the white house historical association hosted this discussion. stewart: my name is stuart, the president of the white house historical association. it is my privilege to welcome many of you back to the historic decatur house and the white house historical association for another one of our wonderful lectures. tonight is one of the annual national heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u.s. capitol historical society and the u.s. supreme court historical society, and we have our wonderful colleagues from both tonight, and we would like to welcome you here today. on june 4, 1919, the 19th amendment was passed and sent to the states for ratification. the silver just used the white house as a backdrop to challenge inequity and bring attention to their cause. tonight, we look forward to hearing more about their successful efforts to secure women's right to vote. speaker,introduce our i have a couple of other introductions and things i would like to share. first of all, we have guests from smith college tonight, the washington club of smit

the white house historical association hosted this discussion. stewart: my name is stuart, the president of the white house historical association. it is my privilege to welcome many of you back to the historic decatur house and the white house historical association for another one of our wonderful lectures. tonight is one of the annual national heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u.s. capitolto

white house gardens during their administrations. this program was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the white house historical association. -- panelnal pattern the white house gardens today, features speakers with lived experiences working in and around the gardens of the white house. we will hear from dr. susan, programs manager for the u.s. botanic garden, jim adams, horticultural manager from the united states botanic garden, and jim mcdaniel, board of directors, like our previous panel, we will hear three short presentations and then our panelists will have a short conversation moderateddr

white house gardens during their administrations. this program was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the white house historical association. -- panelnal pattern the white house gardens today, features speakers with lived experiences working in and around the gardens of the white house. we will hear from dr. susan, programs manager for the u.s. botanic garden, jim adams, horticultural manager from the united states botanic garden, and jim mcdaniel, board of directors, like our previous panel, we will hear three short presentations and then our panelists will have a short conversation moderated by dr. chapelle. please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] >> thank you, it is an honor to be here today to speak with you about white house gardens. both of our other panelist our named jim and both worked on white house gardens. at the end am going to let you ask questions. we are the last panel of the day and we will finish the discussion by talking about gardens that have been established and modified since the kennedy administration. so from the johnson administration on. in many different ways, the white house gardens have been i

she is white house historian at the white house historical association. her focus is military service during the revolution as a precursor to senior political leadership in the new republic. :er new book, "the cabinet george washington and the creation of an american is due out next year from harvard university press and we certainly look forward to that. duval got her phd from american university and is currently an assistant professor ofhistory at the university oklahoma. her interest in gender roles during the war for independence has led to a forthcoming volume experienceehold under british occupation in charleston, south carolina. the book will be one of the first truly detailed look set domestic institutions while under military occupation. richard angle is a doctoral candidate at lehigh university and currently teaches at the university of pennsylvania. she is looking at the history of this is central to her dissertation, america's first band of brothers: ship and come robbery during -- friendship and camaraderie during the american revolution. ar

published two articles enslaved and entrenched, the complex life of elias polk and the white house historical association. and 811 and 61, martin van buren james k polk and the dissolution of the second party system. in the third, delta collegiate journal of history and 2019. he has an essay forthcoming titled slavery and freedom and the complexity of southern race relations. >> finally he contributed to research to the world of first lady sarah polk . the title of the presentation today is enslaved and entrenched, the complex life of elias polk . >> okay. this 1952 novel and visible in the man opens with an unnamed narrator proclaiming i am an invisible man. i am a man of substance, flesh and bone, fibers and liquids and made be said to possess a mine. sadly because people refuse to see me when they approach me they see only my surroundings. themselves, a figment of their imagination. indeed anything and everything except me. for all intents and purposes elias polk is an invisible man which struck me as kind of odd. he was a man and slaved by james polk. it's not as if elias polk is a hidden figure no o

martin van buren project and published two articles,en slaved and entrenched in the white house historical association, also in the theta delta journal of history. he has an essay forthcoming from the university of tennessee press. finally he contributed research and writing to amy s. greenberg's book, first lady, the world of -- first lady sara polk. the title of his presentation today is enslaved and entrenched, the complex life of polk. >>> all right. in a 1952 novel invisible man, it opens with an unnamed narrator proclaiming i am an invisible man. a man of substance, flesh and bone, fiber and liquids. i am invisible. because people refuse to see me. when they approach me, they see only their surroundings. indeed, everything and anything except me. now, for all intents and purposes, mr. polk is an invisible man. which struck me as kind of odd. he was a man enslaved by james polk. now, it's not as if he's some hidden figure that no one has ever talked about. in fact, almost every single biography of james polk features alliance at some point. whether it's just passing information. but to truly unde

to her scholarly work she is a member of many boards and associations including the white house historical association. and she received a cashless m.a.mic college and an columbiarom university. next to her is a native of washington, d.c. a reporter in the nation's capital since 1986. is a national correspondent for "the hill and previously worked in the national journal covering the white house and congress and national affairs to the clinton, bush, and obama years. beckman journalism award from the white house correspondents association for her reporting about the george w. bush white house. she has degrees from new college in sarasota, florida, and the university of missouri columbia. to her immediate left is tamara 009,h who joined npr in 2 and has been a white house correspondent since 2014. npr politicsthe podcast, the political -- the podcast inal america. it is something i listen to every single week. miss keith has covered the trump administration from day one. as well as covering the 2016 presidential campaign when she was assigned to cover hillary clinton. in 2018, she was elected to serve

in addition to her scholarly work she's a member of many boards, including the white house historical association, and she received a bachelors at nnecticut kedge and a im phd from columbia university. next to her is alexis, a native of washington, d.c. she has been a reporter in the nation's capital since 1986 and is a national correspondent for the hill and recently worked for real clear politics and "national journal" covering the white house, congress and national affairs during the clinton, bush, and obama years. excellence in white house coverage, winning the award from the white house corresponds association about letter reporting of the george w. bush and has degrees from new compledge in sarasota, florida, and to the university of colombia. to her immediate left is tamara keith who joined n.p.r. in 2007 and within a national republican since 2014 and co-hosts the npr politics podcast which is the top political newscast in america and something i listen to every single week. >> thank you. >> she covered the trump administration from day one and covered the final two years of the obama pre

her scholarly work, she is a member of many boards and associations, including the white house historical association. she received a bachelors in -- at connecticut college in economics and an m.a. and phd from columbia university. next to her, alexis, a native of washington, d.c. she has been a reporter in the nation's capital since 1986. she is a national correspondent for "the hill" and previously worked in the national journal and before that covering the white house and congress and national affairs to the clinton, bush, and obama years. she won the beckman journalism award from the white house correspondents association for her reporting about the george w. bush white house. she has degrees from new college in sarasota, florida and the university of missouri columbia. to her immediate left is tamara keith, who joined npr in 2009, and has been a white house correspondent for national public radio since 2014. she co-hosts the npr politics podcast, which is the top political podcast in america. and i admit, it is something i listen to every single week. >> thank you. >> miss keith has covered the

. >> the teacher historian at the white house historical association. non-profit, non-partisan. important distinction. >> before you didn't have to say both now you do. >> important distinction. backstory has gone through a number of of interesting iterations. i've actually been honored to be on it. and thank you. >> thank you. >> what do you guys see as your future goals? what's next? >> nathan has been talking a lot diana ross and the supremes and how diana ross left the supremes. i think the nathan conway show. i'm just kidding. i don't know. >> yeah, no, i mean it's -- it's something that we think about in part because of funding issues, in part of because of generational questions. there are, you know, yeah very real career management questions. slt o a lot is there. for now we found a good sweet spot in terms of the production schedule, the platform, i think we're probably going to keep doing shows nar, you know, firstly connected to the news cycle but then with a kind of bundle of evergreen topics. i don't know if there is any equal tate i have adjustments on the horizon.

the university of california and of david, she is currently the white house historian working for the white house historical association. she also held a postdoc for two years, hers was at southern math methodist university at the center for presidential history. her book, that she is working on and under contract with harvard university press is entitled the president's cabinet. george washington, and the creation of a american institution. lindsay, has written several pieces for popular audiences through the cabinet choices are: president has made and taking that through. then, last but not least is david, and david got his phd from the city university of new york graduate center. is currently an assistant professor at the university of north carolina wilmington. in his book, also under contract, is organized the sovereign people, democracy political mobilization, and revolutionary pest vania. says thank you, to all four of you. we will start with katelyn and work our way down. >>thank you can everyone hear me okay? okay think you first to the conference organizers that put together is really exciting schedule. and m

currently the white house hoi historian working for the white house historic cal association. and hers was southern methodist history. her book, she's working on, and is under contract with har vrd university press, is entitled" the president's cabinet, george washington and the creation of an american institution." lindsey has written several pieces for popular audience thinking through the cabinet choices that our current president has made and what we might learn from history and thinking that through. and then last but not least at the end is david how. david got his ph.d. from the city university of new york graduate center and current willy assistant professor at the university of north carolina in wilmington. and his book also under contract is to organize the sovereign people, democracy and political mobilization in revolutionary pennsylvania. so thanks to all four of you. and we'll start with caitlyn and work our way down. >> great. can everyone hear me okay? okay. well, thank you first to the conference organizers for putting together this really ks sighting schedule