your viewers may recall that theodore roosevelt was probably the most famous of the rough riders. it's the role that propelled him into the white house. and the man on the left -- you can barely see that he has hobnail boots sticking out from under those blankets -- is a man named hamilton fish jr., and his father was secretary of state under grant, i believe. he had volunteered for the war and had been killed on the very first battle that the rough riders were in. the reason why this photograph is particularly important is first because it depicts as much as you can see that that body of probably the most famous person who was killed during the war. but it's also, i think, an indication of how the photographers felt about the men who were killed during the war. often we tend to think about war as in cliches. world war i was a war to end all wars and so forth. well, the litany for the spanish-american war was a war for duty and destiny. and the sense -- it was probably actually the most popular war in american history. more popular than even world war ii. and the sense was that th

and so he called up theodore roosevelt administration, looking for some diplomatic signature that would help them pay his bills and give them some honorable retirement. and he succeeded at this but it was unfortunate because he got an appointment in ecuador in july of 1982, only to contract tel aviv and his dead in in thw weeks. so it did not end in work out the way he'll. so when it comes to his legacy, which some people like to talk about a lot, he's famous for physics. primarily for first, the popularization of the elephant and the dog as symbols of the democratic and republican party. that did not originate the use of the donkey. that predated him by decades. he did link the elephant to the republican party, and that connection he exploited quite frequently as part of a larger symbolic world that he filled with lions and lambs and dogs and cats lies, and people as animals and animals as peoples. whatever animals were useful to them at the moment. he's also famous, second, for his designs of santa claus. this is one of the earliest ones that he drew during the civil war. he started t

finally, he turns to his connection and theodore roosevelt administration, one of the people had also worked for abraham lincoln and nast as a result of known him. so he called up theodore roosevelt administration, looking for someone who could help him pay his bills and give them some honorable retirement. he succeeded at this but it was unfortunate because he got an appointment in july 1902, or to contract yellow fever and he was dead in early december. so this did not in with the way he hoped. when it comes to massive legacy which some people like to talk about a lot, he's famous for three things. primarily for, first, upon precision of the elephant and a donkey as symbols of the democratic and republican party. the he did not originate the use of the donkey. that predated him by decades. he did so link the elephant to the public and party, and that connection was exploded quite frequently as part of a larger symbolic world that he filled with lions and lambs and dogs and gadflies, people as animals and animals and symbols. whatever animals were useful to them at the moment. your o

[laughter] and then you have connections with theodore roosevelt. and he is looking for some honorable retirement. and he succeeded at this, but it was unfortunate. only two contract yellow fever and died in early december. it did not work out the way he had hoped. when it comes to a legacy, which is something people like to talk about, he is famous for three things. primarily the popularization of the elephant and a donkey as symbols of the democratic and republican party. he did not originate the use of the donkey. that predated him by decades because of this association. he did link the elephant to the republican party. that connection exploited quite frequently. people as animals and symbols and however they appeared. he is also famous for what is truly charming. and during the civil war he started to have a paper that appeared almost a week before. so the last would be dated the first of january. those early holiday illustrations rely on patriotic sentiment. as you can see, santa has arrived. and they are they're going to give out items of comf

and so the library of politicians and the people who are most controversial in my book are theodore roosevelt who was a military stand imperialism but also a strong advocate of labor rights and consumer rights. responsible along with upton sinclair for the passage of the first consumer rights legislation, the meat inspection act of 1906 and the food and drug act of the same year. and some other people who ran for office but did not win. the third category and the one that was sort of the most fun to read about or musicians. everyone from paul robeson and pete seeger who should win the nobel peace price before repasses. we find a way to get him the nobel peace prize. bob dylan, the most recent one is bruce springsteen, riders and playwrights like arthur miller and tunney kirschner it is the author of the film playwright and the author of the film lincoln . photographer like lewis hine, an unknown figure among most americans who is as responsible as anyone for ending child labor by being a great photographer who did incredible documentary photographs of the abuses of children working in factori

. >> what about his bid with the free -- >> sort of like another dutch president, theodore roosevelt who bucks the party he represented in the bull moose election, martin van buren comes up in 1848 and makes a substantial decision that he is going to go against what he spent his life working for, the united unified national democratic party. he would run the third party campaign with his son john. he runs on the free soil, free liberty ticket. it is a very interesting party. a forerunner of the republican party. and they basically believed in free soil, free labor and free men. >> is there any evidence that angelica and/or her husband and various other brothers were involved in the president's future ambitions? >> no, not really. john was involved because john stayed political, but certainly the others weren't. abraham went to west point with jefferson davis and robert e. lee. he had frepsd on other sides of this issue -- friends on other sides of this issue. >> before she was widowed, she spent the last part of her life in new york city. again that, cosmopolitan yearning. >> let's t

toward monopoly that's built into capitalism in the workplace it was famously used by president theodore roosevelt to break up standard oil and help keep those nations early corporate tycoons like john d. rockefeller andrew carnegie in check thanks to the sherman act small businesses were able to thrive without the fear of having all their competitors bought out by big corporations and those having themselves be squashed like a bug or pushed out of the marketplace. it worked from the george washington administration until the reagan administration and then it all changed as soon as reagan became president the era of deregulation in america began. within a few years of taking office reagan's assault on small business was in full gear as he essentially stopped in force of the sherman act m n a artists an l.b.o. guys and all manner of mergers acquisitions and leveraged buyout hustlers rose to prominence talmud in the headlines throughout the one nine hundred eighty s. as a result all across the country local businesses were being put out of business is large corporations took over and dominated indus

approved the plan to carve 60-foot tawm images of presidents washington, jefferson, lincoln and theodore rooseveltmount rush more in the black hills of south dakota. (bomb blast). over the next several years a daredevil crew of as many as 400 workers dynamited rock and dangled from ropes. >> announcer: the blasting of washington's chin and the first step in the world's largest monument is finished. >> osgood: upon completion mount rushmore became a popular tourist site attracting some two million visitors every year as well as its shares of spoofs and homages. mad magazine once put alfred e. newman on to the mountain. cary grant and eva marine saint agreed murderous spies on it in the 1959 thriller north by northwest. (screaming) more recently mount rushmore figured in the 2007 film national treasure, book of secrets, with nicholas cage. >> here's the entry by president coolidge. >> osgood: magical vin coolidge as part of an elaborate black hills sculpture conspiracy. >> mount rushmore was clever. osgood: for the lakota tribe whose land this once was mount rushmore was an affront and one that chie

>> sort of like another dutch president, theodore roosevelt who bucks the party he represented in the bull moose election, martin van buren comes up in 1848 and makes a substantial decision that he is going to go against what he spent his life working for, the united unified national democratic party. he would run the third party campaign with his son john. he runs on the free soil, free liberty ticket. it is a very interesting party. a forerunner of the republican party. and they basically believed in free soil, free labor and free men. >> is there any evidence that angelica and/or her husband and various other brothers were involved in the president's future ambitions? >> no, not really. john was involved because john stayed political, but certainly the others were. abraham went to west point with jefferson davis and robert e. lee. he had friends on other sides of this issue. >> before she was widowed, she spent the last part of her life in new york city. again that cosmopolitan yearning. fromt's take a call courtney in naples, florida. >> good evening. i grew up in the 1930's and 1

the roosevelt house in new york recently hosted a discussion about editorial cartoons on efforts to pass universal health care in america. the university of rochester professor, theodore brown, takes a historical look at how are today's archway medicare in the 1960s and the debate over the 2010 health care law. this is just over an hour. >> good evening, everyone. i want to welcome you here. i want to thank the president who has been in extraordinary supporter of the program here at roosevelt house. i want to thank her for her hard work and support. also the tisch illumination fund. it is an important addition to the new york community. this has served as a wonderful place for intellectual discussion and debate around a range of social policy issues. i'm excited they could be here with us tonight. when you walked down to the second floor and realize this is the place where fdr conceived the social safety net and you are a progressive, it makes you [laughter] at that time, the affordable care act was in the stage of just being implemented. many were concerned that people did not understand what they were getting. they did not understand what they needed, but they were