In the Gallery: Mark Twain’s Presidents in Waiting April 18, 2009

Join St. Mary’s College of Maryland professor Benjamin Click on a special tour of the current exhibition “Presidents in Waiting.” Click discusses three vice presidents who ascended to the Oval Office, only to be subjected to the wit and wisdom of Mark Twain: Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur and Theodore Roosevelt.

Meet in the “Presidents in Waiting” exhibition, on the second floor of the museum. 30 to 40 minutes. Free and open to the public.

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