Write to even though you are never to see it or know it. A very poignant letter written by a grieving mother. There was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. The axelrod broke on the train and, her son did not survive the crash. She said the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much to take care of. She was not interested in housekeeping. She was not capable of taking care of the house. Pierce himself was seen as a failure in the office. It was probably the unhappiest of all presidencies. Good evening, and welcome to cspans first ladies influence image. In this program we learn about the final mueller first ladies of the antebellum era. We meet jane pierce whose tenure in the white house was defined by overwhelming loss. By the time she and her husband Franklin Pierce arrived at the executive mansion, they had lost all three of their young sons and this reluctant first lady finds herself crippled by grief. For the next 45 minutes we
She hated politics, hated it with a passion. She did not move in to the white house with pierce. This couch is one piece that they took to the white house. They had eight rooms that they had to furnish with their personal furniture. When she did arrive, she basically holed up and spent much of her time writing letters to her dead son. In her great grief, she calls him, my precious child, i must write to you, although you are never to see it or know it. A very poignant letter written by a grieving mother. They were on a train from boston to concord and there was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. An axle rod broke on the train and benny did not survive the crash. She concluded that this was gods judgment, that the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much for jane to take care of. I dont think she was interested in housekeeping particularly. She just wasnt capable of taking care of a house. Most would regard that pierce himself as
Publishing in august 2017, and he also he and his son, lee, are editing an autobiography written by his father and lees grandfather. With that, i would like to introduce mr. Robert k. Sutton. [ applause ]. Goblod morning. Good morning. I cant tell you how excited i am to be here. This is i mean, im sitting here with goose bumps while im hearing the names of the victims of kwantrels raid because i just wrote about many of them, and you actually hear their names in this setting. Its really quite moving. Before i get going here, my wife and my son came with me. Theyre in the back row. And two of my oldest, oldest, oldest friends from california. And im going to tell you, we were all like 5 years old when we got acquainted sit ong the second row, nick and harry so, this is a really special day for me. One of the things that interested me in this topic was that my great i have to say sometimes you have trouble keeping track of the great great great greats, but any great great great grandmot
Civil war. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the watkins, its my distinct pleasure and honor to welcome our speaker today, mr. Robert k. Sutton. Mr. Sutton retired from the National Parks service after serving for nine years. He became the superintendent of the National Battlefield park. He has published a number of articles and reviews on various history topics. As a part of his job was leading the emphasize on expanding the currently serving as a consultant to the American Battle monuments commission, assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i, and hes currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. Dr. Sutton has continued teaching, he teaches courses in the Johns Hopkins program on the civil war in the American West. Dr. Sutton also has written a book on the civil war era in kansas, published in august of 2017. He and his son lee are editing an auto biography written by his father and
The National Battlefield park. He has published a number of articles and reviews on various history topics. One of his primary interests as chief historian and as superintendent at mannasas was leading the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for assessment. Dr. Sutton is currently serving as a consultant to the American Battle monuments commission, assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i, and hes currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. Dr. Sutton has continued teaching, he teaches courses in the Johns Hopkins program on the Senior Adult Program on civil war in the american west. He will be the resident historian for viking Ocean Cruises as well. Dr. Sutton also has written a book on the civil war era in kansas published by sky horse publishing in august 2017, and he and his son lee are editing an autobiography written by his father and lees grandfather. With tha