Podcasts. Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact she really took an interest in politics. And that she was her she grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became somewhat of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. A very interesting commentary on what a beloved status sh
U. S. Marine veteran alan clark on serving two tours in cory ko between 1950 and 1953. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Shes probably the most tragic of all the first ladies. Hated politics with a passion. This couch is one piece they took to the white house. They had eight rooms they had to furnish with their personal furniture. When she did arrive, she basically holed up and spent much of her time writing letters to her great son. She calls him my precious child, i must write to you even though you are never to see it or know it. A very pointed letter by a grieving mother. They were on a train from boston and there was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. Axel rod broke onkaqa the train he did not survive the crash. She concluded this was god gods that the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much for jane to take care of. I dont think she was interested in housekeeping. She wasnt cap
Here, and after, shell answer all of your questions after this presentation and well have a little table set up for her here to answer more questions or even sign one of the books if you purchase one here today. All right. Well, were going to go ahead and get started here. Again, thank you for coming and thank you, charlotte wasteman f for being here today. [ applause ] its great to be with all of you and thanks for many of you who nn coming. Its great to have that smiling audience right in front of you. I was asked to talk about women of the west and i was told, you know, to talk 45 minutes and take 15 minutes of questions. So i have a timer for myself, and i will start it. And i will stick to a script so that i can stick to time, because those of you who know me know that i also could just talk forever and i dont want to do that. Now, since you probably have other things to do as well today, we are having this filmed, so its very exciting. It will be on cspan3, i think. Yes, yes . Cs
Historians. Mr. Poke ranked 14th in cspans story of president ial leadership. John seeingigenthaler, autho james k. Polk. How did they talk you into doing a biography of this president . He called me and said youre a tennessean, james polk was a tennessean. Why dont you write a biography for the series on the president s. I said, arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. He said i want you to do one thing. He said allen evans has done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend to read it and tell me no. I read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him before you started this . I knew he was a tennessean, im a tennessean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old home place in columbia is preserved, and ive been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him
Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was, you know, earnest about her husbands work. She went to every post she could go to with him. He went through that arduous journey. The hardships were terrible. They really were. She was very well liked in the diplomatic community. T