that is a conversation with anita mcbride , mark updegrove and stewart mclaurin on presidential legacies and commemorations. i know if time allows anita, mark and stuart will take questions at the end. now to our panel. anita mcbride's career relating to the white house and the presidency spans more than 30 years as a white house advisor, chief of staff and diplomatic advisor. currently she is executive in residents at the center for congressional and presidential studies and the school of public affairs at american university in washington. she directs programming on the legacies of america's first ladies and their historical influence on politics, policy and global diplomacy. anita served as an assistant to president george w. bush as well as chief of staff to first lady laura bush. she directed the first ladies travels to 67 countries in four years. she supports foreign policy objectives, women's empowerment, global health, and education. she's a member of the u.s. afghan women's council, the international republican institute women's diplomacy network, the national italian american f

eastern, lbj foundation president mark epengrove, anita mcbride. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on cspan3. >>> up next on the presidency. historian peter enriquez talks about the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton. he discusses why their collaboration was important in founding the nation. gatsby's tavern museum hosted this hour long event. >>> my name is liz williams and i'm the director here at gatsby's tavern museum. thank you for braving the elements outside. thank you for joining us tonight and i would also like to welcome our cspan crew as well. you're sitting in the

eastern, markupten grove, anita mcbride and white house historical association president stuart mcnorman on presidency. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on c-span 3. >> president gerald ford served as vice president and president without being elected to either office. up next historian scott kaufman talks about how that happened. he's author of "ambition, pragmatism, and party, a political biography of gerald r. ford." it's about an hour. >> good evening. welcome to the ford presidential museum. it is my honor to serve here as the deputy director and welcome you on behalf. todayure speaker is scott kaufman. here

mark upthegrove, former chief of staff, anita mcbride, and white house historical association president on presidential legacy. the white house historical association presidential site summit. live coverage on tuesday and wednesday. >>> up next on the presidency, the design history of the white house and how it was influenced by british and irish connections. this program was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the white house historical association. >> thank you so much for sticking it out and i want you to know this is your chance to ask the questions of the scholars and experts. i want to say that i have

president mark epengrove, anita mcbride. live coverage tuesday and wednesday on cspan3. >>> up next on the presidency. historian peter enriquez talks about the relationship between george washington and alexander hamilton. he discusses why their collaboration was important in founding the nation. gatsby's tavern museum hosted this hour long event. >>> my name is liz williams and i'm the director here at gatsby's tavern museum. thank you for braving the elements outside. thank you for joining us tonight and i would also like to welcome our cspan crew as well. you're sitting in the room where it happened for so many individuals from alexander hamilton's world. washington's birthday, lafayette banquet during his return trip to america in 1863. i could do a whole segment on this but dr. enriquez is here. a portrait of george washington and soon will be publishing a book about washington's leadership. a side know if you want more hamilton, we'll be offering a specialty tour at 10:00 every saturday starting this saturday titles ha

eastern, lbj foundation president mark updegrove, former chief of staff to laura bush an anita mcbride d white house historical association president on residential legacy. white house historical association presidential site summit live coverage today and wednesday on c-span3. >> arizona senator john mccain died saturday at the age of 81 turkey was first elected to congress in 1982 serving in the house of representatives before becoming a u.s. senator in 1987. yesterday a number of senators came to the floor to talk about the life and career of john mccain who was a naval academy graduate and was held a as a prisoner of war during the vietnam war. >> on saturday evening, a great loss echoed throughout our country. six decades of patriotic service came to an end. we suspected for some time that we bid farewell to our colleague, the senior senator from arizona, john mccain. john took full advantage of the months since his diagnosis. his hard work continued, but happy reminiscing, fond farewells, final reflections and time with family actually cam

they were written by a number of people in this room including anita mcbride and of course catherine. they say the full story of this woman has yet to be written and that would include their relationships to the men. to your point about the website, yes, i think it's better. because the last time i looked a while back, it seemed to only focus on the poisoning. the poisoning never happened, the poisoning of warren by florence. you all heard the story. it's still mentioned there, though. i would like a little editing to perhaps downplay that story and show that this is -- you do -- i shouldn't say you personally but your center does say this is an allegation. but a larger, fuller picture which actually shows that florence was terribly distraught when warren died, she did not poison him, and we don't even need to raise that. >> i'm reminded of a comment that lonnie bunch made. lonnie bunch is an old friend and was so helpful to monticello as we began to embark on this journey, and it was really one of our first major victories, was the 2012 landmark exhibition at his galleries in the ame

they were written by a number of people in this room including anita mcbride and of course catherine.y say the full story of this woman has yet to be written and that would include their relationships to the men. to your point about the website, yes, i think it's better. because the last time i looked a while back, it seemed to only focus on the poisoning. the poisoning never happened, the poisoning of warren by florence. you all heard the story. it's still mentioned there, though. i would like a little editing to perhaps downplay that story and show that this is -- you do -- i shouldn't say you personally but your center does say this is an allegation. but a larger, fuller picture which actually shows that florence was terribly distraught when warren died, she did not poison him, and we don't even need to raise that. >> i'm reminded of a comment that lonnie bunch made. lonnie bunch is an old friend and was so helpful to monticello as we began to embark on this journey, and it was really one of our first major victories, was the 2012 landmark exhibition at his galleries in the america