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Times, whether you were researching them on the internet or doing research for your papers in this class but there are a number of stories that continue to be circulated and 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 ecause 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 abo...

Madison. This was part of the annual president s day symposium. Hello, again. Is the sound good . Ok. Im not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. What i am planning to do today is to talk about james and Dolley Madisons lives before they were james and Dolley Madison. Then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. So these are the Gilbert Stuart portraits of james and dolley...

[ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby. And today, im in kennebunkport, maine. Its renowned as the bush familys summer haven and also for its succulent lobster. But this story has a cast of characters that are up and down the atlantic seaboard. The heirs, they live here, a reclusive aunt from massachusetts and their gilded age ancestor once dubbed the father of greater new york. Im john green. And im lisa green buchanan. I think its fair to say that our aunt julie was a ...

Trends and perfect pictures. We have four copies of the originals of the portraits in the white house collection and hang in the east room. If you will note, these are completely brandnew reproductions that were done with the assistance of the White House Historical association beginning with the most famous of them all, the father of the country, George Washington. [applause] it is now a complete renovation down to complete historical detail. Really i cannot even begin to tell you how much bett...

Beginning with the most famous of them all, George Washington. [applause] a complete renovation down to complete historical detail. I cant begin to tell you how much better looking that is than just a month ago. It would not be the same without housertner in the white as he was father of the country, Martha Washington. Mckinley. T is william i will leave it to our guest speaker, bill allman, to tell us why William Mckinley is in the east room. On the far left, he needs no introduction, t. R. Ted...

Interacted with his contemporaries, how he viewed himself, and how we remember him today. Professor smith today, what we are planning to do is spend a little time talking about George Washington and the character he developed over a lifetime. If you think about what we have done for the duration of this course, we brought him into the story intermittently throughout, whether it is talking about individual bibles or how he organized men or how he recruited men to get them to stay in the service. ...

Is that washington is a bit of an enigma to a modern obvious modern audience. We do early we really dont know who he was, how he looked. When i show you these images images are of three of our noteworthy president s. Every 10 years or so, about 700 political scientist and historians around the country rank our president. Current president is going to rank. Whenever those rankings come out, these three guys here rank at the top. Lincoln, it will be sometimes it will be washington come some someti...

Washington is that washington is an enigma to the modern audience. Why . Because we dont really know who he was, how he looked. When i show you these images here, these images are of three of our noteworthy president s. Every 10 years or so, about 700 political scientist and historians around the country rank our president. Who knows how current president is going to rank. Whenever those rankings come out, these three guys here rank at the top. Sometimes it will be lincoln, sometimes it will be ...

Events, so check out that website. Our event tonight is absolutely the highlight of our commemorative year. We are really privileged to welcome edith to speak with us. She is a historian, an awardwinning historian, a trailblazer in american womens history. She is a foremost leading expert on Abigail Adams. She has written several i other fees of abigail. Most recently, she edited the library of america volume of abigails letters speed letters. 100 letters were published for the first time. Today...

Michelle this is a really special year for the Abigail Adams birthplace. It is the year of remembering abigail. Observing two big anniversaries, october 2018 marks the 200th anniversary of her death. We had a big kick off at the statehouse and we have another big commemoration in november of this year, which marks the 275th anniversary of her birth. Weve been joining with other organizations to honor her legacy and celebrate her life and legacy. So we have formed an organization, rememberabigail...