It has captured the fancy of generations for 400 years. The president expresses the gratification of the nation. We are grateful for this loan from the leading artistic power in the world, france. In view of the recent meeting at nassau, i must note further it has been kept under the french control and that france has sent along its own commanderinchief. I want to make it clear as grateful as we are for this painting we will continue to press ahead with the effort to develop an independent force and power of our own. Scores of camera man record the event as the president ial party leads a tribute to the lady who will play host to the many, many thousands in the next three weeks. It acts like a magnet to art lovers and the curious. It is estimated by a curious statistician. The smile that has launched a thousand arguments. The painting is being exhibited under stringent security measures and wooden panels protected from damage in a temperature, humidity controlled case. Nearly 10,000 people filed by mona lisa the first day, making her by far the most popular hostess in washington, everybody wants to meet the new girl in wants to meet the new girl in town. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] good afternoon. Thank you for coming. Thank you for coming. I am so pleased to be here at the museum of the confederacy today. As kelly said, today is june 28, the day after winnies 150th birthday. I had a giant cake and ate most of it. It was very good. I am here to tell you her story on site. Would like ton, i thank the staff at the museum of the confederacy, sam, kelly, all of the staff here at the museum. Warthat the american civil center, penelope carrington, christy coleman, for all their help and support of this program. I especially want to thank my two friends melody carrington and sam crackhead