mt. vernon.

mt. vernon. hyde park, new york. where in 1882, franklin roosevelt was born. following political career in his native state, roosevelt became assistant secretary of the navy in 1913. in 1920, he campaigned unsuccessfully. vice presidency. warm springs, georgia proved a haven of health when illness interrupted ascendency of his political career. when country appeared to be in a world of glowing prosperity, it was heard by democratic party leaders to become a candidate for governor of new york. 9028 saw him succeeding governor alfred smith at albany. governor roosevelt two terms as chief executive of the state. liberal measures marked his administration. governor roosevelt became the choice of the democratic in 1932. the spectacular air flight to chicago marked the beginning of his to the presidency. a forgotten man and the new deal became his campaign slogan. rather than whoever was the symbol, national business and personal depression as the backwash of postwar economic engulfed america. factories were idle the unemployed march the one washington the nation de

mt. vernon. oh. oh, governor, are you ready to take the oath? i am. will you please raise your right hand and repeat after me? i, william jefferson clinton, do solemnly swear. i, william jefferson clinton, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states, but i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will, to the best of my ability and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations. we're ready to do it now. ladies and gentlemen, we, the united states of america, william jefferson. my fellow citizens. today we celebrate the mystery of american renewal. this ceremony is held in the depths of winter. but by the words we speak and the faces we show the world we force. the spring, a spring reborn in the world's oldest democracy. that brings forth a vision and courage to re invent america. when our founders boldly

mt. vernon. you. franklin delano roosevelt. do solemnly swear that you will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states and will do best that your ability preserve both and depend the constitution of the united states. so help you god i. franklin delano. do solemnly that i will faithfully execute the office of president. of the united states. and will to the best of my ability preserve. protect and defend the constitution. the united states. so help me god. hello, mr. justice. my friends, this is a day of national consecration. and i am certain that on this day, my fellow american expect that on my induction into the president, i will address them with candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impel. this is preeminently the time to speak the truth. the whole truth. frank lay and boldly, no need. we from honestly facing conditions in our country today this great nation will endure as it has endured. wherever and will prosper. well, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the onl

mt. vernon, you may know there are actually two tombs. there is the tomb and the old tomb. this is lafayette at the new tomb, which immediately tells us this is not an accurate depiction. the new tomb was not built until the 18 3030s at the time of washington's death. he does write in as well that a new tomb needs to be constructed. the old tomb is just not structurally sound. people were breaking into it. he wanted a more secure place to be buried. but this does not happen until the 1830s. it was recently discovered mt. vernon got a donation of the only contemporary artistic depiction of lafayette visiting washington's tomb during his work. this is a watercolor and silk embroidered piece. this is lafayette right here. that's the old tomb right there. and this was done in 1824. so this was done shortly after lafayette. i don't know if this is on display at mt. vernon museum now. i'm hoping that if it's yet, it comes soon. and it is a really beautiful piece. but they have no digital white of it. in addition to its connection to george washington, i mentioned military service

mt. vernon, and churchill later reads at the tomb of george and mrs. washington. that itself was a symbol of reconciliation from the revolutionary war, but it was remarkable that, during the service, the rector wells had asked the congregation to sing the battle hymn of the republic. so because the need for unification during that -- from that war, it was time for us to all come together. so they left in the cold rain. they came back to washington. they stopped at the lincoln memorial and went back to the white house where churchill was staying. and that evening, they were joined by the ambassadors of the soviet union and china to sign the first declaration of the united nations. and churchill was amazed that his friend, franklin roosevelt, had purr ersuaded the soviet ambassador to sign a document that called for freedom of religion. he jokingly said to roosevelt if you lose re-election of 1994, i'll ask the king to make you archbishop of cantebury. of course, that never happened. so the relationship of the two men was famous, they met many times. but i feel this

mt. vernon college in washington for a couple years so i could continue to participate in some of the white house stuff. i knew it was not, there was no guarantee we were going to win the election and get four more years and then i went on to the university of kansas. so, there were things that i wanted to experience, the state dinners were amazing. the head's of state you get to meet. the weekends at camp david were, you know, the carters, i have seen more of that footage and the carters went almost every weekend. i don't blame them, to get out of the lime light and get some of the focus off of you, but i do feel like i had a somewhat normal. i went to uva. i went to fraternity parties, i did those things. and georgetown, i went to georgetown, i drank under age. what a surprise. and those things were normal. but if i had social media component it would not have been -- i probably would not of stuck around i would of changed schools. during the 1984 conference, liz carpenter said, it was not part of the video footage. but, she said that i think strong first ladies make news, people salute t

mt. vernon well into the late 1820s, even though lafayette at this time was long gone from our shores, americans still looked for tangible memories of his visit. and there are thousands of these pieces that have sat in private collections and public archives for centuries. each item was not only purchased by someone, but saved and preserved and passing through the hands of family members treasured and loved. and as we are in the thick of celebrating the bicentennial, many of these pieces are now on display as part of specialhibitg lafayette's visit. and i believe there are some on display downstairs as well. but as i continue to research, these souvenirs continue to stay with me for a multitude of reasons. one, the sheer number and variety of these items offered meant that the demand for lafayette was universal and long lasting to these pieces meant the concept of people wanting a physical item as a memory of an event is certainly not a new concept. and three, it meant that lafayette meant something very important to americans in the early 18 and the early 19th century. and when i set out on thi

mt. vernon is when george washington decides not to be president more than two terms. >> that's right. >>dent-elect jd vance, who is a key counselor to him. >> and future first lady of america, melania trump. >> wearing an eric jarvis hat, they said. i think that's a -- >> what do you call it? >> the designer is eric vjarvis they said. looks very elegant. ♪ ♪ >> it is just now about 11:30, so there are 30 minutes left of the joe biden presidency. >> so, what do they do, team, for the next half hour? >> you mean -- >> waiting until noon. >> well, we're going to have a whole -- there's a whole program that's set to -- the vice president-elect, jd vance, will be sworn in. we're going to hear from cardinal archbishop dolan, who will deliver remarks. we are going to hear from carrie underwood, and there's going to be the battle hymn of the republic, and the trump inaugural address and more. >> please welcome the armed forces chorus and america's tenor, christopher macchio. >> and we should note, at the white house, there's a flurry of activity as they are cataloging the -- president biden's ma