among those attending were descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. we'll continue with our coverage of the presidential site summit in a few minutes. >> this weekend american history tv is featuring flagstaff, arizona, where c-span city tour staff recently trafd veled to s the historic sites. south of the grand canyon, it rests within the world's largest continuous ponderosa pine forest. learn more about flagstaff all weekend here on american history tv. >> the collection is popular for a number of reasons and significant for a number of reasons. it's important because it reflects the activities of a corporation built from one man's endeavors. fred harvey came to america from england, experienced awful food while traveling and in short determined he could do a better job. and then through a hand shake agreement, began to provide food service for the santa fe railway as they moved westward. so as the lines expanded, so did the fred harvey empire. we're here at northern arizona university. and special collections and c archives selects the material of

>> this is james monroe and they landed on a list of healthy schools for the nation. they are very excited and very proud. here is the banner they were giving. the alliance for a healthier generation selected 461 schools across the country. ten of those are here in the bay area. here at james monroe they have made several changes to get healthier. they did it over a few years. they have healthier choices at lunch. they offer a free brek fast and they are encouraging dance parties instead of cup cake parties. they also now have brain breaks during class. the kids get up and mover their bodies. the teacher says the brain breaks are very popular. >> they love it. the kids ask for me. it helps. we teach at elementary schools. kids need some time to move and teefrpers enjoy it too. it is not too difficult and it helps the kids reenergize what they need to do for a complete list go online. if you're wondering why your school isn't on the list they had to apply for this. maybe your school just didn't apply. this school did get a bronze level. i asked what they will do next.

james monroe 1793. and when he was away, he was minister to france during the 1790's and his good friend, thomas jefferson and other good friend james madison set up the plantation prior to him moving here in 1799. monroe and his wife moved here in 1799. james monroe did not grow up in this area. monroe is from westmoreland county and born in 1758 and moved here from fredericksburg where he traveled with his young wife. first they lived that is now on the grounds of the university of virginia and called monroe hill. and this property became available and he saw it as being closer to jefferson being a larger tract of land and hopefully more productive. he purchased the property in 93 and moved here in 19 -- 1799. he had this property oak hill in loudoun county and he went there more frequently. during monroe's presidency when he came here, he very likely traveled with his wife, sometimes his elder daughter accompanied them and her husband was an important person being a secretary sometimes. and so his fam

, descendants of james monroe that are here this week. let's talk about presidential families. and descendants and what role they play in keeping or evolving or changing that legacy of a president and a first lady. >> i'll let mark do most of this, of course, because he runs a library where you depend on the the family to be involved. but it's, it's a huge factor to be able to -- and i think we heard that through a lot of the panels at our summit this week. i heard it even at the philanthropy panel, being able to engage the community where a presidential site is for people to have that buy-in and feel connected. the more they can feel connected to the human side of the person who's been honored with their name on the building is important. and passing these stories along is so important. i was really struck this week, too, that, you know, susan ford is here. she's on our panel. she's always terrific and about representing her parents' legacy. she brought her daughter with her this time. because she wants her daughter to now sort of take u

>> descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald r. ford convened in washington, d.c. for the presidential site summit, hosted by the white house historical association. next, an interview with susan ford bales, the daughter of president ford. this is about 15 minutes. >> susan ford bales, how did your life change in august 1974? [laughter] ms. bales: drastically. first of all, i grew up in alexandria in the same house that i came home from the hospital, columbia hospital, and never moved until i moved into the white house. i already had secret service protection. back then, my mother didn't, but i did because of the threat from the sla. i had secret service protection and my mother didn't, which was such a strange phenomenon. the most exciting part of it was moving into a place that i had my own bathroom and i did not have to share with my brothers. >> the secret service protection must have been a real shock to your everyday life. ms. bales: it was, but i grew up with three older brothers. it was kind of like having your brothers around nonstop. yes, i did disappear

the unique representatives are from james monroe to george w. bush. and amazingly, it's going to be here in a few minutes, but we'll be a few degrees removed from the tenth president of the united states john tyler. he served from 1841 to 1845. he was born in 1790. and president tyler's grandson will be here. i'm not talking about his great grandson or great, great grandson, his actual grandson ryan tyler has been participating in this conference and is on his way here tonight. please make a point to say hello to him. i'd also like to ask all of the presidential descendents that are here tonight to please stand and be recognized. >> thank you. thank you for joining us. and for rementipresents the leg of our presidents and first families. we'll hear those that portray life in the white house and in the movies. this is an enormous responsibility. for many americans and others around the world, their understanding understanding of the presidency is based on hollywood depiction. mouth how different your view of the white house would be if you only seen th

of presence from james monroe to gerald r. ford .onvened at a conference next, we interviewed tweed roosevelt, the great-grandson of theodore roosevelt. this is about 20 minutes. >> we are speaking at the presidential site summit. what is your connection to theodore roosevelt? >> he was my great great grandfather. he had a son named archie. archie had a son and his son had me. >> your entire life, have you been connected with your famous ancestor? it something that you have always have -- always have a special connection? >> people have this idea that our family spent all our time sitting around tables talking about theater. actually -- about theodore. actually, we never talked about theodore. we talked about what everybody else talks about. i did not become aware of it until i was older and then it was mostly negative at first. , people seems much more interested in my connection to the famous person than they were in me. that gets old. >> sure. >> it wasn't until later, several things. juan, it became clear to me that i was

among those attending were descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. we will continue with our coverage of the presidential site summit in a few minutes. >> american history tv is on cspan3 every weekend featuring museum tours, archival films and programs on the presidency. the civil war and more. here is a clip from a recent program. >> ♪ got up late -- pay the bills ♪, for me, this government does not speak for me ♪. you solve nothing, you aggravate our allies ♪. my name has been through a lot ♪ i don't have your title, i don't have your land ♪. ♪ one more term . that is an order from your commander. go home. >>> the reason that the class is going to come -- how often frankly does it want to be in a to anybody? he wants to concede, issue, and execute policy, not do something for someone else no matter how high up. hamilton really has an almost unhealthy desire for military glory and even death. it is great if you die young if you die gloriously. he often, there is a lot of examples where i could give you along that line. he is resentful of his depend

james monroe. james madison. andrew jackson. they had slaves.this is something in our day and age you cannot get your head around how kid mentals more and ahead of their times be so twisted to rationalize this behavior but i can't but i do know they've done enough great to deserve the statues they have. but you should talk about the whole man and that'swhy andrew jackson was controversial in his day. what i try to say in the paperback is take me , take trump out of it. i will put in ronald reagan, abraham lincoln, harry truman, teddy roosevelt. i will tell you what they thought of him. they knew about his battles with indians. the city in times of trouble when i'm looking for leadership, i want jackson. so did lincoln. how do i stop the division of our country? how did fdr get his country ready for war? he looked at - - and insisted on walking up the steps that he diwanted to feel jackson. if these are great americans and i think weall agree they are great americans, they saw something great in jackson and uthat's what i bring out in th paperbac

and they preached the doctrine of james monroe. at the time they said all of america for the americans. the rays of the americas had to to belong to america. because. in washington they looked at their nation as. their own even though though it had been a former colony of the united kingdom so that the doctrine the monroe doctrine. was invoked. and these was pursued by the united states and the tone of that doctrine was rendered throughout the entire speech by the president yesterday but our people are familiar with this it was an imperial interventionists neocolonialist doctrine. and our people rose up against it because we wanted friedan we wanted equality and our leaders seem on believe our fault for that. it's an imperialist doctrine that wants to take over our whole region. not just stop rodent reach and. in the twentieth century it sought to dominate the entire world in the twenty first century it wants to continue with this it wants to continue just giving orders to the were owed it so the world for its own property. there a

among those attending were descend ants of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. we'll continue our coverage of the presidential sites summit in a few minutes. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c., and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >>> american history tv is on c-span3 every weekend, featuring programs on the presidency, the civil war and more. here's a clip from a recent program. >> he expanded the knowledge of the contributions of african-americans to american history to world history. and that was always his end goal, to integrate that content into how we look at history in the united states and the world. and he just provided the specific information we needed to incorporate that. giving teachers and parents and professionals an outlet. one of his most famous works is the

among those attending were descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. we'll continue with our coverage of the presidential site summit in a few minutes. >> this weekend american history tv is featuring flagstaff, arizona, where c-span city tour staff recently trafd veled to s the historic sites. south of the grand canyon, it rests within the world's largest continuous ponderosa pine forest. learn more about flagstaff all weekend here on american history tv. >> the collection is popular for a number of reasons and significant for a number of

james monroe elementary is one of the more than 450 squool scs the list.st is based on nutrition of school meals and snacks and providing at least one hour of pe every week. >> students need time to move. >> other bay area schools made the list, including ones in nevado, pittsburgh unified, san rafel elementary and santa rosa city. to see if your school is on that list, go to abc7news.com. >>> stay here with us. a california lawmaker is hitting back and some kol leagues. how he says legislators are abusing the system when it comes to criminal justice measures. >>> an nfl player retires in the middle of the game. why >>> live where you live, this is "abc7 news." >> the stories making the headlines at 4:30. and rain have subsided, but rivers in north carolina are now rising. the state governor is warning that some areas have not seen the worst of the flooding yet. at least 23 people have died in the carolinas since florence made landfall friday. thousands have been rescued, and those operations continue today. >>> this one, a rescue involving a family strand

ladies and their roles. 45 people who have been with us this week, going back to descendants of james monroe who are here this week. presidential ut amilies' descendants, in keep keeping the legacy. > it's a huge factor, and i think we heard that through the panels and summit this week. heard it even at the philanthropy meeting, where people have that buy in and feel connected. feel connectedan to the human side of the person their being honored with name on the building is important, and passing these stories along is so important. struck this week, too, susan ford is here. panel.s on our he's always terrific about representing her parents' legacy. he brought her daughter with er time because she wants her daughter to now take up this uccession planning for passing on the legacy. and the ancestors who have had the incredible role of leading country. think it's hugely important. >> yeah, i think that's right. though, t's important, not to direct, and i talked to eorge h.w. bush, he said we're not trying to build the legacy. we'll let historians decide what be. legacy should that's advisable

. >> by 1817, the renovation is almost complete and our fifth president, james monroe, moves in., the seventh, andrew jackson, lets a drunken mob trash the place during his inaugural ball. maybe this poor piece of wood was part of the collateral damage. who knows? over the years, presidents come and presidents go, redecorating, repainting, and renovating to suit their individual tastes. then, in 1902, theodore roosevelt begins the first wholesale restoration of the mansion that he officially names "the white house." it's time to pick up the thread of this strange inheritance story. according to mike meister, in 1902, his great-uncle, joseph williamson jr., is a law student at georgetown university in d.c. one day, he strolls down pennsylvania avenue, spots the piece of wood in a junk pile, and thinks, "it's pretty neat." >> joseph jr. picked it up. >> like a yard sale? did they buy it? >> no, it was scrap. i mean, it was things that were gonna be eventually hauled off to landfills, burned, whatever. >> he brings it home to illinois from law school and gives it to his father as a

representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendents of presidents from james monroegerald ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors

representatives from presidential sites around the country and descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, white house historical association board of directors and deborah rudder, president of a the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause]

the white house historical association conference i attended by descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald ford. good afternoon. hi, everybody. i've been coming around to say hi to you. if i got up to the stage, i needed a round of applause. [applause] and the reason is i creamed my foot about six weeks ago, and this is my first outing and first walking up steps, and only for roland mesnier would i climb steps. good afternoon on behalf of the white house historical association. welcome to the 2018 presidential site summit. we're delighted you're here and we look forward to many partnerships when the summit is over. i'm ann stock, a member of the association board. roland is getting nervous because he is afraid of what i'm going to say. here is my plug. any time this week, stop by our shops and buy, buy, buy. [laughter] you knew i would have to say that. there is a pop-up one right outside where we're eating, there is a full line store across pennsylvania avenue in the white house visitors center, and there is another full line store at 1610 eighth street. stop by in the of them.

confident that american industry, american private sector is >> descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald r. ford convened in washington, d.c. for the presidential site summit, hosted by the white house historical association. next, an interview with susan ford bales, the daughter of president ford. this is about 15 minutes. >> susan ford bales, how did your life change in august 1974? [laughter] ms. bales: drastically. first of all, i grew up in alexandria in the same house that i came home from the hospital, columbia hospital, and never moved until i moved into the white house. i already had secret service protection. back then, my mother didn't, but i did because of the threat from the sla. i had secret service protection and my mother didn't, which was such a strange phenomenon. the most exciting part of it was

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conference, attended by reference -- sites around the country, and descendents of residents from james monroe to gerald ford. >> good afternoon. hello everybody! we have been coming around to say hi to you, if i got up to the stage, i need a round of applause. [ applause ] >> and the reason is, i sprained my foot about six weeks ago, and this is my first outing, and first walking up steps, and only for roll-on messier, what i climb steps -- roland --

monroe go get them, and he did. george washington was slaveowner. thomas jefferson, james madison, andrew jackson. so, this is something in our day and age. be so twisted and recallized behavior. i know they have done enough great to deserve the statues they have. but you should talk but a the wholeman and that's why andruw jackson was controversial in his day but what i try to say in the paperback is say take trump out and i'll put in ronald reagan, i abraham lincoln, franklin delano roosevelt and teddy roosevelt. they knew about his -- teddy roosevelt did a bioon him and said, in times of trouble, what i am looking for leadership, i read jackson. starting with lincoln. how die stop the division of our country? how did andrew jackson -- how did -- get his country ready for war? he went to hermitage, crippled, insisted on walking up the steps. wanted to feel jackson. so, he is a great american and i hope you'll read "a great american." >> host: elizabeth in littleton, colorado. go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: hey. i love you, c-span. brian, you talk much about the pirate in your