complicated and controversial building of a memorial to president james garfield on the u.s. capitol grounds. we ll hear from matthew gilmore who edits a washington, d.c. history blog. those of you probably know matt by name, if not in person. he runs a blog, the matthew b. gilmore press blog and also he s an author of the column of the intowner. if you follow d.c. history, he s been integrally involved. anything history in d.c. oh, you also run the d.c. history list. thank you for that on behalf of the city. today he s going to talk about james garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington, d.c. i won t say too much more about it. i don t want to steal his steam. please join me in welcoming matt. [ applause ] thank you very much. the story i m going to tell might be ripped from today s or recent headlines. there was a presidential memorial delayed for years caught up in congressional infighting. legislation pending. a powerful lob
service. thank you for that on behalf of the city. today is going to be talking about james garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington d.c.. i won t say too much more, i don t want to steal his steam, please join me in welcoming matt. (applause) thank you very much. the story i m going to tell might be ripped from today s recent headlines. there was a presidential memorial delayed for years. it was caught up in congressional infighting, and replace it with another. a powerful lobby behind the memorial had chosen this site, the designer, the design criticize in the press. the site was very close to the capital on maryland avenue. if the years 1887, not 2017, and the memorial was one to president garfield and not president eisenhower. james garfield s death was a national shock. he is been a compromise candidate for the presidency and had won the closest election in american history. it was a difficult life but his rise up was the rag
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how investors are handling the new $2 billion in debt. but first to our top story, oculus cofounder is leaving facebook. he was ceo, but was later reassigned. he is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from facebook this year, including instagram s founders and a whatsapp founders. joining us to discuss, david kirkpatrick and sarah frier. what do we know about iribe s reasons for leaving and do they differ from that of the other founders? sarah: you re seeing a trend right now. all these companies were convinced to join facebook in part because facebook said they could remain a little bit independent, sort of like the same independent company they always were, but within facebook, with all these resources to grow faster. it looks like that kind of promise is eroding a bit. iribe said he needs time off because he has been in the game for 20 years and he needs a break. whether that s the real reason, i m sure we will find out soon. it s part of this larger trend