for future pandemics. Watch live coverage beginning at 10 00 eastern on cspan 3, online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Tonight on American History tv at 8 00 p. M. Eastern a look at the lives of Lucretia Garfield and frances cleveland, in cooperation with the White House Historical association, produced a series on the first ladies coming their private lives and the roles they played. Influence and image, featuring individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. American history tv continues with a discussion on the different ways women experienced the civil war, including class, race and geography. We heard about the relationship between Union Generals and their wives, the additional burdens for women on the home front, and t
Www. Health. Senate. Gov is our website. I think it makes it possible for us to be table to attract witnesses who have very busy schedules on the same day such as today. Some senators are participating by videoconference. Senators may remove their masks since were 6 feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sarge want at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, our Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, and then well turn to our witnesses who we thank very much for being with us today. Each witness we would ask that you summarize your remarks in five minutes, which will allow more time for the large number of senators who we expect to participate to present their testimony. Well have one round of questions for a five minute round. Less than four months ago on march 1st the coronavirus situation was about this. At the end of february there were 79,000 cases around the world, only 14 in the Uni
Its only in recent years that a lot of focus on how it rocked her message was, predicting in the early years. I think james found her distant and cold, but as the years went by, she had a tremendous influence on him. James and luke richard spent a lot of time with her family, and that led to the key to success. Mrs. Garfield adored her time at the exhibition and she was interested in the latest sciences and technologies of the day. After james guard feel to death, a lot of prominent citizens raised there into 50 dollars that was turned over to Lucretia Garfield. And todays dollars, that would equate to 8 Million Dollars. Her character was exceedingly strong and she had a rectitude that was in vulnerable. I Lucretia Garfield was born in ohio and 1832. Her life spans antebellum america to the progressive era of the early 20th century. A supporter of womens rights and deeply interested in partisan politics, she and president james our field entered the white house on march 4th, 1881, afte
Our free radio app, and be part of the National Participation through cspans daily washington journal program. On you there are on you social media feeds. Created as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. She was close to being broken by the time she went to the white house. This is the earliest existing house. They lived here through the 1830s and 1840s. She was educated and taught school. Eliza would read to him while he worked making suits for the men of town. The north and the south fought over the occupation of greenville all through the civil war. It changed hands 26 times. Andrew and eliza purchased slaves so they did have domestic help. It was basically destroyed. Eliza being with tuberculosis was not able to get out much. She received many gifts that she brought home with her. This is the room she returned to after their years in the white house. She was obscure as she would have wanted it but shes who he needed. Abraham lincolns assassination j