And now please welcome chief davidvation officer brown. [applause] david brown thank you very much. Ofcome to the closing lunch this conference. Reflect on time to all that the Preservation Movement has achieved over the last 50 years. Is also given us a chance to look forward and see how the work we are doing today will able to be here and participate in these conversations. Beingk forward to you involved in these conversations we aremonths ahead pleased to be joined by representatives of the American Express foundation. They have been at close partner of the trust. Story in thet history of preservation is the leadership provided by tim and richard and American Express. Some of theave iconic places and the hidden gems in america. As well as our pioneering work to engage millions of americans in preservation through social media. In 2011 American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation established the aspire award. It recognizes an emerging leader in the preservation field it highlights the promise and potential of emerging leaders. As a true champion of historic we are ensuring that the stories live on for new generations. We are pleased to recognize emily evans director of the right size cities initiative. Emily helps nonprofits take advantage of older at Historic Places as they plan for the future. Emily worked for the michigan Historic Preservation network. She spearheaded an unprecedented smartphone survey of nearly 1800 Historic Properties in detroit neighborhoods. The results are helping to inform strategic demolition and reinvestment decisions. She is an active member of the preservation rightsizing network. Work she is doing represent the future of the Preservation Movement. We are delighted to honor her here today. [applause] mckleinman. Ome tim [applause] tim thank you. It is a real pleasure to be partnering with you and david. On many initiatives over the last 10 years. And webeen our pleasure love our partnership with you. It is now my pleasure to welcome emily to the stage to present her with the aspire award. On behalf of my colleagues and American Express, we applaud you for your work helping to reinvent legacy spaces. [applause] [applause] see so many to young people at this conference. You are the future of Historic Preservation. Andhanks to all of you congratulations to emily. To ensure that the movement continues, we need to cultivate the next generation of preservation champions. And be thee flag voice of places that history cannot afford to forget. We are going to hear from sally jewell. She is one of our greatest allies. As a caretaker of 20 of americas public lands. More than 400 units of the beloved National Parks. She and her team have implemented an ambitious agenda to expand access to the National Parks. Encouraging more young people to work and play and serve in parks. The secretary also has set a number ofcrease the volunteers to one million annually by 2017. Rolenizing the essential that volunteers play in parks stewardship. We thank you for your leadership. The find your Part Campaign to discover that a park can be, to share your experiences with each other and to support those treasured places. Celebration ofrk its centennial is coming up. The department of the interior was given money to build partner coalitions in 50 u. S. Cities. To increase Public Awareness of the need for volunteers in parks. As of today American Express has more than doubled its commitments to Historic Preservation in National Parks. Bringing the total to more than 13 million. [applause] this increased investment strategy. Additional programming to drive increased volunteering. Through partnerships with the student conservation association. We have rallied a Diverse Group of volunteers including students and military veterans who are committed to conserving and servicing our National Parks. We have made new investments to ensure that important Historic Sites in National Parks are preserved for future generations. I would like to share some of those plans with you today. More than 1 million in preservation grants that are being awarded to support the restoration and preservation of five National Treasure sites that are in or adjacent to National Parks. These sites are inch cliff ,tadium in paterson new jersey the Pullman Historic District in , the Painted Desert Community Complex in arizona, and the Martin Luther King National Historic Site in atlanta. Site will be announced at a later time. We are going to do another announcement of that site in december. So youll have to wait for that. The National Parks have been selected as the focus of our partners in preservation program. We created with the National Trust, it invites Community Members to vote for which Historic Sites should get funding in their communities. To ensure their continued vitality. Taking place during preservation month in 2016. The sites will compete for 2 million in funding. Winners will be selected by the popular vote. I will show you a video about the program. History is a living breathing thing. Taking on new meaning with each generation. Expressing itself through people. What if we stopped appreciating the past . Disappearede places and their stories went silent. Lets make sure this doesnt happen. We help people explore places and connect to history. And cast their vote for sites to win money for historic it preservation efforts. In 2016 partners in preservation will celebrate the centennial of the National Park service. 25 sites in our National Parks. Engaging the public as partners to preserve the past for current and future generations. Showcase 25 sites from sea to shining sea. They will compete for preservation funding provided by American Express. Promoted by national geographic. [applause] [applause] [applause] tim so watch for that program. The voting will take place in may 2016. Recognize will as well as Christie Gibbons and tammy abraham. [applause] we hope that you will join us in this campaign. If you havent already, go out and find your heart please welcome National Trust president stephanie meeks. [applause] stephanie thank you tim. Luncheono the closing of this conference. The diversity summit on wednesday to our field sessions. We have made more than 200 visits to capitol hill just this week. Thank you for carrying our message to your state delegations. I want to take a moment to recognize the team at the National Trust who is responsible for putting on the conference every year. [applause] directly to recognize and thank our supporters. The National Park service, the kellogg foundation. [applause] American Express has been a very for thispartner foundation over the years. They are the founding presenting partner of our National Treasures program. They have worked with us on other initiatives. It is my pleasure to introduce our keynote speaker. As head of the department of the runs the sally jewell largest Preservation Organization in the world. She oversees an agency of more than 70,000 employees which serves as a steward of more than 20 of the land in the United States. Parks, wildlife refuges and beyond. Historic preservation is very much part of their portfolio. Than 400 units of the National Park service, there are 27,000 Historic Buildings and 3500 historic statues and monuments. 2 million archaeological sites. Million museum documents and objects. Secretary jewell oversees all of these. She has been deeply committed to this important work. She helped develop a series of very forwardlooking recommendations for the National Park service that included assuring that all americans are able to recognize themselves and their stories in the National Park system. That has been a theme of our conference. She has translated that commitment into action. She and her predecessor ken salazar has helped president obama use the Antiquities Act to establish or expand 19 National Monuments across the country. [applause] these are places that tell the stories of all americans. They historic pullman neighborhood in chicago, fort monroe in virginia. National chavez monument and the Harriet Tubman National Monument. Several have been included in the Conservation Land system. She has championed the blm program that is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. This administration has protected more than 260 million acres of public lands and waters. More than any other president in our history. [applause] secretary jewell has been a strong proponent of initiatives diverse places. She requested an additional 33. 5 million for the Historic Preservation fund. To support a civil rights initiative. This includes 30 million for a competitive grant program. She has asked to continue for a dollarsar the 500,000 for listings for women, people and lgbt americans who are currently underrepresented on the National Register. She has also had a very strong and ournt to our tribes tribal lands. She has asked for increased funding for our tribal Historic Preservation offices. She is working to increase funding for Historical Survey work on public lands. To ensure that Energy Extraction is not unduly harmful. She knows the link between conservation and good jobs. These two things go handinhand. Approach the 50th anniversary of the national Historic Preservation act, we look forward to working with the secretary to ensure full funding for the Historic Preservation funding. [applause] just as the administration has fought for the land and Water Conservation fund. Secretary jewell served as president of rei, the Outdoor Equipment company. She is also an avid outdoors skiing,o enjoys kayaking and hiking. She has scaled Mount Rainier seven times. She climbed the highest mountain in antarctica. This is a woman that i have admired for many decades and it is my great honor to welcome her. [applause] [applause] secretary jewell thank you stephanie. It is a huge village in this country that does these things. You are all part of that effort. Thank you for making all these things happen. [applause] i was telling emily the administration has been very concerned about detroit. Every cabinet secretary got a call saying what can you contribute. Is it takes local understanding and local leadership to recognize what is at stake and to be a catalyst for change. [applause] i took a trip to texas. As the San Antonio Missions were inscribed as a unesco World Heritage site. It is pretty extraordinary that we have these incredibly intact San Antonio Missions from the alamo which is not managed by the National Park service and actually has been taken over by the state of texas and they are working to acquire some of the land around it like the ripleys believe it or not property so that it can be more appropriately in a context like the other missions are that are overseen by the National Park. Ervice that was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the history of our before english was a first language. At a time of the Indigenous People of that area were , alsoted to catholicism controversial topic. These are stories from our history. As i went into the San Antonio Missions i was greeted in the first room by a series of stories told by descendents of the Indigenous People of that area. It was a blending of the spanish culture and the Indigenous Culture of the region. Way that the park service is doing a great job of monitoring the complex history that is the story told in the san antonio mission. Is right up there with natural areas like the Great Barrier reef and manmade structures like the taj mahal. Thanks to those of you who preserved Historic Structures because places like the San Antonio Missions would not still be here for was in for people like you. Arishioners at those churches that was pretty exciting. In keeping the catholic theme going, you get to do some pretty cool stuff in this job. I was part of the parties agree an amazing he is individual that cares deeply about many of the values that we share. I have read his and cyclical on Climate Change and inequality and it speaks volumes to the kind of things we are doing in the department of the interior and the environment and the kind of things that we are working on in the administration. And there do matter is a lot of inequality. Where does the pope visit with the public . Of the three sites where i saw him, to a managed by the National Park service, the white house and Independence Hall. The other one was the capital. He went to a few churches. John jarvis and i had the privilege of greeting him and Independence Hall as he pulled up his pope mobile. He picked that building because it is the birthplace of our democracy. Birtheople would say the of true democracy without a monarchy. These are Historic Buildings. The white house is a historic building. I never forget the importance of that place. The pope chose those structures to convey his message, not his message about religion in his message about the world and what we need to do together to create a common environment for our home. Why think about the words Historic Preservation, they. Rent that catchy what you do is so much more than a stork preservation. Doing through Historic Preservation is you are telling the story of a community , you are defining who we are as a nation, talking about our struggles and journey. You are helping us understand who we are so we can pass that on. Gratitudeto express to all of you here in the room work this really important day in and day out. A shout out to my colleagues in the department of the interior. Job. Ve kind of a big half a million acres of public land and Historic Structures about 25,000 of them. Mickey many archaeological sites that we need to understand better. Working with native committees to protect longterm. Little of them many of them have little to no protection. 194 many, many Million Museum objects and archives. Theyre not always an structures they need to be and to make sure they are preserved longterm and that is something were working on with our friends in congress to support the kinds of hvac systems and appropriate storage. Toant to give a call out michael being, the Principal Deputy assistant secretary. That is euphemism for the assistant secretary of parks. He has not been confirmed because we have been trying to do that since on strickland left. Senate hasnt allowed us to have somebody into that job but michael is in the job and is doing a great job so thank you, michael. [applause] so, michael is the senior official dedicated to this effort on behalf of the department of the interior, supported by stephanie, the associate director of the National Park service. We can give her a run of applause. Lets do that. [applause] somethingl you that stephanie has done since the day i walked in his essay dont forget his store preservation. Thank you, stephanie. [applause] i want to call out wayne donaldson, the chairman of the Historic Preservation. That work is so important to the department in helping advise us, showing leadership on National Levels around preservation so thank you very much. [applause] represent a variety of different organizations and i wont read out the list. Let me read a couple that i will say really have been kind of a gathering of many of you that have spoken with a very powerful voice like the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the National Association of tribal officers, the National Conference of state Historic Preservation officers, the National Alliance of preservation commissions. Thank you all for the work you a voice to a lot of the organizations in this room. We couldnt do it without you. I will say that in this time when we are working hard to get a budget at least were not shut down, look at the bright. Ide we do have a bipartisan budget deal, which is pretty extraordinary and i do appreciate Speaker Boehner making that happen on his way out. We just dont have enough money. Plain and simple. For quite a number of years, the American Public said we dont want to invest in the commons in the way we used to. Privatet means is philanthropy and external support has gone from being the margin of excellence to the margin of survival. That in thes National Parks on day. We know that in the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It is these organizations that have stepped in to fill the void. I dont think he will go back to the way life used to be but i think one really important thing happening because of the engagement of a firms like American Express and the American Express foundation is that we are engaging a broader community. For American Express in tim announceden finder parkt of the camping, it was at another Historic Site. Somere working alongside folks doing cleanup of battery park. That is the launching off point to the historic ellis island. What American Express grant is people, engaging young fresh faces who will come up with a better name than Historic Preservation. So they feel ownership when they go there because they were pulling weeds and beautifying it in recognizing the native species planted there and indens that arent manicured the way many are in our cities. The naturalak to world in that very urban area for the generosity of American Express foundation has been phenomenal. 13 million you announced. The support for stewardship, for engaging an action or ration will pay dividends so much bigger than the 13 million eu invested so can we please give the American Express foundation a round of applause . [applause] an exciting time to talk about Historic Preservation because of the anniversary up of great ideas on what to do with these anniversaries and how to really soe these things we care deeply about forward. One is celebrate the accomplishments. His store preservation has been a huge success across the nation. Has strengthened our economy, created jobs, build communities are made sure communities that were on the cusp of being bulldozed are recognized for their value and protected for the future in a smart way. That dominated our conversation. I have a couple examples i want to give you. In historices are structures. One was just opening as i went to work for an employee. That was a denver flagship store. Have you been there . [applause] thats a historic structure. Place toery difficult retail, let me tell you. As a company, we invested close to 30 million. Even with that, we needed support in the form of tax credits to be able to make it work economically. Plant,originally a power then a railroad museum. We are convinced its haunted. Speak to the staff in they know all about it. You sense the history of the building and the character of the building and its importance in the history of denver as a power plant and a place the trolley cars were stored and later telling the history of railroads in denver. We found a great structure to tell the story of rei while blending the historic structure. Use is example i want to a much more recent one. Have you been to the new york rei store . Great. That is in a district of new york that was the hub of the printing and media business. There is a lot of things as we wanted to be right in new york city and in a building that upheld when new york was but also to tell the story of rei and we use that structure to tell the story as the heritage and our 75th year. A heritage of new york city and the printing business. If you go down to the kids section, to giant flywheels emerging from the floor. Historic tablets found when we were doing the renovations now mounted on the wall that shall board certificates and diplomas printed in that building. That printed birth certificates and diplomas printed in the building. This gave us a chance to tell our history and story in the context of the history and story of new york city. Stories thatouple should be celebrated as you think about how to personalize the work you do and why its important as you celebrate this 50th anniversary. Isond recommendation i have we also rise the Historic Preservation fund. Fully fund it. [applause] so i dont have to tell you that because you have been lobbying and you have your lines down and i can tell you how important that is. That same Visionary Congress that passed the land and Water Conservation fund also passed the national the stork preservation act the national Historic Preservation act. It should be fully funded. It has not been fully funded for the most part since its inception. Based on a couple concepts that as we take things from the earth, we should put things back that make our world better, that we mitigation for the impact are having through resource extraction. The grants that have gone out have made our communities more livable with more character across this nation than any other program. As i go to different places usually im staying in the emptiness in in the hampton inn. [laughter] they have free breakfast. Here,band and i get away try to find and someplace that tells the history of the area we are in. We might stay in a bed and breakfast in virginia at an Old Plantation house. Spent a we went and whole week in baltimore and spent a bunch of tourist money. Building where we could walk to the waterfront and go to an orioles game. Who knew . I didnt know the rich history of baltimore and how it has been known for writing for a very rioting for a very long time. Voices are that your critically important on capitol hill. I didnt understand how valuable making calls on elected officials from my community was until i was realizing what a difference it makes. If you vote for the people in congress, if they havent heard from you, they have heard from plenty of other people and is a lot of demand for money. Theres a saying someone told me not onthat if you are the table, you are on the menu. So congress should not have allowed the Historic Preservation fund to expire. We need to put pressure on them. Were you to do that and not going to stop until this is done so thank you for your efforts on capitol hill this week. [applause] thing i like to urge us to do stephanie alluded to this. We need to expand the story of america through the toric reservation preservation. I am new to washington, d. C. As a resident. I did a lot of walking to and from the department of interior and what do i see . A lot of white guys on horseback. Everywhere you look. White guys on horseback. We are telling a story in washington, d c that is one aspect of our history. That look around, we know the history of this country is incredibly blessed. I spent all day yesterday with tribal nations. This was the week of the tribal nations conference. A gathering of indian tribes. I have seen incredible history and culture being preserved by tribes but also some met is at risk of not being preserved if we dont act. Thats a story that not only is an opportunity to tell to increase the selfesteem and the recognition that Indigenous People in this country were the first people here before any of us by the way, thanks to adidas. To pay for anyed high school that wants to change its mass got mascot. So thats pretty cool. [applause] we have incredible stories shaped by women. Few of those are told by people of color. I was in massachusetts where the canals were dug by irishamericans. The railroad, the golden spike, the Transcontinental Railroad largely built by chineseamericans. The struggle of course from the civil war to civil rights. Africanamericans putting significant money in our budget. There are stories that may not have a site left still need to be told. Tohave a lot of work to do collectively find these places that tell these stories and find a way to tell them. Of john jarvis and stephanie and the team here from the National Park service is. Raise your hand. [applause] the park service is americas storyteller. Recognized that we are not doing a good enough job of telling the story so they have launched theme studies to focus on the american latino community. The asianamerican and pacific i was atmunity another monument where the shame of onlynment in hawaii certain japaneseamericans was lost to the jungle really because people wanted to forget that chapter. It was important to remember and its a good illustration. The japaneseamerican Community Working to uncover that in advocating for the sites preservation. The Lgbt Community a great visit last year to the Stonewall Inn on the anniversary of the stonewall riots, which was the only ldp d associated site designated as a national, historic landmark. The studies they launched to find other sites. Im proud to say thats not the only site. The henry gerber house was also added. As we continue to move civil , you will see out i dont remember the quote a statue of dr. King on it. We are on that journey together. Throughies we can tell places is a way for us to continue to move that journey forward where people feel valued for what they bring. The president when he announced the palm and National Monument and chicago. Its a place that tells the Industrial Revolution have a town where everyone had housing and the schools were integrated but the housing was very different depending on your race and position. A place where the very first africanamerican labor union was started. A place where there was labor unrest 30, 40 years before that. Theres so much history going on. Its really one building. Its a building that was lost to fire almost. It was supported by money from illinois now supported by a philanthropic contribution from the American Express foundation and the community. Because of that, these stories will be told. Im proud to announce that the National Park service is continuing this effort. We are awarding half 1 million to help document the Historic Places and underrepresented communities. The grant will survey and inventory new places, which is so critical. They get lost if we dont know what they are and we have great technology, lets use it to identify that. Minority communities remain significantly underrepresented on the national stage. This is another way we are committed to reversing that trend. Presentedthe tragic at the conference fell for the first time we have turned a corner on our trust and treaty obligations to our nations first people, acknowledging we took their land and in exchange, well them much we owed them much. We work hard we worked hard in this country early on to step out of the Indigenous Cultures but they are still alive and well. Being smart in school and being part of the new economy does not make you any less indian than being part of traditions. Ltural the history and culture will represent as a country gives us a chance to make everybody feel good about who they are and the place their ancestors were on this american journey. The national Historic Preservation act preamble makes a statement i think is good to close my remarks. The historical foundations of the nation should be preserved as a living part of community life. Where we came from shapes our pride in ourselves and in this nation. You are doing a great job of preserving that. Thank you so much. [applause] the 50th anniversary of the national Historic Preservation act and the 15th anniversary of the national Conservation Land system at the bureau of land management. Lets do it. [applause] do we feed each other pieces . [laughter] ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the closing luncheon. Thank you for attending the 2015 fastforward National Trust for a stork preservation annual. Onference Historic Preservation annual conference. This weekend, the cspan cities tour explores the history and literary culture of , massachusetts. It played a key role in the womans Suffrage Movement and was a major contributor to the Industrial Revolution and known for its innovators and commerce. We will learn about the life of henry george who published progress and poverty in 1879. Then we will visit the american and aquarian society. Next, we talk with jeanette bookwood and discuss her about the migration of africanamericans after the civil war. There were antislavery organizations. The county had one. Few societieste a organized as well. Is veryity that forwardlooking, progressive. Hall,will visit mechanics the building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It originally served as a Learning Center but also a platform for social activities, including womens rights rallies. The first womans Rights Convention happen before the hall open but after work, most people came here to speak. This was a central occasion and Mechanics Hall is where everything happened. Finally, we tour the Clark University special collections with dr. Robert goddard, best known as the father of modern rocketry to learn about his contribution to science. His first attributes and his in space travel first interest in a career in 1899. E to a day in he went outside with a saw and a hatchet and was meant to trim the dead branches off the cherry tree and he climbed the tree. I think he made himself a little letter to get up. While he was up in the tree, he looked down on the field around him and got how wonderful would it be to build some kind of a device that could leave the earth and maybe even travel to mars . Sunday afternoon at 2 00 in American History tv on cspan3. Working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. All persons having business before the honorable the Supreme Court of the United States will manage to draw near and give their attention. On cspans landmark cases, we look at the case on one of the most divisive issues to come before the Supreme Court abortion. Versus wade was decided in january 1973. It is a case that is controversial, constantly under and there is a question i suppose whether it will ever cease to be under scrutiny. On wantedrminate in pregnancy but unable to because of a texas state law, unmarried dallas carnival worker Norman Mccarthy agreed to be the plaintiff in the case that challenged that love, requesting she remain anonymous. The defendant charged with was dallashe ban County District attorney henry wade. Her case made it all the way to the Supreme Court. Roe, the pregnant woman, had gone to several dallas physicians but had been refused care because of the texas law. She filed suit on behalf of herself and all those women who have in the past at that present seekor in the future termination of a pregnancy. We discussed the courts decision, its impacted then and now. And melissa murray, professor at the university of california berkeley law school. At 9 00ive monday night cspan, cspan3, and cspan radio. For background on each case, order your copy of a limerick cases companion book available 8. 95 dollars 95 plus shipping www. Cspan. Org. Up next author and historian , shauna debine discusses her book, learning from the wounded. It examines the civil wars impact on medicine. She argues that medicine in the United States was antiquated and unprepared for the civil war but during the war developed new practices and standards for the care of wounded and coping with diseases. The Southern Historical association and the society of civil war historians cohosted this event. This event is about 35 minutes. On behalf of the 2013 Tom Watson Brown committee and the thad brown ex officio, we are pleaseded to report that out of 60 books submitted this year, no surprise to anyone here
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