You are in for more surprises this afternoon. S, ifirst speaker is ed ayre feel like he needs no introduction to the richmond community, but i will introduce him. He has received the National Humanities level from president obama at the white house and served as president of the organization of american historians and won the bancroft prize for distinguished writing in American History. He has served as the founding chair of the board of the American Civil War museum. Of americasfuture past, a Television Series that visits sites of memory and meets the people who keep those memories alive. He is the executive director of the new American History, and of course we all know him from a when we are driving around in our cars, as one of the American History guys. An online project design has promoted the student in all of seeo dive into history and it in new and unexpected ways. He is a University Professor and president emeritus at the university of richmond. Es. Ase welcome ed ayr [applau