Write to even though you are never to see it or know it. A very poignant letter written by a grieving mother. There was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. The axelrod broke on the train and, her son did not survive the crash. She said the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much to take care of. She was not interested in housekeeping. She was not capable of taking care of the house. Pierce himself was seen as a failure in the office. It was probably the unhappiest of all presidencies. Good evening, and welcome to cspans first ladies influence image. In this program we learn about the final mueller first ladies of the antebellum era. We meet jane pierce whose tenure in the white house was defined by overwhelming loss. By the time she and her husband Franklin Pierce arrived at the executive mansion, they had lost all three of their young sons and this reluctant first lady finds herself crippled by grief. For the next 45 minutes we
U. S. Marine veteran alan clark on serving two tours in cory ko between 1950 and 1953. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Shes probably the most tragic of all the first ladies. Hated politics with a passion. This couch is one piece they took to the white house. They had eight rooms they had to furnish with their personal furniture. When she did arrive, she basically holed up and spent much of her time writing letters to her great son. She calls him my precious child, i must write to you even though you are never to see it or know it. A very pointed letter by a grieving mother. They were on a train from boston and there was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. Axel rod broke onkaqa the train he did not survive the crash. She concluded this was god gods that the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much for jane to take care of. I dont think she was interested in housekeeping. She wasnt cap
This is one of the oldest items in the collection. 500 years old. People. Here stone age they do not have tools, anything they had came from Natural Resources they found around them. This canoe wouldve taken about one month to build. They wouldve started with a slow burn, a very controlled burn on the top of a large pine tree and then they wouldve taken a stone tool to dig it up. Because of the high attrition rate, the life span was short for these people. They would die through disease or warfare. A lot of the canoes, they are still finding them to this day around lakes in new england. A storm will churn up the autumn a lake. This canoe was found in the lake region of New Hampshire and it is about 500 gears all of which makes it the second largest object. The second oldest item in this exhibit is the stumble which dates 20003000 years. A bowl like this was a lot of work to make. A soft stone, but still stone. They wouldve used a stone doubt to hell out this bull but it wouldve been ve
New Hampshire Historical Society to take a look at the long history with politics of this state. [chatter] this was the site of the first primary and on the eve of the elections there were quite a few undecided voters. People in New Hampshire take politics seriously. They study it. They spend a lot of time meeting with candidates, reading about candidates, interviewing candidates. And it is politics at all levels. New hampshire people are very curious about their politics at the local level, whether it is a town meeting or a school board, and they are equally passionate about politics at the county level, the state level particularly, and they get very interested in national politics, especially in regard to the president ial primaries. What we will do today is take a look at some items that reflect not only on New Hampshires politics, and New Hampshire politics within a larger scope of national and Even International politics. First item right here is a portrait and the subject is , g
This is the core exhibit of New Hampshire history. It features a number of objects considered iconic objects of New Hampshire history. The abernathy were stone age people. They did not have mental tools. Anything they had came from Natural Resources they found around them. This canoe wouldve taken about one month to build. They wouldve started with a slow burn, a very controlled burn on the top of a large pine tree and then they wouldve taken a stone tool to dig it up. Because of the high attrition rate, the life span was short for these people. They would die through disease or warfare. A lot of the canoes, they are still finding them to this day around lakes in new england. A storm will churn up the autumn of a lake. This canoe was found in the lake region of New Hampshire and it is about 500 gears all of which makes it the second largest object. The second oldest item in this exhibit is the stumble which dates 20003000 years. A bowl like this was a lot of work to make. A soft stone,