In the book, The Partly Cloudy Patriot (Paperback) by Sarah Vowell, there is
an essay about presidential libraries. She visits the LBJ and Nixon
presidential libraries to see how they handled the downside (Vietnam,
Watergate) of their presidencies. She found that they put all the critical
information right out there because the public today demands it.
It is a fun book to read and her essays are well-contructed.
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Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Determining Importance
Recently I was able to tour the Hermitage, Andrew Jackson's home outside of
Nashville, Tennessee. I had read Irving Stone's The President's Lady years
ago and thoroughly delighted in the opportunity to walk into history a bit.
However, I was so disappointed by the museum. A great deal of display space
was devoted to slave life on the Hermitage, but try as I might, I could fins
so very little related to the Trail of Tears. When I asked a docent, they
pointed out one very small (think 5x7) plaque with a brief blurb that
basically glossed it over BIG TIME. As a teacher of Native American
children, I found this insulting and was quite disappointed.
Lori
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