of andrew jackson. the parallels are interesting and i think they are mostly stylistic. if you look at the rhetoric, for example. jackson at that time was a loose cannon. he was hot tempered. he could prove a bit stubborn on many points. there was one instance in 1834. henry clay, a senator at the time, there was a movement by the senate to censure president jackson. as a result jackson said that clay was as reckless as a drunken man in a brothel. you could imagine trump saying something similar, in a tweet. at the end of jackson's presidency, he said he had two regrets. that he didn't shoot henry clay and hang john c calhoun. did he mean that literally? probably not. but there is a stylistic consistency. a lot of trump's positions share more with the whig party. it was the whig party that supported tariffs. it was the whig party that supported using federal money for infrastructure, which president trump has talked a lot about. between the two groups, the whig party was more likely to harbor nativism. t

these are pets of andrew jackson, the whigs understandably are very, very furious with jackson. this is a whig cartoon. look at that. king andrew i, trampling on the u.s. constitution. you see there the constitution, internal improvements, the u.s. bank, overstepping his constitutional authority, the whigs say, born to command. and many people are opposed to jackson. some democrats are opposed to jackson, not just calhoun, they believe this guy is taking some dictator-like steps. he is too king-like, they say. jackson wins this victory. you will notice what's that document jackson is holding up driving the bankers on? order of the removal of the public moneys deposited from the u.s. bank. so that's in reference to the removal of federal deposits. years later when jackson is on his death bed he's asked, jackson, what was your -- what was your most proud accomplishment? jackson has four words, i killed the bank. that's it. i killed the bank. his proudest accomplishment. and sure enough, from 1836 to 1913, 77 years in this country, no central bank. no central bank. in 1913 the congr

andrew jackson brought this property in 1804. originally it was about 425 acres in size. and with log buildings on the property. over the next 41 years of jackson's life, he added land to the property. he bought and sold property all around the edges. so the by the time he died in 1845, the plantation was about 1,050 acres. jackson understood clearly that part of your power derived from the stage that you were on. and there was, they were building a grand stage set for him and for the family. the front of the house is very grand. it's the style is called greek revival. which was the height of style in the united states in the 1830s. we know, think of jackson as representing the growing democracy of the country. and the greek revival style appealed to americans because of the greek democracies. so as you approach the mansion coming up the driveway that's shaped like a guitar very appropriate for nashville, the front of the mansion you see a two-story portico that runs across the house with a gallery. and wings running off to the side. that is clearly very state-of-the-art f

. >>> the andrew jackson foundation's president and ceo walked us through the andrew jackson born for a storm exhibit. over the next 20 minutes he tells the story of president jackson's upbringing as a relative orphan in america's gone tear to his rise to national fame after his win against the british in the battle of new orleans. the exhibit was at andrew jackson's hermitage in nashville, tennessee. >>> we're in the museum in the andrew jackson center and about to tour our exhibit about the life of andrew jackson called "born for a storm." it is the largeest and most extensive exhibit we have done on his life in our 127 years as a museum. the title of the exhibit comes from a jackson quote, the full quote is "i was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me." which could not better encapsulate the life of andrew jackson. we have entered into the exhibit and i'm standing here next to the model of two log buildings here for a very specific purpose. the smaller of the buildings is reminiscent of the kind of house jackson may have been born in in south carolina in 1767. what's interes

andrew jackson furious with his corrupt bargain. this rigged election, jackson vows i will get my revenge in four years. sure enough he does. 1828, two man contest, jackson versus adams. jackson wins in a landslide and look at that. electoral maps, quite an impressive victory. landslide victory and how does he do? -- how does he do it? the answer is very simple, democracy, democracy. jackson benefits from universal male suffrage. we call this period jacksonian democracy. property qualifications for all free men in the united states are eliminated. no property is required to vote. double the number of voters in1848 than you saw in 1912. jackson uses this to his advantage and wages a political campaign that utilizes a form of politics we call populism. populism. and populism is a political term that has come up quite a bit in the last few years . what is populism? well populism is not an ideology per se. you can find populism on the left. you can find populism on the right. populism is a style. populism is a style of politics that spea

andrew jackson center and about to tour our exhibit about the life of andrew jackson called "born for a storm." it is the largest and most extensive exhibit we have done on his life in our 127 years as a museum. the title of the exhibit comes from a jackson quote, the full quote is "i was born for a storm and a calm does not suit me." which could not better encapsulate the life of andrew jackson. we have entered into the exhibit and i'm standing here next to the model of two log buildings here for a very specific purpose. the smaller of the buildings is reminiscent of the kind of house jackson may have been born in in south carolina in 1767. what's interesting about this, though, is that the larger log building next to it that's opened up so you can see the inside are two buildings that are here at the hermitage. the larger building is the one that andrew and rachel lived in for the first 17 years that they owned the hermitage. it was built in 1797, the oldest building on site. the smaller building andrew and rachel built after they moved here in 1804. half of it was the kitchen for t

about the life of andrew jackson is born for the storm. it's the largest most expensive exhibit we have done on his life in our 127 years at the museum. the title comes from a jackson quote. the full quote is, i was born for a storm and the

about the life of andrew jackson is born for the storm. it's the largest most expensive exhibit we have done on his life in our 127 years at the museum. the title comes from a jackson quote. the full quote is, i was born for a storm and the calm to -- did not suit me, which could not better encapsulate the life of andrew jackson. we have entered into the exhibit and i am standing next to the model of two log buildings here for a specific purpose. the smaller of the buildings is reminiscent of the kind of house jackson may have been born in in south carolina in 1767. what's interesting about this is the larger log building next to it that has opened up to see the inside are two buildings here at the hermitage. the larger building is the one that andrew and rachel lived in for the first 17 years that they owned hermitage. it was built in 19 -- 19 -- 1797. the smaller building andrew and rachel built after they moved here in 1804, half of it was the kitchen for the log house. the other half was a slave quarter where the cook lived. over here,

andrew jackson, john quincy adams, william crawford, and henry clay. i would say it is fair to say that they hated each other. through the remainder of each other's lives. in the election jackson won the most number of popular vote. about 48% but he did not when the majority of votes. the remainder of them were divided between john quincy adams who was number two and henry clay was number three and crawford as number four. there was not a majority opinion from the electoral college. the decision went to the house of representatives they did some horse trading. it was called the corrupt bargain. clay supposedly approached and said i will give you my vote if you promise to make me secretary of state and you get elected president. he felt that the will of the people the people's will have been circumvented by the aristocratic interests of washington. between jackson's loss in the 1824 campaign and the next campaign in 1828 jackson and his supporters determined that he was not going to lose a second time. he spent four years building friendships and support

andrew jackson and rachel purchased this property in 1804. originally it was about 425 acres, and with mild buildings on the property. over the next 41 years of jackson's life he added land to the property. he bought and sold property around the edges. by the time he died in 1845 the plantation was about 1050 acres. jackson understood clearly that part of the power derived from the state you were on. they were building a grand stage set for him and the family. the front of the house is very grand. the style is called greek revival which was the height of style in the united states in the 1830s. we think of jackson as representing the growing democracy of the country and the greek revival style appeal to americans because of the greek democracies. as you approach the mansion coming up the driveway that is shaped like a guitar, very appropriate for nashville, you see a two story portico that runs across the house with the gallery and wings running off to the side that is clearly very state-of-the-art for 1835 and a very imposing house that beca

we now have andrew jackson and the subjugation of the american indian. we can give jackson the primitive -- it is pretty clear that he is at odds with licensure in that regard. >> you said he is at odds with licensor. you mentioned specific points, but where is he not at odds with him #--? if that were throw can -- it takes place in the midwest. americans are venting their rage towards the west. they are exercising these feelings of childish omnipotence , and makes claims to authority. it's all what turner said. it is not like a safety call for economics, but so much a psychological safety valve. expanding west can distract you from the actual problems back in the east. they are looking very much western rather than eastern at that point. >> it does seem to be its -- a striking similarity between charles sellers argument in the market revolution, and in rogan's argument in this book in the sense that the market quote unquote is -- underlies everything and it is the driving force behind all of the change that is occurring. it is the force that is creating

why does he say andrew jackson. but for andrew jackson, indian policy would have taken different turn. you come up with a similar result. it would have been perhaps significantly different. because they were two different -- two different approaches. >> it would have taken a different turn. thinking out loud here. had the indians not been removed, not been -- not been all the other things, removed is a nice euphemism for it before andrew jackson, if i understand correctly and maybe i don't what we're kind of bringing up here is a tension between the individual explanation and the national explanation. to what extent are jackson's characteristics is his mind set and his actions genuinely typical or reflective of what the whole country is or what extent is it just him? have i got that question right? so would it have been different and certainly in some immediate short term ways, yes. but if we're going to argue that it is jackson, then we got to explain what -- why in a larger sense indian white relations looked pret

so andrew jackson fits into a pattern of democratic, small "d," anti-business community reform, that started with the jeffersonians, but then moved primarily to the cities, and is exemplified by jackson, later by franklin roosevelt and kennedy and johnson. does that sound like a fair summary of -- and then last weawea week, we saw a whole bunch of people responding to this. but one more thing, what do the indians have to do with this? basically nothing. you can tell that story completely, really without mentioning indians at all. and mentioning what's going on in the frontier or in the west tange tangential tangentially. so last week we saw hammond saying this is not a class struggle, it's a struggle between old capitalist and new capitalists, old money and new money. people who were already rich and who wanted to be rich and had to shove aside the old rich. we saw lee benson suggesting that democracy is, indeed, the spirit of age that the democratic party has no particular claim to it, and in effect, they don't come to it first. and then also, there's a certain disconnection between

andrew jackson was a patriot. i would not say everything is bad about andrew jackson, but andrew jackson was also as he kicked american indians off his land was buying the land and his friends were putting up money, and he was pocketing money on the sides. there is a whole dark side of andrew jackson, which is all laid out in a book on jackson that spells this out in gruesome detail. so he is a very mixed figure to say the least. notice even democrats are embarrassed by him. that is why they pretend like thomas jefferson started the democratic party, the democratic republican party. >> thank you. >> good morning. my name is ryan, and i am from the united kingdom. earlier this week, tommy robinson was released from prison. i am wondering if you see any parallel between? [applause] >> i was just wondering if you see any parallel between his case and yours? dinesh: i think so. without knowing that case very well, it does seem that here is a guy locked up essentially for free speech, for having views that they conside

army before and after andrew jackson. the new york military affairs symposium hosted this nearly two-hour event. >>> tonight's speaker is sam watson, professor of united states and military history at the united states military academy at west point where he has taught for 18 years. he's author of "jackson soared" and "peace keepers and conquerors" about the u.s. army officer's core on the nation's borders and frontiers between the war of 1812 and the war of mexico. it's published by the united press of kansas which together won the distinguished book award from the society for military history. incidentally, society of military history of which we are a part. professor watson is co-editor of the west point history of warfare which won the society for military history george c. marshall foundation prize for the use of digital technology teaching military history. he's a co-editor of the west point history of the civil war which won the army historical foundation distinguished writing award. and he's also co-author of the

the nomination in 1832, suspending the convention speech going to a long list of reasons why andrew jackson should not be president. jackson wins, clay loses. you see several efforts throughout his career of him trying to learn what happens, impose a narrative in the last election and use that to chart his own career and what his party should be doing in the next few years. jumping forward a few years we can talk about another senator, a republican from new mexico who just passed away last year. there is an interesting book about him, political scientist richard seto spent a lot of his career profiling individual members of congress following them around in dc, in the home district, helping to understand what a member of congress does during their work week and one of the people doing that, in a book he focuses on domenici's first reelection in 1978. domenici was expected to do well in that election. polls that summer had him up 25 points. he does win by 6 points and he takes this very hard. even though he won the election he interprets it as a loss, a rebuke by the voters and wants to unde

president andrew jackson signed the indian removal act in 18:30, which -- 1830, which ordered native americans to resettle to the west. we spoke with stony brook history professor paul kelton, who discussed the spread of the cholera in the 1830's and how it affected native americans. this is about 15 minutes. paul kelton, provides are history at stony brook university, and the author of a number of books, let's talk about the cholera epidemic. first of all, what was it and how widespread was it? prof. kelton: the cholera epidemic was one of the first epidemics that started. it spread out of south asia into europe, and there is a major epidemic in 1830, 18 31, and 1832, and it spread across europe. in 1832 in the americas and spread throughout north america in 1832, remaining in circulation in 1833 and 1834, sort of a global pandemic affecting millions of people. >> what was it? what were its victims? what with the prognosis of you got cholera? prof. kelton: you did not want to get it for sure. that spreadteria through fecal contaminated water, incubates in the body and creates massiv

he spends the entire convention speech going for a long list of reasons for andrew jackson should not be president and that doesn't convince anyone outside the room. jackson wins, clay loses. but nonetheless, you see several efforts throughout his career of him trying to learn what happens, trying to impose some sort of a narrative explaining the last election and use that to chart out his own career and what his party should be doing in the next few years. jumping forward a few years, we can talk about senator pete domenici, republican from new mexico. he actually passed away last year. there's an interesting book about him. political scientist richard said -- fenno, -- he spent a lot of his career profiling individual members of congress, following them around while they're in d.c., while they're in their home district, helping people understand just what a member of congress does during their workweek. one of the people was pete and in a book he focuses a lot on the first reelection campaign for the senate in 1978. domenici was widely expected to do very well in that election. dome

. >> president andrew jackson signed the indian removal act in 1830, which forced native americans to relocate. american history tv was at the american historians annual meeting in sacramento, california where we spoke with a history professor to discuss the spread of cholera in the 1830's and how it affected native americans. this is about 15 minutes. professor of history ,ncluding a number of books let's talk about the cholera epidemic, what was it and how widespread was it in the 1800s?>> it was one of the first global academics -- epidemics. inre is a major epidemic 1830 and 1832, and it spread across europe. america's heard about it through newspapers. inarrives in north america 1832, remaining in circulation in 1833 and 1834, sort of a global pandemic affecting millions of people. >> what was it? what were its victims? what with the prognosis of you got cholera? prof. kelton: you did not want to get it for sure. it was a bacteria that spread through fecal contaminated water. it quickly incubates in the body and creates massive diarrhea. in a six-hour period, one would lose massi

president andrew jackson sign the indian removal act in 1830 which forced native americans to relocate to the west erie american history tv was at the american annual meeting where he spoke with paul kelton to discuss the spread of culture a and how it affected native americans. this is about 15 minutes. paul kelton, the author of a number of books including epidemics and enslavement. let's talk about the colorado epidemic. what was it and how widespread was it in the 1800s? >> the cholera epidemic was one of the first global epidemics, cholera is a disease systemic to south asia and spread into europe. there is a major epidemic of it for 1830 one and spread across europe. americans saw this coming. it spread throughout north america and it still remains in circulation in 1833 and 1834. it is a global pandemic. it affects millions of people. >> what were the symptoms? what was the prognosis if you got it? paul: you wouldn't want to get it for sure. it spread to the water and quickly incubates in the body creating massive diarrhea. within a six hour. , -- within a six hour period, one w

tomorrow night we have a live viewer call in program on andrew jackson's presidency. arizona state university professor jonathan bartm -- barth will answer your questions on president andrew jackson. >>> tonight on cspan on freezing the bias on cars. >> people should be free to buy the vehicle they want. that's a really big deal about this rule is the administration is taking away californian's able to set its own fuel economy standards which is completely inappropriate. >> president trump is live for a make america great again rally in charleston west virginia. watch on cspan and cspan.org and listen on the free cspan radio app. >>> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into the museumses throughout the country. next we visit the museum of health history. please note some viewers may find imagines in this program disturbing. >> welcome to the national museum of health and medicine. my name is tim clark and i'm the museum's deputy director. we're here today to spend a little time on a visit to the civil war medicine exhibit and a special couple of other things t

his parties, but he spends the entire convention speech going through long list of reasons why andrew jackson should not be president and that doesn't really seem to convince anyone outside the room. jackson wins, clay loses and nonetheless you see several efforts throughout his career of him trying to learn what happens, trying to impose some sort of narrative, explaining the last election and use that to chart out his own career and what his party should be doing. jumping forward just a few years, we can talk about senato senator, the republican from new mexico, he actually passed away last year. there's an interesting book about him, richard beno, some of you may be aware of his work, he spends a lot of his career profiling individual members of congress, following them around in d.c. and in the home district and really helping people understand just what a member of congress does during the workweek. one of the people profiled, in the book he focuses a lot on their first reelection campaign in the senate in 1978. he was widely expected to do very wellin that election, the polls had him up

and i wonder, this famous story of andrew jackson and having anyone coming up and seeing the white house. and interacting and things like that, in the age of security and these kind of things. do you think that the white house now, in the last since september 11, has balanced the idea of it being accessible to everyone, was that its original intent for anyone who can answer the question. did they intend for the people being able to do that? >> maybe you can go with that bill? >> it was not open to the public until jefferson in 1801 because he had traveled in europe, and you know he was like the steward and you could go into the house and look at the paintings. he started that and it is more difficult today. frankly one of the jobs of the white house historically is to cross the barrier and republic to the house.

andrew jackson. where did his idea of how to relate to the press come from? he ended up inviting reporters to what? to be advisors? >> his basic idea came from the nra. wait, that's actually good. [ laughter ] he did whatever he president wants to do. he did not like the democratic paper that was at work when he came to washington so he founded a new one. the washington globe was his newspaper. imagine if every president could start their own-we may be getting there. he was ahead of his time. people would bring him editorials, he would edit them, and it was how he communicated with the country. as one of the great architects of democratic popular culture, that understanding that you had to be in more or less constant communication with a democratic populace foreshadowed the modern world. i think he would have used twitter. you use the means of your day and it is no mistake that our greatest presidents and most effective presidents have been those who understood, sometimes intuitively, the means of communication. jackson and lincoln understood the importance o

bush, andrew jackson and franklin d. roosevelt. live coverage from the white house historical association conference with representatives from presidential sites across the country will get under way wednesday morning at 9:00 eastern.

bill, andrew jackson's picky. i would say of these bad about andy jackson and jackson's also as he kicked american indians office land he was buying the land and dispenser putting of money and he was pocketing money on the side. there's a a whole darkside andw jackson which is all laid out in the book on jackson by the way that spells all this out in gruesome details. so he's a very mixed they could say the least. notice given democrats are embarrassed by that's why they pretend that thomas jefferson start the democratic party of the thomas jefferson was democratic republican party. >> thank you. >> all right. >> good morning. my name is right and i'm from the united kingdom. earlier this week tommy robinson was released from prison. i was just what if you see any parallel between -- [applause] i was just what you see any parallel between his case and yours? >> i think so, without knowing that case very well. it does seem, here's a guy, locked up essentially for free speech, for having views that they consider the

andrew jackson, who loved to dual, was in scores of duals in career,, early in his somebody was insulted by him and challenged jackson to a dual appeared jackson's -- to a dual. jackson's response was you are a stranger in the town, i am not knowal with you, i don't you're standing, if we exchange shops, i am admitting you are my equal. i'm not going to shoot you to make you my equal unless i know who you are, and the rules of dueling said don't dual with a stranger. then it is a standoff good the guy who -- a standoff. the guy who challenges jackson could have called him a coward. if the community relieved it, he is a coward. would suffer -- he social death and have to leave the community. but jackson was so well known that the guy he rejects, he gets letters from friends outside the community trying to prove he is a man of honor and social standing. tobrings these things jackson, isn't this amazing? it's like letters of reference to fight a dual. he knows social death is at stake and jackson says, it is not good enough. jackson had the power to do that. if the community goes along, tha

he looks at jackson and says i never thought i would say this andrew but thank you. , i am not done. you mean you are not done, jackson says there's one other thing. the bank. it is funny you mention that andrew because i was thinking that maybe we would go ahead and recharter the bank a little early, why not? we don't need to wait until the last moment. let's recharter this bank. you are on board with that, right mr. president? well, not only am i not on board mr. clay, but i am ready to wage war against this bank of the united states. and you have it, the bank war, one of the most dramatic events in united states history. >> post your questions on andrew jackson on our facebook or twitter pages and join us tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3 when the professor answers your questions and takes your calls. our tour of presidential homes continues as we stay in the virginia countryside with a visit to james monroe's high .and close to jefferson's monticello, the fifth president lived here from 1793 until his death. >> i call it a presidential cold case. there

just noticed that little note that andrew jackson feared civil war as early as 1830 so maybe expound on that. i want to add my other question. the next is more important. >> i'll try remember. >> i'm right here -- so major ridge clearly was kind of a traditional cherokee that somehow had the vision or the ability to break out of his traditional mold and see what was impending. what did he have that enabled him to see that and how can we maybe do something similar so we don't find ourselves, you know, in the wrong shoes in our lives. how can we emulate that. steams pretty extraordinary. >> it is and i appreciate your saying that. on his behalf because i have to say i'm a ridge partisan. not a person man by any means. i say unusually for a human being generally and for a cherokee in particular, he was remarkably open-minded. this was a man who saw life as it was, wanted to see life as it was, rather than as he wished it to be. and that in his case, -- i'll give you an example. the missionaries came interest the cherokee nation with great determination, obviously to convert as well as t

andrew jackson, who loved to duel, was in scores of duels in his life. jackson, early in his career , some of the was insulted by him and challenged jackson to a duel. jackson's response to him was i'm not going to duel with you because you are a stranger in the town. we don't know what your status or standing in the town is. if we exchange shots, i am admitting you are my equal. i will not shoot at you to make you my equal unless i know who you are. the rules of dueling said do not duel with a stranger. then is a standoff. the guy who challenges jackson could have said you are a coward. if the community believed it, then he is a coward. he would suffer social death and have to leave the community. jackson by then was so well-established that the guy who he rejects, who says not going to duel you because i don't know your set us, you know what he does? he gets letters from friends outside the community trying to prove that he is a man of honor and social standing. look, i got these things, and he brings them to jackson. isn't this amazing? this is like le

he suspends his entire convention speech, going through a list of things why andrew jackson should not be president and that doesn't seem to convince anyone outside the room. jackson wins, clay loses but nonetheless you see several efforts of him throughout his career trying to learn what happened and include some sort of a narrative explaining the last election and using that to chart his own career and what his party should be doing in the next few years. jumping forward just a few years you can talk about a republican from new mexico who passed away last year. there's an interestingbook about him, political science of richard renna, you may be aware of his work . he has spent a lot of his career profiling members of congress, following them around while they're in their homedistricts and helping people understand just what a member of congress does during their work week . and one of the people he profiled was the senate and in a book he focuses on his first reelection campaign in 1978. he was widely expected to do well in that election, polls had him up by 20 or 25 points and he wi

certainly they did not anticipate what happened with andrew jackson with his inauguration or things of that sort. they could not anticipate the security issues as bill alluded to, which evolved over time. it was always a balancing act between the 2. >> we have a question right here. >> thank you. >> i have a question i have been having -- been trying to have question since november 1963. obviously by all accounts the white house is a lovely building, however, the metal doors on the north side of the white house are quite unattractive and look as though they belong at the entrance of the sears robust store, why do they throw off the white house beauty so much? why are they there? >> bill, >> they are descendents from earlier. storm entrances for bad weather, which is always a problem outside. it was to keep the weather at least to an extent from coming in. and now as a security implementation from the 60s. i agree with you though. if they did a good job with the handy camp -- handicap ramp i cannot fix that, i do not know. >> i can tell you that security has made a huge difference in ho

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andrew jackson is a populist. announcer: post your questions on andrew jackson for the professor on our facebook or twitter pages and join us tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3, when the professor's answers your questions and take your calls. >> each week, american artifacts take you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. ur the roadre -- to to tokyo exhibit at the national world war ii museum in new orleans. the exhibit explores the pacific 1945,r from 1941 to including the major battles, significant figures, and the conclusion of the war with the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki. this is about 30 minutes. welcome everyone to the national world war ii museum. we are here in the warehouse district. haveat the museum we several different exhibits and we are here in the road to tokyo exhibit, and -- exhibit. we designed this exhibit as a of the world war ii aircraft carrier in the u.s. navy. you're going to start out on the shift that on the ship. one ofike to do is introduce our

certainly they didn't anticipate what happened at andrew jackson's inauguration or things of that sort. also they couldn't anticipate the security issues as bill was alluding to, that evolved over time. but it was always a balancing act between the two. >> a question. we have a question right back here. wait until you get that microphone. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> i have a question i've been trying to have answered since november 1963. yes. obviously, by all accounts, the white house is a lovely building. however, the metal doors on the north side of the white house are quite unattractive and look as though they belong at the entrance of a sears and roebuck store. why do they throw off the white house beauty so much? why are they there? >> gosh. bill? >> we are, they are descendants from earlier called storm entrances because in the bad weather, which is always a problem on that north side. and it was to keep the weather, at least from going in. now it has security functions. it's aluminum. it dates from the '50s, right, lydia? it's that modern '50s stuff. i totally agree wit

and i wonder, this famous stories of andrew jackson of having anyone could come up and see the white house and interact and those kind of things. in the age of security and those kind of things, do you think the white house now since september 11th, maybe, has balanced the idea of it being accessible to everyone and was that its original intent? for anyone that could answer that question. do they intend for the people being able to access the white house. >> bill, maybe you could start on that. bill? >> well, it wasn't open to the public until jefferson, april of 1801, because he traveled in europe and he bribed the stewart to go in the house. you could go in the house and look at the paintings and things. and he started that. it's more difficult today. but, frankly, one of the jobs of the white house historical association is to cross that barrier from the public to the house. and the association does everything possible to make people know all about the house because security, we all know, is a way of life now in this century. i would say that's the status of it now. there are priv

you will see remarks by religious and civil rights leaders including andrew young and jesse jackson. both of whom were with martin luther king. nearly 3 our commemoration and with the tolling of the bill is exactly 50 years after the assassination. >>>

andrew jackson. where did his idea of how to relate to the press come from? because he ended up inviting reporters to be advisers? >> his basic idea of how to deal with the press came from the nra. oh, wait, that is actually good. so he did whatever president wants to do. he did not like the democratic paper that was at work when he came to washington in 1829. and so he founded a new one. the washington globe was his newspaper. and so imagine if every president could just start their own -- we may be getting there. he was actually ahead of his time but he would -- people would bring him editorials and it was how he communicate downtown and beyond our kin now and as one of the great architects of popular culture, lower case c, that understanding that you had to be in constant communication with a democratic populace or foreshadow the modern world. i think he would have used twitter. use the means of your day and now mistake that our greatest president, our most effective presidents are those that those that understood on the means of communication. jackson and

he had the same politics as andrew jackson. over here on the wall is a copy of a letter owned by bowden college. this is franklin pierce writing to a friend, horatio bridge. in the letter, they are trying to find a job for nathaniel hawthorne. nathaniel hawthorne was an author, he liked to write books. he also had a family that he needed to support. this is a theme throughout the lives of the two men. there are always trying to find work for nathaniel hawthorne, so he could support his family. over here on the wall is an order of cincinnati certificate. franklin pierce is one of the presidents who belongs to this organization. this is the first veterans' organization in our country. it was formed by the offices of the line under george washington. the organization is hereditary and pierce is one of the presidents that belong to the order of cincinnati. george washington, monroe, and pierce are the three presidents. there are several pieces of furniture in the house that franklin and jane took to the white house to furnish the e

as well as the book grant and fox news host brian with his book andrew jackson and the metal -- miracle of new orleans, the battle that shaped america's destiny. watch the library of congress national book festival live on itpan two's book tv saturday 10:00 a.m. eastern. tonight, martha maxell it won the republican nomination and the race to replace jeff flake. of beat former county chair -- chair kelly ward. she also won her primary today. let's listen to representative mcsally's -- acceptance speech. [applause] >> i am on her to stand before you as your republican nominee for the united states senate -- honored to stand before you as a republican nominee for the united states senate. it is tempting to celebrate, but let's keep something in my. this is not our objective. our objective -- mission is in 70 days. we have 70 days to get the seat. it is difficult to celebrate anything this week as we mourn the loss of senator mccain. we prepared to honor him in arizona and in washington, d.c. before letting him to rest in annapolis. he paid an unfathomable price for our freedom. he continue

professor jonathan barth will answer your questions about andrew jackson. that begins tuesday night at 9:00 eastern here on cspan-3. >>> conspiracy theories are not new to the u.s. however, they changed over time. indiana university bloomington professor stephen andrews teaches a class about conspiracy culture in american history. and points out they often include groups such as the aluminati and skull and bones. this was established in 1832. yale university. he talks about the prominent aspect of conspiracy theories is communism and later decades, a global new world order became more prominent. the seminar hosted by the gilder lehman institute history is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> thank you so much. i have been -- this is my second year. to seizy to work with. the entire staff is wonderful. >>> it hit me last year and i thought maybe this year it would be different that i had already experienced the 9/11 museum, and now it would become old hat being in this space. and it's not, right? this space, as any of you know over the last five days, is hallowed

and on line we have andrew jackson's presidency. professor jonathan barth will answer your questions about andrew jackson. that begins tuesday night at 9:00 eastern here on cspan-3. >>> tonight on the communicators. former fcc chief economist thomas hazlett talks about his book "the political spectrum." wireless technology from herbert hoover to the smartphone. >> we've really only scratched the surface about how much spectrum we put out in this liberal way. a majority of the airways that are highly valuable for communications are still squandered. they're allocated to things that were set aside 50, 60 years ago. the technologies are gone, the applications are moot, but we're blocking the pretty amazing new stuff that awaits. so we need to come up with different mechanisms. my book talks about things the regulators can do to release even more than what we've already shown and come in with a federal communicators of washington. >> watch "the communicators" tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on cspan-2. >>> conspiracy theories are not new t

the beginning of andrew jackson's presidency and the gallery, the gallery is to the south. when those were completed, nothing much has changed since then. if you ask what is significant, the answer has been said by several people. icon is a greek word for an image which is a reflection of what you see yourself. when the world looks at the white house it sees america and when americans look at it they see themselves. once you change that and then in fact you have altered the significance. i think the answer technically is there's no reason why it should change in 100 or 200 years. it's capable of meeting-- being maintained. all of that is protectable. with regard to the inside the answer was not picked up earlier, the whole issue about the inside and the changes that have occurred.>> i'm going to cut you off and how appropriate that the last word goes to church l. >> the whole place of the white house is to meet people. hundred years since, technology will take all of us away. what you are really-- what you will really enjoy-- and joy, and i feel really proud, is three portr

andrew jackson, thomas jefferson, and franklin roosevelt. coverage from the conference with representatives from sites across the country will get underway wednesday morning at 9:00 eastern. >>> much of the white house design has roots. lydia tederick was joined by rufus bird to talk about design similarities. it was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the white house historical association. >> i'm dr. curtis sandberg at the national center for white house history and we spent the morning considering 200 years we have examined the role of scottish stonemasons and have seen the roads emerging back there. is now time to address decorative arts and we are incredibly fortunate to have 2. we have rufus bird who is the surveyor of queens works of art. the royal collection trust has lots of things but it looks after the royal collection which is, frankly, on the website one of the most important art collections on earth. rufus will place the fine art connections and we've had lydia tederick, the white house curator on the phone he's going to eval

gil, it is andrew jackson. why do they call it lafayette square? the answer to that is, it started out life -- p or l'enfant--pierre laid it out as the president's park. the question was whether it would be white house grounds, or open to the public. it was still kind of a buildings zoned for the white house and the federal office buildings. in the war of 1812, there were troops there, when the white house was burned, there were questions about whether or not the capital would stay here. -- iirst house was built should tell you, it is the beautiful victorian era homes, 19th-century homes all around it. during the kennedy administration, people wanted to get rid of all of these old buildings, they wanted to knock them down and put up very ugly looking federal office buildings, courthouses, and jackie kennedy said no, those buildings would be gone forever, and she convinced her husband. that project and she brought in -- convinced her husband to stop that project and she brought in new architects. >> can you mention why it was named lafayette square?