Ladies and gentlemen, please, speaker of the house of representatives, Kevin Mccarthy, senator fischer, governor of nebraska. James pilling, house democratic. Hakeem jeffries, representative adrian smith and Lora Lunzmann black Lora Lunzmann black. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable Kevin Mccarthy speaker of, the United States house of representatives. I know your but im more excited because this the first statue i get to do as being speaker. And if you followed took me a while to get there. Okay so this is special so good morning and you for joining us for this special in statuary hall. You know, every state since two statues of, extraordinary citizens, the u. S. Capitol represent them in washington. By law, the statues have to made of bronze or marble. But make no mistake the men and women we honor here are living symbols who represent our national memory, patriotism and our american creed. E pluribus unum. Out of many one, as one of americas greatest novelist will
Ladies and gentlemen, please, speaker of the house of representatives, Kevin Mccarthy, senator fischer, governor of nebraska. James pilling, house democratic. Hakeem jeffries, representative adrian smith and Lora Lunzmann black Lora Lunzmann black. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable Kevin Mccarthy speaker of, the United States house of representatives. I know your but im more excited because this the first statue i get to do as being speaker. And if you followed took me a while to get there. Okay so this is special so good morning and you for joining us for this special in statuary hall. You know, every state since two statues of, extraordinary citizens, the u. S. Capitol represent them in washington. By law, the statues have to made of bronze or marble. But make no mistake the men and women we honor here are living symbols who represent our national memory, patriotism and our american creed. E pluribus unum. Out of many one, as one of americas greatest novelist will
Ladies and gentlemen, please, speaker of the house of representatives, Kevin Mccarthy, senator fischer, governor of nebraska. James pilling, house democratic. Hakeem jeffries, representative adrian smith and Lora Lunzmann black Lora Lunzmann black. Please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable Kevin Mccarthy speaker of, the United States house of representatives. I know your but im more excited because this the first statue i get to do as being speaker. And if you followed took me a while to get there. Okay so this is special so good morning and you for joining us for this special in statuary hall. You know, every state since two statues of, extraordinary citizens, the u. S. Capitol represent them in washington. By law, the statues have to made of bronze or marble. But make no mistake the men and women we honor here are living symbols who represent our national memory, patriotism and our american creed. E pluribus unum. Out of many one, as one of americas greatest novelist will
For. Keeping. Good morning and welcome to the grand opening dedication ceremony. Celebration of the internet africanamerican museum in. Charleston, South Carolina. I am so honored be with you this morning. And as i look out into jacksons walk into harbor where over ten 100,000 africans first touched the soil of the United States. America right here where are seated. Its a lot lot. Yes. This location, one of the most prolific slaving warehouses in operation ins in history. But now, today, we reclaimed land and honor. The countless lives lost and enslaved with a monument to our history, our families, our heritage our contributions and our future the waters. The shores here are the same waters that connect us back to africa, the same waters which carried our ancestors and dreams, the hopes and dreams preserved inside the museum above us. And just as the water holds memory and brings alive tide pools behind you ebb and flow across the shadows. Those who did not make it beyond this site, bu
For. Keeping. Good morning and welcome to the grand opening dedication ceremony. Celebration of the internet africanamerican museum in. Charleston, South Carolina. I am so honored be with you this morning. And as i look out into jacksons walk into harbor where over ten 100,000 africans first touched the soil of the United States. America right here where are seated. Its a lot lot. Yes. This location, one of the most prolific slaving warehouses in operation ins in history. But now, today, we reclaimed land and honor. The countless lives lost and enslaved with a monument to our history, our families, our heritage our contributions and our future the waters. The shores here are the same waters that connect us back to africa, the same waters which carried our ancestors and dreams, the hopes and dreams preserved inside the museum above us. And just as the water holds memory and brings alive tide pools behind you ebb and flow across the shadows. Those who did not make it beyond this site, bu