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Presidential historian, Pulitzer Prize-winner, and contributing editor at TIME, Jon Meacham is one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals. A regular guest on Morning Joe, he is known as a skilled raconteur with a depth of knowledge about politics, religion, and current affairs that allows him to keenly analyze how issues and events impact our lives. Likewise, as an historian, his research has a signature depth, enabling him to understand and articulate the unique circumstances of his subjects, while also capturing the heart and humanity of historical leaders within the political reality of their time. His latest Presidential biography, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, debuted at #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers list in November 2015. The Times review said his work “reflects the qualities of both subject and biographer: judicious, balanced, deliberative, with a deep appreciation of history and the personalities who shape it.” Meacham’s #1 New York Times bestseller, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, was hailed as “masterful and intimate” by Fortune magazine. His other national bestsellers include Franklin and Winston, American Gospel, and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009. Born in Chattanooga in 1969, Meacham graduated from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, with a degree summa cum laude in English Literature; he was salutatorian and elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He began his career at The Chattanooga Times and later worked as an editor at The Washington Monthly. From 1998 to 2006, he served as the managing editor of Newsweek and as the magazine’s editor from 2006 to 2010. The
New York Times called him “one of the most influential editors in the news magazine business.” Now a contributing editor at TIME, he writes for its Ideas section. Meacham is also Executive Vice President and Executive Editor at the Random House Publishing Group. He has appeared on Meet The Press, The Colbert Report, and Ken Burns’ documentary series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. Fox News produced an hour-long special about Meacham’s Destiny and Power in November 2015. Named a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum, he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a fellow of the Society of American Historians, and chairs the National Advisory Board of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University. Meacham is a Distinguished Visiting Professor of History at The University of the South and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Vanderbilt. Meacham first appeared at The Richmond Forum in 2009 with religious scholar Reza Aslan in a program centered on the role of religion in politics.
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One of The Richmond Forum’s most requested and admired speakers, Doris Kearns Goodwin returns tonight for her fourth appearance on our stage, more than any other presenter. A world-renowned presidential historian and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Goodwin is the author of six critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling books, including her most recent, The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. Winner of the Carnegie Medal, The Bully Pulpit is a dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive Era, a tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air. Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Studios has acquired the film rights to the book. Spielberg and Goodwin previously worked together on Lincoln, based in part on Goodwin’s award-winning book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, an epic work that illuminates Lincoln’s political genius as a one-term congressman and prairie lawyer who rose from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals to become president. The Spielberg-directed movie based on that work, Lincoln, earned 12 Academy Award nominations. Goodwin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History for her 1995 work, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, and is the author of the bestsellers, Wait Till Next Year, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, and The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, which was adapted into an award-winning five-part TV miniseries. Ms. Goodwin is well known for her appearances and commentary on television, where she is seen frequently on NBC, MSNBC,
CBS, ABC, FOX, CNN, The Charlie Rose Show, and Meet the Press. She has served as a consultant and been interviewed extensively for PBS and the History Channel documentaries on President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Kennedy family, Franklin Roosevelt, Abraham and Mary Lincoln, as well as Ken Burns’ The History of Baseball and The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. Goodwin graduated magna cum laude from Colby College and was a Woodrow Wilson fellow. She earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Government from Harvard University, where she taught Government, including a course on the American Presidency. Goodwin served as an assistant to President Lyndon Johnson in his last year in the White House and later assisted him in the preparation of his memoirs. Among her many honors and awards, Goodwin was awarded the Charles Frankel Prize, given by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal, the New England Book Award, and, most recently, the Carl Sandburg Literary Award. Ms. Goodwin is currently writing a book on presidential leadership.
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Inaugural Firsts George Washington (1789-1797) On April 30, 1789, George Washington took the oath as the first President of the United States. The oath was administered by Robert R. Livingston, the Chancellor of New York, on a second-floor balcony of Federal Hall, above a crowd assembled in the streets to witness this historic event. At his second inauguration, in Philadelphia, he delivered what remains the shortest inaugural address at just 135 words. John Adams (1797-1801) John Adams became the first President to receive the oath of office from a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (Richmond’s John Marshall). Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) Thomas Jefferson became the first President to be inaugurated in Washington, DC. The Marine Band played at the inauguration for the first time and has played at every inauguration since. Thomas Jefferson’s second inauguration hosted the first inaugural parade. James Madison (1809-1817) James and Dolly Madison attended the first
inaugural ball held on the same day as the inauguration. Tickets were $4 each. James Monroe (1817-1825) James Monroe was the first President to take the oath of office and deliver the inaugural address outdoors. His second inauguration was to fall on a Sunday. After consulting with Supreme Court justices, Monroe decided to hold the inaugural ceremony on Monday. This tradition has continued whenever Inauguration Day falls on a Sunday.
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) Andrew Jackson was the first President to take the oath of office on the east front portico of the U.S. Capitol, facing the Library of Congress and Supreme Court.
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James K. Polk (1845-1849) His was the first inauguration covered by telegraph. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857) On religious grounds, former Senator and Congressman Franklin Pierce chose to “affirm” rather than to “swear” the executive oath of office. He was the only President to use the choice offered by the Constitution. James Buchanan (1857-1861) His was the first inauguration known to have been photographed. (Below)
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) Lincoln’s procession to the Capitol was surrounded by heavily armed cavalry and infantry, providing an unprecedented amount of protection for the President-elect as the nation stood on the brink of war. African Americans participated in Lincoln’s second inaugural parade for the first time. James A. Garfield (1881) He was the first President to review the inaugural parade from a stand built in front of the White House. William McKinley (1897-1901) McKinley’s inaugural ceremony was the first to be recorded by a motion picture camera. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) Telephone lines were installed at the U.S. Capitol for his second inauguration.
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William H. Harrison (1841) Without a hat, coat, or gloves, and in the midst of a snowstorm, William Henry Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address ever at 10,000 words long. He died one month later from pneumonia.
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Herbert C. Hoover (1929-1933) His was the first inaugural ceremony recorded by talking newsreel.
Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977) Upon the resignation of Spiro Agnew as Vice President, Gerald Ford became the first unelected Vice President who then became President after the resignation of Richard M. Nixon.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) The 20th Amendment to the Constitution changed Roosevelt’s second inauguration from March 4th to January 20th. His third inauguration was the first and last time a President was inaugurated for a third term. (The 22nd Amendment limited Presidential terms to two.) Roosevelt was sworn in for a fourth term with a simple ceremony at the White House. At the height of World War II, there was no formal celebration following the event.
Ronald W. Reagan (1981-1989) Ronald Reagan became the first President inaugurated on the West Terrace of the U.S. Capitol, facing the National Mall. The two inaugurations of Ronald Reagan had the distinction of being the warmest (55°F) and coldest (7°F) Inauguration Days.
Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) Truman took the oath of office just two hours after receiving word of President Roosevelt’s death from a cerebral hemorrhage. Truman’s 1949 inauguration was the first to be televised.
Barack H. Obama (2009-2017) Barack Obama’s first inauguration had the largest attendance of any presidential inauguration in U.S. history, and the highest viewership ever of the swearing-in.
William J. Clinton (1993-2001) His was the first inaugural ceremony broadcast live on the Internet.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969) Following the assassination of President Kennedy, Johnson was the first and only president to take the oath of office on an airplane. Johnson’s 1965 inauguration was the first time a President rode in a bullet-proof limousine.
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Nate Parker discussed the importance of bringing the story of Nat Turner’s insurrection to the big screen in The Birth of a Nation, and its relevance to the ongoing struggle for justice and equality in America today.
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The Virginia State University Gospel Chorale performed Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray, the song that plays over the closing credits of Nate Parker’s film, The Birth of a Nation.
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Trinity Episcopal School advocates service to one’s community as an important aspect of individual character development and the creation of a strong community. These Trinity students, selected from the School’s Honor Roll, serve as pages for The Richmond Forum this season. Through their service, the students facilitate an exchange of ideas that broadens our understanding of the trends and issues shaping our lives and our community. Drew Acquaye Virginia Allen Dominic Angeli Caroline Bell Caroline Benedetti Hunter Benes Harper Bibb Seanpaul Coffey Ellis Credle Felicity Davies Lexi Flood Alexa Fojtik
Alexandra Geier Grace Gomes Katherine Grotewiel Anna Kelley Mary Kenzakowski Mary Kern Matthew Majikes Tolliver Mance Colin McManus Madison Michalec Julia Morton Connor O’Brien
Gabriel Parker Federico Parmeggiani Davide Parmeggiani Daniel Pelkey Griffin Phillips Elizabeth Rivera Logan Roberts Cameron Schofner Louis Smith Andrew Stevens Elizabeth Valentine Jordan Warner
Collin Winters Noah Yates Elizabeth Kelley, Advisor Maureen Mauck, Advisor Sarah McDermott, Advisor
The Richmond FoRum Welcomes The sTudenTs and FaculTy oF TRiniTy episcopal school in a special pRogRam designed To connecT The classRoom, The communiTy and cuRRenT evenTs. In AcAdemIcs We discover what motivates students and use that knowledge to challenge them In The InTernATIonAl BAccAlAureATe ProgrAm Academics with a world view provide a competitive curriculum in a dynamic environment In The communITy We celebrate the differences that make us individuals and the common ground that makes us a community WITh The FAculTy Building relationships based on mutual respect helps students realize their full potential dIscover your PATh AT TrInITy ePIscoPAl school 3850 Pittaway Drive, Richmond, VA 23235 • (804) 272-5864 www.trinityes.org
We are grateful to Dr. & Mrs. W. Baxter Perkinson, Jr. for their financial support for this educational program.
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