That excerpts his diary his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no and i read the i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinating by the man. Did you know much about him before you started in this . You know, he was a tennessee and i knew that his his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except plaque on the side of a dirty Motel Wall his old Home Place in columbia is preserved and i had been there many times and have been there since but i knew virtually nothing about him and and almost nothing that was good. I mean his reputation is Result Result of what was done. To him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war left him a bad Reputation Reputation as warmonger and and and the attacks on him in congress in the latter latter days of his administration. Reminded me a great deal of the attacks on lyndon johnson. At the end of his administration over the Vietnam War similarities there. James k. Pol
constitutional classes, where hosting congresswoman mary scanlon to explore the power of congress and the role in it. we had our high school students asking whether congress could constitutionally impose a covid-19 mask mandate. in the chat room was on fire it was so exciting to hear the students balancing competing arguments on competing signs. 97i, and author of the award-winning why we must be era, former ceo of the foreman s equality and with the independent women s form of whether we should revive the equal rights amendment. friends i ve been looking forward to this program for any months. jeff: the topic is so centrally important to our understanding of our founding principles and the american idea. and we are honored to have not only three of america s greatest scholars on this topic with a three great american scholars. was not about what the founders in the greek and the romans, if these guys don t know it, the no one does. i m so excited to induce end and introduce
president? arthur called me on the phone and said you re in tennessee and james k. polk is a tennesseen. and he said i want you to do one thing. he said allen evans has done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his presidential diary. just take a weekend and read it and tell me no. and i read the excerpts from the diary and i could say no. i was fascinated about the man. did you know much about him before this? i knew his grave was behind the capitol. there is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. his old home place in columbia is preserved and i ve been there many times and i ve been there since. but i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. result of what was done to him during his presidency over the mexican-american war left him a bad reputation. a reputation as a warmonger, and the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great deal of the attacks on linden john
historians. mr. poke ranked 14th in c-span s story of presidential leadership. john seeingigenthaler, autho james k. polk. how did they talk you into doing a biography of this president? he called me and said you re a tennessean, james polk was a tennessean. why don t you write a biography for the series on the presidents. i said, arthur, i don t have time. i m retired. he said i want you to do one thing. he said allen evans has done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his presidential diary. just take the weekend to read it and tell me no. i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldn t say no. i was fascinated by the man. did you know much about him before you started this? i knew he was a tennessean, i m a tennessean. i knew that his grave is behind the capitol. there is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. his old home place in columbia is preserved, and i ve been there many times and have been there since. but i knew vir
historical society. i would don t extend a special welcome to anyone who might be takenning a virtual program for the first time. considering the side of the virtual crowd and the geographic spread i m sure there are here for the fir time. you re not familiar with us we re the oldest historical society in the america. funned in 1791 and have been an independent nonprofit institution defend indicated to collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing our state s and nation s history for the past 229 year. in these days of social distancing we are taking to hosting virtual event and we have online events planned for every week through june. we have a virtual tour of plymouth, massachusetts, this year i the 400th motorcycle of arrival of pilgrims so join us for that program. you can fine additional detail notices program on our website, mass history.org. today we eave a great from. joined by abram van engen, aen so professor oft english at washington university in st. louis. he r