>> rushville is any east central indiana.lwood is in the northeastern part of the state, north of rushville about an hour and a half from here, a little over an hour from indianapolis in madison county. >> why is elwood so important to the 1940 campaign? >> for my grandfather, what he chose to do to accept the nomination, he held the acceptance speech in elwood, indiana. still to this day, it is the largest political rally ever in the history of indiana. >> in the books here at the historical society, they said the people were honking horns and cheering that the hometown boy was the republican nominee. something that seems improbable going into philadelphia. >> no question. he was the dark horse. during the nomination speech, you had stories of beer cans many feet high. it was such a hot, sweltering indiana day. it was a carnival atmosphere with books and paraphernalia. some of it you may see here today. >> david willkie, who is the grandson of wendell willkie. we'll be checking in with you over the next two hours. as we cont

we are in rushville. were is elwood. >> the northeastern part of the state, north of rushville about an hour and a half from here, a little bit of an hour from indianapolis. >> why is elwood so important for the 1940 campaign? >> the decided to accept the nomination in elwood, indiana. it is the largest political rally ever in the history of indiana. the historical society said the people were honking horns and cheering that the hometown boy was the republican nominee. >> he was improbable going into the philadelphia. >> no question. he was the dark horse. during the dump -- during the nomination speech, it was such a high sweltering indiana at bay. it was a carnival atmosphere with books and paraphernalia. >> david willkie, who is the grandson of wendell willkie. we'll be checking in with you over the next two hours. tonight we are coming to you from rushville, indiana. in a moment, we'll be joined by amity shlaes, the author of "the forgotten man," and james madison, prof. of history at the university o