truman considered signature accomplishment. the harry s. truman little white harry s. foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. first of two parts. it's about two hours. well, thank you, and thank you all for being with us this morning. thank you for inviting me. it's my second trip to the it's veryte house and good to be back here in key west. my presentation today is ntitled the iron curtain speech, the sinews of peace and prose.wer of in the spirit of looking at

and harry truman's mother hatred toward abraham lincoln. at one point she towed harry that she would rather sleep on the floor than say in the lincoln bedroom. they quoted this book, the civil rights legacy of harry truman, in which an officer said truman never really rose above that heritage. you agree he never rose above that header it -- heritage? >> personally, i think he rose above it. i do not know his personal thoughts but outwardly, he did, i think he kind of set the agenda for future civil rights in some aspects. despite what he did, for some of the things he said, or his family owned slaves, i think he rose above it out -- outwardly. [applause] i have not read the article but if heritage's award that is used i think that is a curious word choice because i do not think that any of us should track our lives above our heritage from where we came from and who we are. maybe they meant a different context, a different meaning of the word. i think he did evolve to use the word. hehink he did evolve, certainly was not in his mother's pain

the harry truman the white house and harry truman foundation both in key west florida cohosted the event. this is the first of two parts. it is about two hours. >> well, thank you, and thank you all for being with us this morning. thank you for inviting me. it's my second trip to the little white house and it's very good to be back here in key west. my presentation today is entitled "the iron curtain speech: the sinews of peace and the power of prose." in the spirit of looking at original documents, randy, we're going to look at the near final draft of the iron curtain speech. this is the draft of the iron curtain speech that is in the collection of the national churchill museum, his train raid -- it was the day before he left on his famous train ride from washington, d.c. to missouri. he is working with the secretary making final edits and refinements to the great speech. we have this in our collection and we had it on view in an exhibition called the power of prose. this talk builds upon the exhibition and gives us a chance to see churchill's mind, a great mind a great master of rhetor

it reminded harry truman, don't forget a swelled head. ot think you are better than the people who elected you because one of these days you will be going back home. harry never, ever lost that concept. he never forgot who he was nor where he was going, and he always was one of us. at the moment, we are in the hairiest room and little white house what we call the rec room -- harry s truman little white house, what we call the rec room. probably one of the most iconic things in the house is this poker table. it was made for the president in our cabinet shop as a gift from the navy in 1949. the president had early been here for four other vacations prior so the president relaxed by playing poker with his closest staff. they played cards from about 7:00 to 11:00 every night. to president truman, this was a teambuilding exercise, all about camaraderie that had nothing to do with winning or losing. two of his staff are still living. one made eight of the 11 trips with the president to key west, and said when they boarded the plane in washington

harry truman was truly human. he was one of us.ocertainly would've been .eeping with his character ♪ you can watch this and other programs on the history of communities across the country at c-span.org. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic laces to learn about american history. here's a brief look at one of our recent trips. >> these next few galleries really tell the story of the chesapeake bay region. maryland, virginia, north carolina. move out of the 17th century and into the 18th, what you begin to see is how the londonof places like are really having an impact threat the entire south. you begin to see, not just people coming from land, but tradesmen. professional artists. coming to the south because they see an opportunity make things that -- things. this next gallery represents the kinds of objects that would've been made in that region. if you move into the. before the revolutionary war. around me is the architectural interior. this is architecture that cam

truman considered signature accomplishment. the harry s. truman little white harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. first of two parts. it's about two hours. well, thank you, and thank you all for being with us this morning. thank you for inviting me. it's my second trip to the it's veryte house and good to be back here in key west. my presentation today is ntitled the iron curtain speech, the sinews of peace and prose.wer of in the spirit of looking at original documents, randy, we're to look at the near final draft of the iron curtain speech. his is the draft of the iron curtain speech that is in the national of the churchill museum, his train raid washington, d.c. to missouri. he is making final edits and to the great speech. we have this in our collection we had it on view in an exhibition called the power of prose. gives us an that and chance to see churchill's mind, great master of rhetoric and the great visionary when, about by thoughts of the cold war looking at the primary source document. before we do that, i thought it to s

the harry truman the white house and harry truman foundation both in key west florida cohosted the event. this is the first of two parts. it is about two hours. >> well, thank you, and thank you all for being with us this morning. thank you for inviting me. it's my second trip to the little white house and it's very good to be back here in key

truman considered a signature accomplishment. the harry s. truman little white house and harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. this is the first of two parts. it's about two hours.

he served under, dwight eisenhower and richard nixon, than the two democrats he served under, harry truman and john f. kennedy, i'm sorry, lyndon johnson and john f. kennedy, three democrats he served under. he supported defense and foreign aid programs, aimed at combatting communism and endorsed security. he endorsed the war in vietnam,

the harry s truman little white house and harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. this is the second of two parts. it is about one hour and 40 minutes.

three weeks later, harry truman said that is it, i'm not running again. the other piece from 1968 on the republican side, william loeb was a very strong backer of richard nixon. i don't know how much it had to do with the fact that william loeb wanted to get his buddy jimmy hoffer out of jail, and nixon as president will hold the keys to the cell. >> interesting story. >> i want to thank all of you for this, this very unique piece of american history, and history here. so, 50 years ago right now, the last of the towns that opened the polls without 11:00. so, everyone was building 50 years ago exactly right now, and the result of that voting had the biggest impact on our primary than any other primaries. there were 12 primaries, and then this one was the 13, and then there were 12 after. in 2020, we will be celebrating the hundredth anniversary of being first. and the big change was 1968, because a country saw something , they were only 14 states that have primaries that year, and new hampshire was talked about for almost 5 weeks about what happened. how d

and sunday night at 8:00, during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> 70 years ago the soviet union blocked off eastern berlin. in response, the western powers organized the berlin air lift. cargo planes dropped supplies into the isolated part of the city until may of 1949. next on reel america, a 1962 film documenting the city of berlin from the ends of world war ii to the construction of the berlin wall in 1961. produced by the nato information service, this half hour film details the berlin air lift, and the creation of the north atlantic treaty organization, now called nato, to defend against soviet aggression. >>> the building of walls, the erection of barbed wire and barriers, these can never for long divide peoples. never create a permanent prison for the human spirit. for the strength of a wall is measured only by the fear of those who built it. this was the city 30 years ago, a city then one of the great nest the world, in si

the harry s truman little white house and harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. this is the second of two parts. it is about one hour and 40 minutes. we are moving into our second panel and first presenter is dr. rob from the marshall foundation. here you go. [applause] a very good morning. it is a great privilege and honor to be here today. my first time to key west. as you heard, i am the president of the george c marshall foundation located on the coast of the virginia military intitute marshall alma mater lexington, virginia. everyone in virginia speaks with this accent. [laughter] >> what i am going to talk to you today about is the marshall plan, but also at color to the man who lent his name to the entire endeavor, george c marshall. we are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the passage of the act back in april. seven years of the marshall plan. the influence of the marshall plan really has been remarkable. economicthe preconditions for recovery after world war ii. and the mechanism that hel

next on the presidency, harry s truman archivist tammy williams talks about harry and best truman. she reads from their love letters and discusses their 53 year marriage. the truman library hosted this event. it is 45 minutes. today's special guest is our archivist tammy williams. she has been with us for many years. she started as an intern, so if your kids need something to do next summer, encourage them to look into our internship program. tammy is going to share with you the story of the trumans' love and devotion to one another, using their love letters back and forth to share that story. without further ado, i will welcome kelly williams -- tammy williams to the stage. tammy? [applause] tammy: i joke around. i am the person who gets to talk about this because i am the chick on the staff. [laughter] tammy: i have a very close affinity for harry and bess. it is important to the truman story. we will talk about harry and bess and how they came to be married and some of the letters they wrote back and forth to each other. this is their high school graduation picture. they attende

author ron james and retired colonel bradford led to what led to harry truman's executive order desegregating the american military and the impact on african-americans on american history tv every weekend here on c-span3. >>> each week we take you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. next we continue our tour of the driving america exhibit at the henry ford museum in deerborn, michigan. we see how auto manufacturing changed during world war ii. we'll learn how vehicles evolved based on customer preference and available technology. one of the last models we'll see is a 1983 honda accord, the first honda built in the united states. >> we're standing in front of what the probably the guest's favorite car. if we had to poll some of our visitors, i suspect the winner would be this vehicle here. our 1931 bugatti type 41 royale. bugatti, born in italy and did most of his work in france. and it was a very successful designer of race cars in particular. in the 1920s. but he had hopes in the early 1930s of building cars that were so luxurious that they would be favored by kin

we had a president once called harry truman.is a better place for having made that sacrifice and the stubbornness on the part of harry truman. the fact is that the president said in his campaign that he would get out of iraq. we are out of iraq. do you know what the situation is there? it is unravelling. you think it would be better if the americans were still there? everybody knows we should have left a residual force of some 20,000 and that is what condoleezza rice said that we had contemplated. i know, from being there, that the iraqi people would have agreed to that. i know that because i was there. 0n afghanistan, for example, you have clearly been deeply critical of leon panetta, the defence secretary... his latest line, that combat forces may well be out by 2018. are you suggesting that if combat forces stay there indefinitely, that somehow afg hanistan's problems would be solved? the president overruled his military advisers when he accelerated the withdrawal. the president of the united states overruled his military adv

harry moves all his worldly possessions into the truman home and what we now know of is the truman home. and there they stay. so this is a photo of harry and bess and margaret around may 1928. this was about the time harry was county judge. margaret is about four years old and of course things have changed a little bit. again it is interesting, you can know what harry and bess are doing and trace it through what is going on in their letters. after world war i harry joins the army reserves and so every summer for two weeks he will go out to army reserve camp and that is when the letters to bess start showing up again. of course when he wasn't there, they were together so we don't have the kind of correspondence. but you can trace it, two weeks in july, 1924, 2526. through the rest of the 20s and some of the 30s. it's interesting because he becomes a little bit more affectionate because they are married now. this is a letter written july 8, 1926. images margaret who is about two years old. he says i never wanted to come home so badly in my life as i did last night when the young lady said

harry truman was one of us in it -- the it would be -- it would be inconceivable for harry truman to have anything like that. in 1975, bill and hillary clinton were married inside their home or of next, visit to learn how this house helped career ofthe america's 41st president. this house was built in 1931 in the middle of the ozarks. this would have seems like a pretty fancy house. the clintons while this house in 1975 and did a little bit of remodeling. for the most part, the house is original from 1931. the street became clinton avenue in 2010. wheres the living room they were married in 1975. house whilethe hillary was out of town and surprised her with it. house youbought that thought was pretty and she said yes. windows, all of those things a big room. the clintons only had 10 guest here for the wedding. modest. one of our visitors ever things to see is the wedding dress. replica andithful a was designed and made by little rock designer who is a longtime friend. the night the dress before at her mother's insistence. this off the rack for $53. one of the interesting things to no

the interesting thing about this letter, and it happens frequently with harry truman is that he never sent it. harry vented on paper better than most people. he was very good at not pressing "send" on the e-mail. and his staff also knew that harry liked to vent on paper. and he would tell them to mail something, and they're like, yeah, maybe you shouldn't do that one. this letter was found in mr. truman's desk, in his oval office desk. as they were moving out and getting ready for president eisenhower to move in. it wasn't discovered by library staff until many years later. and good thing that he did not send that. and still he loved to get letters prom her. he would say, you know, nobody is more busy than your old man, but never too rushed to let his lady love hear from him no matter what portends. he always wrote, hand wrote letters to her. they were never typed by a secretary. no one else did that for him. these are all handwritten. so what else did harry do on that day in 1946? he saws a boys' nation delegates, he met with the council of economic advisers. he signed the g.i. furlo

the interesting thing about this letter -- and this happens quite frequently with harry truman, is that he never sent it. harry -- harry vented on paper better than most people. he was very good at not pressing send on the e-mail. and his staff also knew that harry liked to vent on paper. and he would tell them to mail something and they were like yeah maybe you shouldn't do that one. this letter was found in mr. trueman's desk, in his oval office desk as they were moving out and getting ready for president eisenhower to move in and wasn't discovered by library staff until many years later. it was probably a good idea that he didn't send that letter and each this many years later, harry would still get excited when he would hear from bess and loved to get letters from her. he said you know there is no busier person than your old man but he is never too busy or too rushed to let his lady love the only one he ever had hear from him every day no matter what pour tends. and he always wrote, handwrote letters to her. they were never typed by a secretary. no one else did that for him. these a

. >> this year marks the 70th anniversary of president have dish of president harry truman to the segregate the military. on july tony 61948. next, ron james, author of the double v. the harry s truman presidential library hosted this discussion. our and 10 minutes. >> i'm director of the truman presidential library and museum. this is another amazing set of programs. and our staff here at the truman library. tonight you will agree will be no exception. a terrific opportunity to reflect on a legacy.

then the relationship between bess and harry truman during their 54-year marriage. that will be followed by gerald ford's political career, and next a look at the white house building and its design. the white house historical association is bringing together people from presidential sites across the country this week, and on tuesday we'll have live coverage of a discussion on how perception of presidents change over time. and messian talks about working for five presidents. friday, historian william seal shares his reflections on the white house. coverage begins on tuesday and wednesday mornings at 9:00 eastern. >>> up next, on the presidency. historian peter henriquez talks about the foundation of where it went awry. gadsby's tavern museum in virginia hosted this event. >> welcome for braving the elements outside and thank you for joining us tonight. i'd like to also welcome our cspan guests as well. you are sitting in the room where it happens, or where it happened, for so many individuals from alexander hamilton's world. washington's birthday, jefferson's inaugu

harry and bess. it is important to the truman story. we will talk about harry and bess and how they came to be married and some of the letters they wrote back and forth to each other. this is their high school graduation picture. they attended the same school from the image of fourth grade on up. harry,ways sat behind alphabetical order, and you can imagine. that is what harry went through. this is their graduation in 1901. bess is in the second row on the far right, and harry is in the top row and he is third from the left. he has his hand resting on the person's shoulder in front of him, and he is wearing glasses. this is in front of independence high school, which does not exist anymore. they lived kind of near each other but did not necessarily socialize very much. from an very much upper-class family and harry's father was a farmer, so even though they were in school tomorrow, they did not necessarily do a lot of things together. bess's house is on the left. the approximate house number is 608. it does not exist any longer. the tree

and sunday night at 8:00, during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, whichecame known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> 70 years ago the soviet union blocked off eastern berlin. in response, the western powers organized the berlin air lift. cargo planes dropped supplies into the isolated part of the city until may of 1949. next on reel america, a 1962 film documenting the city of berlin from the ends of world war ii to the construction of th

yeah, i would say harry truman probably did. i any that certainly there are many people who would argue that fdr was taken in by stalin. i'm not sure i entirely agree with that. but truman had a very clear eyed view of the soviets and it was after all during his presidency that george ten nan wrote the famous telegraph as containment as a good policy to pursue, which we did and which was successful in the, you know, relatively brief period when you look back at it of about 40 years, 44 years. o yeah, i'll say truman. >> let's get a round of applause. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. i just wanted to remind you that mr. agland has agreed to sign books in the lobbyful we'll meet you out in the lobby if you'd like him to sign his book. thank you again for attending the program tonight. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2018] announcer: tonight, at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on 1968, america in turmoil. we look at women's rights. we'll discuss women protest

and sunday night at 8:00, during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, whichecame known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> 70 years ago the soviet union blocked off eastern berlin. in response, the western powers organized the berlin air lift. cargo planes dropped supplies into the isolated part of the city until may of 1949. next on reel america a 1962 film documenting the city of berlin from the ends of world war ii to the construction of the berlin wall in 1961. produced by the nato information service, this half hour film details the berlin air lift, and the creation of the north atlantic freetdy organization, now called nato, to defend against soviet aggression. >>> the building of walls, the erection of barbed wire and barriers, these can never for long divide peoples. never create a permanent prison for the human spirit. for the strength of a wall is measured only by the fear of those who built it.

. >> woodrow wilson and harry truman was the main killer.he french were there and the allies were working. you had time. president truman had to do this in weeks. we suffered terribly. i was interested in your comments about combat photography. when i was there we would take hill after hill after hill. it was terrible. i lost a couple of comrades. >> thank you for sharing. there is a heart wrenching story i would like to share. it is probably representative. the lost battalion but in the fall. these troops were surrounded and attacked by the germans on all sides. two medal of honor recipients were heroes. they were filmed as they came out of the forest. that is a sense that is not enough. they were pressured in 1919 to go back to the battlefield where they had fought to film a silent movie. complete with romance scenes and other silliness about the battle that could be broadcast for americans in the united states. imagine that being told you have to go back to the scene where you fought and act out what happened? that was incredibly traumati

. >> this year marks the 70th anniversary of president harry truman's order to desegregate the u.s. litary on july 26, 1948. next, ron james, author of "the double v.: " -- theate the military harry s truman presidential library and easy him hosted this -- library and museum hosted this discussion. it's about an hour and 10 minutes. >> it's a great pleasure to have your. i'm director of the truman presidential library and museum. it is always wonderful to see you all out here. i think this is another in an amazing set of programs we do it the truman

you know, think of harry truman. harry truman left the presidency in 1952, '53, with a job approval rating of 22%. one of the worst -- the lowest measure at that particular time. he is now considered one of the best five presidents or ten presidents depending on the list you see. so in retrospect looking at harry truman's presidency, he could have run for reelection in 1952, but chose not to because he was so unpopular. so he wasn't term limited out because it didn't apply to him when they changed the term limit law, but he didn't run because he was so unpopular, but history looks back and sees how did he do, he comes out pretty well. >> did you want to make a point? >> well, you know, ford -- ford, i think, was very unpopular with the press because he pardoned nixon and there was a lot of criticism of ford and he was probably our most athletic president, as i've said, and i remember one time there was all these stories about him tripping and falling or something like that. >> right. >> and ford said, those reporters

and sunday night at eight, during the weekly look at the presidency, harry truman and his russia policy which became known as the cold war. after the outline the plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this sunday on oral history. we continue our series on women in congress. with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> might interest, my service and even my members resistance -- finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know, i wasn't there only because i was a ranking member, i was on there because i made a contribution. also they accepted me as an equal and many accepted me as the superior. it allows me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. met in the weeks ahead, we will hear from helen bentley, barbara canelo, nancy johnson, and lynn woolsey, watch oral history sunday at 10 am eastern. on american history tv on c- span three. >>> c-span was in memphis tennessee for events commemorating the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s assassination on april 4, 1968. that is the outdoor ceremony from the national civ

sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this sunday on oral histories we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congresswoman ava clayton. >> my interests in the agriculture committee, my service in the agriculture committee, and even my members resistance to me, but finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know, i earned -- i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i also made a contribution. also the acceptance of me as equal and many of them acceptance of me as their superior. allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson and lynn woolsley. >>> up next on american history tv's reel america, a look at the push for road and highway construction in the 1950s. freedom of the american road is a half-hour ford motor company film from 1955, with opening remarks by henry for

and then sunday, author ron james discusses what led to harry truman's 1948 executive order desegregating the u.s. military and its impact on african-americans. that's sunday evening at 6:30 and 10:30 eastern on american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >>> saturday morning at 10:30 eastern, book tv is live at the mississippi book festival for their fourth annual literary lawn party at the state capital in jackson with discussions on race and identity, southern history, u.s. politics, and presidential leadership authors include the author of "loving, interracial intimacy in america and the threat to white supremacy." jack davis with his pulitzer prize winning book "the gulf, the making of an american sea." we speak with former mississippi governor haly lay -- haley barbour. and author frank williams with "lincoln as hero." join us live at 10:30 eastern for the mississippi book festival on book tv on c-span 2.

author ron james and retired colonel norma jean bradford discuss what led to harry truman's order. desegregating the u.s. military and its impact on african-americans. that's sunday evening at 6:30 and 10:30 eastern on american history tv. every weekend here on c-span3. >>> saturday morning at 10:30 eastern book tv is live at the mississippi book festival for their fourth annual literary lawn party at the state capitol in jackson with discussions on race and identity, southern history, u.s. politics and presidential leadership. authors include cheryl cashen, author of "loving: interracial empty massey in america and the threat to white supremacy. jack davis with "gulf," selena zito speaks with haley barbour. her book is "the great revolt." and author frank williams with "lincoln as hero." join us live saturday at beginning at 10:30 eastern for the mississippi book festival on book tv on c-span2. >>> up next on american history tv's reel america, give yourself the green light, a 1954 general motors film encouraging citizens to support programs to improve roads and highways. the film

author ron james and retired colonel discuss what led to president harry truman's 1948 executive order desegregating the u.s. military. that's sunday evening at 6:30 and 10:30 eastern on american history tv, every weekend here on c-span 3. >>> this sunday on oral histories we continue our series on women in congress with former democratic congress woman eva clayton. >> my service in the agriculture committee and even my members' resistance to me, but finally their acceptance of me. they did. they did. i earned -- i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i was on there because i made a contribution. the acceptance of them of me allowed me to know i can negotiate with the best of them. >> we will hear from helen bentley, barbara kennelly, nancy johnson. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> each week american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums and historic sites around the country. next we visit the smithsonian national air and space museum to learn about u.s. army combat artists in world war i. the exhibit is a collaboration b

harry truman came that it was in such disrepair that major reconstruction had to happen. what was his role in preserving the stone walls? >> president trump, he loved history and he loved symbols in history very much. it may be coming from his masonic background. when they said he was going to demolish it and rebuild it, he said no. he worried about it and worried about it. he went to yale and leaving the outside walls. rebuilding that and the new building inside. he decide that's what would happen. they gutted the house. it's that much space between them. the steel and the walls. the house was rebuilt. no wooden floors much. it didn't have that saggy feeling that it always had that franklin roosevelt loved because he he loved old houses. the president would stay in the president's house. he was very emphatic about that. they needed bulldozers and he came by. they were about to widen the door. take it in. build them back. there was enough space under the wall for a drive way to take him out. he was emphatic. he saved this mystique of the white house. >> how was it preserv

norma jean bradford discuss what led to harry truman's 1948 executive order desegregating the u.s. military and it is impact on african-americans,that is sunday evening at 6:30 and 10:30 eastern on american history tv. every weekend here on c-span 3. >>> this sunday on oral histories. we continue our series on women in congress. with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> my entrance, my service in -- and even my members resistance to me but finally -- their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i was on there to make a contribution. also the acceptance of me as their equal and many of them accepted me as their superior. it allowed me to know that i could negotiate with the best of them. >> and in the weeks ahead, we'll hear from helen bentley, barbara kennely and nancy johnson and lynn woolsey. watch oral histories sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >>> up next on american history tv "reel america," give yourself the green light. a 1954 general motors film encouragin

. >>> >>> funding out-of-date during our look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy which became known as the cold war. >>> next, from our series, 1968, america in turmoil. we look at the cold war and the race to the moon. as 1968 came to a close, the apollo 8 mission took three astronauts into orbit for the first time. the life christmas eve podcast -- broadcast from genesis was watched worldwide. our guest is elizabeth cobbs, historian and documentary film maker. also mark kramer, program director of harvard university's project on cold war studies. >>> december 21, 1968, the shortest day of the year. perhaps one of the longest in the flow of history. >> we are still go at this time. t -15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, nine . we have ignition sequence start. the engines are on.

president harry truman and his wife, bess, they were married for 53 years. polis, missouri, to the white house, and she reads from their love letters. the truman library hosts the event and it is about 45 minutes. >> today's special guest is archivist tammy williams. she works on the other side of the building and has been with us for many years. she started here as an intern, actually. so if your children, grandchildren, or kids next door need something to do next summer, i encourage them to look into our internship program.

coming up the relationship between beth -- besson harry truman.l career and then in history of the white house building and it's a design. if you miss any of this week's american history tv programs, you can find them anytime online at c-span video library. c-span.org. american history tv weekdays continues until labor day. our look at the president continues tuesday with the food and design at the white house. wednesday, how presidents have dealt with the media and press coverage. on thursday, we turn to our oral history series and conversations with women who are members of congress. >>> president harry truman and his wife bess were married for 53 years old. archivist tammy williams talks about their life together from childhood in independence missouri to the white house. and she reads from their love letters. the truman library hosted this event, it's about 45 minutes. >>> today's special guest is tammy williams. she works on the other side of the building and has been with us for many years. she started here as an intern. so if your children

and sunday night at 8:00 during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy.hich became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947 . >>> this sunday, on oral histories, we continue our series on women in congress. with former democratic congresswoman eva clayton. >> i, my entrance in the agricultural committee, my service on the agricultural committee and even my, my members' resistance to me, but finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. you know i earned, i wasn't on that drafting committee only because i was a ranking member. i was on there also, i made a contribution. also, they the acceptance of me as their equal and many of them, their acceptance of me as their superior allowed me to know that i can negotiate with the best of them. >> and in the weeks ahead we'll hear from helen bentley. barbara kennely, nancy johnson and lynn woolsey.