their son andrew jackson jr. moved into their new constructed home here at the hermitage. while significantly more modest, the mansion you will visit today. it was a substantial upgrade from the two story farmhouse they had lived in for the prior 17 years. the question is, why did the jackson's choose to construct this particular type of house beyond the functional considerations? what did it symbolize to them. how did it position them in the community. how did it express the families aspirations? tonight, we are honored to have dr. kevin murphy as this evening's speaker. doctor murphy is the andrew w. melon chair in humanities. professor and chair of the department of history of art and architecture at vanderbilt university. he will explore for us the history of early presidential plantation homes, what these buildings symbolize to their owners and to their constituents. what do they mean to us today. dr. murphy grew up in the boston massachusetts area he holds an undergraduate degree from swarthmore college, a

very few people know that that first piggyback operation took place in 1830. >> yeah. >> andrew jackson was the first sitting president to ride a train. he went out to -- elliott city, maryland by horseback. and when he started back he got to a crossing where the railroad cars, steam cars, because by then the steam locomotive was part of the train. he got on that steam car and road seven or eight miles back. and he was astonished that the train was traveling so fast. nobody got hurt. >> yeah. i can imagine that that new technology back then was certainly impressive and also quite frightening to a lot of people that were not used to that speed of travel. speaking of the speed, before we get to the next item, we are looking here, ladies and gentlemen, at what are called in light cars, these cars are the baltimore museum in baltimore, maryland. you may have seen these before because they were, both of these specific cars were used in the movie, ominous dad, which feature john quincy adams traveling aboard these very cars. which leads me to another item, bob, the first railroad wreck in the

democracy was becoming a lot more popularized around that time, beginning with andrew jackson the end of 28. prior to jackson, politics was still a sport for elitist, really. it began opening up, more states began having a popular vote. 1840, a really interesting story, the whigs nominated when liam henry harrison. the van buren was the incumbent. they thought van buren p harrison four years ago, harrison's old he is in his late 60s. of course we can beat him again. some newspaper editor a columnist wrote a piece saying, you know, you should just retire harrison to his old log cabin. give him some hard sided to drink and he will while away the rest of his day. the lakes took that in the rain with the. they totally turned it around on the democrats. they said, yes, of course. he's a veteran, he lives in law cabin. he does drink hard cider, he's a common person just like the rest of us. it created this amazing campaign. they had parade with a log cabin floats. they used to sell bottles of whiskey shaped like log cabins. tip a canoe and tyler to shaving cream. it was really the first mas

democracy was becoming a lot more popularized around that time, beginning with andrew jackson the end of 28. prior to jackson, politics was still a sport for elitist, really. it began opening up, more states began having a popular vote. 1840, a really interesting story, the whigs nominated when liam henry harrison. the van buren was the incumbent. they thought van buren p harrison four years ago, harrison's old he is in his late 60s. of course we can beat him again. some newspaper editor a columnist wrote a piece saying, you know, you should just retire harrison to his old log cabin. give him some hard sided to drink and he will while away the rest of his day. the lakes took that in the rain with the. they totally turned it around on the democrats. they said, yes, of course. he's a veteran, he lives in law cabin. he does drink hard cider, he's a common person just like the rest of us. it created this amazing campaign. they had parade with a log cabin floats. they used to sell bottles of whiskey shaped like log cabins. tip a canoe and tyler too shaving cream. it was really the first ma

2021 marks the bicentennial of when andrew and rachel jackson and their son andrew jackson jr. moved into their new newly constructed home here at the hermitage. while significantly more modest the dimension you will visit today. it was a substantial upgrade from the two-story log farmhouse. they had lived in for the prior 17 years. but the question is why did the jacksons choose to construct this particular type of house beyond the functional considerations? what did it symbolize to them? how did it position them in the community? and how did it express the family's aspirations? tonight we're honored to have dr. kevin murphy. as this evening speaker, dr. murphy is the andrew w mellon. chair in humanities and professor and chair of the department of history of art and architecture at vanderbilt university. he will explore for us the history of early presidential plantation homes what these building symbolized to their owners and to their constituents and what do they mean to us today? dr. murphy grew up in the boston, massachusetts area he holds master heals and undergraduate d

democracy was becoming a lot more popularized around that time, beginning with andrew jackson the end of 28. prior to jackson, politics was still a sport for elitist, really. it began opening up, more states began having a popular vote. 1840, a really interesting story, the whigs nominated when william henry harrison. van buren was the incumbent. they thought van buren beat harrison four years ago, harrison's old he is in his late 60s. of course we can beat him again. some newspaper editor a columnist wrote a piece saying, you know, you should just retire harrison to his old log cabin. give him some hard cider to drink and he will while away the rest of his day. the lakes took that in the rain with the. they totally turned it around on the democrats. they said, yes, of course. he's a veteran, he lives in law cabin. he does drink hard cider, he's a common person just like the rest of us. it created this amazing campaign. they had parade with a log cabin floats. they used to sell bottles of whiskey shaped like log cabins. tip a canoe and tyler to shaving cream. it was really the first m

i mean began with andrew jackson and you know 1828. but prior to jackson politics was still a sport for elitists really and and it began opening up more states began having a popular vote with the of jackson, but 1840. really interesting story the the wigs nominated william henry harrison, and the democrats van buren was the incumbent and they originally thought you know van buren beat harrison four years ago and harrison's oldies late 60s, and you know, of course we can beat him again and some newspaper editor or columnist wrote a piece saying that you know, you should just retire harrison to his old log cabin and give him some hard cider to drink and heal while away the rest of his days, you know, and the wigs took that and they ran with it and they and they totally turned it around on the democrats and they said yes, of course, you know, he, you know, he's a veteran and he does he lives in a lot of cabin and he does drink hard cider and he's a common person just like the rest of us. and they created this amazing campaign and they yo

to do background, let's talk about andrew jackson. that's the presidential portrait of andrew jackson, an illustration. we will talk about jacksonian democracy. we haven't talked about jacksonian democracy much yet. we've had it coming out of the year of good feelings. we talked about the market revolution. jackson, when he was elected president, he had won the popular vote in 1824 but lost the presidency and the electoral college and the house of representatives. he ran for office for four years in the name of democracy and popular democracy. jackson was the first populist president in american history. he imagined himself as a jeffersonian, in favor of the yeoman farmers, in favor of liberty. he's quite a bit different than jefferson. jefferson thought he was a little wacky, i think. jackson thought that it wasn't the house of representatives that was the most democratic branch of the american government. it was actually the executive branch. the executive is one person. his argument was the president is the only person in the u.s.

jackson that's the color a presidential portrait of andrew jackson an illustration and talking a little bit about jacksonian democracy. so we haven't talked about jacksonian the moccasin much yet. we are kind of coming out of the era of good feelings and we talked about the market revolution but jackson when he was elected president, he had won the popular vote in 1824, but lost the presidency in the electoral college and the house of representatives. and so he ran for office in a sense for four years in the name of democracy and popular democracy. jackson was the first populist president in american history. and he imagined himself as a jeffersonian in, favor of the yeoman farmers and in favor of liberty, but he's quite a bit different than jefferson, and jefferson thought he was a little wacky, i think. so jackson thought that it wasn't at the house of representatives that was the most democratic branch of the american government it, was actually the executive branch. even though the executive is one person and his argument was that the president is the only person in the u.s. governm

but to do a little bit of background, let's talk about andrew jackson. that's a presidential presidential portrait of andrew jackson an illustration talk a little bit about jack sodium democracy. so we haven't talked about jacksonian democracy much yet. we're kind of coming out of the year of good feelings, and we talked about the market revolution, but jackson when he was elected president, he had won the popular vote in 1824, but lost the presid. a and the electoral college and in the house of representatives and so he ran for office in a sense for four years in the name of democracy and popular democracy. jackson was the first populist president in american history, and he imagined himself as a jeffersonian in favor of the yeoman farmers and in favor of liberty, but he's quite a bit different than jefferson in jefferson thought he was a little wacky i think so jackson thought that it wasn't the house of representatives. there was the most democratic branch of the american government. it was actually the executive branch even though the exactly of is o

hello, andrew jackson, the 7th president. >> he's in the eternals. it's a bird, it's a plane. it's super bigot. >> a man nicknamed indian killer and sharp knife deserves the top spot on list of worst u.s. presidents. we could keep looking up stuff. i think that basically tells us all we need to know. i'm going to take my hand off your shoulder. >> andrew jackson, you get an f. >> martin van buren. native americans. martin van buren, the force behind the trail of tears, no wonder you wanted me to sit down for this one. >> be sure to tune in. an all new episode of united shades of america airs tomorrow night at 10:00 right here on cnn. like many veterans, cnn heroes struggle with the effects of serving in iraq. when marine veteran richard casper learned he could use visual art, he learned other veterans could too. create vets helps wounded combat veterans process trauma while creating art and writing and recording music. >> art is so emotional and allows you to understand, it's okay to not be okay. >> my art work is a presentation of some of the guys that we lost when we were de

. >> reporter: hello andrew jackson. the 7th president. >> looks like he is in the eternals. it's a bird, it's a plane. it's super bigot oh whoa. a man nicknamed indian killer and sharp knife surely deserves a top spot on the list of worst u.s. presidents. i mean, we could keep looking up stuff. but i think that basically tells us all we need to know. i will take my hand off your shoulder. >> reporter: andrew jackson, you get an f. >> martin van buran. native americans. the force behind the trail of tears. no wonder you wanted me to sit down for this one. the indian removal act. that's not good. indian removal? and an act for it? the indian removal act of 1830 grant the president authority to negotiate treaties which as we know, the united states has violated all the treaties. he gets an f. is there such a thing as an f minus? i think he gets an f minus. it's just all bad. and my butt is cold. there is like nothing good that came from this. >> reporter: yep, that's right. nothing good. and things haven't changed much. the legacy of these presidents' racist cologne policies co

really, this took off by the tenure of john quincy adams and andrew jackson. that is when the kitchen garden really got going. what i find very interesting, i hope other people do as well. i was able to track down the receipts for fruit and vegetable seeds purchased during the lincoln administration. >> can people eat today why american presidents and first ladies eight? >> absolutely, it is good to have a list like that from any american president, it is great if you can have it from abraham lincoln. today you can still purchase all matters of fruits and vegetable seeds, beats, turnips, lettuce, cabbage, beats, the like of that. you can purchase those online for specialized seed growers, i believe as a treat to those attending the event in person, in picking up their boxed lunches there is going to be a type of seed that would have been grown at the white house during the 19th century. >> that is a wonderful legacy, it is in our backyard. i live in washington d. c., same house for 40 years. my husband always had a big vegetable garden. it was only during the

andrew jackson, senator henry jackson from washington and congressman ron dingell from the state of michigan had introduced the environmental policy act, which is abbreviated as -- a little aside here. those of us who were new to the agency were given documents called frequently used acronyms. the document was 30 pages, two columns, parted on both sides of the paper. those were the frequently used acronyms. a lot of acronyms at that point. that piece of legislation was really, really important because it established two things. it established, number one, they go and forward any project was done with people doing the project had to perform on environmental assessment i do an environmental impact statement. it also established in the executive office of the president ceq, was the council on environmental quality. it was designed to serve in much of the way that the presidents economic council did, to serve and as an advisory board into the president and the white house staff on environmental issues. the bill passed by a huge bipartisan vote, which really was the way all throughout the 1970s t

hello, andrew jackson, the seventh president. looks like he is in "the eternals." it's a bird, it's a plane. it's super bigot. oh, whoa. a man nicknamed indian killer and sharp knife surely deserves a top spot on the worst list of u.s. presidents. whoo. we can keep looking up stuff, but i think that basically tells us all we need to do. i'm going to take my hand off your shoulder. andrew jackson, you get an f. martin van buren. okay. martin van buren, native americans. martin van buren, the force behind the trail of tears. no wonder you wanted me to sit down for this one. the indian removal act. that's not good, indian removal, and an act for it. the indian removal act of 1830 granted the president authority to negotiate treaties, which as we know the united states has violated all the treaties. he gets an f. is there such an f minus? i think he gets an f minus. it's just all bad. and my butt's cold. there is nothing good that came from this. yep, that's right. nothing good came with this. and really, things haven't changed much. the legacy of these presidents' rac

andrew jackson was divisive, abraham lincoln was divisive, ronald reagan was divisive, it is only after their victories that they bring the come -- they bring the country together. that's what president trump will do if we have his back. it is your personal commitment that will make this happen. cpac, leaders of conservative movements, we need to do that. if you think it's ugly today of what they have tried to turn this country into, you have not seen where it is going. thank you. let's make america great again. ♪ [applause] ♪ >> i feel completely inadequate because that was one of the best cpac speeches any of us have heard. i am going to attempt to ask questions of steve that you might want to ask. the first question of steve is, when did you wake up? >> that's interesting, the beginning of my awakening was the financial crisis in 2008. i saw a lot of what was going on in the middle east and a hostage crisis, i didn't like where the military was headed in that has lingered for decades. in 2008, my father had been a career lineman for the at&t company. i remember hearing, the littl

. >> reporter: the victims, all in lafayette square standing near the andrew jackson statue when a storm rolled through. >> i walked to the left of the statue as you're looking towards the white house. >> reporter: members of the secret service and park police jumping into action. >> immediately began to render aid to the four victims, which is very critical in helping with survivability. >> reporter: one expert describes the lightning strike as a six-stroke flash meaning that six individual surges of electricity hit the same spot within half a second. the storms in d.c. not the only severe weather. across the country in arizona this palm tree bursting into flames after being hit by lightning. heavy rain triggered flooding and collapsed the roof of this grocery store. these images show the damage inside. but the heat is the biggest weather story this morning, 70 million americans are under heat alerts. record temperatures near 100 are possible again in the northeast and it will be even hotter in the middle of the country from texas to north dakota. in the west the hot and dry conditions

he went on to say, a second rank are benjamin franklin, alexander hamilton, andrew jackson, of second rank. so this is the way theodore roosevelt understood ulysses s grant in 1900. i am so pleased that in 2022, we are restoring him to his rightful place. as my editor said, when we talked about doing a grant biography, don't you think grant is due for an upgrade? >> yes he is. thank you very much. [applause] >> doctor white, you are as good a storyteller in person as you are when you read the book. president grant comes alive, both in the challenges and in the opportunity. today we gather as part of our understanding of public memory, the capital historical society is dedicated to ensuring that our public memory is presented in a way to inspire informed patriotism. mr. blunt in, thank you for your work. thank you for your creation, and dedication to recreate the statue to the glory it belongs. we think senator blunt for sponsoring us to be here, for sponsoring the legislation. we thank senator brown, congresswoman anne wagner, and we thank each of you. this event would not be here if

he went on to say, a second rank are benjamin franklin, alexander hamilton, andrew jackson, of second rank. so this is the way theodore roosevelt understood ulysses s grant in 1900. i am so pleased that in 2022, we are restoring him to his rightful place. as my editor said, when we talked about doing a grand biography, don't you think grant is different upgrade? >> yes he is. thank you very much. >> doctor white, you are as good a storyteller in person as you are when you read the book. president grant comes alive, both in the challenges and in the opportunity. today we gather as part of our understanding of public memory, the capital historical society is dedicated to ensuring that our public memory is presented in a way to inspire informed patriotism. mr. plantain, thank you for your work. thank you for your creation, and dedication to recreate the statue to the gloria belongs. we think senator blunt for sponsoring us to be here, for sponsoring the legislation. we thank senator brown, congresswoman and wagner, and we thank each of you. . this event would not be here if it was not fo

alexander hamilton andrew jackson of second rank so this is the way theodore roosevelt understood ulysses s grant in 1900 i'm so pleased that in 2022. we are restoring him to his rightful place as my editor said when we talked about doing a grant biography don't you think grants do for an upgrade? yes, he is. thank you very much. dr. white you are as good a storyteller in person as you are when you read the book. president grant comes alive both in the challenges and in the opportunities today we gather as part of our understanding of public memory the capital historical society is dedicated. to ensuring that our public memory is presented in a way to inspire inform patriotism? mr. blanton, thank you for your work. thank you for your creation and dedication to recreate this statue to the glory it belongs. we thank senator blunt for sponsoring us to be here for sponsoring the legislation. we thank senator brown. congresswoman ann wagner and we thank each of you. this event would not be here if it was not for the incredible dedication of the staff. united states capitol historical society i

i believe it is important for us to maintain that respect for a rule of law that ever since andrew jackson refused to carry out jon marshall's opinion saying northern georgia belongs to the cherokees but instead sent troops to evict the cherokees that we have made progress in that respect. and how to continue to make that progress and how to not to retrofit is the question i raise. it is not a question i can answer. i have a few ideas about it. but they are certainly not gospel. what i can do though is i can go back and say i want to tell you how i have seen this institution in some detail. with some history, with some explanation of the word politics in the elaboration to which it isn't to the extent to which it isn't. and the suggestion of things that might be done. see what i know you did it in your book and i want to get a couple from her audience here this is from david who was watching on zoom. onset of the justices conserve the many actions the republican party is taking nationwide to lessen voting rights and even throwing out legally cast ballots? rex we are concerned. my job as a

so bob, talk to us a little bit about andrew jackson, john quincy adams who was at first and there's a difference between them. cliques quincy adams was the first it was after he was president. to be a member of the u.s. house of representatives. he traveled to massachusetts we got to baltimore, the railroad had just started because to go by horses. he had where they put up on a flat car and hauled in about 7 miles from baltimore and then they lowered his horse and wagon off the flat car and with the rest of the way on the road. since the first piggyback operation that piggyback means placed on flat cars and when they get where they are going they fix them up and take them off the flat car. very few people know that first piggyback operation took place in 1840. it was the first sitting president to ride a train. he went to maryland by horseback and when he started back he had a crossing and they had railroad cars the call steam cars because the steam locomotive was part of the train. he got in the steam car and road several miles back. and he was astonished the train was traveling so

jackson. luck pressed. oh, come on. kennedy: nope, you -- >> outrage. kennedy: chris, president obama declined this gift from a local leader from a visit to columbia. was it illegal drugs, a house of columbia, a pornographic catalog, or a pet donkey? visit to columbia. >> i'm going to say a pet donkey. kennedy: yes, that's right. did you press your luck? >> i did. i thought we were all pressed. kennedy: no, you have four points now. good job, buddy. you have four points. press your luck here, scott, no matter what. okay. that's just the rule. while in office, president trump had the highest net worth of any u.s. president. adjusted for inflation, which president had the second highest net worth? was it george washington, john f kennedy, herbert hoover or bill clinton? adjusted for inflation. that's the keyword. >> yeah, definitely george washington. kennedy: george washington. george washington. i wish i could say other words. >> trying to think of something funny to say there. kennedy: george

jackson, abraham lincoln, warren hardy, franklin roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, and george h. w. bush. and of a presidential's house -- johnson. he's the author of the president travels by train, politics and moments. now i would like to introduce our special guest today, bob withers., he's an author of course, he has written this book, which is the subject of our discussion today. the president travels by train. it was actually his first of what

that's when writers tried to tear down the statue of andrew jackson outside the white house, and so i went covered that. really as soon as i landed right? i'm checked my phone. i was like, oh shoot. okay, i guess i got it. i went home change and headed right back out the door right to cover that so so it kind of so around like late july early august i was thinking about it. i was saying along like well, i've been at a lot of these places already and i've been at the front lines of all this and we always in a way you attracted his media coverage. you didn't have to keep a journal of it because you were sending dispatches through social media and through town hall media and also through live hits on fox news covering this so you already had kind of an an outline and you didn't have to go back and remember everything that happened because you were documenting it as you went. kind of yeah, and and i obviously didn't give every my new detail like i kind of doing the book and even then it doesn't go over every single step. i took just because there was kind of a sameness to to all that in t

we should be not only taking down the traditional heroes like andrew jackson, theater roosevelt, but we should be giving younger people in alternate set of heroes. instead of theodore roosevelt, tell them about mark twain. mark twain, everyone learns about as the author of " tom sawyer and huckleberry finn" but we don't learn about mark twain as the vice president of the anti-imperialist league. we are not told that mark twain denounced theodore roosevelt for approving this massacre in the philippines. we want to give young people i deal figures like helen keller. everybody learns about helen keller. the disabled person who overcame her handicaps, became famous. but people do not learn in school, young people do not learn in school what we want them to learn when they do books like the young peoples of the united states. helen keller was a socialist. she was a labor organizer. she refused to cross a picket line that was picketing a theater showing a play about her. there are these alternate heroes in american history. there is fibula hay her, bob mozer, a lot of people who are obscur

andrew jackson died and said the president have to become an ordinary in sheet, or is that an article to read that's what for the house of windsor to do those things are in a separate head of state and head of government. therefore the ceremonial secretions gathered around the office of the presidency and made it hold more claim presents and swollen area. >> why you think we still have the presidency, is it just the easiest thing to talk about ? >> it's the easiest thing to talk about. modern technology helps . first radio which i think when we get a little more distant people in radio was actually a more fundamentally revolutionary change and television . because radio gave us , was crucial to the not departed. one of the first things they did is when he got in was make radio cheap where everyone could have a radio. radio made the bully pulpit residents . when was the first set down to give his first fireside chat, he began with two words that do not appear fixed. they were my friends. try to imagine george washington saying my friends. or calvin coolidge to pick another of my heroes

jackson, abraham lincoln, juan harding, franklin roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, and george h. w. bush. and of a presidential spouse, johnson.

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jackson, right in the middle of the park, many, many tourists as you know come to this park, all the time, just to see the white house and to be close to it. we don't know the circumstances of them. we know two other people were knocked down at the same time. the good part about this was that u.s. park police and secret service were right there and they rushed over when people started saying there are people down out here, they were getting medical attention almost immediately and rushed off to hospital, but this is the power of lightning that it nonetheless did this. there were two national guard members hit in the same park a couple of years ago. they were injured, but not obviously that seriously. and they were able to recover from it. but it really was one of those circumstances. when this storm blew up, at the end of yesterday, it truly happened so quickly, it is easy to see how anybody local or visitor could be caught out. and it is also easy to see how truly you're there five minutes earlier, you're there five minutes later this might not have happened but it did with devastat

jackson was a period of possibilities and of problems. it was a time in american history when many of the big questions about what the nation would look like who would hold power and what kind of spaces and values would define the country. remained very much in question. and so last class we talked about america's transition to capitalism. and we talked about how this economic transformation was linked to changes in the labor market in banking systems in the rise of corporations, and we looked at how these transformations were particularly affecting for young women like mary paul the worker in the lowell mills in the 1840s. so today we're going to continue our conversation about how economic changes affected america's urban centers its cities and we'll examine how questions about the national built environment and access to material resources like goods land and money came to a head in america's growing urban landscapes both along the east coast in places that are familiar to us, but also in growing midwestern cities between the 1790s and

jackson grow the court in the wrong direction, that might have threatened reconstruction. >> one of the original proposals for reform in the court along with the packing was to designate different districts for each of the justices, right? they would come from nine different parts of the country and all that. they would actually limit roosevelt, trying to think of two people. wasn't robinson from one place? arkansas or something? somebody came from another justice, he had to be ruled out. that was one of the ideas to trying to get the justices picked from different parts of the country. we have a question from princess michelle, your highness, do you have any information on how president fdr celebrated the american holiday thanksgiving. my mom and dad were born here during his term of service in the usa. my mom was born in the american holiday thanksgiving. i can answer a little bit of this. for many years, fdr would celebrate thanksgiving in palm springs, georgia, after the rehabilitation center for polio that he created down there. he bought an old rundown stall and created the wo

it's interesting that lincoln looked back and how depending on his wall of andrew jackson, of all, people from the other party. one time, when someone said, well, we should compromise -- there is no jackson in! that he too was reaching back to get ideas from the past. >> thank you. the gentleman there? >> hi, i wonder if the other top two presidents -- if you could give us one or two of the top lessons on leadership you draw from both of them. >> well, yeah. i would say one clear virtue or gift that both had set in motion their ability to lead and to draw people to their causes. that is an extraordinary ability to communicate. it was the perfect man for his time. in that lincoln, he was probably the greatest -- easily the greatest writer among presidents. he made sure his words were spread far and wide. roosevelt was a modern media president, he mash third -- the monster the electronic media that blossomed and became radio networks during roosevelt's presidency. people thought he was on the radar all the time, they're only 28 fireside chats with enormous impact. both were fabulous communi