we had 10 families in the white house historical association because michelle obama brought that to their attention looked at slavery in the white house. so 10 different families had brought in slave servants and part of the reason some of them did it was that congress was so tight with the money for running the household and they had to use a lot of their own money. it was just they would bring their own enslaved servants with them to say, you know on the funds so we look in this chapter starting with martha washington and the contributions those early southern first ladies made to systemic racism. and then we get into. you know mary lincoln who has an african freed woman who is her dressmaker and she is giving money to the freed slaves who have come to the dc area and are living hand to mouth and she's taking her own money and supporting them then you get up to eleanor roosevelt. you know who did amazing things and was actually on a hit list by the ku klux klan they had a bounty on her head for what she was doing to promote civil rights and to bring the issue of lynching out lady bird j

you and the team at the white house historical association have done amazing work, a as you always do. and many thanks to my colleagues here. all of whose work has unspired mine over the years, so i'm grateful to them. so as theresa said, we're going to be looking at first ladies and thinking about their influence on their president husbands. we're going to be thinking about when they promote change, and sometimes we talked about when they have not been in favor of change, which we can decide is a good or bad thing. let me start -- i'd like the last panel said to do a flash poll. how many of you either work in the field of first ladies or where you work has some kx with first ladies? see a show of hands. this is super. we welcome you all. for those who don't, we hope you spread the word about first ladies and flare, particularly. so we wanted to start with a pretty basic question. that is how did the position of first ladies come to be be? that's not in the constitution. as the presidential position is. it's an unelected position, as we know. how did it start? i'm going to turn to my

delighted to be with the all of you this evening as we celebrate the incredible work of the white house historical association. over these past year and prepare for our continued work to preserve and restore the people's house. in the years to come. i want to recognize and thank members of the associations board of directors who have joined us this evening president stewart mclaren chairman, fred ryan. and vice chairman john rogers your entire team has been incredible to work with. and that is a statement to your leadership and vision. i would also like to take paying secretary of commerce, wilbur ross and his wife hillary for being here and a continuous support. the white house historical association has been a real partner with my office over the past two years. helping to found preserve and promote the important history and timeless beauty of the white house. our family is grateful to live in this true symbol of our nations history. but we are even more honored to play a part in a restoring and enhancing our countries' sacred landmark. it is only with the support and commitment of historical association. w

accepting people for beta testing right now. >> i would say one of our goals for the white house historical associationcouncil on history is the continued to have an augmented reality, -- that lovely people to go through the white house and augmented way the, president's kind of walk out, and say did you know this happened, or this happened. and we are already there and that can be done. we need to find the right companies to put it together, it's not a technology issue anymore it's a pro serve how do we do it, how do we fund it type of project. so, thank you that's great by the way. next. >> -- for folks i should say. >> or make them do it in kind as much as possible. but if we can get them to put it together then we provide the support to fund it afterwards. >> good afternoon i'm for nate from the clinton foundation i have two questions one, how do you define the virtual visitor, it's quite controversial is that a one second view, isn't it click. and secondly any advice on how to evaluate infectivity, and online resources it surveys or unique thing we should be looking forward as success in digital l

brand fairly brand new and it really i would say it is that it is the child of the white house historical association's focus on first lady, so i just want to thank you anita and stuart wherever you are, but thank you so much. thank you. thank you. our coverage of the white house historical association conference continues i firmly believe that the work of telling our full true history through historic places is the most important work that the national trust has engaged in over its nearly 75 year history. now this important work is also being done by everyone. you're going to hear from today on this extraordinary panel for the session towards inclusive history slavery and race. this panel will explore efforts made by historic sites museums organizations and individuals to tell an inclusive and comprehensive story at presidential sites. it is tremendously important that this truth telling happens at presidential sites. this panel this panel features presenters with extensive backgrounds and curatorial work public programs and interpretation who are using historic places to advance a broader understandi

accepting people for beta testing right now and i would say one of our big goals with the white house historical associationcouncil on history is to continue to have a augmented reality world. i'd love to be able to for people to be able to go through the white house in an augmented way and presidents actually kind of walk out to your point and say did you know this happened or this happened and we are already there that can be done. we just have to find the right companies to put it together, but it's very it's not a technology issue anymore. it's a pro serve. how do we do it? how do we spend it kind of project if that makes it exactly so thank you. that's great. by the way, you'll have to make the technology cheaper for folks social. yeah, or make them do it in kind as much as possible. we will have to support it, but if we can get them to help us put it together and then we just provide the support defend it afterwards. some great. good afternoon. i'm nate from the clinton foundation. i've got two questions one. how do you define a virtual visitor? it's been quite controversial. is it a one-second view?

lena mann historian with the white house historical association dr. elizabeth chew executive vice president and chief curator at james madison's montpelier and jennifer stacey a member of highlands council of descendant advisors. please join me in welcoming brent a santoa elizabeth and jennifer i am honored this morning to share the stage with four powerful women who are innovating preservation practice. what i want to do is to share some brief opening remarks to set the stage for our conversation. and solidarity with african americans a multiracial coalition is marching in the footsteps of earlier generations whose vision for equality and human rights continues to inspire. nevertheless the preservation movement is flawed. and the not too distant past historic sites were preserved to reinforce the white majority's narrative. and to communicate idealize but unevenly realized american values. hence, too often the historic imprint of black people has been rendered invisible. we at the national trust are proud to support organizations and ideas that are r

i'm lorna johnson from the committee member of the white house historical association. i'm from california and my sister is a professor. she's a middle school teacher principal and one of the problems that i find trying to get her involved in some of these things this time. they really they're so overwhelmed, you know, not having adequate resources. and another thing is a question of what you bring into the classroom how it's presented and the controversies people are afraid to make mistake. how do we try to get attention to that and address some of these situations because we all know the right thing and we are basically preaching to the choir here, but how do we get some of these things implemented and how do we get people to be? comfortable speaking about the what is uncomfortable and not being getting some kind of repercussions for saying the wrong thing or making mistakes. i think the time issue and david mentioned this earlier we're involved with this education from american democracy and that came out of a national endowment for the humanities grant in the idea w

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white house. and when i actually got to go, i couldn't believe i was there. and one of the things that we -- our goal, one of the goals of the white house historical association is making the white house accessible to every individual. because the white house is the people's house. it's great that presidents get to live there. it's their home for the time they're there. but it belongs to everyone. and that's really one of our big goals. and i just wanted to share, i got the great privilege, my dad passed away 11 years ago and he never got to go to the white house, but i got the great privilege, three years ago, before covid, taking my 90-year-old mother on a private tour of the white house. it was one of the most amazing things i've done. to watch her, she was in good health, but she would not get in a wheelchair. she walked every step. we took her up the presidential elevator. i just had to share that because i think the libraries and all these other sites are so important to states and individuals, where the presidents were born, where they had a history. and i have think that's what you're going to hear about coming to life here. so with that i'll jump in.

accepting people for beta test right now. >> i would say one of the big goals with the the white house historical association council on history is to continue to have an augmented reality world. i would love for people to go through the white house in an augmented way and presidents walk out to your point and say did you know this happened or this happened. we are already there that can be done. we just have to find the right companies to put it together. it's not a technology issue anymore. it's a pro serve, how do we do it and how do we fund it kind of project, if that makes sense. so thank you, that's great. >> or make them do it in kind as much as possible. we'll have to support it. if we can get them to help us put it together, we can provide the support to fund it afterwards. >> good afternoon. i'm nate from the clinton foundation. i have two questions. one, how do you define a virtual visitor? it's been quite controversial. is it a one-second view, a click? and secondly, any advice on how we evaluate the effectivity of your online resources? is there a unique thing we should be looking for as success

you and the team at the white house historical association have done amazing work as you always do. many thanks to my colleagues here, all of whose work has inspired mine over the years. i'm grateful for them. so we're going to be looking at first ladies today and thinking about their influence on husband presidents. we're going to be thinking about when they promote change and sometimes when they're not in favor of change, which we can decide if that's a good or bad thing. let's start -- i liked the last panel when they said let's go do a flash poll. how many of you worked with first ladies or you just are a first lady -- we hope to spread the word about first ladies and flair particularly as well as the white house historical association. so we wanted to start with a pretty basic question, and that is how did the position of first ladies come to be? that's not in the constitution as the presidential position is and office is, and it's an unelected position as we know. so how did it start? and i'm going to turn to my first two colleagues to my left here. to diana who is writing a b

white house for a long, long time. i especially want to thank the white house historical association, the national park service and america'smake this day possible. let's give them a round of applause. applause all of you, have fun today! welcome to the white house, welcome to your house. welcome to the south lawn. thank you and happy, happy easter. in a moment, we'll bring you sportsday, but first the weather with stav. hello there. 0ur easter monday wasn't too bad, weather—wise. we saw some sunshine, best of it across eastern areas, a few showers further north and west. but with that cooler air mass in place, it is going to be a chilly night tonight, particularly where skies stay clear. there will be one or two showers dotted around, although most places will be dry. the northwest of scotland probably seeing most of the showers with more of a breeze here, but clearer skies for the rest of scotland, northern ireland, wales, northern and western england. it's here where we'll see the lowest of the temperatures, a touch of frost likely, so it will be a chilly start for many for tuesday, but we should see quite a bit of sunsh

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the president thanked the white house historical association, the national park service and the american egg board for helping to play the festivities. looks like a fun day. that's it for us, we are on 24/7 cbs news bay area streaming on kpix.com. have a great afternoon. ♪♪♪ >> ridge: i can't believe this. you could've died tonight. >> taylor: yes. i...i was on the roof of the hospital, and-- >> ridge: and she saved your life. >> taylor: yeah. she did. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for sheila. ♪♪♪ [birds chirping] >> eric: [sighs] >> quinn: you know, we didn't have to come in to work today. could've stayed home. >> eric: no, i wanted to come in to feel like we were doing something instead of just sitting around waiting.

eastern, white house historical association hosts a conference. first ladies, impact and influence, interpreting slavery and race at historic sites. exploring the american story. watch "american history tv," on c-span2. >> now, foreign policy and russian scholars talk about the invasion of -- russia's invasion of ukraine and the will of the people of the ukraine to fight back and the possible consequences. this is an hour. he served at the office of policy plan use department of state. angela has a very distinguished academic career with a number of other highlights, including being a member of the senior advisory council. if you would like to know more about angela and her background, you can look at her files on the federalist society website. we're joined by michael allen, managing erector of global strategy. mike was the majority staff director. prior to service, he was a director for the bipartisan policy center at the 9/11 commission. he also served at the white house for seven years in a number of roles related to national security policy a

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white house for a long time. i especially want to thank the white house _ especially want to thank the white house historical associationon, the national park service, and americans for all— national park service, and americans for at! the _ national park service, and americans for all the hard work to make this day possible, let's give them a round — day possible, let's give them a round of— day possible, let's give them a round of applause. all of you, have fun today _ round of applause. all of you, have fun today and welcome to the white house, _ fun today and welcome to the white house, welcome to your house welcome to the _ house, welcome to your house welcome to the south— house, welcome to your house welcome to the south lawn. thank you and happy, _ to the south lawn. thank you and happy, happy easter. to the south lawn. thank you and happy. happy easter-— they have donated 90,000 eggs from 40,000 to be eaten and 50,000 hard—boiled and rolled across the lawn. and an interesting point of history about this if you don't know it, it was actually started by president rutherford b hayes in 1878 because egg rolling had

beginning now the white house historical association hosts a conference with representatives from presidential sites across the country discussing trends in presidential scholarship and issues shaping how they tell their stories. first up a look at how historical knowledge can be used to engage americans. well, we're all here to begin our substantive program and that

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beginning now the white house historical association hosts a conference with representatives from presidential sites across the country discussing trends in presidential scholarship and issues shaping how they tell their stories. first up a look at how historical knowledge can be used to engage americans. well, we're all here to begin our substantive program and that is going to be a program today on sparking civic engagement through history education and last night at the conclusion of the program. i said that education is certainly a common thread that we all share and is critical to the future of our country and we are honored that we have as the

. >> so i am a historian at the white house historical association, and i help out with an initiative called slavery in the president's neighborhood, very near and dear to my heart. the way this got started for us, in 2016, first lady michelle obama spoke at the dnc convention where she said i wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and enslaved people were essential to the construction of the white house, to the making of bricks and to lifting up the walls, and they were essential to that white house construction. then it didn't stop there. john adams moves into the white house in 1800, however he did not -- we have not found evidence of him using enslaved labor in the home, and it's still a possibility, and thomas jefferson, when he comes a few months later slavery becomes embedded in the white house as well. slavery continues until the zachary taylor administration, and it's also important to note that there are nine presidents that used enslaved labor at the white house and the names on that list are a little bit surprising. one of the most surprising names is j

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