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    The Presidency and the American State

    What do John Quincy Adams, U.S. Grant, and William Howard Taft have in common? Political science professor Stephen Rockwell argued that their 19th century presidencies laid the foundation fo…

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    Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?

    Presidential love letters revealed little known sides of our chief executives in a book titled Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House. P…

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    Lech Walesa on President Reagan's Legacy

    Former Polish President Lech Walesa marked the 113th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s 1911 birth with a speech on the former president’s legacy, and his support of Poland and the Solidarity mo…

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    Presidential Trains

    Author Bob Withers talked about the trains that played a part in the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Warren Harding, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and…

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    The Court at War

    What was FDR’s relationship with the Supreme Court he created -- having appointed seven of nine justices -- and did the court reflect his wartime vision? Author Cliff Sloan provided some ans…

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    Presidential Scandals

    University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus discussed presidential scandals and how public reaction to them has changed over time.

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    First Ladies and Civil Rights

    From the earliest slave-holding first ladies to later champions of civil rights, there is a complicated history of American first ladies and race relations. The White House Historical Associ…

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    Mourning the Presidents

    This was a look not only at how Americans have remembered departed presidents, but at what those mourning rituals say about politics and culture. The White House Historical Association hoste…

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    An Ordinary Man

    Historian Richard Norton Smith talked about his decade-long look into the life of President Gerald Ford and his assessment of the man and his presidency, based on new interviews and thousand…

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    Richard Nixon - California's Native Son

    Author Paul Carter delved into Richard Nixon’s California roots for a deeper understanding of his journey from a Whittier law practice to the White House. The Richard Nixon Foundation in Yor…

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    President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies

    Marc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy’s Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was k…

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    When Harry Met Pablo

    In 1958, former President Harry Truman and artist Pablo Picasso spent time in each other’s company during a Mediterranean vacation. Author Matthew Algeo detailed what happened next - a story…

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    Calvin Coolidge's Legacy

    The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Library of Congress hosted a conference marking the centennial of the 30th president’s ascension to the White House. After President Warren Ha…

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    George Washington's 1796 Farewell Address

    Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), in an annual Senate tradition, read President George Washington’s Farewell Address. A public letter announcing his retirement after two …

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    200 Years of the 1823 Monroe Doctrine

    What is the Monroe Doctrine, and why does it define President James Monroe’s legacy? The National Archives hosted a conversation about Monroe’s 1823 annual message to Congress and its influe…

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    Dick and Pat Nixon World War II Love Letters

    The World War II correspondence between Richard and Patricia Nixon - he serving with the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific and she part of the war effort in San Francisco - recently was made pu…

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    Presidents in Comics and Cartoons

    The White House Historical Association and the Library of Congress hosted a discussion on how comics and cartoons have portrayed presidents. This was part of a day-long symposium on the Whit…

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    Hoover vs. Roosevelt

    Author Hal Wert detailed the political differences between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt over confronting German aggression and the humanitarian crises in Poland and Finland at the o…

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    Becoming FDR

    Author, journalist, and historian Jonathan Darman revealed how polio transformed Franklin Roosevelt into the man who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II. The Roosev…

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    Jacqueline Kennedy's 1962 Televised White House Tour

    First lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave Americans a televised tour of the restored White House public rooms on Valentine’s Day 1962. A reported 56 million viewers tuned into the CBS broadcast. Ja…

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