roosevelt and barack obama. in 1910, shtheodore roosevelt delivered his speech. last year, president obama went to the same town in which roosevelt made his speech and spoke about the economy. this two-hour speech was filmed by the hudson institute in washington, d.c. is c-span ready? good. get underway. good afternoon. aim bill shambra, director of hudson institute s bradley center for philanthropy and civic renewal. christie mcintire and i welcome you to today s panel discussion called osowatamie then and now. the title of today s panel osawatamie then and now, i confess, may be a bit misleading. if you re expecting a pageant with our panel reenacting scenes, you ll be sorely disappointed. i tried to talk them into it but it was a no go. just a little over 100 years ago on august 1st, 1910, former president theodore roosevelt mounted a kitchen table on the grounds of the 2 22-acre state park. he was helping to dedicate john brown state park and delivered what has gone dow