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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 about the Jackson Magnolia. I think a number of you went into detail about the Jackson Magnolia. Alex, ...

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 james was secretary of state. Its actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they c...

[ 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 hoarder. And when she died in 2009, she left us a mountain of stuff to sort through. Oh, what a grea...

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 better looking that is than just a month ago. It would not be complete without at the same time his part...

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. Teddy roosevelt. These are touches that anyone will see, the business groups that use it, the productio...