So i knew of course that taft succeeded teddy and they would run against each other 1912, but then you always go back and i know scott does too, you want the primary sources, the letters and diaries and private journals for historians so when i found the 400 letters between the two, i realized they become friends when they were in their early 30s and an odd couple, teddy who is marching around everywhere doing wrestling and boxing and taft wayne between 250 and 350 is not doing much wrestling and boxing at that point, but they liked each other and the opposites almost attracted and teddy brings them into his cabinet, he becomes the most important person in his cabinet even though all his life he wanted to be a judge, never a politician, from from that he decides hes the man i want to succeed me, he runs the taft campaign, gives him advice at every moment, the only thing he did not give him a vice was the Campaign Song which i dont think teddy wouldve approved of it was get on a raft wi
Morning. It is a little cooler out here, i noticed we had that warm, warm day thursday, all of a sudden, two days later, here we are Rosemary Orozco joining us now with how this weekend is shaping up. Good morning, rosemary. Happy saturday, may i say, happy first day of summer, the summer solstice arrives to 43 this afternoon, maybe i shall say, enjoy the final moments of spring, a look outside this morning, we have a partly sunny, partly cloudy sky, a bit of a breeze, for a dramatic drop in temperatures yesterday, for your weekend, we are going to be right about where we should be for this time of year, we can up with temperatures right around 50 degrees for cooler spots, almost 60 degrees for the inland, getting into the afternoon, 60s at the coast, 90s inland, a repeat expected for your fathers day sunday, better details on what is going on here today, and the extended forecast in just a little bit. California now has the second highest number of coronavirus cases in the country, th
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, youll 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 president s 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 president s affairs after the president s stroke remains one of the most controversial elements of any first lady. Welcome to the continuing series, first ladies, influence and im
Rough ridered. Theodore roosevelt his cowboy regiment and the immortal charge up San Juan Hill. The authorrer is mark lee gardner. Mr. Gardner, how did Teddy Roosevelt get to San Juan Hill in 1898 . Guest well, it was a lot of hard trying, a lot of really putting well, Theodore Roosevelt said, i put myself in the way of things happening and they happen, and he tried his best to form a military regiment and to get his troops to cuba and it was just force of will to get him to that spot where he created that iconic moment in 1898. Host he was not regular army. Guest he was. No. A u. S. Volunteer. Host and dead hi operate independently . Guest yeah. I think to the chagrin of Commanding Officers, yes, he certainly had an independent expert his own way of doing things, but he did have a Commanding Officer and he was part of the fifth corps, so they did have their marching orders as to what their role was going to be, but he took on additional roles and that charge up San Juan Hill, a lot of
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 lifesize statues. We begin our special feature with the story of Calvin Coolidge in the black hills. We are here in south dakotas 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 1924. He came to