she was well liked for her nature. although a bit bizarre, she took a youthful fashion. robes, turbines, coquettish blush with rouge. president madison, however, was not as beloved. he adored his wife and she him. but he was a bit stern. definitely what we like to call a statesman. once such encounter is described as he was a little man with a powdered head having pale countenance but with little flow of courtesy. this is not a compliment, let me assure you. let s see. you can see up here, there s that reference to the wallpaper. when guests finally arrived on new year s day, 1810, they came through the north door entering into an entrance hall flanked with fireplaces to the east and west. this is the modern day white house, but this is the entrance they would have come in. not much has actually changed in the design of the white house since hoban rebuilt it after it was burned. here you come in from the north. these marbleized columns. here we also have the small little alco
great focal point standing on the terrace of marble house, looking out to the sea, overlooking this tremendous silhouette, the wonderful chinese red color. i think a great, great addition to the entire property of marble house. there s a new web site for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs, watch featured video from our regular weekly series, as well history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter. abolitionist john willard menard was elected to congress in 1869. up next we hear more about him from phillip magness. this is about an hour from the u.s. capital historical society. before we begin, before i introduce the speakers, let me introduce congressman danny davis. [ applause ] thank you very much. and let me just say how delighted i am to be here. as a matter of fact, the last time i was at a meeting, i was so inspired by a woman who made a presentation of a book that she has w
architects and commissioned them to travel to china for more than a year and they came back with this design. it was an expression of fun she used to host parties centered around the tea house and certainly it was a great focal point standing on the terrace looking out to the sea over looking this tremendous silhouette the wonderful red color. i think a great, great addition to the property of the house. there s a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and watch video and access ahtv history tweets and history in the news. and social media. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend online at cspan.org/history. john willis menard was elected to congress in 1868. up next we hear more about him from phillip magnus. this is about an hour from the u.s. capital historical society. before we begin, before i introduce the speakers, let me introduce congressman danny davis. [ applause ] thank you very much. and let me just say how delight