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Matthew Gilmore, who edits a Washington, D.C., history blog, talked about the complicated and controversial building of a memorial to President James Garfield on the U.S. Capitol grounds.…

Professor Ralph Nurnberger talked about the stories behind and the historical impact of the assassination of President James Garfield. President Garfield had hoped to challenge pockets of…

Katherine Goss visited President James Garfield’s Memorial at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, and talked about the president’s childhood, presidential election, and assassination just months after…

In her book Candice Millard recounts the assassination of President James Garfield. The author reports that four months after taking office President Garfield was fired upon twice by Charles Guiteau on…

In the twentieth in a series on American presidents, scholars and historians talked about the life and career of James Garfield from his home in Ohio. Among the issues they addressed were…

Candice Millard talked about her book, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President. In her book she tells the story of the assassination of James A.…

A short summary was given of James Garfield’s accomplishments and life history.

Mr. Ackerman talked about his book, Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield, published by Carroll and Graff. The book examines President Garfield’s 1880…

Don Ritchie talked about the creation of the President Garfield Memorial in Washington, D.C. Date of interview unknown.

Presidential biographers talked about the challenges faced by three very different presidencies. Topics included Jackson’s search for a broader democracy in the 1830s, Garfield’s post Civil War service, and…

Programs about President James A. Garfield include: President Garfield Profile 68975-1 12/11/1995 Garfield Papers 151259-1 7/29/1999 Life Portrait of James Garfield 151093-1 7/26/1999 The…

John Sellers talked about President James Garfield’s correspondence and papers in the Library of Congress’s collection. He discussed some of the more interesting letters to his mother and…

In the second of an eight part series on the Ohio presidents, the life of James Abram Garfield, the 20th president who served from March to July 1881, was profiled. Historians, scholars and…

Donald Ritchie talked about the presidencies of James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur. He talked about the election of James Garfield, focusing on the political climate in America in the…

Mr. Ackerman discussed his book, Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield, published by Avalon Publishing Group. He described the politics…

Bill Garrison led a tour of the James Garfield monument at Lake View Cemetery and talked about its architecture and about the various artwork in the monument.