Visit an Old Law School of mind he saw weak Democratic Party so he saw some opportunities there. He started the construction of this will house in 1901. He and mary would drive way out of the country on a buggy. They fell in of of the house so they bought acres to build this house. Construction were finished in 1903. It is 11,000 square feet. Mrs. Bryans budget was 10,000. It is a beautiful house. The main level of the home is used for entertaining and political events and receptions. They would host a number of World Leaders World Leaders would come here and all kinds of political leaders and the most prominent being Woodrow Wilson coming out here when hes trying to give bryan support in the 1912 convention. There were a lot of People International and National Leaders would come and stop by to see bryan in this home. Right now we are in the lower level is the main activity where the family took place. We are in the office area right now. Thats where bryan and mary had their office an
Nominee at the age of 36. The impact that bryan had on Public Policy in this country i think very few people realize the impact he had, both on the Democratic Party and on just policy in general. Because when he came on the scene, the Democratic Party was the more conservative party and bryan was very much a liberal in his politics, very conservative in his religion, but very liberal in his politics. And he turned the party on its head and its never gone back. He was really the predecessor to Franklin Roosevelts new deal, and president johnsons great society. And the wall street journal did a feature article comparing obama to bryan. With the Income Redistribution philosophy of government. Our profile of president ial candidates continues tonight on American History tv with a look at William Jennings bryan, a threetime democratic president ial candidate around the turn of the century. He also served as secretary of state under president woodrow wilson. Thats at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time
Started this book. [ laughs ] you may can see that i dont look young anymore, i am a little bit hairy and all. When i wrote this book, someone mentioned to me, hey, the henry george tree in central park. I did not know that. It is 1840 acres and bigger than monaco. I reached down to tie my shoe next to the Henry Georges tree. I thought i dont believe in these cosmic science but i am on the right track and i better do it. We had cameras with us, too chf which was kind of funny. I have been working on this so long that one of my daughters who was 25 used to ask me, when are you going to finish that or a have you finish your book on Curious George life is what happens when you make firm plans. My first book is now out as my fourth book. It is thrilling to have it out and in strange way, it is a better time for it to come out. It is a better time for it to come out because of the real ve advance relevance topic and of what is dogging our society right now. History repeats itself, i think t
Obama to bryan with the Income Redistribution philosophy of government. Our profile of president ial candidates continues tonight on American History tv with a look at William Jennings bryan, a threetime democratic president ial candidate around the turn of the century. He also served as secretary of state under president woodrow wilson. Thats at 8 00 p. M. Eastern time here on cspan3. Coming up next on American History tv, author Edward Odonnell talks about the growing economic inequality of the late 19th century, also known as the gilded age. He explores the role of henry george, a newspaper editor and reformer, who took up the fight against the separation of the classes on behalf of the Labor Movement. The Gotham Center for new york city history hosted this hour and 20 minute event. Thank you very much. Thank you, suzanne, thank you to the Gotham Center. Thank you to all of you coming out tonight. I know some of you are saying republican debate, or henry george, republican debate, h
Changes that have been made. They also talk about the cia, department of defense, and the white house during the Nixon Administration. It has been closely guarded and in great demand since they were created during the kennedy administration. There were lots of individuals in the chain that made this possible, but i want to publicly joe during his time as an archivist. He truly embodied the slogan, releasing all we can, protecting what we must. Thanks, joe, for making that happen. [applause] with an advance copy of todays release, i had an opportunity to did in and go through the history through the lens of the daily brief. I immediately went to five marks of 1970, the first marine my firstinto nam, and day in the country. Not that i expected to see my name prominently announced in the president ial daily brief, but i was curious about what was going on. Related to vietnam, and the principal developments of that , the middle east policy, which troops are coming back from egypt, and enti