, and on facebook lives my name is stewart mick lauren and i'm the president of the white house historical association, and it's my privilege to welcome you to this historic house as well as to the white house historical association tonight's program is very exciting, we are honored to partner with our good friends at the richard nixon foundation, i would like to welcome the chairman of the board of the nixon foundation. right up here on the front row. and the president of than nixon foundation, we will hear from in a few moments, we have many distinguished guests, many formal officials from the administration and we are honored to have you here tonight. this year marks the 50th anniversary of richard nixon then becoming first lady, under her leadership the white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection, which is the most of any president. the significance of this will be in tonight's program, but it was very important to us here in the white house historical association, as a core part of our mission which, as most of you know by first lady cathe

my name is stewart mclaruin and i'm the president of the white house historical association. it's my privilege to welcome you to decatur house and to the white house historical association. tonight's program is very exciting and we are honored to partner with our good friends at the richard nixon foundation. we would like to welcome dr. jim cavanaugh of the nixon foundation and his wife ester in the front row. hugh hewitt the president of the nixon foundation you will hear from in a few moments. we have many distinguished guests with us here, many former officials from the nixon and other administrations and staff and friends of the nixon foundation and we're honored to have you here tonight. this year marks the 50th anniversary of patricia nixon becoming the first lady of the united states. under her leadership the white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection which is the most of any presidency. the significance of this will be discussed in tonight's program, but it's very important to us here at the white house histori

the white house historical association hosted the conversation as part of their conference attended byes 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 the john f. kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause]

the carpet was over 50 years old, and so i worked with the white house historical association, the preservation board, who are furniture curators, art historians, wallpaper specialists. the real scholars. and the white house curator, of course, and we looked back at the wallpaper lincoln had in his office, at the carpet he had in his office, and we did reproductions of those. and then we had old photographs of the way mary todd lincoln had draped the lincoln bed with the purple and gold and fringe and lace. really high victorian decorating. and we did have later photographs not contemporary with lincoln, but the bed still dressed the way she had dressed it, so we did that again. >> how did the bushes use the white house as a social instrument during their years? how did they use it to advance policy? what was entertaining like while we had wars going on? >> well, i think that they had only really begun to entertain the dinner for the mexican president was a few days before september 11th, and it kind of backfired literally because they had fireworks, and they hadn't really warned anybody it was

money that goes into the white house historical association and is used to -- it's a big foundation. i think it was start by jackie kennedy and a lot of first ladies since then have raised money for the white house historical association so that -- so you're not spending government money when you recover a chair for the white house. >> so that second floor, is that -- >> second and third floor. there are all of these little bedrooms on the third floor, a lot of little bedrooms. and the solarium that we all love that was added maybe in 1927. so that was where the girls would have parties. the first two rooms i did were the girls' bedrooms. a perfect suite of bedrooms, two lovely bedrooms, right down the hall from the president's bedroom, from our bedroom, that other children had used. they were the rooms that chelsea clinton used and john and caroline kennedy had used and so they were perfect for barbara and jenna. and i put two double beds in each rooms so they could invite three girls each, and of course that happened a lot. barbara and jenna were freshman in college when george was

white house. both will be moderated by the chairman of the board of the kennedy center and good friend of the white house historical association, david rubenstein. although he still has his day job, david has emerged as america's interviewer in chief. so you are in store for a very special program. the first panel will feature perspectives of those for whom white house history and family history intersect, presidential descendents. throughout american history, our presidential offspring have often played a unique and fascinating role. they enliven the stories of the presidencies. lincoln son used to drive goats down a corridor in the white house. amy carter roller skated in the east room. alice roosevelt gambled, partied and was even seen wearing a live boa constrictor. this let her father teddy roosevelt to say, i can be one of two things, i can be president of the united states or i can control alice. i cannot possibly do both. many presidential descendents have gone on to do great things. two presidential children have later become presidents themselves. other children of presidents and their children have made contribution

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and i'm the president of the white house historical association. lege to welcome you to the historic decatur house as well as to the white house historical association. tonight's program is very exciting and we're honored to partner with the -- our good friends at the richard nixon foundation. i would like to welcome the chairman of the board of the nixonnd

time now to leave the white house to her successors and so that is what we today, is try to assist along with the national park service and the white house historical associationlebrating the 50th anniversary to provide the resources and the expertise necessary for each new first family to leave their mark on the house. and so now we'll have some questions and answers, i hope. thank you. [ applause ] >> well, first thank you so much for that wonderful tour. that was wonderful to watch and observe. i notice in a recent "new york times" interview you talked about really the challenge of having this be a museum but also a home for a family and as curator just give us a sense of some of how you balance the use of the home and also maintaining it as a museum. >> well, first you take a deep breath. i mean, what we are and what mrs. kennedy knew we would be is the official home and office for the president of the united states. and so she still wanted to put great things in the room so every guest who came, whether they were tourists or invited guests, and diplomat foreign visitors, would see the best things that she could acquire that were made in america. and to dr

white house in this time period which we're going to show next. and we are i should say working with the white house historical association throughout this series. as we look at this white house in 1846, i think that's the date on this photograph, sarah polk brought some innovations to the white house -- central heating and gas lighting. conover: well, she didn't actually bring them. let's say they arrived. and central heating and gas lighting, she did hold out when they put in the gas lights and insisted that the oval room at the white house be left with candlelight. and when they turned on the gas lights, of course when they shut down the gas for the night, the whole white house during a reception went dark and yet the oval room was still lit with the beautiful candle lighting. there were experiments, but it ultimately saved the presidential family a lot of money because they had to heat the white house out of that $25,000 salary. and so these efficiencies did come in, starting with the polk's, well earlier but mainly the gas. susan: central heating in the white house must have been a great innovation. conover: central heating in the white hou

that's all paid for my by the money goes into the white house historical association, and it's a big oundation i think started by jackie kennedy and a lot of first ladies since then have raised money for the white house historical association so you're not spending government money when you recover a chair for the white house. >> so that second floor is that -- >> second and third floor. all these little bedrooms on the third floor, a lot of little bedrooms and the solarium that we all loved, the sort of sun room that's up there that i think was added maybe in 1927. so that was where the girls would have parties. the first two rooms i did were the girl's bedrooms. there's the perfect suite of bedrooms, two lovely bedrooms right down the hall from the president's bedroom prom our bedroom other children had used. they were the rooms chelsea clinton used and little john kennedy and caroline kennedy had used and linda and lucy johnson had used. so-so they were perfect for barbara and jenna. they were freshman in college when george was elected so they never really lived there with us. the

white house historical situation and served in the role of administrations. tonight, beginning at 8 pm. a look at the lives of betty ford and rosalynn carter. c-span, and cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first lady, examining their private lives and the public roles they play. first ladies, influence an image features individual portraits. watch tuesday night, and over the weekend on c-span three. a beautification, to my mind, is far more than a matter of cosmetics. to me, it describehe

the white house historical association hosted the conversation as part of a their conference attended by 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 provided this video. colleen: andrew, tell us about your book, which focuses really on two days in the kennedy presidency -- june 10 and june 11, 1963. why did you decide to write a book focused on only two days of the kennedy presidency and why did you pick those two days to focus on? andrew: thank you, colleen, it is a great honor to be here with you and the white house historical association. it is meaningful to me because it was founded by jackie kennedy 60 years ago. i had been looking for a way into the kennedy administration for some time. one of the most seminal days of my life was november 22, 1963. as an eight-year-old, i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. it isn't unusual for someone like me or anyone of my generation to remember where he or she was, but it seemed to me to change something and it developed for me a fascination. as i grew up, my friends were interested in captain kirk and the final frontier and i was interested in jfk and the new frontier. as a student, i had bee

white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features individual biographies of women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv, tonight on c-span3. ♪ >>> c-span has unfaciliiltered coverage of the supreme court, and public policy events. you can watch all of c-span's public affairs programming on television, online or listen on our free radio app. and be part of the national conversation through c-span's daily washington journal program or through our social media feeds. c-span, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >>> good evening and welcome, everyone. i'm tom putnam, director of the john f. kennedy presidential library and museum. medical examiner of our foundation's board of directors and all my foundation colleagues, i thank you for joining us this evening. let me first acknowledge the generous underwriters of the kennedy lib

look at the lives of nancy reagan and barbara bush, c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced a series on the first ladies coming their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady in 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span 3. >>> next, in an interview with c-span former first lady rosalynn carter talked about the lessons she learned as first lady as well as her time in the white house attending meetings, working on mental health issues, and working alongside her husband, former president jimmy carter. >> rosalynn carter, do you remember when you and president carter started having conversations about him running for president? >> what was that like? what was that conversation? >> it was very interesting. we had a friend that wrote and told jimmy that he thought he ought to run for president. well, we couldn't even say the word, that my husband is running for, well, i didn't tell anybody because we kept it

white house tour. while we're in this section talking about the white house historical association, i do want to mention"the first ladies book," which you can also find there. it is a guide to the biographies of every first lady. it is available at cost. and if you're interested either in a souvenir of the series or learning more about the history of the women we've been profiling all year, there's a link there that you can find it. i think it's $12.95 or something along that line. let's take another call. this is katie who is watching us in san francisco. hi, katie. >> hi. thanks for the program. i've been enjoying it every week. >> thank you. >> i -- i actually wrote my thesis about jacqueline kennedy and her support of the fine arts. and i was wondering if you could talk a little bit on jackie's relationship with andrew milrowe, and how the american public actually -- if they like that relationship with him being a frenchman. and how he helped with the white house restoration. >> i don't think he had a direct impact on the restoration, but certainly on -- >> except for taking her through versailles a

the carpet was the over 50 years old and so i have worked with the white house, a historical associationion board who are furniture curator historical association, furniture curators, wallpaper specialists, they are the real scholars and the white house curator, of course. and we looked back at the wallpaper lincoln had in his office, at the carpet he had in his the office. and we did reproductions of those. then we had photographs of the way the lincoln bed was draped with the purple and gold and fringe and lace, high victorian decoration. we had later photographs, but the bed still dressed the way she dressed it. we did that again. >> how did the bushes use the white house as a social instrument during their years? how did they use it to advance policy? what was entertaining like while we had wars going on? >> i think had only begun to entertain. they had fireworks and they hadn't warned anybody it was happening. everybody was alarmed. after september 11th, i think there's a great deal of thought as to who was appropriate and how to do it. i think laura bush has been instrumental in se

, and on facebook lives my name is stewart mick lauren and i'm the president of the white house historical association, and it's my privilege to welcome you to this historic house as well as to the white house historical association tonight's program isry

lindsay chervinsky is a white house historian at the white house historical association. she is the author of the new book "the cabinet: george washington and the creation of an american institution." she is widely published. i had the great pleasure of interviewing her recently on a podcast, and i cannot wait to share her work and her insights with you. lindsay, welcome to america's town hall. lindsay: thank you so much for having me. jeffrey: and edward larson, the hugh and hazel darling chair of law and professor at pepperdine university. he is a recipient of the pulitzer prize in history. he is the co-author of 14 books, several of them on george washington and the founders, and his newest book is "franklin and washington: the founding partnership." it is wonderful to welcome you back to the national constitution center. edward: thank you so much for having me back, even if only virtually. jeffrey: well, it is just great. i am so eager to learn from both of you and with both of you. in the spirit of louis brandeis, come, let us reason together. let the learning begin.

the white house historical association provided this video. colleen: andrew, tell us about your book, which focuses really on two days in the kennedy presidency -- june 10 and june 11, 1963. why did you decide to write a book focused on only two days of the kennedy presidency and why did you pick those two days to focus on? andrew: thank you, colleen, it is a great honor to be here with you and the white house historical association. it is meaningful to me because it was founded by jackie kennedy 60 years ago. i had been looking for a way into the kennedy administration for some time.

the white house historical association provided the video. at 9:00 p.m. eastern, six a clock p.m.leadership scholar jerrica pima and says that late -- that abraham lincoln's makeup made him well suited to lead the nation through the crisis of the civil war. at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 p.m. pacific, a tour of the whitney plantation, a louisiana plantation that traces its history -- as a slave museum in 2014. >> andrew, tell us about your book, which focuses really on two days in the kennedy presidency -- june 10 and june 11, 1963. why did you decide to write a book focused on only two days of the kennedy presidency and why did you pick those two days to focus on? andrew: thank you, colleen, it is a great honor to be here with the white house historical association. particular because it was founded by jackie kennedy 60 years ago. wayd been looking for a into the kennedy administration

historian at the white house historical association on george washington's presidency. this is a virtual author event about her book the cabinet george washington and the creation of an american institution. good afternoon. welcome to white house history live. i'm the presideni am the preside house historical association. today we are going to have an

white house history. and she's also a very good friend of the white house historical association. she will be moderating a series of lectures throughout the course of the year. we've announced the subjects an the dates are pending. so if you'll follow our website for future information on those either exciting lectures. it is a wonderful series. but tonight for our features presentation, please welcome dr. william hitchcock. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. what a treat this is. it is just a splendid setting and a beautiful room and so many distinguished guests in the audience. i'm just quite overwhelmed and thrilled to talk about eisenhower with you tonight. i hope i will do him justice, but although he's a great man and i think we have to work hard to really live up to his reputation. i want to thank stewart for inviting me and thank the white house historical association staff for putting together this event. a lot of work goes into these kind of events and julian levine who has done a lot of work, thank you very much for your excellent work. i'm honored to share the stage la

c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies. first ladies, influence and image, features a look at the public and private lives of first ladies over 44 administrations. you're watching american history tv on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story, every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with civil rights activist courtland cox, covering his time attending howard university. his involvement in the student nonviolent coordinating committee, and serving the secretary-general of the 1974 pan african congress. on sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1963 nbc news report, the american revolution of '63, a program on the status of the civil rights movement, with protests from albany, georgia, birmingham, alaba alabama, cambridge, and inglewood, new jersey, chicago, and brooklyn. at 7:00 p.m., a discussion on congress, political parties, and polarization, with historians edward ayers and joann free

coming up, saturday morning, the white house historical association's lena mann discusses how the whiteouse has celebrated the fourth of july throughout history. watch journal" washington live on c-span. >> book tv on c-span2 has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. coming up this july 4th weekend. senator republican joany ernst to becoming the first veteran in her family. and in depth, a live two-hour conversation with retired admiral james defritas author of "command at sea." "the accidental admiral" and "sailing true north." join the conversation with your comments, and e-mail and tweets. and martha mcsalley reflects on her military career as the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat. and at 9:00 p.m. eastern, "washington post" reporter, mary jordan on the life and influence of first lady melania trump from the book "the art of her deal." she's interviewed by washington bureau chief susan page. watch book tv on c-span2, this weekend. >> presumptive 2020 presidential nominee joe biden spoke with teachers and officials earlier today about reopening schools in the midst

. >> our thanks to the colleagues at the white house historical association.u for being with us once again tonight. ♪ ♪ >>> if you enjoyed watching first ladies, pick up a copy of the book first ladies influence and image, featuring profiles of the nation's first ladies. through interviews with top i had historians. >> tonight, on "american history tv," beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of betty ford and rosalynn carter. c-span, in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced a series on the first ladies, examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over four administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3.

we will take time to talk about july 4 at the white house with lina man, in a historian with the white house historical associationining as we assume. -- the fourth of july event did not take place until after the white house was built. what do we know about the first independence day celebration at the white house? >> the first celebration takes place july 14 of 1801. thomas jefferson was the second president to move into the white house. previously, john adamson moved in and left shortly after that. the first big opportunity to really celebrate for the occasion, he invited the public to the white house and greeted people in the oval room, known as the blue room. he invited dignitaries, diplomats, even a group came to greet him that day. north of the white house, there was this big celebrations and parades, and all sorts of stuff like that. host: how does independence day celebrations at the white house evolve throughout the 1800s and into the 1900s? caller: throughout the 19th century, most of the celebrations occurred as kind of a public celebration, so the public could come to the white house, and it was known

we will take time to talk about july 4 at the white house with lina man, in a historian with the white house historical association, joining as we assume. -- the fourth of july event did not take place until after the white house was built. what do we know about the first independence day celebration at the white house? >> the first celebration takes place july 14 of 1801. thomas jefferson was the second president to move into the white house. previously, john adamson moved in and left shortly after that. the first big opportunity to really celebrate for the occasion, he invited the public to the white house and greeted people in the oval room, known as the blue room. he invited dignitaries, diplomats, even a group came to greet him that day. north of the white house, there was this big celebrations and parades, and all sorts of stuff like that. host: how does independence day celebrations at the white house evolve throughout the 1800s and into the 1900s? caller: throughout the 19th century, most of the celebrations occurred as kind of a public celebration, so the public could come to the white house, and it was k

c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced a series on the first ladies. examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv, thursday night and over the weekend on c-span three. >> up next, a look at the life of georgia you bush after he left office. -- jean baker worked for mr. bush in 2018. the kansas city public library host of this program. >> good evening. i'm steve with the library's public affairs staff

andrew: thank you, colleen, it is a great honor to be here with you, and the white house historical associationparticularly meaningful for me, because it was founded by jackie kennedy in the white house 60 years ago. i had been looking for a way into the kennedy administration for some time. hard as it may be to believe, one of the most seminal days of my life was november 22, 1963. as an eight-year-old, i learned of the assassination of president kennedy. it isn't unusual for someone like me or anyone of my generation to remember where he or she was, but it seemed to me to change something. it developed for me a fascination. as i grew up, my friends were interested in cap tim cook and the final frontier. i was interested in jfk and the new frontier. as a student, i had been looking, and as a washington correspondent as well, as a way into the kennedy story. and were, colleen, monumental biographies, there were heavy memoirs, there was were academic studies, there was scarcely a part of jfk's legacy that had not been dissected and inspected and examined. i wondered if there was something new to

family in the white house thrust into the job after the death of franklin roosevelt and then making it their own. we appreciate your. time and thanks to the white house historical associationour partners in the series, and to the folks at the truman library and the truman house and independence for their help with the video tonight. first ladies, influence an image on american history tv. examines the private lives and the public roles of a nation's first ladies with interviews with top historians. friday night, we look at ramy eisenhower and jacqueline kennedy. maybe eisenhower was the first first lady to use camp david as a presidential retreat. jacqueline kennedy won an mp for her televised toward the white house. watch first ladies, influence and image, friday night at eight eastern. on american history tv. on c-span three. american history tv continues now with excerpts from eleanor roosevelt's advice column. written for more than 20 years for ladies home journal and recalls magazine. held at the franklin roosevelt library and museum, this is one hour. >> hello. good afternoon everyone. welcome to the wallace center here at the franklin roosevelt presidential library

it was made in cooperation with the white house historical association and features biographies of theomen who served in the role of first ladies over 44 administrations. >>> tonight, a special edition of book tv airing weeknights this week. starting at 8:00 eastern, we focus on the presidency. first, university of virginia law professor argues against the expanding powers of the presidency. then author kate anderson brower talks about her book "team of five." and later, historian and former senior aide to president george w. bush looks at the internal fights that several presidential administrations. enjoy "book tv" on c-span2. >> if you enjoyed watching "first ladies" pick up a copy of the book "first ladies: influences and image" featuring profiles of the nation's first ladies through interviews with top historians. now available in paperback, hard cover, or as an e book. >> during the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with c-span's congressional directory. it contains all the contact information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies,

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white house thrust into the job after the death of franklin roosevelt and then making it their own. we appreciate your time. >> thank you, susan. >> thank you. >> and thanks to the white house historical association, our partners in this series, and to the folks at the truman library and the truman house in independence for their help with the video tonight. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> this is american history tv, on c-span3. each weekend we feature 48 hours of programs exploring our nation's past. >> this weekend on american history tv, university of maryland history professor richard bell talks about the declaration of independence, its origins, purpose, and global significance during and after the american revolution. here's a preview. >> every delegate who voted on july 2nd new tom payne's argument backwards and forward. richard henry lee certainly did and he wrote that april of '76 that no state in europe will either treat or trade with us so long as we consider ourselves subjects of great britain. with anyone in europe except britain if we are still subjects of great britain. two months later when he wrote his june 7th resolution, he didn't just propose independence in that resolution, he actually proposed

coming up saturday morning, the white house historical association discusses how the white house hasrn on saturday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> and now former defense secretary james mattis speaks about citizenship and democracy. he is joined by the former 10th circuit court of appeals judge michael mcconnell. this is about 90 minutes. titled the crucible of citizenship and includes a panel discussion with participants. general jim mattis is the distinguished fellow. we are happy to have general matters return to hoover after return -- general mattis to hoover after serving as the secretary of defense. 43 year career as an infantry marine before retiring in 2013, he headed u.s. central command, directing military operations over 200,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and allied forces. he is the author of the recent new york times bestseller "learning to lead." joshua ober is the constantine chair of the college of humanities and sciences. appointmentondary in the department of classics and courtes

c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. first ladies influence and image features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch "american history tv" tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3 exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories an interview with civil rights activist cortland cox covering his time at howard university. his involvement in the student non-violent coordinating committee and serving at the general for the sixth pan-african congress. on sunday, at 4:00 p.m. eastern on "real america" the 1963 nbc news report "the american revolution of '63." a program on the status of the civil rights movement with protests from albany, georgia, birmingham, alabama, cambridge, maryland and in the cities of inglewood, new jersey, chicago and brooklyn. at 7:00 p.m., a

one of our early colors mentioned the white house historical association.ant to put the book on screen that they have written which is the biographies of all the first ladies. and to help make the special edition available to you throughout the year they have also provided so much as many other historical associations did of the materials research that we did to produce the series and as we close out here i want to say thank you to his series. and as we c ose out here, i want to say thank you to them and t all of the folks along w y interested n preserving american his ory and helping to tel these stories. >> an to our two guests tonigh liza mundy and krissa thompson, thank you for helping us unde after michelle obama left the white house she wrote her autobiography, becoming. the american library association asked her to speak to the group about her life and time in the white house. and now the person you all came to see. (applause) michelle lavon

. >> during a virtual author program, lindsay, historian at the white house historical association discussesgeorge washington's presidential cabinet. here's a portion of our talk. >> washington does not get enough credit for being politically savvy, for having good leadership skills, being very actively involved in the presidential process. as i sort of mentioned, he was dealing with some really big personalities. they were loud, sometimes arrogant, they have their own ambitions, their own ideas on how to do things. including charles lee feel like to bring in his pack of hounds. i am a dog lover personally, i think it's great, anyone who knows hounds know they can be quite loud and non-conducive to a meeting environment. dealing with a really colorful voice stress environment. he had to manage all of those personalities. when washington was president, he certainly had fewer people he had to manage in a small space. anyone who has seen hamilton knows that hamilton and jefferson really, really did not like each other and really did not get along. that management was crucial. the other reason i

white house. that's it for our time. and i want to say thank you to our partners at the white house historical association for their continuing help in producing the series. and we'll also have a list of many of the others who made this particular installment possible. and thanks to our two guests, jay hakes and grace hale, for their information and your conversation with our audience tonight. thanks for your time. >> great. thanks. >> thanks for having me. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> if you enjoyed watching first ladies, pick up a copy of the book, "first ladies: influence and image," featuring profiles of the nation's first ladies through interviews with top historians. now available in paper back, hard cover, or as an e-book. >>> tonight on american history tv beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a look at the lives of nancy reagan and barbara bush. c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 adm

c-span in cooperation with the white house historical association produced a series on the first ladies examining their private lives and the public roles they play. first ladies, influence and image, features individual biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> up next, historian h.w. brands talks about humor in the white house and the role it plays in presidential politics. he considers how funny our chief executives have been or not and whether they've used humor to their advantage. the howenstein center for presidential studies, the gerald r. ford presidential library and museum co-hosted this event. it's just over an hour. >>> i'm going to be talking about, well, sort of humor in the white house. and as i was thinking of this title, i realized, uh-oh, this is a potential problem because i was really talking about the president and jokes and humor. and i know enough about the history of the presidency, some of you perhaps will have caught on to this, there's a potentia

i think that the white house historical association put in a lot of work to create this event. a lot of work goes into this. doctor and put in a lot of work, i want to thank you for your excellent work. i'm honored to share the stage later with and compton, and unparalleled presence, someone i watched on tv for many years. i am a little starstruck. i also want to acknowledge the presence of the general, a local hero. he is organizing leading the eisenhower commission together to get the memorial built for eisenhower, so that finally washington d.c. will have a appropriate monument for this very important general and the 34th president. i want to thank you ought for your success. i believe me eight, 2020, may with the day. what a great day that will be. thank you very much. let's get to it. i want to start tonight out with a presidential puzzle. not really a quiz or anything. just a puzzle. if you look at american history from the years of 1945 until 1961 so second world war until the election of kennedy, one figure stands out as the most dominant throughout the period. oops. no

c-span, in cooperation with the white house historical association, produced a series on the first ladies, examining their private lives and the publ public roles they played. "first ladies: influence and image" features biographies of the women who served in the role of first lady over 44 administrations. watch american history tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend. coming up this weekend, saturday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on oral histories, an interview with civil rights activist courtland co cox, serving secretary of general in the 1964 sixth pan-african congress. on sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on reel america, the 1963 news report the american revolution of '63, a program on the status of the civil rights movement with protests from albany, georgia, birmingham, alabama, cambridge, maryland, and the northern cities of engelwood, new jersey, chicago, and brooklyn. at 7:00 p.m., a discussion on congress, historians, as well as political scientists. and at 8:00 p.m. on the pres