[inaudible conversations] all right everybody. Good morning. Ni im linda, washington beer chief of the Christian Science monitor. I guess today is ronna mcdaniel, chair of the Republican National committee. This is a first appearance at our breakfast and were pleased to have her as she represents the thirdr generation of the Romney Family to appear at our breakfast. I didnt know that. Her late grandfather michigan governor George Romney was her guest several times. And we are now over 3900, it was in 1966. Your uncle, mitch romney now senator from utah has also appeared several times. This is a special welcome to you. Now a bit of background and she grew up in michigan and got her start in the Family Business early by helping her Mother Campaign for relatives. She went out west to byu for college but came back to work on her mothers 1934 senate campaign. After graduating she moved to dc and work for a Political Consulting firm and eventually return to michigan, got involved in state po
Ladies and gentlemen the recipients of the National Humanities model. The Claremont Institute. Patrick oconnell, James Patterson. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Trump [applause] thank you very much. Please. The first lady and i would just like to welcome everyone to the white house, a special place, very, very special, no matter where you go in the world, this is one of those places that you never forget. This afternoon it is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts in the National Humanities model. Please join me in congratulating each of todays recipients on their truly phenomenal achievement. It is an incredible achievement and congratulations to all. [applause] with us today our Vice President mike pence, mike thank you very much, secretary steven mnuchin, secretary betsy devos, thank you very much that too. Chairman of the
applause applause first of all, i have to say, its nice to see familiar faces out here. Lots of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are here. Most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. As most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real good project, your spouse is the one who picks up the other stuff, and lark kept me organized, kept me going and made sure i did not lose too much focus of where i was going with this. So let me get started. The intention of my book is to let you know more about me in the beginning before i attended kent state, my introduction to photography, and the rest of the story starts with when i enrolled in kent state in march of 1969. I will give you a glimpse of the campus life i knew before may 4. The rest is about the photography of my experience. Thats me in the photo standing next to my mom looking up at my newest brother, rick. Thats rick. The clev
On the cover of life magazine. And he has published a book about his experience, moments of truth. Thank you for coming out tonight. We are hosting Howard Ruffner. During his College Years he was a photographer for the yearbook and newspaper. Moments of truth is a collection of more than 150 photos around the kent state massacre of 1970 in which four lives were lost. Without further ado, please welcome Howard Ruffner. [applause] Howard Ruffner first of all, i have to say it is nice to see some familiar faces out here. A lot of people from pasadena village and relatives. My daughter is here with my soninlaw and his parents. And people from near where i live. Most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. [applause] as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a big project, your spouse picks up the other stuff and laura kept me organized and going and major i did not lose too much of a focus on where i was going with this. Let me get started. Theention of my book intention of my
Ruffner talks about the photos he took on may 4, 1970s, when National Guard troops shot and killed four students at kent state ohio during an. Ntivietnam war protest a student and photographer at the time, one of his photos was used on the cover of like life magazine. Thank you all for coming out tonight. We are hosting photographer howard ruffner, who during his College Years at Kent University was a photographer for the yearbook as well as the newspaper. His book moments of truth is a collection of more than 150 of his photos surrounding the kent state massacre of the 1970s in 4 students lives were lost. [applause] first of all, i have to say, its nice to see familiar faces out here. Pasadenaeople from village and relatives. My daughter is out here with my soninlaw and his parents are. Ere most of all, i have to thank my wife for being here. If she will just raise her hand. [applause] mr. Ruffner as most of you know, whenever you endeavor on a real good project, your spouse is the on