As it was, into a National Political campaign and a nickname for himself. He was called old tip. You probably would not have been able to spin the victory here into as big of a thing as it was had he not been subsequently a successful general in the war of 1812. He ran for president in 1836, was unsuccessful. He ran again in 1840 with john tyler as his running mate. There was a Large Campaign rally here that attracted some 30,000 people. A rally in 1840 was probably the first modern style Campaign Rally of the type we see today. Probably the number one question i get here at the museum is, what does tippecanoe and tyler to meano . Harrison ran for president with tyler as his running mate. The meaning was, if you vote for tippecanoe, you get tyler too. They won the campaign that year, and harrison died three days after the inauguration, and tyler became president. The battlefield today is surrounded by a wrought iron fence. The fence pretty much and closes the perimeter of the army camp
On the presidency, will here of five years in which Thomas Jefferson served in paris as the minister of the united dates. Author James Thompson describes it as a transformative experience with his friendships with french revolutionaries and progressives turns him from a political loner to an activist. Mr. Thompson is the author. He spoke at the Virginia Historical society. This is about an hour. The summer of 1784, Thomas Jefferson traveled to paris as minister of the united dates to friends and lived there for 5 states to france for five years. He made a series of excursions , an influential member of French Society. He appointed johnson not only to the city and its people but when the enlightened ideas of french thought. Today speaker will talk to us about this transform is period and Thomas Jeffersons life. James thompson studies philosophy as an undergraduate and graduate student at the university of virginia and as an grad student, he lived on a farm of Thomas Jeffersons eldest ma
Brent Tarter, retired chief historian of the Library of Virginia, remembers with a chuckle the sign on Interstate 64 outside Hampton. Motorists weren’t entering just any city but the oldest
bring it before the roberts court. it was actually passed by one state. you ll never guess which one. let s see if anyone knows. ohio. out of deference to senator corwin who was the compromiser. yes? question? harrisburg, pennsylvania. i think one of the fascinating areas in terms of james buchanan is what in the terms of what he didn t do is the things he didn t do that could ve made things far worse for lincoln coming in including recognizing the confederacy. just what was his motivation? was it shear passivity? or did he genuinely have few remaining principles that he was not going to put lincoln in a worse position than he already was? well, you is this on? you must keep in mind that he was making his decisions with only several months remaining. and he wanted to get out of town without no, seriously. he wanted to e get out of town without having the war started on his watch. he made it very clear that, and he states this that i will do nothing that will incite an
president bush s policy, i would still say no, it s not likely, but it has obviously changed other people s policies. and not just our marches, but other marches, as well. so oh, i am inspiring. let me go to you. [ inaudible ] talked about the recent marches on world bank that aren t necessarily government, but they re political and the police the actions of the d.c. police toward the protesters and how that changes the age of washington as the people see. yeah. it s a that is that is one of the things that i would argue, that partly because in washington i think particularly there has been this creation of a tradition of marching on washington that much more depends on the notion of a large, peaceful march that when people do plan these more disruptive marches, there is almost in some ways more leeway for the washington police, or if it s the park police, depending on the area, to crack down harder. even if in some cases it s not within the bounds of legal proces