Podcasts. Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy and her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact she really took an interest in politics. And that she was her she grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became somewhat of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. A very interesting commentary on what a beloved status sh
Her father was a local politician, so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature because she would not have married him if he had been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house, and sarah began a 42year widowhood. Polk place became something of a shrine to her husband, and she would invite anyone who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had collected through their long and illustrious political career. She lived there for many years on her own, and during the civil war, generals on both sides would come and visit her to pay their respects to her. Thats a very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was, you know, earnest about her husbands work. She went to every post she could go to with him. He went through that arduous journey. The hardships were terrible. They really were. She was very well liked in the diplomatic community. T
To have you here director at the library. And we have a great speech today for president s day weekend. The day in the life of the president. How many of you are members raise your hand. Oh, wow look at that fantastic so those of you who arent members you become a member today you get a 25 discounts on pauls book which you can buy in the store he will be ding a book signing immediately after the program. So you can get a new become and have him sign before we go today. We have a new kick the that will be opening in april. I want to tell you about its called art of war. Its an exhibit that look at poster art from our collection we have about 3,000 posters in our collection. And were going to be doing an exhibit starting april 21st, and then the art is quite remarkable by some of our greatest artists Norman Rockwell and andrew and others so we do hope youll join us for that. Now were lucky today paul is beth a working correspondent with the west wing reports and reports from the white ho
Library, and we have a great speech today for president s day weekend. A day in the life of a president. How many of you are members, raise your hand . Oh, wow, fantastic. For those of you who arent members, if you become a member today, you get a 25 discount on pauls book which you can buy in the store. He will be doing a book signing immediately after the program, so you can get a new book and have him sign it before we go today. We have a new exhibit thatll be opening in april want to tell you about, its called art of war. Its an exhibit that looks at the poster art of world war ii from our collection. We have about 3,000 posters in our collection, and were going to be doing an exhibit starting april 21st. And the artists, quite remarkable by some of our greatest, norman rockwell, andrew wyeth and others. Paul is both a working correspondent with west wing reports and reports from the white house on a daily basis, and hes also a tremendous historian. Hes delved into the history of b
Sun afternoon at work k with our cable affiliates and cities across the country. With our cable affiliates and cities across the country. With our cable affiliates and cities across the country. This week on q a robert strauss, he talks about his book worst president ever. The legacy of the lesser president s. Robert strauss author of worst. President. Ever. To my family, who made me read every historical marker, for my mother edna especially for teaching me to laugh at myself. Explain your dads connection . Well, my dad he saw when i was little and picked up the sports page that i would read every little statistic on it so he bought me a book, it would have every last line however long they lived to the day after their inauguration or how long their mothers lived where they came from, any way so it became this sort of thing for me that i was the money ball guy for president s as a little kid and they would show me off at parties but then my father wherever they would drive there would