and i researched henry ford, and realized that henry ford was someone else who in my opinion had not been treated appropriately by most of the becomes wherein about him. henry ford to me was the are erie precursor of steve jobs. there's no component of the automobile that henry ford invent but he was brilliant at hiring people and firing people. brilliant at understanding what the market wanted and creating a product, even when it wasn't the best product. the model-t was never as good an automobile as, say, the buick s10, but he had this ability and he had a toughness, and so i wrote another book called "drive" about early automotive technology because i fit wilbur wright and henry ford to be contrasting in kind of interesting ways. in doing the automobile book i came across another character and his name was isaac rice and he was fascinating. came here as a boy of six, he was a musicologist, he was head of the political science -- one of the first political science professors at columbia. he was a chessmaster, built -- doesn't found the new york chess club but would play games with

it opens with remarks by henry ford the second, who introduces a ford company study of the nation's roads for individual citizens to help solve those issues. timeoice of the march of series.d tv news reel the documentary features a variety of communities working to solve problems through kurdish options and awareness programs. ♪ >> i'm henry ford. in recent

ford: i'm henry ford, ii.en a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel sure that a great many of

ford: i'm henry ford, ii.n recent years, there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel sure that a great many of you must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. that is why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it "freedom of the american road," simply because we americans always have liked plenty of elbow room freedom to come and , go as we please in this great country of ours. the first thing we found was that you cannot talk about highways without talking about traffic and safe driving, too. we found many highway and traffic safety experts who are doing a great service to the public. what they need is public understanding and support. but the most important thing we discovered was that already many private citizens and communities across the nation have gotten together to tackle their local problems with real success. we present a few of their stories in

it opens with remarks by henry ford the second, who introduces a ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. timeoice of the march of series.d tv news reel the documentary features a variety of communities working to solve problems through kurdish options and awareness programs. ♪ >> i'm henry ford. there has been, a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said, that i feel sure that a great many of you must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. that is why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it "freedom of the american road." simply because we americans always have liked plenty of elbow room. freedom to come and go as we please in this great country of ours. the first thing we found was that you cannot talk about highways without talking about traffic and safety driving. we found many highway and traffic safety experts were doing a great service to the public. what they need is public understa

we are inside the henry ford museum of american innovation. just outside our driving america exhibit, we look at the history of the united -- of the automobile in the united states. we are standing in front of the series of presidential limousines which show presidential transportation over the last 117 years or so. behind me is the 1902 carriage used by theodore roosevelt. by the time of roosevelt's administration, it is a common occurrence to see cars moving on public streets. roosevelt, interestingly enough, for all the reputation he has as a forward-looking progressive, really never cared much for automobiles. he wanted to remain in horse-drawn vehicles. i think partly he's out there is a formality involved with horse-drawn transportation appropriate to begin to see -- appropriate to the agency -- appropriate to the dignity of the office. remained in that for his primary transportation when moving around washington, d.c. vehicles like this would have been fairly common, especially in larger cities. we had a vision and our head from western

there was no component of the automobile that henry ford invented but he was brilliant at hiring people and firing people. he was brilliant at understanding what the harkt market wanted and creating a product even when it wasn't the best product the holds t was never good of automobile say the buick 10. but he had this ability and he had a toughness, and so i wrote another book called drive which was about early automoteive technology because i found wilbur wright and henry ford to be contrasted in kind of interesting ways. and when doing the automobile book, i came across another character, and his name was isaac lee, and nobody ever writes about isaac rice. isaac rice was fascinating came here a boy of six and musicologist he was head of the political science one of the first political science professors at columbia. he was a chess master, built found in new york cheeses club by play games with the world champions. he founded a magazine called forum which was an intlek journal and made himself a small fortune in his early 30s restructuring railroads. restructuring is the kind of thing

we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, hoover scholar talk abouts the relationship between the 31st president and coolage. >> four days before the election. ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily e fusive public endorsement. in a prearranged telegram that evoked headlines. hoover he declared showed his fitness to be president. saying he was able, experienc trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv. all weekend, every weekend. only on c-span 3. >> the c-span city tour together with our cable partners travels the country to learn about american history. we select a particular city to feature. tonight we're showcasing state capitols. for more information visit www.cnn.com/city tour. >> welcome to the main state house. the state house was built in 1829. and it was designed by charles bull finch. a very famous architect. in fact he's appeared to be the country's first architect. he designed the building at the same time he was actually rebuilding the nation

henry ford who has a reputation as a great inventor, but is actually not an inventor at all but a bright as this man. and then you have john philip holland who is a pure inventor, a man not suited for business. he was willing to go into business. he was willing to let other people, better people run the business and subsequently he was frozen out of it. for me, the story of the development of the submarine parallel and they have less and not simply, i always try to do something when history is very pertinent to the president. these three books is like reading about silicon valley startups, where somebody invents somebody in its rundown of his business and complained and the ceo of cooper with a more complex situation. the ceo of cooper who has arguably changed the way americans will travel is now out of his own company. he had other personal problems, but these issues i am covered in these three books seemed to me so pertinent that that is why they were really fun to do. i didn't get a chance to do the congressional dust and other procurement and how the money was dispense and it's an ab

>> on american artifacts which were the presidential vehicles collection of the henry ford museum inearborn, michigan. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily diffusive public endorsement and a prearranged hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv come all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television

eastern on american artifacts, we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, every the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinary effusive public endorsement in a rearranged telegram that invoked headlines. hoover had declared his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span 3. >> announcer: working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road. to explore the history of selected american cities. tonight we're featuring visits to 17 state capitols, including texas, california, wisconsin and new york. first up, we visit the virginia state capitol in richmond. >>> we are inside a working public building that has hosted

eastern on american artifacts, we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, every the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinary effusive public endorsement in a rearranged telegram that invoked headlines. hoover had declared his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span 3. >> announcer: working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes american history tv on the road. to explore the history of selected american cities. tonight we're featuring visits to 17 state capitols, including texas, california, wisconsin and new york. first up, we visit the virginia state capitol in richmond. >>> we are inside a working public building that has hosted the oldest elected law making legislature active in the west

collection of the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily diffusive public endorsement and a prearranged hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv come all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. "washington journal" continues. host: welcome back. ethan epstein is with us now. he's a weekly standard associate editor and contributor to politico magazine. we are talking about his piece in politico about how san francisco's overhaul its public housing. what made you look at this issue in particular? guest: ethan

of remarkable to think it was used that long before it was retired from service and came to the henry ford museum of american innovation. the cars at this time were not purchased outright by the white house or secret service. they did not have the budget at that time to be buying expensive vehicles. they were instead leased to the white house by lincoln for a nominal fee each year. lincoln thought it was worth it because they got publicity and it was a good deal for the white house because they were not having to outlay large amounts of money for the vehicles. they would have a 15-year service life at most. at a certain point, they get too dated. this car looked modern in 1961. it looked out of fashion by the mid-1970's. at that point, it had to be retired. at that time, there was a new presidential vehicle that was the primary vehicle. that is the one we can look at next. we are looking at the last of our series of vehicles. this is a 1972 lincoln continental built for president nixon and used by every subsequent president up to george h.w. bush, the first president bush. this car represe

i seem to remember around world war ii, charles lindbergh and maybe even henry ford or advocates for germans -- were advocates for the germans at some level. they were powerful people who certainly were prosecuted. -- weren't prosecuted. beverly: the socialist party -- it is true they were marginal, though they were less marginal when the war began. then i have been in any other moment in american history. there really was quite a substantial socialist movement in the united states. what makes someone like schenck a target is that once the united states declared war, the socialist party held an emergency convention where they asked, are we going to continue to oppose the war? we know these rather ciccone and laws are on the books. this will marginalize us from certain opinion. they decided to oppose the war. that is when someone like schenck becomes targeted. there is a very critical shift there in 1917. as far as the second world war , either people on the right as opposed to the left, or whether people with more power in society will be prosecuted, you get an interesting set of , b

eastern, we will tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, her jan herbert hoover scholar talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever a party regular finally gave hoover an extraordinarily public endorsement. in a prearranged telegram that evokes sensational newspaper headlines, he declared he had shown his fitness to be president. he said he was able, experience, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv all weekend, every weekend only on c-span three. >> earlier this afternoon, greg abbott held a news conference with reporters as hurricane harvey approaches the texas coastline. he called for evacuations and warned theto

is charles lindbergh, henry ford, a wide group of folks saying that is not our fight. in these the farewell address is an argument for why we should get involved in the foreign war. some of them are clearly motivated by anti-semitism. world war i was a tremendous mistake. this is where the farewell address to get ahead of isolationism. there is a surreal moment that i think is fascinating, just to discover it was kind of stunning. at madisonrally square garden. and it is 20,000 american nazis show up. is extensively about ethnic pride but there is a 30 foot banner of george washington flanked by swastikas. it is about recasting and re-appropriating the farewell address saying that washington warned us against excessive debt. he warned us to focus on religion is the mainstay of our national identity. us against foreign entanglements and being involved in foreign wars. what is fascinating about this odious misappropriation, in addition to the photos looking like an outtake from dark mirror, the twilight zone. thesegton warned against protected argued that the was represe

weon american artifacts, tour the presidential vehicle collection at the henry ford museum in dearbornrbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave uber and extraordinarily -- finally gave herbert hoover an endorsement in a prearranged telegram that a vote sensational headlines. herbert hoover had declared, "his fitness to be president." he said he was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. tv, allcan history weekend, every weekend only on c-span3. up next on american history tv, larry would, author of, ozark gunfights, and other notorious incidents. he talks about feuding groups and infamous c

eastern on american artifacts we tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum inrborn, michigan. then at 8 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular finally gave a publicve endorsement. there were sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy, and save -- safe. >> american history tv on c-span3. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us from austin, suri, out with a titled, the impossible presidency.

eastern on american artifacts, we will tour the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. the at 8:00 p.m. eastern on presidency, george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just before the election, coolidge by money gave hoover an extra ordinarily effusive public endorsement in a prearranged telegram that evoked sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. he said he was trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, a week and every weekend only on c-span3. q&a, the night on lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk to thomas rhett ricks about his book giorgio and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, but the hero -- churchill read it twice and loved it. orwell admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. next on the presidency, black america export stephen rabe discusses the successes and disappointments of harry truman's policies in latin america. the truman little white house and the san carlo i

. >> bill gates, part thomas edison, part henry ford, part calledon callfield from catcher in the ryeat 19 he dropped out of harvard to design computer software with his friend paul allen. they came up with a system that operates 90% of the personal computers today. >> microsoft was making a lot of money then. they were charging $400 for, say, a word processing package that really was costing them about 50 cents to print on floppies. >> hard working, modest, easy going, it would seem to a fault. of course, he does have at least one secret. but we'll fix that. >> is it true you can leap over a chair from a standing position. >> it depends on the size of the chair, but this chair, probably so. >> yes! >> i took a step before i did it. >> that's okay. >> bill gates wasn't just one thing. he was a brilliant guy, great parents, value families, but he was a killer. he basically was a ruthless guy. so was microsoft. >> somebody is confused. somebody is just not thinking. there's no way. >> we'll figure it out. >> you guys never understood the first thing about this. >> a lot of people make t

this is charles lindbergh, henry ford, a pretty wide group of folks basically saying that is not our fight. they use the farewell address as an argument for why we shouldn't get involved in a foreign war. some of them are clearly motivated by anti-semitism. other folks just by saying that world war i was actually a mistake, let's not squander our advantage on the world stage. this is where the farewell address starts to get a hint of being salama -- of being synonymous with isolationism, which it never is. there's a moment which i think is fascinating just to discover it itself. in february 1939, there is a rally of the german-american bund at madison square garden. it is 20,000 american nazis that show up. abouta statistically ethnic pride, but there is a 30 foot banner of george washington flanked by swastikas. is all aboutpeech recasting and reappropriated the farewell address, saying that washington warned us against excessive debt, and the new deal has been too freespending. he warned us we should focus on religion as the mainstay of our , and he warnedty us against foreign enta

his grandfather was a show to henry ford himself.over for provided five generations of the bates family, five generations of working-class detroiters. last year, that home was foreclosed upon and mr. bates was evicted for nonpayment of property taxes. the problem is, his annual taxes were about $1300 per year, but his home was not worth more than $2400 because it was severely dilapidated, and several of the rooms were unlivable. mr. batesn to that, has worked in grocery stores his entire life, has never made more than $10,000 a year, so he qualified for the property tax exemption. but he didn't even know about the problem -- poverty tax exemption. even if he did, the various obstacles, unnecessary obstacles put in the way, means he never applied for the poverty tax exemption. mr. bates was evicted from his family home for nonpayment of illegally inflated property taxes that he was not supposed to be paying in the first place. jason dates ino his own words. grandparents bought the home in 1907, he was ultimately foreclosed upon last y

eastern on american artifacts, we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talked about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement, in a prearranged telegram that invoked sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to become president. hoover, said coolidge, was able, experienced, trustworthy, and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend, only on c-span3. >> next, author and salem state university professor emerson baker with an in depth look into the history of salem. he explores how it went from a simple town in massachusetts to a tourist attraction. the presentation was part of an all-day symposium held at salem state university. >> good morning, everybody. lovely to see you all today on this day, this reverent day. my name is donna seger. i'm chair

eastern american artifacts -- we will sort the presidential vehicle selection at the henry ford museum. -- just for that did -- -- this was an extraordinarily public -- sensational newspaper headline. -- to shown his fitness the president. was -- hoover said coolidge trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend only on c-span3. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> this might be the only government class he ever takes. you will be a voter for ever. i need to give you tools that will help you for the rest of your life. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, this high school teacher, said -- discusses how current events affect history, politics, government lessons. >> this is about the story. their story begins before they are born, from people who come long before them who shaped the way the world they are in is going to operate. what i contribute, where i'm coming from, as a part of the bigger story. in that

>> on sunday, we will tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily diffusive public endorsement in a prearranged telegram that the vote sensational headlines. he declared hoover has shown his fitness to be president. hoover, said coolidge, was able, experienced, trustworthy, and safe. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on 3.span >> c-span -- where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> this weekend, tonight at 8:30 p.m. eastern, best-selling author richard dockins on his book "science in the soul" on the scientific way of thinking and relying on prejudice feelings. >> science can help you enormously thinking about what is right or wrong.

eastern on american artifacts, we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museumn deereborn, michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend only on c-span3. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> next on american history tv, historian scott harris talks about the life of the fifth president, james monroe. he discusses his experiences in the revolutionary war, his legal career and his presidential legacy. mr. harris is director of the james monroe museum and memorial library. his

next, we tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. transportation curator matt anderson shows of cars used by presidents truman, eisenhower, carter, and reagan, and

eastern on american artifacts, we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, herbert hoover scholar talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolage. >> four days before the election, coolage finally gave hoover an extraordinary e few sieve public endorsement. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. he said he was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend only on c-span 3. >>> this weekend on book tv, saturday, best selling author on his book "science in the soul" on the scientific way of thinking over relying on prejudice or feelings. >> science can help you enormously in thinking clearly about what to do about right or wrong. you can identify logical inconsistencies in your moral position. >>> sunday at 2:30 p.m., recalling the life of robert smalls, a former slave who became the first african-american of an army ship and went on to serve five terms in congress. >> i was fascinated by him and particularly fascinated by t

eastern on american artifacts, we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in deerborn, michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive endorsement. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv all weekend every weekend only on c-span3. >> now we take a look at legal documents from the salit

we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on the presidency. hoover scholar george gnash talk abouts the relationship between the 31st president and coolage. >> four days before the election, coolage ever the party regular finally gave hoover an extraordinarily e fusive public endorsement. in a prearranged telegram he evoked sensational newspaper headlines. hoover declared had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolage was able, experienced, trustworthy a safe. >> american history tv. all weekend, every weekend. only on c-span 3. >> salem massachusetts is known as the witch city. historians and professors talk about how the town became a tourist attraction. this hour and 20 minute long panel discussion was pat of the 325th anniversary symposium held in massachusetts. >> all right. good afternoon. let's get started. i'm tad baker from the history department of salem state. i'd like to welcome you back to the afternoon session of salem trial. i will say about the title. that was almost the

. >> on "american artifacts," we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in deerborne, michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement in a program where he invoked sensational headlines and hoover showed his fitness to be president. coolidge said he was able to be trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend only on c-span3. >> this weekend on book tv, saturday at 8:30 p.m. eastern, best-selling author richard dawkins on his book, science in the soul, on the scientific way of thinking on relying on prejudice and feelings. >> science certainly can help you enormously in thinking clearly about what to do about what's right and wrong. you can identify logical inconsistencies in your moral position. sunday at 2:30 eastern, kate recalls the life of robert smalls, it is first sla

eastern on "american artifacts," we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the presidency" herbert hoover scholar james nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinary effusive endorseme endorsement. hoover he declared showed his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >> sunday night on q&a, the lives of winston church hill and george or wel. we talked with thomas ricks about his book "churchill & orwell" for example. >> they never met, churchill read it twice and loved it. interestingly, a real leftist all his life, admired church hill across the political chasm and wrote really that he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q & a." >>> the massachusetts his tore kol society looked at john quincy ada

eastern on american artifacts, we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in deerborn, michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election coolidge finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive endorsement. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv all weekend every weekend only on c-span3. >> now we take a look at legal documents from the salem witch trials. margo burns discusses the documents in a book project she titled "records of the salem witch hunt." this is part of a salem university seminar on the legacy of the witch trials. >> welcome back. i'm tad baker and thrilled to see you all here for what should be an interesting session. i would like to introduce to you my good friend and partner in witchcraft studies, margo burns. margo is one of the leading experts on the witch trials. one of the editors of th

eastern on american artifacts, we'll tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in dearborn, michigan. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, herbert hoover scholar george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, every the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinary effusive public endorsement in a rearranged telegram that invoked headlines. hoover had declared his fitness to be president. hoover said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span 3. >> announcer: working with our cable partners, the c-span cities tour takes

eastern on american artifacts we will tour the presidential vehicles collection at the henry ford museum in deerborn, michigan. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency george nash talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, ever the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement. in a pre-arranged telegram that o evoked sensational headlines. hoover he declared had shown his fitness to be president. he said he was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. >>> this year marks the 325th anniversary of the salem witch trials. in this program talks about memorializing sites like salem. this hour-long speech is from the salem state university symposium on the legacy of the witch trials >>> for those of you i haven't