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But think about to when johnson pivska visited the class and we talked about the Jackson Magnolia. Who remembers the story . Andrew jacksons wife died right before he went to office so he planted this tree because it was her favorite tree. And he brought the seeds from the hermitage in tennessee and do you remember what jonathan told us . He said there isnt any contemporary evidence, Andrew Jackson never mentions planting a tree, theres nothing in newspapers so it seems like this is a story that has these romantic origins and its continued to grow from that ever since. So this is actually first known exterior photograph of the white house taken by a welsh born photographer named john plume jr. In january 1846. So if youre looking at the white house, this is 1846, so in theory jackson planted his tree already, right . But i dont see a magnolia anywhere. So this also bolsters ....
Alex, was it you who wrote about the Jackson Magnolia. It was. So you already know about this. For everybody else, think back when Jonathan Pliska visited our class and we talked about the story behind the Jackson Magnolia. Who remembers the story, not alex. Anybody else . Yeah, william. Andrew jacksons wife died right before he went to office so he planted the tree because it was her favorite tree. Uhhuh. And he brought the seeds from the herm taj in tennessee and do you remember what jonathan told us . False. Well, he said that there really isnt any type of contemporary evidence. Andrew jackson never mentions planting a tree. Theres nothing in newspapers. So it seems like this is a story that has, of course, these romantic origins and its continued to grow from that ever since. So this is actually the first known ....
Perpetuated. What i like about this is you get to not only debunk these things but try to figure out where they started and why people grew so attached to them because that also tells you a little bit more about how people understand the past and how they use it or misuse it. So, remember earlier in the semester we talked about the Jackson Magnolia. Who remembers the story . Andrew jacksons wife died right before he went to office so he planted this tree because it was her favorite tree. Matthew and he brought the seeds from the hermitage in tennessee and do you remember what jonathan told us . He said there isnt any contemporary evidence, Andrew Jackson never mentions planting a tree, theres nothing in newspapers so it seems like this is a story that has these romantic origins and its continued to grow from that ever since. So this is actually first known exterior photogra ....
Hi, joe. Good evening. Hows everybody doing . Good thanks for being here. And thank you to everybody. Our politics and prose for making this possible, as well as to the cspan crew who are with us tonight. And welcome to everybody who was watching us as well. Im really, really delighted to be able to have conversation about the updated of lost in the gulf with my friend and and colleague joe campbell. And im sure that youll have a lot of questions afterwards. I think were going to, you know, start by listening to joe. I have a few questions you and well see how this is going. But please, you know, we are going to be looking forward to hearing from you as well later on. Thank you, filippo. Thanks very much. Okay. Thanks many thanks to the fine staff and professional staff here at politics prose. Its been a real pleasure working them and and their efforts and making tonight possible so thank you thank very much all right lets get started ive got my copy its a signed copy as well. I encour ....