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.
Field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not as much said about it as you would imagine. Article one is quite long. Article two is quite shorter. As you can imagine, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of america, full stop. That is the first sentence in and the key phrase in the second article of the constitution which describes the presidency. Much of what we know today as the american presidency has come from experience, from precedent, from action. We are thrilled to have an opportunity to learn
Good evening. Welcome to mount vernon. My name is kevin butterfield, director of the fred w Swift National library. It is my pleasure to welcome you back here. And the Ford Motor Company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. An opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not much said about it. Article one is quite long. Article two is quite shorter. As you can imagine, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of america. Full stop. That is th
Historical narrative. Of castella is a historian the organization that hosted the event. Good evening, everyone. Association. L i would like to welcome my friends joining us by cspan and those who are here with us tonight. You have chosen to be here above so wetional ballgame, think we have the best thing going here tonight. I would like to acknowledge some very important people with us this evening. His wife, kristin is here tonight. Important, the most are at home, i guess. Kristins wonderful little kids. I would like to welcome our members from the board of directors. Give them a hand. [applause] melt. E two and both will be a little bit late. Steve strong is the national on whitef the house house history. He and his wife are here with us tonight. This is one of our most important groups. Their support, encouragement, their wisdom really puts the and we are sales proud to have you here with us tonight. , dr. Mattm tonight castella is going to share with us about his brandnew book. T
G history. I want to thank you all for coming to the hermitage this evening and want to welcome you im howard cattell and i have the privilege of being the president and ceo of the Andrew Jackson foundation. And were so happy to have you here tonight for our third history and quirked series our third of our series tonight. Let me put it that way. Better look at my notes. These informal events these informal events are intended to offer you glimpses of United States history. As it relates to Andrew Jacksons america. And enjoy some excellent natchez hill wine, which i see you all are taking advantage of as i say. With increasing frequency history always goes better with alcohol, especially his history as we with it today. So november 2001 marks . 2021 marks the bicentennial of when andrew and Rachel Jackson and their son Andrew Jackson jr. Moved into their new newly constructed home here at the hermitage. While significantly more modest the dimension you will visit today. It was a substa