The most intelligent president s we have ever had. I mean, he is up there in the top half dozen. And when we go through his life, by the end of it, or the middle of it, youre going to start laughing because youre just going to say no, that cant be, he cant be that good in that field, its just not possible. And then well find something else. And youre going to say, no, he is just incredibly bright. And the hope for his presidency was enormous. And so were going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before. And he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. Its i dont know how you test Something Like that. Its not as if you give president s iq tests. Its a lot easier with things that are easy to measure. Tall and short. I mean, we all know that madison was our shortest president , lincoln was our tallest president. Thats easy. I dont know how you know who the most intelligent. Certainly the two adams, jefferson, madison, lincoln. Garfie
And hes also an author of that column of the in town or what once was. Again, if you worked in with d. C. History, and d. C. History conference, that has been involved with it. The journal, just anything history in d. C. , owing also around the d. C. History lists serve. Thank you for that, on behalf of the city. So, today is gonna be talking about James Garfield his, death and efforts to commemorate his life and death, here in washington d. C. I want slate to much about it, i wanna i dont steal this, team but please join me in welcoming math. [applause] thank you very much. So, the storm unitel might be ripped from today or recent headlines, there was a president ial memorial delayed for years, caught up in congressional fighting, legislation pending to displace immemorial and replacing with another a powerful law between the memorial of choosing the site, and choosing the design criticizing the press. And it designer, without competition, decided very close to the capital, on marylan
Garfield is one of the most intelligent president s we have ever had. He is up there in the top half dozen and when we go through his life, by the end of the middle of it, and youre going to say no, that cant be. He cant be that good in that field. Its just not possible, and then well find something else, and youre going to no. He is just incredibly bright, and the hope for his presidency was enormous, and were going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before, and he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. I dont know how you test Something Like that, and its not as if you give president s iq tests. Its a lot easier with things that are easy to measure, tall ask short. We all know that madison was our shortest president , lincoln was our tallest president because thats easy. I dont know how you know who the most intelligent. Certainly the two adams, jefferson, madison and Lincoln Garfield is right up there. So one of the reasons
[cheers] as we gather this evening in the joy of freedom we remember that all share a truly extraordinary heritage. Together, we are part of one of the greatest stories ever told, the story of america. It is the chronicle of brave citizens who never give up on the dream of a better and brighter future. To this day, that spirit runs through the veins of every american patriot. It lives on in each and every one of you here today. It is the spirit daring and in defiance excellence in adventure. Courage and confidence. Loyalty and love that built this country into the most exceptional nation in the history of the world and our nation is stronger today than it ever was before. For americans, nothing is impossible. Juan a the Washington Post oped writer praised the president saying quote trump made his critics look small during the salute to america unquote. But 2020 democrats they still had some harsh words for the event. Its become a day where its all about trump rather than our country an
[cheers] as we gather this evening in the joy of freedom we remember that all share a truly extraordinary heritage. Together, we are part of one of the greatest stories ever told, the story of america. It is the chronicle of brave citizens who never give up on the dream of a better and brighter future. To this day, that spirit runs through the veins of every american patriot. It lives on in each and every one of you here today. It is the spirit daring and in defiance excellence in adventure. Courage and confidence. Loyalty and love that built this country into the most exceptional nation in the history of the world and our nation is stronger today than it ever was before. For americans, nothing is impossible. Juan a the Washington Post oped writer praised the president saying quote trump made his critics look small during the salute to america unquote. But 2020 democrats they still had some harsh words for the event. Its become a day where its all about trump rather than our country an