He had been Harry S. Truman's "veep" -- the oldest man to take the office -- and he died while making a speech at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia
Wow, that is really a rare strange occurrence. It was caught on tape way before the masses of cell phone recordings of today. His statement was a powerful populist message, what a way to go. We need more like him today.
@PC-dc1kv
11 жыл бұрын
Words to live and die by! A fitting end for a great and humble man.
@mgusek555
12 жыл бұрын
Dying to thunderous applause for what I said...I'd like to go that way.
@colecathcart1216
7 жыл бұрын
My best friends Grandfather was at his feet when he hit the floor. He can recite these last words perfectly. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
@RozeyH
6 жыл бұрын
Wow, what amazing last words!
@Nominay
9 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Would have loved to have seen video of this.
@hankbarkley2771
11 жыл бұрын
We just had the Robert Barkley reunion today in Denver, NC. We have photos of Alben Barkley attending the reunion many years ago. He and his family are from our line in NC before they moved to KY. I had never heard this clip. Thank you!
@caseybarkley3305
7 жыл бұрын
Hank Barkley Hey we are related I live right outside of Denver haven't been to a reunion since I was a child tho.
@marilyntempleton
10 жыл бұрын
Powerful statement isn't it!!
@briank06261973
5 жыл бұрын
Profound last words...
@That_Random_Bloke
3 жыл бұрын
Good Lord, what a moment
@MusicProjectX
12 жыл бұрын
Awesome last words. You should put this under better tag lines or you will never get many hits on this, which is a shame because I bet this would get a million hits in a month with the right ones.
@rachaelchere3319
4 жыл бұрын
It does need more publicity!
@NickGerse
5 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I wasn’t aware this happened, I live near W&L.
@Judahoob
9 жыл бұрын
i like this guy a lot
@Treechris23
11 жыл бұрын
I'm sure he will! Amen, Alben Barkley!
@aceofheartss1972
7 жыл бұрын
This was published on my birthday
@aretee3
2 жыл бұрын
The Lord answered, and took him home. Pretty simple me thinks. I should be so lucky.
@oneworldgovernment9723
6 жыл бұрын
R.I.P
@crimsonified
2 жыл бұрын
Is there footage of this? Sorry for asking, might not be the best time to ask but i’m curious.
@keith7282
2 жыл бұрын
My great grandfathers sister was his wife. I have an article from the newspaper that day
@keith7282
2 жыл бұрын
And my Great grandfather was a good friend of his obviously since his sister was married to him. My great grandfather Edgar Ruffin Brown also stormed San Juan hill with Teddy Riosevelt
@earthball2024
2 жыл бұрын
@@keith7282 wait what. Really?
@earthball2024
2 жыл бұрын
@@keith7282 jane r. barkley?
@keith7282
2 жыл бұрын
@@earthball2024 I don’t know if that can be right. My mother was raised by her grandfather and grandmother in Tuscumbia Al, they were long gone before I was even thought of as my mother is 90 and had me when she was 43. So my great grandfather DID storm San Juan Hill with Teddy but I will have to ask her how we are connected tomorrow. Because I have the newspaper article from Kentucky the day after he died. It’s in tatters in a bag. But I could swear it was his sister which would have been my great Aunt. But his name was Brown. But we have a picture somewhere of them together and my mom had quoted what he said before he died. I had no clue who he was. But I will ask her again tomorrow and let ya know for sure. That stuff is always interesting to me. She was going to give his VFA hat which we now call the VFW to our local VFW. It has an index card with what he had done and I said no I’ll take it. I should give it to them because it’s just put up here lol
@g0-b0y90
4 жыл бұрын
Had no idea this was a thing that happened
@hzq-yg8bj
4 жыл бұрын
It's crazy that so many famous senators were there at the time including Strom Thurmond which is weird because he served until the early 2000s
@CadillacL
12 жыл бұрын
wow. :(
@kurtkarkey4342
3 жыл бұрын
That was David Brinkley on the commentary
@bananielrush8602
6 жыл бұрын
Family
@joecole5643
7 жыл бұрын
The commentator sounds like David Brinkley. Does anyone know if I'm right
@anneff6613
4 жыл бұрын
WHAT!?
@Pizon
2 жыл бұрын
It sounded like people laughed when he collapsed. They must have assumed it was a joke because of the timing of what he'd just said.
@briankady1456
2 жыл бұрын
What I heard was silence after he collapsed. I doubt anyone was laughing then.
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