but the inside of the white house really needed a lot of work in jacqueline. kennedy really made that possible by the extraordinary effort. she made that involves citizens in restoring the white house now, why should we help restore and preserve the white house? well the theory of restoration and preservation, is that by restoring and preserving the past we can make certain that we don't make that were made in the past and we can learn and do better citizens for the future. that's the whole theory of history why we study history. it's to learn from the past make certainly don't make the same mistakes and do better at going forward. now the human brain has not yet evolved such that when you see a picture of the white house or a picture of any historic building, it's the same as actually visiting it you can look at the picture of the white house and get some sense of what it's all about, but it's not the same as a visiting it and therefore if you preserve it more people want to visit it what people want to see what this white house is about and therefore our citizens fl

like jacqueline kennedy herself miss bachman also studied art history at the undergraduate level in her case at indiana university and she is an expert on maryland's historic public buildings, including the state house as well as the governor's mansion. she's a frequent collaborator of the current governor larry hogan. miss bachman is a former director of artistic property exhibits and outreach as well as a curator of artistic property at the maryland state archives. next we also have melissa nolan who is the associate curator of decorative arts at the white house just across the street. where she has served since 2003 in the presidency of george w bush. miss nolan previously held curatorial post at george washington's mount vernon the winterthur museum in delaware and the strong museum of rochester new york. she holds a master of arts degree from the winterthur program in early american culture at the university of delaware as well as a bachelor's degree from smith college. and last but not least we have susan shell work an executive director the executive director of historic preserva

like jacqueline kennedy herself miss bachman also studied art history at the undergraduate level in her case at indiana university and she is an expert on maryland's historic public buildings, including the state house as well as the governor's mansion. she's a frequent collaborator of the current governor larry hogan. miss bachman is a former director of artistic property exhibits and outreach as well as a curator of artistic property at the maryland state archives. next we also have melissa nolan who is the associate curator of decorative arts at the white house just across the street. where she has served since 2003 in the presidency of george w bush. miss nolan previously held curatorial post at george washington's mount vernon the winterthur museum in delaware and the strong museum of rochester new york. she holds a master of arts degree from the winterthur program in early american culture at the university of delaware as well as a bachelor's degree from smith college. and last but not least we have susan shell work an executive director the executive director of historic preserva

kennedy was sworn into the office up at the capitol and by his side was jacqueline kennedy who would become our first lady and she herself would go down in history as being one of our most influential of first ladies. we have a particular reverence for here here at the white house historical association. but it was later that day on inauguration day that president and mrs. kennedy ended up at the white house and mrs. kennedy realized this was a home the people's house as she would call it. it was in badly badly in need of historic restoration. she believed that the white house should represent the very best of america artisans craftsmen. decorative arts fine arts furnishings. and so she took that on as her project over the course of the next three years. cut short tragically by the assassination of president kennedy, but what she put in place then is still the legacy of her influence of historic preservation at the white house acquisitions for the collection and actually education. it's a key part of our mission and we are mrs. kennedy's living legacy at the white house today. well,

up at the capitol by his side was jacqueline kennedy who would become the first lady and would go down in history as being one of the most influential first ladies. we havee particular records here at the historical association. it was later that day on inauguration day a president and missus kennedy ended up at the white house and realized this was the people's house as she would call it. raartisans, craftsmen, decoratie arts, fine art, furnishings. so sheve took that on as her project over the course of the next three years and cut short by the assassination of president kennedyn about what se put in place was the legacy of her influence of the preservation at the white house acquisition from the collection and also education that's a key part of the mission and we are the living legacy at the white house today. it was those 61 years ago we were founded and today we continue to undertake that work. my colleague in the center for white house history that is the educational part of our work and we publish books and quarterly magazines and have conferences and events like this. so publi

kennedy was sworn into office and by his side, jacqueline kennedy first lady and she would go down in history as a one of the most influential first ladies. it was later that day, on inauguration day that mrs. kennedy arrived at the white house and realized this is a home, the people's house, she would call it, that was badly in need of historic restoration and she believed that the white house should represent the very best of america. artisans, craftsmen, decorative arts, fine arts, furnishings, and so, she took that on as her project over the course of the next three years, cut short tragedy by the assassination of president kennedy, but what she put in place then is still the legacy of her preservations, education, that's a key part of our mission and we are mrs. kennedy's living legacy at the white house today. well, it was those 61 years ago that we were founded by her and today we continue to undertake that work. my colleague, colleen, and david rubenstein, national center for white house history, really the educational part of our work. and we publish books. we publish a quart

but i decided to start the book with first lady jacqueline kennedy. mrs. kennedy was the first first lady to elect to put a tree up in the blue room. and we think about mrs. kennedy. we often think about her children. and caroline loved the nutcracker or ballet. so it makes sense that her first tree in 1961 was celebrating the nutcracker suite. now, the reason, really, she came up with the theme was just to celebrate her children. it didn't make it. it wasn't a big deal in the papers. it wasn't a big deal in the media that they had this christmas tree that had a theme. but it was something that caught on. and every single first lady has done since. what was the big deal during the kennedy administration? there was that wonderful picture of caroline the first time she sees the tree. what we did, the media did pick up on was that mrs. kendy elected to have a wonderful museum style creche or nativity during her tenure at the white house. this was a crash that you can see what made it so spectacle killer for the media was its both its museum quality that it wa

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of the new book ted kennedy a life, which was longlisted for the 2022 national book award for nonfiction. he has previous include richard nixon the life which won the pen. jacqueline belgrad world award for biography and the new york historical society. barbara and david, the lines neck. sorry about that book book prize for american history and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize in 2018. clarence darrow, attorney for the -- and tip o'neill for the. and tip o'neill the democratic century. he has also earned a george polk award, the gerald r prize and white house association honors for his coverage of the presidency during a prize winning career as a journalist, including distinguished service at the boston globe. and i'm also so glad to welcome our moderator for this david nasaw back to the library. he's the author of the patriarch the remarkable life and turbulent times of joseph kennedy, which was selected by the new york times as one of the ten best books of the year and a 2013 pulitzer prize finalist in biography. andrew carnegie, a new york times notable book of the year and recipient of the new york historical society's american history book prize and a 27