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Before the nixon improvements, you can see a portion of his lydia can tell you better than me. The wine cellar, semicircular, is still down there. The mike, oh, okay. Traces of jeffersons wine cellar and after the war of 1812, when the house was rebuilt, where the west wing big building is now was a stable. It is under the dining room windows, wasnt a very clear decision. And it was paved all in there, and you can the big arch is still there, just filled in where the horses were admitted. So it is the west wing is a working wing and it receives plenty of attention, but it does have a job to do. Yes. I would like to know when was electricity put in the white house so that an elevator could be used by president roosevelt or if, for some reason, they didnt have a back up, were there ramps or anything of that sort to be used . The first elevator, which was a counterweight elevator, not electrical, was ordered by president garfield and put in later by put into operation by arthur. It was ne ....
The symbol had survived and even increased in power and roosevelt dismissed any critics of the remodeling as yahoos. Thats all he said. The white house was lived in hard for the next some 40 years. World war i and ii passed by. Very little in world war i, world war ii. They lived it down. And it also was threatened with being dangerous for bombs and things during the war. We thought wed be attacked. Ms. Roosevelt wrote in the summer of 43 and said qun father expects los angeles to be bombed this summer. So the Great Depression was battled from its walls in world war ii. president coolidge in the 20s tore off the attic and added a lowprofile third floor. President franklin met with the corps of engineers after pearl harbor, and among the many negative documents, a particular one brought a week after pearl harbor called the house a fire trap. Roosevelt simply dismissed the report. I dont want to hear it. In 1945 came a president n ....
Our last speakers are andrew burstein, who is the charles professor of history at Louisiana State university, and hes the author of the books the inner jefferson, jeffersons secrets, lincoln dreamt he died, history of the american dream, and hes also coauthor with nancy isenberg, our second speaker, will be copresenting, of madison and jefferson. And andrew asked me it tell you about his new book that is coming out on jeffersons birthday next year, april 13th, 2015 called democracys muse, how Thomas Jefferson became an fdr liberal. Description of the white house historian. But anyway, and with him is nancy isenberg, who is also distinguished professor at Louisiana State university. Shes the author of two prize winning books. Sex and citizenship and ant b l antebellum america and the coauthor of madison and jefferson. ....
The White House Historical association and mount pelee or hosted this event mount pelier hosted this event. He was called the dean of 1812 scholarship by the new yorker. He has written seven books on the conflict, most notably, the war of 1812, a forgotten conflict, available in a bicentennial edition. His book on Andrew Jackson and the battle of new orleans is forthcoming from Johns Hopkins university press. Editor of ackey is fine series of monographs. We welcome professor don hickey. [applause] thanks for that introduction. About thed to talk politics of the war of 1812. You should have a handout in your folder with a little thatne and a few books will provide Additional Information if you would like to read a little bit more on this. Presentation ....