Why wouldnt the government have protections . It just wasnt done why wouldnt the government have a pension for officers and everybody else and not the president in fact he had very little money he had to borrow money quite secretly to pay for the move back home. This is not well known a doesnt mean he didnt have money but he needed cash to cover all of the expenses to move out of the white house. When he got home, in order to provide income he undertook the writing of his by autobiography in memoirs which no other president had ever done except for Herbert Hoover but his time was much briefer than trumans and his covered far more tumultuous history. So to undertake the twovolume that more was a major and ambitious task. And then he built his library. Now it was a previous president ial library but it was established after he died in officer truman was the first one to officiate over the president ial library and again he was beginning something one of the things i try to emphasize in t
Number president s at already been assassinated. Why wouldnt the government have protections for him . It wasnt done why would the government have a pension . Theres pensions for Army Officers and everybody else but not for the president. In fact he had very little money. He had to borrow some money quite secretly which dean ebsen cosigned to pay for the move back home. This is not well known at doesnt mean he didnt have money but he needed some cash to cover all of his expenses moving out of the white house. And when he got home in order to provide himself some income he undertook the writing of his autobiography, his memoirs. No other president had ever done except for herbert hoover. But his time in office was much briefer than trumans. And trumans presidency covered far more tumultuous history. To undertake the two volume memoir was a very major, ambitious task. Then he built his library. Now there had been a previous president ial library, Franklin Roosevelts library but it was es
Also the author of american revolution. In addition to being a fulbright scholar in japan, he has also served at many venues, including on Good Morning America and all things considered. Our other speaker is a doctorate at the university of melbourne and has specialized training in editing from Arizona State university, and neil was up until recently a editor at the adams papers and worked at the university of South Carolina and earned a masters degree in public history from North Carolina state. So i want to welcome steve, our first speaker. [applause] thank you. On the last day of march, 17 76 3 months before america broke free from britain, epic 1776, three month before america broke free from britain, Abigail Adams declared that john should have broken free. Let me find my slides. Let me try to get this going. Here we are. John adams was then serving on the Second Continental Congress in philadelphia, urging congress to do just that. Abigail, at the familys house in braintree massa
And john adams and their son and his wife. This is from an event marking john and Abigail Adams wedding anniversary. The program was cohosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Abigail Adams historical society. I will start by introducing our our first speaker. Bullock is the author of revolutionary brotherhood freemasonry, and also the author of american revolution. In addition to being a fulbright scholar in japan, he has also served at many venues, including on Good Morning America and all things considered. Sarah mann 10 will be presenting a paper in tandem. Sarah martin will be presenting a paper in tandem. She has a doctorate of the university of melbourne and has specialized training in editing from Arizona State university, and neil was up until recently a editor at the adams papers and holds a doctorate in history from university of South Carolina and earned a masters degree in public history from North Carolina state. So i want to welcome steve, our first speaker
Was published in 2019. And now im book tv for highlighting programs from our archives with Pulitzer Prizewinning historian David Mccullough. Over the past 20 years he has appeared on book tv more than 50 times. All of the programs are about to see can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website booktv. Org. You can use the search function at the top of the page. First , 92 on cspan book notes program, David Mccullough discussed his biography of president harry truman. The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for biography and was instrumental in changing attitudes about the truman presidency. Heres a portion of that interview. Attempted assassination number of president s have already been assassinated. Why would the government at that time have protection for them . It wasnt done. Why would the government have a pension . Their pensions for Army Officers and pensions for everybody else but no pension for president. In fact to very little money. Had to borrow some money quite se