How fun and festive is this . It is great to show the holidays with all of you. I am sure that all of you are wondering, what is tim gunn doing here . You will find out later, and it may surprise you. We have a lot of visual information for you. We have a lot of historical information. We have a preview of things to come. And it is going to be a very exciting night. So welcome. And we should get going with, we have our first slide, which is quite spectacular looking. And the white house looks fabulous, does it not . And this could not happen with how many volunteers are the . Depending on the year. A little over 100 this year. A lot of christmas elves. I feel like that there years where there were almost 300. They come from all it was swarming. It is a beehive. And your experience as chief usher, do you have to conduct the volunteers as well . I was very fortunate to have a young woman to work for me for a number of years. Her name was nancy clark and she was both right brain and left
Robb, daughter of president johnsonm and former white house chief usher gary walter. The white house archives hosted this event. It is about 90 minutes. Wow, we have a packed house. Thank you for coming, everyone. How fun and festive is this . It is great to show the holidays with all of you. I am sure that all of you are wondering, what is tim gunn doing here . You will find out later, and it may surprise you. We have a lot of visual information for you. We have a lot of historical information. We have a preview of things to come. And it is going to be a very exciting night. So welcome. And we should get going with, we have our first slide, which is quite spectacular looking. And the white house looks fabulous, does it not . And this could not happen with how many volunteers are the . Depending on the year. A little over 100 this year. A lot of christmas elves. I feel like that there years where there were almost 300. They come from all it was swarming. It is a beehive. And your exper
Dr. Oshaughnessy is a Vice President of monticello, the saunders director of the robert h. Smith International Center for jefferson studies, and Thomas Jefferson foundation, which supports Ongoing International study of Thomas Jefferson and his world. The professor of history at the university of virginia. He is a dual citizen of britain and the United States and after completing his undergraduate and doctorate degrees at oxford university, he taught at eton college before becoming a visiting professor at southern mestas University Methodist university. He is the author of an empire divided, the American Revolution and the british caribbean, which is what our topic is tonight and his most recent book is the man who lost america. The british leadership and the American Revolution and the fate of the empire. It has received five National Book awards, including the New York Historical societys American History book prize, and the George Washington book rise. Prize. He is an editor of the
Up next on American History tv, project runway cohost tim gunn hosts a discussion on White House Holidays and traditions from the kennedy to the obama administrations. We will hear from Lyndon Johnson robb daughter of president johnson and former white house chief usher gary walter. This white house archives hosted this event. It is about 90 minutes. Wow we have a packed house. Thank you for coming, everyone. How fun is this . It is great to show the holidays with all of you. I am sure that all of you are wondering, what is tim gunn doing here . You will find out later, and it may surprise you. We have a lot of visual information for you. We have a lot of historical information. We have a preview of things to come. And it is going to be a very exciting night. So welcome. And we should get going with, we have our first slide which is quite spectacular looking. And the white house looks fabulous, does it not . Adn thisnd this could not happen with how many volunteers are the . Depending
History. It is an illuminated and entertaining read now available as a hardcover or ebook are your favorite bookstore or online bookseller. A 2012 event from the Lyndon Johnson president ial library with Lyndon Johnson robb as steve ford and the bush daughters. They discuss life in the white house and the legacy of their mothers. It is about one hour. [laughter] first, in terms of full disclosure, i would like to say, i was told to keep on time. It is on a quarter of five. And so mark, im going to leave it up to you. I have the easiest job here today because i just need to stay out of the way of these four people. So im going to jump right in. Were going to start with lynda which seems appropriate since were at her dads library. Since we just survived another election. And since all four of these have survived elections with their parents. I would like for each of them just to share an election day memory, election night, the morning after. Just something about that day that you rememb