I first was young corporal wayne johnson, 22 years old, citizen of the british west indies. My second was corporal manual rivera, citizen of mexico. My third, Staff Sergeant remy lebrune, of canada. Lawful permanent residents served at higher rates than itive born americans and first years in the fleet brought that home to me in human terms because the person i relied on most to teach a young infantry lieutenant his skills were all noncitizens in my first few years in the marine force. And many times i would attend swearing ceremonies when soldiers, sailors, airmen, coast n, swarthy oath of allegiance taken by all who wish to become u. S. Citizens. Here is what that says. I will read it to you. I hereby declare on oath that i absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all fidelity to any foreign prince, state or sovereignty of whom were of which i have heretofore been a subject or citizen, that i will support and defend the constitution and laws of the United States of america against
And the nice thing is that it turns out to be that he is a much more interesting and complicated person. And i thought i knew him pretty well and i learned a lot of things. There was a lot that he didnt even know about himself. Tomorrow morning if youre watching this live at 9 00. He said so much and he meant them to be public. He may have been doing it privately but he knew they would come out. I think there is no other president able to communicate like he was, he was able to just lift the world. Sometimes very complex, but still very extraordinary. The at the front of the look is a picture of peter drummy. I took this picture so im very proud of this. He is looking closely at the John Quincy Adams diary. If you have not seen it or red it it is just magnificent. We know he has been a White House Reporter for 11 years and he is distressed with the attacks on the press that is happening right now. I fear the anger and disstress will entour long after the trump administration. How do we
Good evening. Welcome to mt. Vernon. My name is kevin butterfield. And it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernons lady associations and Ford Motor Company which sponsors a free monthly book talk to learn from the greatest historians. Thank you for being here tonight. Were thrilled to have you. To begin the Program Shortly well hear a brief presentation from susan swain, copresident and executive officer of cspan and coauthors of the president s. Shell be joined by brian lamb, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating and esteemed group of historians in discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is as you know a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. In the constitution, theres not as much said about it as you might imagine. Article i is quite long, ii much shorter and the key phrase is about as short as you can imagine. The executive power should be vested in a president of the United States of america.
Fords pardoning of nixon. They moved their Classes Online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Video of the class is courtesy of the school. We are ready to. Thank you for logging into class remotely during this unpleasant coronavirus situation, which will hopefully pass soon. Im glad to see you are all well and have safely moved out of the dorms. I took a little walk through campus today. Since we are social distancing here, dr. Kristin kuby isnt here with me in the room, but she is on zoom video. Say hello. There she is. She can answer any questions about your papers afterward or online. Today, we get into one of my favorite chapters in the whole year, and that is the chapter on Richard Nixon, followed by gerald ford in this president s in constitution book. The nixon chapter was written by the late stanley cutler. He was a professor of history at the university of madison, wisconsin. One of the great scholars of the watergate era. This chapter was one of the last things that he wrote be