Narrat the next to last session of the United Nations conference ps tribute to the head of americas delegation and organizer of the successful nine week meeting. He has been named u. S. Representative to the new International Organization and is presented with the scroll in recognition of his efforts. And a history making moment as lord halifax calls for a standing quote on the approval of the charter on the International Organization and the heads of the 50 United Nations delegations rise to be counted. The vote is unanimous. As the session adjourns, delegates burst into applause. The charter of a new world is born. Arriving in San Francisco is president harry s truman. He is met with u. S. Delegates and the chiefs of the 49 other delegations. Among them, the premier of south africa and the Prime Minister of canada. President truman leaves for a brief tour through San Francisco. His is the first visit to San Francisco by a chief executive in seven years. Half a million citizens turn o
Prof. Gutin welcome everyone. This is for the people who are here for the first time tonight the making of the president s 2020, better known as a political circus of the century. Im going to be talking about two different, and yet related topics. The first has to do with the factors that are considered when we look at president ial effectiveness. The second part id like to look at, a few of the more recent president ial elections. So, were going to start with this. And im coming on the work of Professor Robert dallek, a wellknown president ial historian. Dallek writes, the 20th century saw an impressive expansion of president ial powers, due to the vision and leadership skills of nine men who served in the office Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano roosevelt, harry s. Truman, dwight d. Eisenhower, john f. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines johnson, richard nixon, and ronald reagan. Now, professor dalleks analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some of the pre
The next to last United Nations conference pays tribute to secretary of state. He has now named United States representative to the new international organization. It presented with a scroll in recognition of his efforts. [applause] and a history making moment as lord halifax calls for a standing quote on International Organizations and the heads of the 50 United Nations counted. Ns rise to be the vote is unanimous. As the session adjourns, the delegates burst into applause. A charter of a new world is born. Arriving in San Francisco is president harry s. Trueman. Hes met with the u. S. Delegates and the chiefs of the 49 other delegations. Among them, south africa and the Prime Minister of canada, mr. Mackenzie king. President truman leaves for a brief tour through San Francisco. His is the first visit to San Francisco by a chief executive in seven years. Half a million citizens turn out to hail the president ial motorcade. [cheering and applause] as mr. Truman arrives, 63 days of conc
Lincoln visited with Wounded Soldiers spent time with self , emancipated men, women and children, and drafted the emancipation proclamation. Joan cummins is a public historian, artist, and educator. As a program assistant, she supports their public facing programming, particularly for students and teachers. She works very closely with one of their programs called students opposing slavery for young abolitionists working to combat human trafficking. She is the cohost of a podcast, which i think is a terrific name, called q and abe. Welcome to history happy hour. Thanks so much for having me. Im excited to be here and to share you all about lincolns experience during the summer of his presidency. He lived at president lincolns cottage for three summers while he was president. The summer of 1862, 1863, and 1864. The family was planning to come out here again for the summer of 1865 when the president was killed. There were three main reasons the family moved to the cottage as opposed to st
And he is appealing to working men and women and their families. We heard from a crosssection of working men and women last night who shared how President Trump has restored the economy and used that power to secure more opportunity for all americans. President trump took the necessary action knowing that agriculture is our backbone and strength. Critical to our National Security. Our entire economy and dairy farming are once again warring back. He has followed through on his promises including last week when he brokered to end european tariffs on maine live lobsters and up to 20 on Maine Lobster products. By getting rid of the jobkilling nafta and negotiating the u. S. mexican canada trade agreement, President Trump insured a more competitive Playing Field for american companies. Lou the president himself, President Trump, featured in two videos aired at the rnc. In the first President Trump pardoned a reformed bank robber, john ponder. Ponder now runs a prisoner reentry program. In a