carden and governor sununu in this room. this stage has welcomed over the last 100 years some very interesting people. and tonight we re making history to learn about some of the inner workings of the white house. but i want to mention there have been pundits, there have been professors. actually there was a professor here a couple of months ago who led a group of us to egypt, 87 of us to be precise. and he s the professor that s pushing back the dates of the pyramid and the sphinx like to 10,000 years which i think is wonderful. there s also been a very famous writer by the name of samuel clemons who was here, mark twain. and my father remembers as a 12-year-old boy he used to sit with other kids from dublin at the feet of the writer. and mark twain would read some of his latest work. and then of course most special of all the white house connection was the 300-pound president. neither bushes would have qualified for that. william howard taft s secretary of the treasury buil
professor here a few months ago who led a group of us to egypt. 87 of us to be precise. and he s the professor who s pushing back the dates of the pyramid and the sphinx, like to 10,000 years, which i think is wonderful. there s been a very famous writer by the name of samuel clemons who was here, mark twain. and my father remembers as a 12 year old boy, that he would sit with other kids from dublin at the feet of the great writer and mark twain would read some of his latest works. and then of course, most special of all, the white house connection, was the 300 pound president. neither bush would ve qualified for that. william howard taft secretary of the treasury built this house in 1902. when taft visited here twice. one of the times he visited win the place who built this house invited the whole town of dublin. we were like 600 in those days. we are 1500 today. the good president shook hands, went around the periphery, and shake hands with 600 people. before the supper the
about six or seven of them if time allows. is the will come to the point the total surprise and national humanities medal and is author of the critically acclaimed new york times bestseller the warmth of other son. her debut work of the national book critics circle award for nonfiction and was named as well as the new york times list of the best nonfiction of all time. she s taught at princeton and boston university and reflection it wasn t 200 other colleges and universities across the united states, europe and asia. caste: the origins of our discg acclaim and will no doubt add to her accolades. interviewing isabel to see thise jon meacham oculus prize-winning biographer. he s a contributing writer for the new york times book review and contribute editor of time magazine. he s also a new york times bestseller the hope for glory, the american odyssey of george herbert walker bush, thomas jefferson, the art of power, american land, , andrew jacksonn the white house come
particular the alliance between eleanor roosevelt and jfk. hello welcome to another addition of with the residents. and paul sparrow, director of the roosevelt librarian high park. today we re gonna talk about the relationship between two most important families in american history, the roosevelts in the candidates. to assist me in this conversation, i m joined by the director of jfk library. paul, it s good to be with you. allen price. here thank you for joining me today alan. this is really one of the most complicated and interesting relationships, multi general rational relationships. two dynasties in the way they impacted american political life. there is a component to this the people don t really understand. not only was there a relationship between franklin roosevelt and joseph kennedy, but there was an incredible relationship between eleanor roosevelt and john f. kennedy. i think we will start with the beginning, which is the relationship between franklin roosev
the white house historical association. tonight s program is very exciting and we are honored to partner with our good friends at the richard nixon foundation. i d like to welcome dr. jim kavanagh, the chairman of the board of the nixon foundation, his wife esther right up here on the front row. and hugh hue wilt, the president of the nixon foundation you ll hear from in a few moments. many guests are here. we are happy to have you here tonight. this marks the 50th anniversary of patricia nixon becoming the first lady of the united states. they added over 600 paintings and the most of any presidency. the significance of this will be discussed in tonight s program but it s very important to us here at the white house historical association as a core part of our mission, which was inspired as most of you or all of you know by first lady jacqueline kennedy for conservation, restoration of those beautiful state rooms in the white house, for the acquisition of items for the perman