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Matter. The agency is real. But there are these Larger Forces that impose these great constraints. And yet, when you get to the presidency, you actually start to see wow, this individuals one particular decision did matter. And thats not always true in other realms. And it does take you back to character. And its why i think that character, both for great president s and for the worst president s, reenters the picture where these discussions of which are very important discussions to have. What ...

Content to do not rate anything as appropriate for mature audiences and they are incapable of doing anything as it was intended. Daughters of the american in 1890. N was founded the National Headquarters was found a few blocks from the white house. American artifacts, a visit to museum, remembering the 17761890. Volution, we begin with this visit to america by revolutionary war hero general lafayette. My name is Heidi Campbell chauffe. I am the director and chief curator of the museum. Heidi cam...

Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school. And i want to let those in the audience who are tweeting know that the tag for this session is oah underscore bad president and add the tag oah 2016. So the theme of the conference, as chosen by oah president john butler is on leadership. And as 2016 is a president ial election year, and boy, is it a president ial election year, the Program Committee assembled a round table of scholars willing to talk about president ial leadership. But about its ...

To whom maybe an important qualifier for this panel. What does it mean to be a bad president . What counts as bad and how do we define a bad president . Specifically, who might have been the worst president ever . Our panelists are david greenberg, are you full position now . Oh, associate professor. Just a little bit inside baseball, sorry guys. Associate professor of history and journalism and immediate study at news brunswick. Hes the author of books of nixon and most recently of a wonderful ...

Next, a discussion about the worst president in u. S. History. Three historians first looked at what makes a president the worst, followed by their nominees. The panel was port of the organization of american historians annual meeting held this year in providence, rhode island. It is an hour and a half. Welcome to the oah 2016 and welcome to the planary panel, worst president ever. Im claire potter, professor of history and director of the Digital Humanities Initiative at the new school. And i w...

And the last section takes us through the 1890s and that connects us back to the American Revolution. The discussion of the 19th century and the American Revolution wouldnt be complete without talking about lafayettes visit. The Marquis Lafayette was 19 years old when he came to america to fight in the revolution. He was a french aristocrat and when i talk to students about this and i say he was 19 we think about 19yearolds today what were you like when you were 19 . Were you going to fight in r...

Rightanton here to my grew up in fort worth. He was recruited into a summer seasonal job when he was a student at houston filton college. That began a long career stretching out some 54 years in the nations service. Bottom in at the grantee 10 National Park and worked his way all the way to the top, when president bill clinton appointed him director of the National Park service from 1997 through 2001. He wasthat superintendent of National Capital park in the d. C. Area. And the Virgin Islands Na...

The the sponsors of this discussion. And to all of the smithsonian and park Service Staff here today, welcome and thank you. To our friends and allies in the preservation work we thank you for coming in for joining us. You to those thank from outside traditional areas of our field, scholars and advocates for community advancement. Especially to our panelists, special guests who i will introduce at greater length later on in the program. Your inputppreciate and want to thank you for helping us ex...

Lectures and history are also available as podcasts. Download them from itunes. Coming up next, leaders of the naacp, human rights campaign, hispanic rights foundation. They highlight a number of Historic Sites as examples of efforts to tell a more complete american story. It is hosted by the National Trust for historic preservation. It is an hour and 15 minutes. I am marita rivero. I thank you for coming to the diversity summit. It will be the kickoff of the diversity and inclusion conference. ...

Chair of the board of trustees of the National Trust historic reservation. I thank you for coming to the diversity summit. It will be the kickoff of the diversity and inclusion programming that you will see throughout our conference. We are being taped by cspan and we are live streamed. I would also like to recognize the sponsors of this discussion. The National Park service, the Smithsonian Institution and to , all of the smithsonian and park Service Staff here today, welcome and thank you. To ...