(music) (music) eleanor words felt began a long trip home. slowly, the long, black funeral train rolled up from the south and then down pennsylvania avenue to the beat of drums, the president was born for the last time to the executive mansion that for 12 years had been his official home. the passing of fdr from the american scene came as a personal shock to the nation. people wept openly, unashamed of their grief. drawn by six white horses, the flag draped caisson was brought to the main entrance of the white house, carried into the great east room where 80 years ago, almost to the day, the body of abraham lincoln had also laid in state. at hyde park, his ancestral home, the guns of west point cadets rang down the final curtain on the man best known around the world as fdr. [gunshots] to measure something of his greatness, we turn back the clock to franklin roosevelt as a young man making his first political campaign, to a time when at only 28 years of age, he was elected ne
down the long trip home, pennsylvania avenue to the beat of muffled drums. the president was brought for the last time to the executive mentioned that for 12 years had been his official home. the exit of fdr from the american scene came as a shock to the nation. people wept openly, unashamed of their great their grief. drawn by six white horses, the flag-draped caisson was brought to the entrance of the white house, carried into the great east room where 80 years before almost to the day, the body of abraham lincoln also had lady and state. in state.d at hyde park, his home in new york, the guns of west point cadets for a man of destiny, known around the world as fdr. [gunfire] to measure something of his greatness, would turn the clock back to franklin roosevelt as a young man making his first political campaign, at a time when at only 28 years of age he was elected new york state senator and broke a powerful republican machine that ruled dutchess county for 28 years.
our coverage of presidential candidates of the iowa state fair continues all week. former texas governor rick perry is running for the 2016 republican nomination and will take the traditional des moines register soapbox stage. later, a couple candidates visit the first of the nation primary state of new jersey. john kasich calls a town call meeting in se lalem. chris christie also answers questions at a town hall meeting in salem, live at 7:p.00 p.m. o wednesday. more history tv and the conference on modern first ladies. the ohio state university at mare yo marion and the national first ladies co-hosted the event. this is bridging the gap. it s my honor to present the executive director of the national first ladies library, patricia krider. [ applause ] thank you very much. i m very happy to be here today, and be here in marion this weekend. on behalf of the national first ladies library and the first ladies national historic site, we re thrilled to be part of this sy
they didn t know the holocaust was coming, but it was not done. grace throws herself into helping get ready for world war ii. during world war ii, is a real volunteer, a spotter in north hampton and that kind of thing. she did take a more active role in her post white house years. then even though you have rationing, she doesn t get to plymouth much during the war, she seems the homestead going in plymouth, has an interest where her husband grew up and where he was sworn in. she decides to donate it to the state of vermont, if they will buy the birthplace. she was quite active as a preservationist, i like to see it that way. she lived until 1957. she did accomplish many of her goals after being first lady. she did, i would say, be brave, coming out with that stand. i know we ve had a lot to talk about, and i m afraid we ll have to ask gary if we can get to lou. she picked up where she left off pre-white house, which was to get engaged with a lot of the organizations that
with a parent whose health was up and down. this was not something new in her life, and she took charge like she neieded to and carried on. i want to leave some time for the audience. then come back to let the first ladies themselves have the last word. i know that, what did they do, quickly, after the post white house years? can you address that a bit? i can start with that because mine is really short. yeah. florence just lived 15 months after warren died. she didn t have much of a life after that. she was adamant that she really did not want to come back to marion, to her house, and she never came back to her house. it was just not the same place for her without her husband. she wanted to stay in washington. she liked life there. she had spent five years there as a senate wife before the white house. she wanted to travel in europe. she d been there three times. wanted to write her memoirs. she didn t do any of that because her health failed rapidly after warren s d