Beautiful. Having the president from that very moment place her in the spotlight tells us what the presidency will be like and how mrs. Kennedy will be at the center of it. Inauguration day, 1961. America welcomes a young and glamorous president and first lady to the white house. Dwight eisenhower was 70. Here came kennedy who was 43. And mrs. Kennedy is 31. The kennedys knew how to turn their youth into something deeper and more symbolic of america entering an age of renewal with a new generation, they were going to conquer the world. Jackie was the epitome of style and glamor. This was going to be a white house of unprecedented elegance. And the country loved it. Going to the inauguration was amazing. This was new and energetic. This was in fact the new frontier. Jackie later recalled her memories of that momentous day. Everyone said why didnt jack kiss you after, which he would never do there. But you had to march out in such order. And i so badly wanted to see him alone. Shes worri
Spotlight tells us what the presidency will be like and how mrs. Kennedy will be at the center of it. Inauguration day, 1961. America welcomes a young and glamorous president and first lady to the white house. Dwight eisenhower was 70. Here came kennedy who was 43. And mrs. Kennedy is 31. The kennedys knew how to turn their youth into something deeper and more symbolic of america entering an age of renewal with a new generation, they were going to conquer the world. Jackie was the epitome of style and glamor. This was going to be a white house of unprecedented elegance. And the country loved it. Going to the inauguration was amazing. This was new and energetic. This was in fact the new frontier. Jackie later recalled her memories of that momentous day. Everyone said why didnt jack kiss you after, which he would never do there. But you had to march out in such order. And i so badly wanted to see him alone. Shes worried about being separated from her husband as he starts this new role as
Inauguration day 1961, america welcomes a young and glamorous president and first lady to the white house. Dwight eisenhower was 70. Here came kennedy, who was 43, and mrs. Kennedys 31. The kennedys knew how to turn their youth into something deeper and more symbolic of america entering an age of renewal, with a new generation that was going to conquer the world. Jackie was the epitome of style and glamor. This was going to be a white house of unprecedented elegance, and the country loved it. Going to the inauguration was amazing. This was new and energetic. This was, in fact, the new frontier. Jackie later recalled her memories of that momentous day. Everyone says, why didnt jack kiss you after . Which of course you would never do there. But you had to march out in such order. And i so badly wanted to see him alone. Shes worried about being separated from her husband as he starts this new role as leader of the free world. She didnt know what it would do to her marriage. And she cant q
Welcome Catherine Olmstead here to the library. She is no stranger to the fdr library, and then were so glad to have her just a little by way of background. Shes a professor of history at the university of california davis. She specializes in political and cultural history of the 20 20th and 21st century with a particular interest in the influence of anticommunism. Its very interesting and conspiracy theories on national politics. It was just saying to her that seems like an absurd field to me, but what do i know . Im just you know here up at the fdr library. Shes the author of five books including the book. Shes going to speak of today the newspaper access express barons who enabled hitler i strongly encourage you to read this book if you havent already its excellent, and shes also written ill you a couple examples, right . Fornia, the 1930s and the big business roots of modern conservatism. A real enemies conspiracy theories in american democracy world war one to 911 youve got an upd
Illegitimate son or two or three so i kind of to began to take all the al capone slip here stories with a grain of salt and thats why i can tell you i can only verify two for sure. Okay. Well, thank you so much for your attention. Welcome Catherine Olmstead here to the library. She is no stranger to the fdr library, and then were so glad to have her just a little by way of background. Shes a professor of history at the university of california davis. She specializes in political and cultural history of the 20 20th and 21st century with a particular interest in the influence of anticommunism. Its very interesting and conspiracy theories on national politics. It was just saying to her that seems like an absurd field to me, but what do i know . Im just you know here up at the fdr library. Shes the author of five books including the book. Shes going to speak of today the newspaper access express barons who enabled hitler i strongly encourage you to read this book if you havent already its