Up next on the presidency, a talk about the marital and Political Partnership between james and dolly madison. We hear from the Vice President for museum programs, and curator for montpelier, she discusses their early lives, their marriage, and how Dolley Madisons political skills bolster the career of James Madison. Hello, again. Is the sound good . Ok. Im not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. What i am planning to do today is to talk about james and Dolley Madisons lives before they were james and Dolley Madison. Then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. So these are the Gilbert Stuart portraits of james and dolley painted when james was secretary of state. Its actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they capture the sort of sense of personality that i see in them. And they have, i think, in large measure sort of created images that we
Madison. This was part of the annual president s day symposium. Hello, again. Is the sound good . Ok. Im not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. What i am planning to do today is to talk about james and Dolley Madisons lives before they were james and Dolley Madison. Then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. So these are the Gilbert Stuart portraits of james and dolley james was secretary of state. Its actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they capture the sort of sense of personality that i see in them. And they have, i think, in large measure sort of created images that we have of them historically. Dolley in her low cut, empire style cut dress with ringlet. Serious, cerebral and brainy with always a strip of hair coming down in the front and the receding spots on each side. He has that from when he was really young, actually. And of co
Following her lecture she will sit down to explain her writing process. As well as her relationship with the other founders. She also previews her upcoming book from the Founding Fathers of virginia. Only for a this event which was part of a series on the founders. It is one hour and a half. [applause] put it down for me and that it will have to come down a little bit more for dr. Cheney reed welcome history lovers, good morning. I am thrilled you are here and i am particularly happy to welcome students from the palm beach fifthgrade academy. [applause] also students from the Palm Beach University and faculty. Thank you for being with us. This is the future. [applause] dr. Cheney has focused most of her life on teaching children american history. So that the next generation can learn from the past. Before i introduced her we had a surprise guest from wyoming last night. Dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years to please stand up. Vice president cheney. [applause] thank you so much for coming. I
Thank you for being with us. This is the future. Dr. Cheney has focused most of her life on teaching children American History. So that the next generation can learn from the past. Before i introduced her we had a surprise guest from wyoming last night. I would like dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years to please stand up. Vice president cheney. [applause] thank you so much for coming. It means a lot to me. Well, i am honored to introduce this morning the distinguished speaker. When i called her last year to invite her she said am i the only speaker who has not won a Pulitzer Prize . I said, yes. But you are the only speaker who is chairman of the National Endowment of the humanities for seven years and you are the only speaker who was second lady of United States of america for eight years. [applause] if you google her you will be blown away by all of her awards and accomplishments. As always i am not going to list all of those. While she was head of neh she published american memory a repo
Thank you for being with us. This is the future. Dr. Cheney has focused most of her life on teaching children American History. So that the next generation can learn from the past. Before i introduced her we had a surprise guest from wyoming last night. I would like dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years to please stand up. Vice president cheney. [applause] thank you so much for coming. It means a lot to me. Well, i am honored to introduce this morning the distinguished speaker. When i called her last year to invite her she said am i the only speaker who has not won a Pulitzer Prize . I said, yes. But you are the only speaker who is chairman of the National Endowment of the humanities for seven years and you are the only speaker who was second lady of United States of america for eight years. [applause] if you google her you will be blown away by all of her awards and accomplishments. As always i am not going to list all of those. While she was head of neh she published american memory a repo