monroe museum has been in existence since 1927 when james monroe's great granddaughter led an effort to preserve the site of his law office that existed here in the city of fredericksburg in the 1780s. we have the largest assemblage of artifacts and other information related to the monroe family that you'll find anywhere in the country. . . >> elizabeth monr e was a true partner n her husband's career and was a good sounding board fo many of the policies and dec sions that he had to evolve she was a very li erate and articulate perso, and someone to whom her h sband could go for a very va uable advice >> with the it ms on the table here, we sort of go through an arc of eli abeth monroe's life mrs monroe had the he itage of very well developed sense of style she had shoes th t she employed that we believ were her mother's that of very fine construction from ondon which she continued o use into her lifetime >> as the mistr ss of oak hill, the farm th t the monroe's had in l udoun county, she was respo sible for maintaining the hou ehold accounts and she did i on a small ivory memo pad

descendents of presidents from james monroe to gerald r. ford convened in washington for a conference hosted by the white house historical association. next an interview with massee mckinley who descended from grover cleveland and william mckinley. this is 15 minutes. >> massee mckinley, we're talking to you at the white house historical association's presidential site summit in washington, d.c., and you're here because you work with the organization and because you're the descendent of two presidents. tell me your family's story. >> i'm related on my maternal side to grover cleveland the 22 and 24th united states president and on my father's side, the fraternal side, to william mckinley. i'm the great-great nephew of william mckinley and the great-great grandson of grover cleveland. >> how did those two families get together? >> it happened chance. my parents married and the two became one. interesting -- >> were your parents, excuse me, aware of their linage when they married? >> i have no clue. i have no clue. my father was a long-time h

you see james monroe. you see a flag, which we now call the betsy ross flag. that flag was not being used in 1776, but that's how we know how the story ends. he includes that. you are seeing two future presidents. you are seeing this flag and a variety of different types of people in that boat, which is just like the makeup of a variety of different types of people. ♪ ♪ ♪ coming up on american history tv, we learn about mobile alabama in visit africa town, a historic neighborhood former. then we take you to a reunion festival and africatown, it brings together descendants of,

so you see washington crossing the sea, james monroe, who ended up being a president, you see a flag, what we now call the betsy ross flag, that is used in the painting. well, that flag wasn't being used in 1776, but lloydsa already knows how the story ends, so he includes it there. so you're seeing two future presidents, you're seeing this flag, and you see a variety of different types of people in that boat, which was just like the makeup of the artist, of arriving. ♪ ♪ >>> tonight on american history tv, beginning at 8:00 eastern, we join tour guide eric finley to learn about the early history of mobile, alabama, and to visit africatown, the national historic landmark neighborhood north of the city, founded by former slaves who were cap tives on the slip clotilda. watch american history tonight and over the weekend, on c-span3. . >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country, for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of the gene harris murder trial before this clas

james monroe and to have a third term he could have had and there is a lot that can be done with monroe and in the modern context i am aghast there's not a biography on chavez. park said highways and mass monuments in california, everything yet nobody has invested in the life and times of chavez. so forget it i would like to write about washington but i'm intimidated there is so much i would take off like george washington at valley forge with the american memory i'm not so good in the revolutionary war. >> so sometimes stupid units or a piece of it. the biggest threat that what we do broadly put that it is now so good in the case of the regulation the monopoly of the networks and it turns out there is an enormous amount of talent i try to write short books worried about mission creep. however long it takes people to read a single blood, that time by and large is british crying dramas. >> him if you are watching really good british crime dramas? >> acorn tv? do this on - - subscribe? how many find yourself talking to friends that about reading the what you're watching? that definitely h

monroe distinguished professor at the university of virginia as well as the center for the study of presidency the leading institutional scholars with regard to presidential powers and the author of the equally excellent previous book with those constitution of the original executive the professor of law at harvard as you are aware during the high profile extremely tense tenure in the bush administration office of legal counsel during the key early. in the war on terror. jack is one of our most thoughtful commentators on the presidency and venues like the atlantic and the terror presidency. his latest book out also highly recommended is in half the shadow also the subject for one of the last in-person public events we had at cato before the lockdown. thank you for coming back so soon even if virtually. i am also a great admirer of your previous book but if you will forgive me for saying so it's one of the most misleadingly titled books in recent memory. it makes the case the original design the framers had for the presidency, that office had very little in the way of emergency power

monroe distinguished professor at the university of virginia as well as the center for the study of

monroe who at this time in the mid-1790's is the american ambassador to paris. they have things like this very fashionable french form of a bed. a lot of french decorative art in their home. they move home to montpelier with madison's parents. when we last saw millie and james senior, they are living in the rectangular georgian brickhouse, one of only two brick houses in the entire county. james realizes they need more space because they have the two of them, dolley's son and dolley's sister who she calls her sister daughter. madison adds a wing onto the house and the grand portico but not yet the grand central entranceway. here is the elevation and the plan of it. he adds on a hallway with a dining room below the room behind it and a large and beautifully appointed bedroom above it. they have enough space to live with his parents but just for a few years. in 1801, jefferson is inaugurated. he appoints madison secretary of state and james and dolley head to washington. it is incredibly important to keep in mind that at this moment, washington is literally still

james monroe was here. henry clay. margaret smith. once while mrs. madison was serving at the head of the table the vice president offered to do the honors for her and she responded oh no, watch with what ease i do it. and he had to admit she did it with unparalleled ease. >> and looking at their life when they returned there, how was it compared to when they lived in the white house? >> i think they were besieged by people who wanted to associate themselves with the mad sons. many visitors in addition to -- political visitors in addition to family and friend. sort of like the washingtons and the jeffersons. everybody wanted to meet the great percentages. so they had people in the house with them. not only relatives but many political visitors as well. >> she was devoted to him and getting his papers together in that role. was she happy doing that? >> yes, that the point she loved her husband very much. that is where he wanted to stay and so she stayed as well. the descriptions of her at this time weren't the same. she's described as content, adam an

james monroe is here. general lafayette; henry clay; margaret bayard smith, dolley madison's good friend, a writer from washington. once while mrs. madison was serving at the head of the table, the vice president elbridge gerry offered to do the honors for her. and she responded, no, watch with what ease i do it. and indeed, he had to admit that she did it with unparalleled ease. it was as if he said, she had been born and educated in versailles. >> and looking at their life when they returned there, how was it for them compared to when they lived in the white house? >> well, i think they were besieged by people who wanted to associate themselves with the madisons. many visitors, in addition to, i mean, political visitors in addition to family and friends sort of like the washingtons and the jeffersons, everybody wanted to meet the great personages. so they always had people, you know, in the house with them, not only their relatives but also many, many political visitors as well. >> she was clearly devote

martin van buren, and president james monroe when president. grover cleveland in the 1890s had been president. the notion that the government, that the federal government especially, would step in and try to correct the economic cycle was heresy. depressions were acts of god. there were booms and there were busts, and there was nothing you could do about it. >> and that's the philosophy that, for example, andrew mellon, who was hoover's holdover secretary of the treasury, maintained. he basically told the president just, you know, flush out the system. all the bad, the crooked bankers, the speculators, all of that, you know. i mean, that was hobbesian economics. >> and hoover's response was to get himself a new secretary of the treasury. he sent mellon to the court of st. james. >> but the other thing was, we tend to think that the stock market collapsed in october, 1929, and the next day there were bread lines. and, in fact, this was a story that took time to evolve. early in 1930, the "new york times, " among other media outlets, praised hoov

alexander hamilton and james monroe but they are briefly because they were very minor parts of the story that point. they were very good officers. the potatoes that. but they were the people of real consequence and what happened the wake knox agreement another sports. i also write about people like that who was a farmer from connecticut john greenwood from boston and joseph hutchins, massachusetts shoemaker is one of my favorite characters of all point in most people, the real part in the time period that moment. and we know because the road about a pretty all that we know is what with having diaries and letters. there were no correspondents covering the war. reporting what a terrific job alexander hamilton just did. nor were there artists correspondence winslow homer covered the civil war read all we have are orderly posts, the government records various times. in greece diaries letters of somebody kept a diary, or a lot of letters, really force it out and tells you what it was like describes the scene in the viewing said suffering hardships. and that person is taking us into the times.

this was formed by james monroe after the planned revolt in 1800. verena saysys -- the guard that appeared was the federal army guard, also known as the ordinance battalion. question, is the it possible that davis ordered one guard to fire and the governor ordered the public guard? who knows? that will most likely remain a mystery. event ofough it was an some consequence, the riot was relatively short, starts about 9:00, over by 11:00. mary jackson, who had organized that meeting, the huckster, she was arrested around noon at 1st street. there were 44 women and 29 men were arrested. and 12 women were convicted. and michael chesson, an historian whose brother -- sort of an authority on the bread riots, makes a convincing argument that the charges that were brought against old, for lack of a better word, ugly women, were the charges that stuck. so, women who were elderly, who are past their prime, even if they were widowed, even if they had sons in the army, those were the women who were convicted. whereas the young, well-dressed, attractive women som

james monroe was here, henry , ay, margaret baird smith writer from washington. once while dolley madison was a survey, the vice president, eldridge gary, offered to do the honors for her. she responded, no, watch with what ease i do it, and he had to admit that she did it with unparalleled ease, it was as if she had been born and educated in versailles. life when at their they returned, how was it what i'm compared to when they lived in the white house? >> i think they were besieged by people who wanted to associate themselves with the madisons. to --isitors, in addition political visitors in addition to family and friends. sort of like the washingtons and jeffersons, everybody wanted to meet the great personages. they always had people in the house with them, not only relatives, but also many political visitors. >> she was clearly devoted to him and important to him in getting his papers together. was she happy there? >> yes, at that point, she loved her husband very much. montpelier is where he wanted to stay. so she stayed as well. it is interesting, the desc

this was formed by james monroe after the planned revolt in 1800. verena says the guard that appeared was the confederate armory guard, and there was such a guard. it was the first armory battalion, also known as the ordinance battalion. that does beg the question, is it possible that davis ordered one guard to fire and the governor ordered the public guard? who knows? that will most likely remain a mystery. now, although it was an event of some consequence, the riot was relatively short, starts about 9:00, over by 11:00. mary jackson, who had orchestrated that meeting, the huckster, she was arrested around noon at broad and 1st street. there were 44 women and 29 men who were arrested. and 12 women were convicted. and michael chesson, an historian whose brother, an authority on the bread riots, makes a convincing argument that the charges that were brought against old, for lack of a better word, ugly women were the charges that stuck. so, women who were elderly, who were past their prime, even if they were widowed, even if they had sons in the army,

monroe has worshipped here since it was constructed. atf agents are on the scene right now investigating because a fire was set inside this church. a graffiti also sprayed all on this church and on this hotel as well. this is the hay-adams hotel, one of many businesses and restaurants boarded up, graff i graffiti. behind me, the people's house, the white house, where we're told a short time from now president trump will be holding a teleconference with mayors, governors, law enforcement, national security officials about the nation's protest. right now vice president joe biden is meeting with community leaders in a wilmington delaware church. this video just coming in a short time ago. you see the presumptive democratic nominee there in full mask at an ame church there in wilmington. this is live, actually. this is happening as we speak in delaware. vice president biden will be meeting with mayors from around the country as well this afternoon. also any minute now we'll hear from the mayors of two of the largest cities. mayor lightfoot

you're thinking of washington crossing the delaware with james monroe holding the betsy ross flag. well, that was painted in 1852. all the other paintings showing washington's army flying the stars and stripes are also apocryphal. in fact, the united states military did not officially adopt the stars and stripes until the early 1840's. so the answer to the trivia question, what was the first army that the americans fought officially under the stars and stripes was the mexican war. even though we associate, of course, the star-spangled banner with the war of 1812, it wasn't official at the time. the other interesting thing i found out when i was doing for just doing research for the book, is the changes in the meaning of the flag, the cultural meaning of the flag and the way americans feel about the flag, has been tied in almost every instance to wars. we have the flag borne during the revolutionary war. we have the star-spangled banner in the war of 1812. then we have in the civil war -- the mexican war, you can say the first flag fought under -- the first war the americans fought

james monroe was the last of the folks who sort of held on to the 18th century way of dressing. and so you're able to see much more modern dress after that. >> on the women side of the fashion question. we saw and the met furred and rachel jackson also wearing the sort of head bond it as we did with annette harrison. was that city versus country or regional? >> it has something to do with it but you see juliet tyler, you see something very different. you see the beads in her hair. she has feathers in her hair from time to time so she dresses very differently.so it's probably more cosmopolitan with some of the first ladies because of the urban influence and age too. i think age does have something to do with it. >> anna harrison was in her mid to late 60s. >> um-hum. >> and julia tyler, 24 years old when she came into the job so brought young sensibility with her.well, they left washington in 1845 and returned to their home in the virginia tidewater area, the sherwood forest. by the way, how did it get its name? >> it got its name because during one of -- during one of john tyler

it's known as the church of presidents because every president with the exception of james monroe has worshipped at this church, riddled with graffiti a fire was started in the basement sunday night. as the sun came up, city workers came out to clean off the graffiti and try to clean off that church. meanwhile across the street from the church, this is a building that actually has significance to me and my family. this is the hay-adams hotel. this is actually where i had my wedding reception. riddled with graffiti, hotel's boarded up this is the case for businesses in and around washington, d.c. looting in georgetown throughout the night. protests started last week, protests largely peaceful in the wake of george floyd's death have turned into something else entirely we're in the midst of a pandemic, we're in the midst of an economic crisis what you're seeing here is a overni manifestation of all of that overnight unrest across america. the death of george floyd, in police custody sparking protests nationwide violence taking place steps from the white house. >> you can see the fire th

brian: look at james monroe and james madison. one thing they had they were brilliant. they had slaves. how do we grow as a country but, yet, not forget our past? >> so, you have to understand history and tough understand the culture and so many other aspects of our country. and people can study that and they can hate it and let's all hate it. but you can't take down george washington wants statue and half of our country is named after washington. you can't -- we have to remember the heritage that the culture of our country. this is less important but very important. some of the things they are trying to destroy are magnificent pieces of art. have you ever seen an area where removed and put blacktop over the top put asphalt over the top and that was the end and it was center of the town or a village? and now the statue is gone and the whole village is like a different place. here's the other problem i have. a lot of these people know what they are taking down i watch them on television and see what's happening. they are ripping down things and they have no idea what the

brian: what if your town votes to take down george washington and thomas jefferson and james monroe? is that okay? steve: that's your town making a vote, brian. brian: these are the founding fathers of the country. if the left wing activists get into power and this country's history is sidelined, is that okay? steve: listen, that's the challenge right now. but, what does this exactly have to do with what we are talking about in this country where they want to do something about police brutality? that's what it all comes down to and the racial justice thing has become a component of that. it's interesting, if you remember, it was a couple of weeks ago when bill barr authorized the dea to investigate who exactly the anarchists were behind all of the looting. and as soon as that was announced, did you notice it was at the height of looting, it pretty much immediately stopped. now the president has made it very clear, he has called out the national guard, the u.s. marshal service, it's going to be a federal problem for people who are involved. and i have got a feeling the pulling down of

and then a conversation on elizabeth monroe and luis adams, the fifth and six first ladies. after, a look at the relationship between james and dolly madison, and then a discussion about john adams and his son, john quincy adams. dolly was both politically adept and savvy. >> madison is not a lot of laughs, but he was his best friend, and she compensated. >> it was aaron brought a letter that james madison wishes to meet her. >> she carved out a space