Costello teaches a class at American University about white house myths. He talks about the realities and legends about often repeated stories such as the gift alligator, decorating traditions began, and Dolly Madison rescuing George Washingtons portrait. So todays topic, white house myths and Popular Culture. You probably come across these things multiple times whether you are researching things on the internet, maybe even came across them as you are doing research for your papers on this class. But there are a number of stories that just continue to get circulated, and circulated, and perpetuated, and what i love about this is that you get to not only sort of debunked these things, but you get to try to figure out where they started and why people grew so attached to them. That also tells you a little bit more about how people understand the passed. And how they use it or misuse it. Remember earlier in the semester we talked about the Jackson Magnolia. In, fact i think a number of yo
And circulated and perpetuated, and what i like about this is because you get to not only sort of debunk these things, but you get to try to figure out where they really started and why people grew so attached to them. Because that also tells you a little bit more about how people understand the past and how they use it or misuse it. So remember earlier in the semester we talked about the Jackson Magnolia. In fact, i think a number of you went into detail about the Jackson Magnolia and was it alex was it you who wrote about the Jackson Magnolia . It was. Okay. So you already know all of this. Think back to when john than plisco visited our class and we talked about about the story behind the Jackson Magnolia and who remembers the story . Not alex because he wrote a whole paper on it, but anybody else . Yeah, william. Andrew jacksons wife died right before he went to office so he planted the tree because it was her favorite tree. Mmhmm, and he brought the seeds from the hermitage in ten
The nation was deeply divided in protest over the vietnam war, the economy was wrecked with inflation and for the only time in American History, a u. S. President resigned in disgrace. It was at that moment that abc news gave me the great honor of assigning me to the white house to what came next. It was the administration of gerald ford. With it came the energy and the grace of betty ford. On the eve of mothers day, we are going to explore those memories with her daughter, susan ford bales. She is going to take your questions using that queue and a function down at the bottom of your screen, when you type in your sink question, please also tell us who you are, and if you can tell us where you are if you are watching us. Joining me, susan ford bales who has carried the flame for her family and the work for her family were. Welcome, susan, happy mothers day. Are you there in texas with your extended family . Susan i am, im down here with my girls and grandchildren. The best part. Ann i
Get. Them out in most countries where the holiday is marked the Christmas Season already gets underway in november with Christmas Lights and Christmas Markets in the hot summer. So ok so thats true insult to wear the crist can go market is a tradition that stretches back 525 years that the history of europes Christmas Market state to the late middle ages when they exist in many parts of the former roman empire has. To be super common visitors come to look for gifts to enjoy themselves in and her shop was called. By next tides the sides were christmas time inside sport is simply fantastic i was here for my 1st. It start with a new production of the opera lucho sea level was being staged here and i was there for the rehearsals and disease its so wonderful so spiritual is it really is something very special. In mexico by now in mexico a lot of music is played at christmas had. Few music theres a lot of rhythm to that music the Christmas Songs called the n. C. Cause are important and you c
Taking a live look at downtown San Francisco, a very beautiful and dry Christmas Eve night. But thats all going to change come tomorrow and if you saw city hall there changing from green to red on this Christmas Eve. But its almost all green little bitty yellow here on our radar. Within the next 24 hours were expecting that drynes to become a damp christmas around the bay area are meteorologist Mabrisa Rodriguez getting us started tonight with details on this incoming rain hire recent high there grant an l a yeah if you did have any outdoor christmas plans. Make sure to bring them inside because we are going to notice rain returning to the bay area dry outlook for your Christmas Eve night. But as we fast forward to our future cast for model were going to see some light to moderate downpour starting to make its way into the north bay by around noon, but it will become more widespread as that storm just to the south and east not just bringing us some much needed rain along the coast and