Sounded ID: 9781950273041
ISBN: 9781950273041
Publication Date: August 05, 2019
Publisher: Author's Republic
Language: English
Author Name: William Seale
Narrator Name: William Seale III
Lafayette Square, just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, was once the most fashionable neighborhood in Washington. In its row houses and mansions lived cabinet secretaries, members of Congress, and many of the most memorable characters in the history of the nation. Presidents casually walked across the park in the middle of the Square to visit and talk politics with their neighbors. As in any neighborhood, there were friendships and romances, secrets and scandals. Eventually the old houses were allocated to other uses and plans were made to demolish them all until, in the early ...
Lafayette Square, just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, was once the most fashionable neighborhood in Washington. In its row houses and mansions lived cabinet secretaries, members of Congress, and many of the most memorable characters in the history of the nation. Presidents casually walked across the park in the middle of the Square to visit and talk politics with their neighbors. As in any neighborhood, there were friendships and romances, secrets and scandals. Eventually the old houses were allocated to other uses and plans were made to demolish them all until, in the early 1960s, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, new residents in the White House, prevailed—they were determined to preserve them.
# | Title | Duration |
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1. | 00TitleToLiveOnLafayetteSquare |
0 mins 31 secs |
2. | 00.1PrologueToliveonLafayetteSquare |
11 mins 46 secs |
3. | 01BricksMortar |
22 mins 36 secs |
4. | 02TraditionInnovation |
40 mins 26 secs |
5. | 03PastoralDays |
32 mins 30 secs |
6. | 04ThePlaceToLive |
42 mins 41 secs |
7. | 05TheSplendidSquare |
55 mins 16 secs |
8. | 06History |
41 mins 01 secs |
9. | 07TheGardenRenewed |
44 mins 17 secs |
10. | 08TheEndsBegins |
49 mins 35 secs |
11. | 09Resurrection |
47 mins 18 secs |
12. | 10Epilogue |
7 mins 44 secs |
13. | 00Closing--TitleToLiveOnLafayetteSquare |
0 mins 10 secs |
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