Led to his first run in the white house at the age of 86. We dont come as the grifters. Our war isnt a war of conflict. Many are fighting in defense of our families, and prosperity. We have traditions, and our traditions have been strong. Our treaties have been disregarded. We have failed and they have mocked we beg no longer. When we speak no. More we petition know more. We defy then we. Confident that we should win. The words of Williams Jenning Brian were coming to from his home and office in the state capital of lincoln, nebraska. Its commonly referred to as fair view because at the turn of the century and give you a fair view of the land. William Jennings Brian and his wife moved here back in 1902. Its now part of the brian lg each Medical Center. Were coming to from the first flow of his parlor. His study is just below us. He did much of his writing and entertaining here in this house and we want to welcome our two guests. Michael casey is a professor of history hes also a author
President s role in the spanish american war acquiring hawaii and the philippines and liberating cuba from spain, and implementing an open door policy with china. This was recorded at the kansas city public library, in kansas city, missouri in 2017. Its just a learn our. Good evening ladies and gentlemen, welcome to kansas city public library. Robert mary, this is his second presentation in this somewhat halls of the kansas city public library. Five star library, from the library journal. [applause] hes a graduate of the university of washington, has a masters degree from Columbia University school of journalism, hes been a reporter for the observer the wall street journal, managing editor and executive editor and editor in chief of congressional quarterly, and more recently, editor of the National Interest in the american conservative. American conservative has been about this passage, he said its collaborative, it sounds a lot like robert mary. This is a description of their philosop
2011. It is about an hour. Thank you very much. It is wonderful to be here again. I love this venue. I get lots of good questions, which we will save time for at the end. This is an interesting occasion for me. This is the first time i have been in front of an audience talking about Andrew Johnson. Forgive me if i say jefferson occasionally. I had to write that and do a spell check to make sure i didnt have jefferson where i should have had johnson, because the temptation was actually quite great. If someone had told me a number of years ago that i would have written a book about Andrew Johnson, i would have said you are crazy. Its not that i dont think hes interesting. He really is. Not that i didnt know anything about him. But for most of my career as a historian, i have tried to avoid the period of reconstruction. It sounds strange for someone who writes about slavery, which is a difficult topic to write about, but i find it easier to deal with the 17th century and 18th century, and
Congressional quarterly, he calls the presidency of wikileaks William Mckinley. This is just over one hour. applause good evening ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to kansas city public library. Robert merry, this is his second representation. Y applause he is a graduate of the university of washington. He has a masters degree from Columbia University school of journalism. He has been a reporter for the observer, the wall street journal, managing editor, executive editor and editor in chief of congressional quarterly, and more recently, editor of the National Interest in the american conservative. The american conservative he says its collaborative, but it sounds a lot like robert merry. This is a description of their philosophy. We believe in constitutional government, fiscal prudence, sound policy, clearly needed borders, protection of civil liberties, and mixed with diplomatic we had here closely to our institutional maximum ideas of ideology principles one could wish that there was mor
James monroe to gerald r. Ford convened in washington for a conference hosted by the White House Historical association. Next an interview with Massee Mckinley who descended from Grover Cleveland and William Mckinley. This is 15 minutes. Massee mckinley, were talking to you at the White House Historical associations president ial site summit in washington, d. C. , and youre here because you work with the organization and because youre the descendent of two president s. Tell me your familys story. Im related on my maternal side to Grover Cleveland the 22 and 24th United States president and on my fathers side, the fraternal side, to William Mckinley. Im the greatgreat nephew of William Mckinley and the greatgreat grandson of Grover Cleveland. How did those two families get together . It happened chance. My parents married and the two became one. Interesting were your parents, excuse me, aware of their linage when they married . I have no clue. I have no clue. My father was a longtime hi