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"The American President" Film Series, a "Lunch and Learn" Opportunity
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Free. Free! Shown under license from PBSLocation:
Harry S Truman National Historic Site Visitor Center 223 North Main Street Independence, MO 64050Repeating Event
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12PM CT - 1PM CT
Description
Join us as we watch the 2000 PBS series "The American President." Each month, the American presidents and their stories are discussed in a thematic, rather than chronological, manner.
Each episode is about one hour. Bring your lunch, and enjoy it while learning about our American presidential history!
June, 2022--Episode 1: Family ties....John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Harrison, Franklin Roosevelt, John F Kennedy
July, 2022--Episode 2: Happenstance: John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Harry S Truman July, 2022
August, 2022--Episode 3: An Independenct Cast of Mind: John Adams, Rutherford Hayes, Jimmy Carter August, 2022
September, 2022--Episode 4: The Professional Politician: Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Lyndon Johnson
October, 2022--Episode 5: The American Way: Thomas Jefferson, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan
November, 2022--Episode 6: The World Stage: James Monroe, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, George HW Bush
December, 2022--Episode 7: The Heroic Posture: George Washington, William Henry Harrison, Ulysses Grant, Dwight Eisenhower
January, 2023--Episode 8: Compromise Choices: Franklin Pierce, James Garfield, Warren Harding, Gerald Ford
February, 2023--Episode 9: Expanding Power: Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Richard Nixon
March, 2023--Episode 10: The Balance of Power: James Madison, James Polk, William Howard Taft, Bill Clinton.
**Please note that during these presentations, the park film will be unavailable.**
You might want to track down a copy of the book that accompanied this series, edited by Philip Kunhardt. It is, unfortunately, out of print.
Shown under license from PBS.
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