Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and good friends, our partners, the john w klug center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mclaurin, and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. And i see many familiar friends and faces here today and, of course, those who are joining us by cspan and through our own digital coverage. Its great to have all of you joining us here today as well. I want to recognize three of my colleagues who have been involved and on point for this many here at the association and have played a role in making today happen in these annual symposiums, which theyre actually a year long effort to put together. We start with a colloquium of scholars in the fall and focus on a topic or a subject with our partner in this case, the clergy center. And then that evolves over the course of the year
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and good friends, our partners, the john w klug center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mclaurin, and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. And i see many familiar friends and faces here today and, of course, those who are joining us by cspan and through our own digital coverage. Its great to have all of you joining us here today as well. I want to recognize three of my colleagues who have been involved and on point for this many here at the association and have played a role in making today happen in these annual symposiums, which theyre actually a year long effort to put together. We start with a colloquium of scholars in the fall and focus on a topic or a subject with our partner in this case, the clergy center. And then that evolves over the course of the year
Starting now on booktv the life, career and opinions of harper lee author of to kill a mockingbird. She moved next door to me and her sister alice in monrovia alabama for 18 months and spend time with the two women on a regular basis. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. Lets see if this microphone is hot. It is. Right on cue. Im with the alabama booksmith and on behalf of our dedicated staff of the books callers and this entire crew in the magnificent alabama theater and those at Penguin Press who published the book the literary world has anticipated for half a century it is my privilege and my pleasure to welcome a mockingbird tribute. We would also say a big high to the viewers on cspan. The audience enjoyed watching and hearing on the big screen the personal stories before the start of the main event. Each attendee has received a signed First Edition of the mockingbird nextdoor. Many of you wanted extra copies forou wanted extra copies for friends and gifts. They are available at
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