i think the us public is perhaps more familiar with figures such as theodore roosevelt. you know, who was second in command of the roughriders, for example. and there's a whole mythology around him, right? or president william mckinley. but what we do in this exhibition is that we put those portraits in conversation with portraits of figures from cuba, from puerto rico, from guam, from the philippines, from hawaii. in order to complete that narrative, to complete the history, to present the different perspectives, and really to provide a panoramic outlook into these history. well, we do start with president mckinley. he's right here, 25th, president of the united states. why is he important to this story? well, he was the president of the united states during the war of 1898. and this is a fascinating portrait. it's a portrait that was painted by the preeminent 19th century puerto rican artist francisco estatal, who is really known for his intention to create a vocabulary of puerto. we can visual identity through portraits of puerto rico's intellectuals, through landscap

there was still a theodore roosevelt. i mean, theodore roosevelt had been a advocate of american imperialism. there's a wonderful exhibit out there that was mentioned. great cartoon. of uncle sam standing at the fork, the road. one path goes to. it's called the imperial highway for imperialism. the other path goes to the monroe. the point is that in the late 19th century, the monroe doctrine, was actually the symbol of anti-imperialist it was those who opposed like america going to war with spain and the philippines and cuba and guam, puerto rico, which is, of course, exactly happens in 1898. and is the program favored by theodore roosevelt now he becomes becomes president a few years later, he inherits some real crises in the caribbean. one in particular in santo domingo, what we call today, the dominican republic. he's concerned, just as monroe was concerned in 1823 that this instability will trigger european intervention or colonization of santo domingo and roosevelt issues. his famous call to the monroe doctrine, whic

, a career cia officer, grandson of president theodore roosevelt. and local crime bosses. publications in the press discredited massadyk. descation is destroying the country's economy and wants to sell iran to the communists. organized gangs appeared on the streets of tehran as if out of nowhere. they beat passers-by, smashed shop windows, smashed mosques and chanted, “we love massadyk and communism.” the persian capital was gripped by excitement. accused the prime minister of failing to control the situation in the city and ensure the safety of civilians . moreover, in peaceful people some mysterious snipers were shooting. structure, at the top of which organs of information and psychological influence were formed, namely the military, many of them came here to us at conferences from the beginning of the 2000s on internet marketing, on search engines, they were all russian-speaking, none of them pretended to be big ukrainians , many did not really speak ukrainian, especially from kharkov, all these people asked again, now they all work for tsypso.

that would andrew jackson and theodore roosevelt. and so this makes perfect sense for conventional history. you like drama. you like great crises. you like to say all the person you know did things. and even if you think, as i do my opinion, just is that woodrow wilson was largely a disaster. whose legacy has been a disaster, and that franklin roosevelt did almost everything wrong. we still esteem those great presidents because were on the scene for all of this and to the great. they think they mastered them or we got it. we rank them very highly. and it is, i think, the wrong way to go about it. the point coolidge had the misfortune from the conventional point of view of governing during times, although even that's not quite. you know what i think john cochrane in the last panel made a very good point about how coolidge get in the way. there could be five or ten or 100 good books written about how and especially regulators will see some favorable happening and then try to get in front of the parade and just screw it all up. i'll jus

, a career cia officer, grandson president theodore roosevelt.tives and local crime bosses. publications in the press discredited massadyk. descation is destroying the country's economy and wants to sell iran to the communists. "we love massadeq and communism. the persian capital was gripped by unrest. the press accused the prime minister of failing to control the situation in the city and ensure the safety of the civilian population. moreover, some mysterious snipers were shooting at civilians. the military supported bribed by the tsarushniks. and the americans also helped the new ruler of iran, shah pahlavi, create the secret police savak, where fugitive nazi criminals became instructors. this secret police dealt with dissidents so brutally that they were nicknamed the gestapa in the east. by and large, this was the first color revolution in history. cia, the first maidan, more precisely, the persilian maidan. the information war is waged by the military, it is waged by diplomats, the press, politicians, it specialists, they are all parts of a

true or false, are named after theodore roosevelt. >> yes. true. >> true. it is true. this is whole story. that's a little stretched, but basically he chose not to kill a bear on a hunting trip. and then the washington post heard about it, made a cartoon, and then a local candy store owner in brooklyn. what made the first teddy bear when he saw the cartoon? >> it's this candy store still there. >> rihanna. i don't know if this early 1990s candy store still there. >> and fast forward to build a bear. >> yes, that's right, we are brooklyn. rihanna. why do you do some research? >> i'm going to find out. i'm going to find the location of that candy store. okay. >> this last question, i remember it being in a book growing up that i had in my room, william howard taft once got stuck in a bathtub. >> okay, based on the way you just said that, i'm going to say false. >> i'm also going to say sorry you gave it away. >> not true. he, as a kid, i was taught a crane like lifted taft. it was 350 pounds out of a bathtub. did not happen. but he did come build the bathtub. that was se

, a career cia officer, grandson of president theodore roosevelt.esentatives and local crime bosses. publications in the press. they discredited massadek, saying that he is destroying the country’s economy and wants to sell iran to the communists. organized gangs appeared on the streets of tehran, seemingly out of nowhere. they they beat passersby, smashed shop windows, smashed mosques and chanted: “we love massadyk and communism.” the persian capital was gripped by excitement. the press accused the prime minister of failing to control the situation in the city and ensure the safety of civilians. moreover, some mysterious snipers were shooting at civilians. the military, with the support of street gangs bribed by the cia, overthrew masadyk. as a result, the united states gained quick access to an economic group that determined policy and subsequently influenced it. the usa and britain regained control over the country, and most importantly, control over iranian oil through the transit corridors of the persian gulf. and also the americans. could the

the guy used very racist rhetoric, the 1912 theodore roosevelt progressive party bull moose platformor segregation of the races in america. i'm not sure how long that's going to stick. >> right. woodrow wilson always used to get in the top ten. this guy was a horribly racist monster, and he dropped out. he's gone down. interesting in some of the movement. andrew jackson used to get ranked highly. he's gone, dropped out of the top ten, which i think is a good thing. he's now at 21, down 12 places since 2015. as i mentioned, woodrow wilson, he's down five points since 2015. some of those are good. what do you think about the idea of barack obama being so high? he used to be 11 and now he's 7. he's moved up. >> he has moved up and i think he will move up further. as far as andrew jackson is concerned, it shows historians can do the right thing. it takes us a while. he was president in the early 19th century, but a liberal like arthur schlessinger wrote a glowing book about him. lbj had his portrait in the oval office, but we now, given what people are more justifiably more sensitive to,

this, they are going to exonerate flipper, exonerate the entire regiment that theodore roosevelt chargedonly one person left alive. they are like here, here is $25,000. we owe you. he is like, okay. but, i mean, they are going to really push for reshaping their image. we don't see race we only see green. you take the language and rhetoric of young and then you take the fact that for a long time, you know, collin powell will be a key figure in the reagan administration, he is going to help design operation urgent sieri, and you are like why is the united states invading? they were not doing anything relating to communism he was trying to push back. he was a socialist. reagan administration was like no communist. so, you have a very clear -- his politics aligned with the idea of the we only see green. this is what we are going to support, right? and, you know, like i said, like i said an recall about him recently where someone called him a civil rights leader which is like project number 27. i have to write a new article about the conservative of henry flipper, because no one has. so, i st

the theodore roosevelt presidential library this is an idea that started here on this campus of having a library, and come july 4th, 2026 on our nation's 250th birthday when the theodore presidential library museum hopes and the liberal will be a global institution and rooted right here in north dakota inspiring people across the globe -- to get into the arena. just like tr was healed and inspired by the north dakota landscape in the way of life when he came here in the 1880s after losing his wife and his mother on the same day. people get confused when we say library and museum they might think of an old school model under glass that is not this and stuff gathering dust. it is going to be a cap the vasing digital experience for visitors -- it is going to be leaning heavily on immersive story telling new technologies you can count on the fact your kids and grand kids will drag you to the library and they want to come back again and again -- the tr library like t rrk incredible wife won't just be a place it is going to be an experience. and it is going to become a tourism power house in

the sergeant portrait of theodore roosevelt is much better in terms of flattery. so what is fun and interesting for us, and i think very important as a historian, is to have art broker a bridge through time with our more than 2 million visitors who might not know this history. they might not understand that the united states acquire puerto rico, the philippines and guam and cuba. for a brief time in 1898. and that summer, they also annexed hawaii or hawaii as we know it. another portrait that we have on view is that of queen lili lani, which is the portrait by william cogswell that usually hangs in the illinois palace in honolulu. and we were able to facilitate a very important loan because her voice is so important, and she's a major sight line in the exhibition. and not many people understand that the united states, under mckinley's presidency annexed hawaii through a joint resolution, which is not your normal path to a treaty for annexation. normally you pass a treaty through the house vote and then the senate votes, and then you come together that way. instead

in 1903, president theodore roosevelt met with the acclaimed naturalist john muir at the park in 1909ent taft hiked into the valley from glacier point. the last president to visit the park was barack obama. at the end of his terme in 2016, dean muni is trying to make this weekend's chinese new year parade a stress free as possible. >> it is offering free rides to the parade on saturday. the agency says the service was made possible thanks to funding from the board of supervisors. extra service to the event begins at two in the afternoon in order to make sure everyone stays safe. the agency says it is adding more staff along its lines that go through chinatownthalaska airlines chinese new year parade in san francisco setor saturday night. come celebrate the year of the dragon with us onceinwe are a proud partner here at ktvu and will be broadcas the parade live ght here on ktvu fox two starting at 6:00 in the evening. >> well, the longest running black vine. festival in the country is returning to the bay area this saturday. oakland is hosting the 13th annual black vines festival. orga

franklin delano roosevelt had, that capability and my great and wonderful hero, theodore roosevelt, my great and wonderful hero had that. my friends. that's what this is all about. inspiring young americans changing our party. our party's lost its way. we've got to have a party of reform. we've got to have a party of inclusion. we've got to have a party that tells these young americans, look, we now stand astride the world as the most powerful nation in history, both militarily and, economically. and you can take in this noble experiment, this we have the greatest opportunity to spread freedom and democracy. all over this world, where we can lift up the lives of our citizens and meet these close this growing gap between haves and have nots. dedicate yourself to your country and its cause that's what this party has got to be all about, not a party of exclusion, not a party of the special interests, not a party of these pork barrel in washington, d.c., we've lost way since ronald reagan was elected in 1980. and i'm going to bring us back. and i'm and i'm going to break this ion triangle

but his brothers and mentor and friend, theodore roosevelt and his wife, nelly, wanted him to be president. so he turns down the supreme court three times. as president of the united states, he appoints a record six justices including a chief justice in single term. and there is this joke, you know, that william howard taft's son gets asked the question, is he going to be president or is he going to serve on the supreme court. and his son basically tells the reporter that ma wants him to be president. but he's persistent, right? it shows him that the dream deferred could still be a dream that's achieved. and the last decade of life is his happiest where he finally becomes chief justice of the supreme court. at the end of his life, he says i hardly remembered that i was ever president. >> jack cohen, a real fun book. it makes us think about, you know, what happens when the lights go off and the crowd stops sharing. thank you for writing. >>> before we go, i have something exciting to share. my new book, "age of resolutions, progress and backlash" from 1600 to the president will be published

empire under theodore roosevelt.y us and debates in a society about what democracy is and whether it is good. whether what we actually do want is for all of us to collectively as individuals for sovereign rights over ourselves, collectively coming together to transfer the sovereignty into a collective we decide as a democracy into how we will mark our faith. how we will go forward. dominion, ruled by some group or opinion. that is an internal debate in american politics. we will realize this in a way that we did not appreciate until we found ourselves in this moment now where we are able to debate every day. it feels ridiculous, alien, feels like we landed from mars. how did we come to a consensus on this? did we not all agree we were in a democracy? was it not the fact it in the old days we would fight along the 40 yard lines as a clichi? we did not have extremes, a clichi, the debate has been there the entire time. one of the most useful interventions in understanding the debate being there the entire time comes by

we are going to move on now to theodore roosevelt. his presidency of course began suddenly with the assassination of william mckinley. but before we get to that were going to talk a little bit about president roosevelt the campaigner. he has the nickname the bull moose he was a man of boundless energy, quite an intellectual and quite a physical presence in modern politics he be the guy that sucked the oxygen out of the room when he answered it. so bob khanna in your book you talk about a conundrum for roosevelt. he obviously enjoyed train travel and traveled extensively. is also the first president to fly an airplane. and of course that was after his administration. when he traveled for campaign for vice president with mckinley in 1900, he traveled 21000 miles during that campaign on a train and made 673 speeches according to your book. here we have a picture of him making a speech from the rear platform of an observation car. can you talk a little bit about what that speech was like and how it unfolded when the train arrived? >> when

johnnie barnes is probably the modern day theodore roosevelt. i say that a lot.there's so much johnnie morris does for conservation. for me, that will be his legacy. he built great places, great things, bass pro shop, cab he ella. s saving right to hunt and fish, that's the biggest thing in my opinion. we've done a great job bringing back the animals and all the stuff we've done but now we've got to concentrate on saving our right to hunt. pete: watch austin, watch all the racers, 4:00 tomorrow on fox, daytona 500. great american race. watch that 3 car. more "fox & friends" in just a moment. nexium 24hr prevents heartburn acid for twice as long as pepcid. get all-day and all-night heartburn acid prevention with just one pill a day. choose acid prevention. choose nexium. i told myself i was ok with my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms. but just ok isn't ok. and i was done settling. if you still have symptoms after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. rinvoq is a once-daily pill

edith wharton, henry james, theodore roosevelt was a close friend of the second charles and a -- probably most prolific president in our history in terms of his book output. he was a very active and productive scribner author. he also was a bit of an ego test. my great-grandfather was very fond of him. he used my great-grandfather as his eyes and years in the new york business community. at one point in one of roosevelt's books, his publisher had to send out to the foundry -- in those days, books were pointed with lead type, it was all typeset. they had to send out for several hundred, maybe thousands of more capital letter i's because we did not have enough for roosevelt. roosevelt used it quite heavily. we owe him a huge debt in an area we later got into in a big way. that was children's books because my great-grandfather wanted to turn down the window in the willows, which came to him from england. president roosevelt said absolutely not. it is going to be a classic. you must publish it and we did. that was followed by peter pan, which also had a good long run and i think -- both books

roosevelt that they're not even going to the -- come to the new york or some i should say they got to divert them to texas. and so they will not live in new york and so mean that was there a there was a complex relationship and you know to this day there's there there's ill feeling between of the eastern european immigrants and the germans. it's a thing. okay, that was all perfectly timed questions. really nice work before. we turn to the signing please join me everyone. a round of applause. dan is going to be signing books. it really is. i mean not just saying this because i'm moderating it really is a wonderful read. i gave the book to my dad. your dads, children, moms love it. you know, it's a fascinating fascinating read. thank you for being in find all of our podcast by downloading the free c-span now out or wherever you get your podcasts, and on her website c-span.org/podcasts. >> you've been watching the booktv, television for serious readers. every sunday on c-span2 hear from nonfiction authors discussing their books, and watch your favorite authors online anytime@booktv.org.

roosevelt that they're not even going to the -- come to the new york or some i should say they got to divert them to texas. and so they will not live in new york and so mean that was there a there was a complex relationship and you know to this day there's there there's ill feeling between of the eastern european immigrants and the germans. it's a thing. okay, that was all perfectly timed questions. really nice work before. we turn to the signing please join me everyone. a round of applause. dan is going to be signing books. it really is. i mean not just saying this because i'm moderating it really is a wonderful read. i gave the book to my dad. your dads, children, moms love it. you know, it's a fascinating fascinating read. thank you for being in

what i think it was the former us president theodore roosevelt who said something like carry a big stick, but speak softly. we've seen the big stick from the united states in terms of hitting targets in iraq and syria and who teach targets also in yemen. is blinking in the middle of the snow and i'll proceed to see for him to speak softly and will, can you really get cheap? yeah, actually it sounds almost like he as constipated, but i probably he does speak soft as well. um i think that judging from for example, i was just reminded of that on november 30th. right. he said that he secured a commitment from is read that it would protect civilians, november 30th since then, an addition of 6000, but a senior and children were killed by his right double that number among the civilians in general. so the idea that the only there could lie to him or there could not listening to him, even when they do listen to him and they do tell him, okay, okay, fine sir, we will do that. they don't do it right? so is, there is nothing you know, in particular, has not been taking the by the administration ser

, and theodore roosevelt.r about abraham lincoln specifically. why do you think he is consistently on top as a favorite, at least for presidential historians? guest: just a little bit of back story for listeners who are not familiar with how the survey works. i had the privilege of participating. we don't just say who is our favorite, we rank the president on a bunch of different factors. so, their ability to communicate. their leadership in crisis. how did they manage the economy? how did they work with congress? how are they on things like civil rights? it is a much more nuanced assessment than sometimes people think. that is important, because someone like abraham lincoln gets high marks almost across the board. of course, there are some things he could have done better. he was by no means a perfect human. but if we think of someone like lyndon johnson, who was really good on some things, but struggled when it camped to the vietnam war, that's going to explain why he is going to get a lower score in certain

, and theodore roosevelt.der about abraham lincoln specifically. why do you think he is consistently on top as a favorite, at least for presidential historians? guest: just a little bit of back story for listeners who are not familiar with how the survey works. i had the privilege of participating. we don't just say who is our favorite, we rank the president on a bunch of different factors. so, their ability to communicate. their leadership in crisis. how did they manage the economy? how did they work with congress? how are they on things like civil rights? it is a much more nuanced assessment than sometimes people think. that is important, because someone like abraham lincoln gets high marks almost across the board. of course, there are some things he could have done better. he was by no means a perfect human. but if we think of someone like lyndon johnson, who was really good on some things, but struggled when it camped to the vietnam war, that's going to explain why he is going to get a lower score in certa

but, of course, was 20 years prior, in 1901, during president theodore roosevelt's administration. that first lady edith hired the very first official social secretary at the white house, isabella hagner james, and ever since social secretaries have helped create memorable experiences for all guests at the white house from kings and heads of states, artists, scholars and little children chasing those easter eggs at the white house easter egg roll. while the reins of the job varies and you will likely never them on a good night, we are very grateful for their impressive levels of patience. their unflappable, calm pressure and their grace. i'd like to introduce now it's truly a pleasure to introduce the moderator and the panelists for this evening. tonight's moderator is none other than anita mcbride, who directs the legacies of america's first ladies initiative at american university. there, she also serves as executive in residence at the center for congressional and presidential studies. in the school of public affairs. i guess in her off hours, she also serves that adviser to the

and how much our history changed and how much the american people changed because of theodore roosevelt. although one thing i've always been interested with tr taking over after who died after an assassination, the third in only a few decades and especially what you read nowadays is that t.r. and his family were almost lighthearted about mckinley, especially his daughter alice. but, you know, of course, her father deserved to be president more than mckinley and contrast to most other cases, this tr did not go through an enormous public ritual saying what a great person mckinley had been. and in fact, stop talking about him very quickly. that's more of an anomaly right? certainly. although i think it's kind of consistent with tr character. right. he did. and, you know, i think partly that was because he was viewed as this sort of upstart like a truman esque figure, although a much more colorful one. he didn't have all that much experience, at least compared to mckinley. he was viewed sort of this young thing that couldn't really be controlled. and so the best thing to do as someone who c

but the other two presidents, interestingly enough, or the progressive era presidents, theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson, well, ford took them down and in their place, and he defined himself, surprised people by putting up abraham lincoln, who was a lifelong hero. and harry truman and lots of people scratch their heads and wondered why harry truman? well, it turns out they had one in common. they were both plainspoken midwesterners. harry truman always said his days in the senate were the happiest days of his wife. he loved capitol hill, i think, more than he did the presidency. this was 20 years before david mccullough. so that's right. when harry truman was still very much out of fashion. they were both what i would call charismatic. he challenged. which is to say they they very rarely electrified an audience with their rhetorical brilliance. but guess what? it didn't matter because they had character, they had decency and although each of them was quite capable of being partizan after all, ford had been republican leader in the house. the fact is that ultimately they looked upon th

roosevelt's leadership and mentorship.and then i just want to say, i want to really all the friendships and alliance is and since the roosevelt school and we're near new york city, we do a lot with the u.n. so we are talking to the u.n. about doing something for the 75th signing. and we'd love to partner with you if there's a way we can do that or anyone else. so thank you. and i have lots questions, but i know there's other meetings. just a wonderful thank you for the comments. hi. thank you all so much. a really remarkable panel. my name's elizabeth reece. i am with the white house next gen leaders. i'm also a fellow at the rubenstein here, but i'm actually completing my ph.d. at the university of oxford in uk. and i researched the east staff. so it's been fantastic to hear all of your comments today. and i've had the pleasure of being at the ford library and the nixon library. so i actually read some of your papers, actually. franklin and that was a really wonderful experience, so, so nice to hear you speak in person. b