this is the woodrow wilson house in washington d.c., the home of our 28 president and former first lady edith wilson after they left the white house in 1921, you ll see more of that over the next two hours as we tell the story of the story of the two woodrow wilson first ladies, edith and allen. ellen and woodrow met in their twenties and their love was reflected in passionate letters. and passioned artists and an intellectual companion, she adopted causes and set an example for future first ladies. ellen wilson died in the white house a year and a half into the presidents term. the grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. they married after a series secret courtship, and she served as first lady for more than five years. her unprecedented role in managing the presidents affairs after the presidents stroke remains one of the most controversial elements of any first lady. welcome to the continuing series, first ladies, influenc
coming up in the next hour and 15 minutes we will hear from authors about this gateway city to the black hills. located in the western part of the state. we will take it to the state game lodge. he spent his summer vacation in 1927. then, in about 15 minutes the story of life inside an indian mission boarding school. as he talks about his first book children left behind. we visit downtown rapid city for a look at the correction of life-size statues. we begin our special feature with the story of calvin coolidge in the black hills. we are here in south dakota s black hills. and we are at the state game lodge. it was constructed several years before calvin coolidge made his summer lake house in 1927. with the first lady stayed here for nearly three months from june through september 1927 while they were on vacation. they took office in 1923 when he was vice president with warren harvey. they served out the last little bit of the term. and he was elected to his own term in 192
military regimen and get his troops to cuba and it was his force of will to get him to that spot where he created the iconic moment in 1888. he was not a regular army. he was not. did he operate independently? yes, he certainly had an independent spirit in his own way of doing things but didn t have a commanding officer interest part of the core, they did have their marching orders as to what their role would be but he took on additional roles and a lot of credit for that, to roosevelt. where is that phil? it s in cuba just outside of the east side. why was it significant? one of the spanish fleet was held up in the harbor and the u.s. navy wanted to force that fleet out of there and destroy it, make combat and they thought the best way to do that was to send a plan forced. once he was taken, the fleet would be honorable. it was destroyed by the u.s. navy. why was the u.s. military in cuba in 1898? it can be complicated. and at times not so complicated but
control where to pick up the person they arrested. but it is a long time and that police officer has to keep that person subdued. there is a lot of wiggle room for things to happen during the arrest. announcer: you can watch this and other american history programs on our website, where all of our video is archived. that is c-span.org/history. this week on the communicators. christina chaplin, whose government accountability office report says that the pentagon s weapon system cyber security is vulnerable. now, they don t even test systems for the kinds of threats you might see from russia, china and north korea. they are not allowed to in terms of testing. they don t want to potentially disrupt the system. watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. ago, congress created the wilson center in washington, d.c. as the nation s memorial to president woodrow wilson. next on the presidency, the center host policy students to consider how the 28th presi
world war i historical associations book prize which is awarded each year to the best book in english on world war i. his book the dance of the theories, europe and the outbreak of world war i is very well known in the field and it is also available for sale in the bookshop. so, would you please join me in welcoming doctor nyberg. obviously i want to start by thinking steve and laura who has just done so much work to get us all here and make sure we have our mccue and our stomachs to start the conversation. what i want to do today is talk about america s interaction in the first world war can we have those slides please? i want to start with this image which is the famous poster and list. i want to remind everyone that this image is not from 1917, it is from 1915 which is reflective of two things. first, the involvement of the united states and the period isolation. when we think of the world war being from 1917 to 1918, we are missing the main point that the united states