not for himself, but for mary jane wells the wife of the secretary of the navy one of mary lincoln's few close friends in washington. and he sealed in an envelope wrote her name on it and later mrs. wells framed the lock of hair. with dried flowers that adorn lincoln's coffin at the white house funeral and so that was really the first blood relic taken from abraham lincoln. in this room by secretary of war stanton then it was time to bring lincoln home to the white house. so the secretary of war sent for what was needed to convey the body of a dead president home to the white house. soldiers were sent and they returned from a military shop a few blocks away. carrying a rectangular. plane pine box an ammunition create a rifle crate with a screw top lid. and so when those soldiers rounded the corner and came up 10th street with that box the crowd moaned because they knew intellectually that the president had died they saw. the cabinet members leaving they knew but the side of that coffin was the real refutation of their hopes that lincoln could live. so that coffin was taken down this

not for himself, but for mary jane wells, the wife of the secretary of the navy, one of mary lincoln's few close friends in washington. and he sealed it in an envelope, wrote her name on it and later mrs. wells framed the lock of hair with dried flowers that add dourned lincoln's coffin at the white house funeral. that was the first blood relic taken from abraham lincoln in this room by the secretary of war. then, it was time to bring lincoln home to the white house. the secretary of war sent for what was needed to convey the body of a dead president home to the white house. soldiers were sent. and they returned from a military shop, a few blocks away, carrying a rectangular, plain pine box. a rifle crate with a screwtop lid. when those soldiers rounded the corner with that box, the crowd moaned. they knew that the president had died. they saw the cabinet members leaving, they knew, but the sight of that coffin was the real refutation of their hopes that lincoln would live. so that coffin was taken down this hallway and laid on the floor right here. and before lincoln's body was placed

monroe enrolled at william and mary in june of 1774. like many of his classmates, he was soon caught up in revolutionary ferv. he soon saw arms in the governor's palace in 1775. in february of 1776, monroe was commissioned to lieutenant in the third virginia infantry regimen. for the next two years as george washington led the continental army in victory and defeat, on which more the latter, james monroe took part in the battles of highland heights, germantown and monmouth rising to the rank of major before his 28th birthday. monroe was also at trenton where washington's gamble of attacking an out post paid off in an aspiring victory the day after christmas 1776. the battle produced monroe's greatest moments of both peril and fame during the revolutionary war. as he described in his unfinished autobiography written late in his life in the third person. command of the vanguard consisting of 50 men was given to captain william washington of the third virginia regimen. lieutenant monroe promptly offered his services to act as a subordinate

that's the last image of mary. and here we see some of the the i mentioned that african americans kept alive the emancipationist legacy of abraham lincoln and what one of the ways they did so was in honoring the emancipation day itself. which became largely a black observation rather ignored by white america? i love this picture of this woman on her writing desk. you can see a painting of lincoln. and here's some of the scenes from the lincoln the the springfield race rise of 1908. this is william donegan. the 84 year man who was lynched. as i i don't think i mentioned to you. do i say that he turned out to have been abraham lincoln's boot maker. and and friend here's what was the country was becoming more and more preoccupied with which was the healing the breach between north and south. this is a reunion at gettysburg. they're reenacting pickett's charge. the confederates instead of getting to the top of the ridge and being mowed down instead they would get up and have handshaking ceremonies. and there's a extrem

and then to the college of william and mary. monroe enrolled in william and mary in june of 1774. like many of his classmates, he was soon caught up in revolutionary fervor. he was part of a group of students who seized arms from the governor's palace on june 24, 1775. in february, 1776, monroe was commissioned to lieutenant in the third virginia infantry regiment. for the next two years, as george washington led the continental army in victory and defeat, often more the latter, james monroe took part in the battles of harlem heights, brandywine, germantown, and monmouth, writing to the rank of -- are rising to the rank of major before his 20th birthday. monroe was also at trenton, where washington's gamble in attacking an isolated hessian outpost paid off in an inspiring victory on the day after christmas, 1776. the battle produced monroe's greatest moments of both peril and fame during the revolutionary war, as he described in his unfinished autobiography written late in his life in the third person. " command of the vanguard consisting of 50 men was given to captain william was

of mary washington in 1983 and an m.a. in history and museum add 34rgs from the college of william and mary in 1988. in january 2018 he was named executive director of the university of mary washington museums, a position for which he currently holds. this followed six years as director of the james monroe museum, which is administered by the university. and prior to that, he was director of a new market battlefield historical park and director of historical resources for the city of manassas, virginia. scott is a peer-reviewer for accreditation and assessment programs of the american alliance of museums and editorial adviser for white house history quarterly, the journal of the white house historical association. his published articles have appeared in the augusta historical bulletin, civil war traveler, dictionary of virginia biography, white house history quarterly and numerous other history and travel publications. on a personal note, i think there are a few things more gratifying to teachers than to witness the succes

scott harris received his ba with honors in history and historic preservation from the university of mary, washington in 1983 and an ma in history and museum administration for the college of women mary in 1988. in january 2018. he was named executive director of the university of mary washington museums a position, which he currently holds. this follet six years is director of the james monroe museum, which is administered by the university. prior to that. he was direct of the new market battlefield state historical park and director of his talkal resources for the the city of manassas, virginia. scott is a peer reviewer for the accreditation and assessment programs of the american lives of museums and an editorial advise up for white house history quarterly the journal of the white house is talking association. his published articles have appeared in the augusta historical bulletin. civil war traveler dictionary of virginia biography white house history quarterly and numerous other history and travel publications but a personal note i think there are few things will gratifying to teache

his mother mary todd lincoln certainly was mary todd lincoln is a very controversial and fascinating figure and she plays an important part in our book. of course, she had already suffered the loss of her beloved son willie in 1862. she was a woman of some nervous temperament, very brilliant woman in my opinion passionate woman devoted to her husband. and prone to emotional excess problematical figure we were talking about it earlier rod and i different scholars have different takes on her, but she said in an interview later in in her life. she said that that last day april 14th. she had never seen her husband in the presidency look so happy. that the weight of the war was lifting from his shoulders that even suggested they go on a carriage ride together just the two of them very rare event for them. and they had talked about their future together what they would do after the war after the presidency. there was a sense of of relief. and he had even said to her mary we must not be as miserable as we've been between the war and the loss of willy. we've been both been very miserable. we

mary. he ignores the advice. james madison then escorts elizabeth mary in and the ambassador walks in without anybody on his arm. we think it's humorous but it was scandal louse, it was embarrassing and it was in the papers all over europe. and the worst yet the madisons hold a dinner and a similar thing happens. as a result of all these incidents which he considered tremendous snubs, ambassador mary began only going to a few gatherings and he didn't take his wives and he encouraged all the other foreign ministers to follow example, meaning there would be very little opportunities for diplomacy to go forward and for american politicians to get to know one another. it was not a good situation. so, dolley took it upon herself, really mended fences with mrs. mary, became her best friend, even though i don't know that she particularly liked her. dolley may have also felt things had gotten really out of hand because jefferson's opponents took him to task not only for his role in what was called the mary affair, but th

it will go mari, rick, ray, and tim. mari: when reagan finished speaking i decided to nip out the head to not get underfoot and move with the group. i was 20 feet to 30 feet in front of the president. i passed by the rope line. i was almost at my car. maybe i was at the car. i heard pop pop pop. it sounded like fireworks. i had never been around violence before. i had never heard much of guns before. i did not know what it was. the secret service agents -- i was bewildered. then i saw what was happening and reagan being pushed into the car. the secret service agent driving my car screamed at me to get into the car. then we screeched out of the circle. i had ridden over there with jim brady, a fabulous guy, well loved in the white house. i was going, where is jim? where is jim? as we made the turn through the circle, i looked out the window on his side of the car and saw him face down in blood. just to talk about that right now since -- sends chills through me and is a very upsetting memory. i realized what was going on.

and mary. mr. harris? [ applause ] >>> well, i'm not going to drop the mic but i am going to lower it gently to the ground. thank you very much and good morning. oh, come on, good morning. >> good morning. >> if you will turn in your hymnals to number 61 -- oh, that's tomorrow. sorry. i couldn't resist. it is a pleasure to be here. if i may take the chance in a house of worship to say to spread the gospel of james monroe, as my colleagues will also be doing today, and any time we have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the man that i like to call the hardest-working president in show business, we like to do so. so it's a real treat to be here today to do that. one of the iconic images of the revolutionary war is emanuel gottlieb's 1851 painting "washington crossing the delaware." it's the night of february 25th, 1776. they are traveling across the river some nine miles to the south. in the foreground, anonymous men and possibly one woman of varying nationalities and races rowed a boat a

and museum administration at the college of new mary in 1988. in january, 2018, he was named executive director of the university of mary washington museums, a position which he currently holds. this followed six years as director at the james monroe museum, which is administered by the university. prior to that, he was director of a new market battlefield -- and director of his top of resources in the city of manassas, virginia. scott is a peer review or from the presentation, an assessment programs of the american museums and the editorial pfizer for white house history court, journal of the white house -- is published articles have appeared from the historical bulletin, civil war traveler, dictionary of virginia biography, white house's history, and universal history and travel complications. up on a partial note, i think that a few things will gratify the teachers to witness the success of -- so i am particularly proud of tonight speaker, i like to claim him as one of the very best to talk during a long career at mary washington. so it has b

college of william and mary. mr. harris. [ applause ] >> well, i'm not going to drop the mic but i am going to lower it gently to the ground. there. thank you very much and good morning. oh, come on. good morning. >> good morning. >> if you will turn in your hymnals to number 61 -- oh, no, that's tomorrow. sorry. [ laughter ] i couldn't resist. i was talking about that earlier. i thought, why not and try. it is a pleasure to be here. if i may take the chance in a house of worship to say to spread the gospel of james monroe as my colleagues also will be doing today. any time that we have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the man that i like to call the hardest working president in show business we like to do so. so it's a real treat to be here today to do that. one of the iconic images of the revolutionary war is emmanuel's gottlieb's painting washington crossing the delaware. it's the night of december 25, 1776. the continental army is being transported across the river to trenton, new jersey, some nine

william and mary is also mr. kray's alma mater. this hour-long event was part of a symposium called james monroe presidential inauguration, a buy centennial commemoration and reflection. >>> our final speaker today is gordon kray. gordon and i go way back to our days at william and mary when we realized that there were several people on virginia campus that talked funny. he was from redding, massachusetts, and i was from lexington, and both of us have spent the rest of our lives in virginia. gordon, as a student at the college of william and mary took great interest in its history. we took great interest in sticking cigarettes in the mouths of his sculptures. we also lit them. but that's -- gordon has gone on to be a prominent sculptor. for many of you, if you have been to saint matthew's cathedral, you'll see his sculpture there, in particular of pope john paul. you also can see his sculpture in washington, d.c. in trib beat to leo gentleman broen, the prophet. at har per's ferry in honor of john brown. and most prominently, if yo

and today marie smith is buried in a little. well a big cemetery in brooklyn, which i visited and found her plot, which was bear. and i went back and put a little plaque there. to honor her and sort of remember her. so that she had a little place in the world still and that's another reason why i wanted to do this story to sort of give marie smith at the moment. so today in asbury park. this crime is not really commemorated in any way. i've went there. it's a ghost of its own self as we park some of the houses that people lived in like we have to still there the path she walked walked to school is still there. but the place where she was killed is not and most of the cities is different from what it was and there's really no. commemoration of it other than in a historical societies and newspaper accounts, certainly no black anything like that. like i said, that's why i felt like i felt like i wanted to put a physical thing at her grave site to sort of commemorate her. it's kind of a forgotten case. hopefully until now. there are

william & mary's colors. how did they know? anyways, this was the basis that i came up with my standing figure here. you can see with the takeoff on washington here, they wanted a stately figure of him. what do you do? how do you portray it? this was a commission. carol owens who commissioned this piece, they had certain expectations. they wanted this stately, gravity-like figure of monroe. i thought this was the best way, using this, to depict him here. now, because this was a site-specific work, in other words, we know exactly where it's going, i can design this. now, he is looking at the wren building, the building he knew and studied at. i originally had him working the other way towards the sunken garden, for those of you that are familiar with it. but i thought better, sunken garden didn't mean anything to him, but the wren building did. he studied and lived there for two years. we see him staring toward the wren building. his hand is on the north american continent, indicating the monroe doctrine and his hand is on the s

that george washington was born on february 22nd 1732 to augustine and mary, washington. george washington's youth is the stuff of legends. most notably in the folktale popularized by parson mason weems about young george's chopping down of a cherry tree and his subsequent statement. i cannot tell a lie when confronted by his father. george's head apparently matured well before the rest of his body. as a youth he worked as a surveyor for the fairfax family and later was the official surveyor for culpeper county. from 1749 to 1752 washington completed close to 200 surveys on numerous properties totally more than 60,000 acres. during the french and indian war he served as an emissary for the governor of virginia and later in combat during british general edward braddocks ill-fated expedition. washington also ran afoul of the fortunes of war when he was forced to surrender the desperately named fort necessity to the french the only military surrender that washington encountered it is entire career underarms. washington took an active leadership role in the growing conflict b

mary. mr. harris? >> i'm not going to drop the mic, but i'm going to lower gently to the ground. thank you very much, and good morning. >> good morning. >> oh come on good morning! >> good morning. >> turn your hymnals to number 61. oh no that's tomorrow. sorry. i couldn't resist, i was talking about that earlier. it is a pleasure to be here and if i may take the chance and the house of worship to say to spur the gospel of james maduro, as my colleagues will also being doing today and anytime we have the opportunity to help raise awareness of the man that i like to call, the hardest working president in show business, we like to do so and so, will be free to do so today here to do that. one of the iconic images of the revolutionary war is emmanuel lewis he's 1851 painting, washington crossing the delaware. it's the night of december 25th, 1776, the continental army is being transported across the delaware river to attack harrison entrench in new jersey some nine miles to the south. in the f

i teach in the sociology program at mary washington and also in women's and gender studies. my talk today is on w.e.b. du bois and anna julie cooper, the politics of race and gender and the historical record of u.s. intellectual thought. both were scholars and educators and public intellectuals and social activists during the late 1800s and through that mid 20th century. in multiple capacities, they each worked publicly with great influence for racial justice and against interpersonal oppression and domination. this oppression and domination persisted throughout reconstruction, but escalated in the aftermath under jim crow segregation. i have chosen and was glad to consider these intellectual forces together although it is a lot for one talk. they both could take a week on their own. they shared that historical context. cooper's life spanned over a century, and w.e.b. du bois lived from 1868 to 1863, from slavery to emancipation, from reconstruction to jim crow segregation, this is not just the backed up to their work and activism. it is the contested terrain that was the wo

well, i think in the tradition of a mary mcleod bethune understanding that relationships of politics relationship of patronage relationships in washington that grow out of civil rights organizations on is has always been and continues to be for black americans in essential fac. of how black women do politics and make politics and for those of you who may not know. dorothe. i think that's precisely why she's in some ways to me akin to a diane nash right? she is an architect. she is a strategist she is a woman with extraordinary powers of persuasion like mary church terrell, she knows how to work remarkably effectively with men who had no intention. i think oftentimes of linking arms with her linking arms with the national council of negro women dorothy height knew how to broker those kinds of relationships and most importantly i think she knew how to ensure that black american women would be able to use all their talents all their capacities all gifts on all their power in the interest of the collective. i think she was someone who never lost sight of that over a very long and disting

during his tenure at mary washington, dr. farnsworth has earned the reputation of being an outstanding teacher as evidenced by winning the you know ver's three most prestigious awards, excellence in teaching with a distinction between the 2017 recipient of the virginia outstanding faculty award from the council of high of education in virginia. with previous presentations on harry truman, lyndon johnson, richard nixon and ronald reagan. truly a pleasure to introduce one of mary washington's most distinguished professors dr. steven farnsworth. >> there has never been anyone like johnny carson and there never will be. from 1962, to 1992, more than 5,000 episodes over 30 years, johnny carson walked through the rainbow colored curtains as he hosted america's top late night show. he tucked americans in at night with his signature mix of mostly gentle barbs, directed at the leading likes of politics and culture, and his curated lists have always, almost always interesting guests. he offered a nonstop parade of the key personalities

and actually a decade later william and mary did admit its first black students on 45 years later. it issued a formal apology to maryland and her family the way that they treated her. i think through maryland we see the way that young people not only can but sometimes are more willing than older people to kind of say that the quiet thing say the uncomfortable things and provoke debate and sometimes meaningful change change in policy. becky so far we've been talking about young people who heard about or reacted to nazi crimes from a comfortable or safe distance, but there were some young americans who actually witnessed firsthand the evidence of nazi atrocities. could you tell us about the experience of a young man named william scott? sure. so william scott was born in 1923 and grew up in atlanta, georgia. so this is also an answer to amy's question about regional differences. he was a student at morehouse college a historically black college in his hometown of atlanta when he was drafted into the us army in january 1943. so he was still a very young man. he was only 20 and and thi

mary. he ignores the advice, james madison then escorts elizabeth mary in, and the ambassador walks in without anybody on his arm. we think it's humorous. but it was scandalous. it was embarrassing. and it was in the papers all over europe. and -- a similar thing happens. so as a result of all of these incidents, which he considered a tremendous snub, the ambassador begin only gathering a few gatherings and he didn't take his wife and he encouraged -- meaning that there is going to be very few opportunities for diplomacy to go forward, and for american politicians to get to know one another, it was not a good situation. so dolley took it upon herself, really mended fences with them, became her best friend, even though i don't know if she particularly lighter, and dolly may have felt that things had gotten out of hand because jefferson's opponents took him to task not only for his role -- also started fabricating stories that jefferson and had an affair with dolley or pumping her out to the

at mary washington. he has taught many courses including military history european diplomatic history of germany western civilization europe since 1945 as well as two seminars of the great war and on nazi, germany. professor blakemore took students to europe on 22 occasions 20 of them for a very popular course. title european capitals dr. blakemore has spoken several times in great lives previously delivering commendable lectures our own bismarck and george's patent it's a pleasure to welcome back to the great live series professor porter, blakemore. you good evening, and welcome to douglas macarthur. before i begin i would like to offer a couple of thank-yous for us. i would like to thank the sponsor of this talk caldwell banker elite their support is much appreciated. and secondly, i would like to thank bill crawley who's involvement in the great lives lecture since the beginning is largely responsible for their success. thank you both. now the topic i'm going to talk about tonight is douglas macarthur

you may note that there were several of these artists mary cassat being one. for example that were somehow able to break through there weren't very many famous female artists at this time period in the case of cassat as you mentioned, she might be known as is the most famous female impressionist. how did these women who have their their portraits or they're paintings or their sculptures included in the white house collection? how did they manage to be recognized particularly in eras in which, you know women were certainly not supported in the arts. yeah, that's a great question colleen and i think just to preface it, you know a number of these artists didn't come to the white house collection until long after their passing. and so you see a lot of artists that really weren't. recognized for their talents until the very end of their lives, but for those that really found their way into prominence during their lifetime. it seems to me that many of them had an in through their own will through their own perseverance that they found a way. so for harriet murphy, y

and then mary tries to butt in. well, mary, you just run along now. we're just talking politics. so, it was -- it was like that. in our memory, after a dinner party, the men would go off to one room and smoke their cigars and tell their jokes and the women would go to another room and talk about their grandchildren. now that's over with. there were more lines to cross. i used to -- i would imitate a politician and say, well, senator, are you pro-life? i sure am. are you pro choice? he says, you bet. >> i think some of these great comics not only open up our minds but they open up our hearts over the years. when i think about, you know, lenny bruce or dick gregory or wart sol, george carlin. i think it's had a tremendous impact on our society and our ability to just get along with each other, although it's hard to see that during this campaign but it's still there. >> i wasn't allowed to listen to george carlin as a kid, which made me want to listen to him more. you know, it's like the people your parents sheltered you from, i wanted more. lincoln was a great fan of all things sha

and dolly mary mentored sarah. and sara also fed dolly. she treated her is the grand them and honored her they they were the two war first lady, is the war of 1812, and 30 years later the mexican war. there were many many parallels between dolley madison and sarah polk, the sense of self, a sense of fashion, the understanding the role of the first lady in conveying the, you know sort of indirect support for husband's presidency. and by the way it's not only it's not easy to be a first lady during the war. there were many, many detractors as the war went on. but i mean, poke when and, said i'm gonna do the following things in four years and by god, he did. >> this is also in the 18 forties the first time we have had photography. we have a full talk fabulous photograph to show you on screen right now it brings together a number of these characters all in one place. here are the pokes and there is dolley madison, the second from the screen right, with her turban as we've been seeing her so often. we have an opportunity here to see harriet lan

and museum administration from the college of william and mary in 1988. in january, 2018, he was named executive director of the university of mary washington museums, a position which he currently holds. this followed six years as director of the james monroe museum, which is administered by the university. io

but when mary todd comes to town decades later and dolley madison has still set the example, mary todd tried to kind of like ride on her coat tails by saying she plays on that. but she does not have dolley's sense of tone. she's rather tone-deaf when it comes to all of that. >> here's a more specific question about her son. is it true that dolley's son from her first marriage gambled away much of her money? was it gambling that was his problem? >> yes. and drinking. >> and did he continue his relationship with his mother in her later years? or were they estranged? >> oh, no. she did not estrange him. >> robert in skokie, illinois. >> yes. my name is rabbi bob rosen, and i'm questioning what's the relationship between mrs. madison and mrs. polk and harrison. >> do you know the relationship with the polks and the harrisons? >> well, i think the polks became friends as catherine was saying, people wanted to associate themselves with dolley after she came back to the capitol city. it was a sort of cache by association. so the polks often invited had err to dine with them and to take part i

i'll have to ask mary about. that she's very strong-willed. to go he wanted to go you don't say no to mary general grant. what invited? will find out. interesting. she did not go. to the ford theater that night and you would ask her to go. general grant general grant did not go general granted not go. yes, why are we bringing up imports theater bringing up these? okay. let's shift. thank you. my dear the president the door roosevelt just four years after you left the white house in 1909 as a third party candidate under the progressive bull moose party, and i want to repeat that because i don't think we hear very much of that the progressive bull moose party you were attacked in milwaukee, wisconsin on october the 14th 1912. can you please tell us about that event? sure while i was campaigning in milwaukee for my what would be my third administration my third term as president. i was shot within a five-foot distance. i was standing in an automobile outside of a hotel that i was leaving preparing for a speech that i was going to give it 8 pm joh

i'm delighted to be back here at mary washington. i threatened when i was here a year ago january that i might not go home. and now i know that when you do this kind of lecture, it's customary to sort of warm the audience up with a few funny stories about your and if i had known 14 months ago that i was coming back. i would not have told you you all my funny stories. so it's probably best that we just move forward with our talk about lily oil kalani. um now i am anglo. well, actually i'm partly native, but that i'm a mainland writer and so my the times that i will have to speak in hawaiian. it's thick and we will talk a bit about the hawaiian language. but the first thing i need to do is make some disclaimer of humility. because captive ice is intended to explain the essentials of how the united states how we got hands on the place. i've never gotten such good. well, i'm used to getting good reviews, but the reviews that i got from wall street journal all the way to honolulu the magazine. we're just extraordinary really wonderful rev

in the lecture from the mary washington great live series, scott harris explains where things went wrong. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. and watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country. the historic hay-adams hotel just across lafayette square from the white house. its bar, off the record, is decorated with a decoration of political cartoons and featured in the journal of the white house historical association. even the coasters are updated with current political caricatures. we spoke with vice president and general manager hans bruland and "politico" cartoonist matt wuerker about the artwork on display. >> the hotel was built in 1928 on the site of residences of john hague and henry adams. and after the family relinquished their rights to the site, in 1926, the developer built this hotel along with the other hotel, which today is the saint regis. the hotel has been in existence since 1928. this bar has been in existence somewhere starting in the '60s or '70s. but wi

what did mary think? i thi >> well, i think michael may be able to answer that question ry better than i.hat linc but i think it was very unlikeli that lincoln told many of thesee stories toll mary.. i[l mean lin cone's story-telliy was intended for male company. the so-called smutty jokes he told, the off-color jokes s wouldn't strike us quite as appalling that they woulddth ha struck the victorian sensibles of the drawing room and they were intended for company in the taverns and the circuit and the cabinet room, in the political d intercourse, conversation.n. how did it affect his marriage? i don't know how far lincoln used humor within his marriage.y i think almost certainly his sense of irony, his capacity for dry wit, his capacity to any situation, that was troubling, in a way that sort of might have turned into his advantage with mild humor, i think that public would have been true of his marriage but i don't think his conversation, the conversation of his marriage would have been the exchanging of