Anniversary of the National Historic perez indication act, an event hosted with parks director robert stanton. This is half an hour. Good morning. Welcome to the United States capitol visits center. My name is beth plemens. And have i the pleasure of being the centers chief executive officer. Were delighted to have you here today as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Historical preservation act. Our exhibits and Education Team have planned a full day of activities, and i do hope that you can fit those into your schedule, as many of those activities as possible. On december 2 in 2008, nearly eight years ago, we opened our doors to the public, and we have welcomed over 17 million visitors to the capitol. One of the themes that we share with those visitors is the role of the architect of the capitol. The architect of the capitol is the steward of the Historic Buildings and grounds on capitol hill. In 1800, Congress Left philadelphia and moved into approximately 25,000 squar
Anniversary of the National Historic perez indication act, an event hosted with parks director robert stanton. This is half an hour. Good morning. Welcome to the United States capitol visits center. My name is beth plemens. And have i the pleasure of being the centers chief executive officer. Were delighted to have you here today as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Historical preservation act. Our exhibits and Education Team have planned a full day of activities, and i do hope that you can fit those into your schedule, as many of those activities as possible. On december 2 in 2008, nearly eight years ago, we opened our doors to the public, and we have welcomed over 17 million visitors to the capitol. One of the themes that we share with those visitors is the role of the architect of the capitol. The architect of the capitol is the steward of the Historic Buildings and grounds on capitol hill. In 1800, Congress Left philadelphia and moved into approximately 25,000 squar
Hosted the event. It is a little over one hour. We are we are delighted divided to have paul saiti with us. The author of of arms and artists, he is the author of several books and essays on american artist. He has cocurated exhibitions at the metropolitan museum of art and the museum of fine arts in boston. He is the recipient of the National Endowment for artists. He is a twotime senior fellow at the met. He has spoken internationally on the intersection of american art and history. With that, i would like to welcome paul to the lectern. [laughter] thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here this evening. Good evening to you. I want to thank my hosts here at the tavern. And i want to thank my publisher, for publishing this book. Artists. D this is the book here. It is a hybrid book in the sense that it cap attempts to do a number of things at the same time. It is meant to be read by anybody. Anyone interested in 18thcentury america, the founding, or the revolution. I think you w
Hosted the event. It is a little over one hour. We are we are delighted divided to have paul saiti with us. The author of of arms and artists, he is the author of several books and essays on american artist. He has cocurated exhibitions at the metropolitan museum of art and the museum of fine arts in boston. He is the recipient of the National Endowment for artists. He is a twotime senior fellow at the met. He has spoken internationally on the intersection of american art and history. With that, i would like to welcome paul to the lectern. [laughter] thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here this evening. Good evening to you. I want to thank my hosts here at the tavern. And i want to thank my publisher, for publishing this book. Artists. D this is the book here. It is a hybrid book in the sense that it cap attempts to do a number of things at the same time. It is meant to be read by anybody. Anyone interested in 18thcentury america, the founding, or the revolution. I think you w
Fellowships and a twotime senior fellow at the met. He has spoken internationally on the intersection of american art and history. With that i would like to welcome paul to the lectern. [applause] paul thank you very much. It is a pleasure to be here. Good evening to you. I want to thank my hosts at the tavern and my publisher who is represented here by Sarah Tara Kennedy for publishing , this book. Of arms and artists, this is the book here. It is a hybrid book in the sense that it attempts to do a number of things at the same time. It is meant to be read by anybody. Anyone whos interested in 18th century america. The founding, the revolution. I think you will find many things in here that will be a revelation to you. This is an aspect of that era not previously treated. At the same time, i had been intending to appeal to professional historians. They might learn a few things. Certainly my colleagues might learn a lot from the book. This is my effort to execute a triple steal. The wor