International, diplomatic and military history of the 20th century, in particular the era of the world wars and the cold war and in addition of the age eisenhower, hes author of the bitter road to freedom, a lib history of the liberation of europe which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and also a bestseller in the united kingdom. Following d. Hitchcocks remarks, ann compton will join d. Hitchcock for a conversation on this great biography and the 34th path of the United States. Anne is a pioneer of journalism in america. She was the first woman to cover the white house for Network Television and was on the air for 41 years with abc news. Her on geoffty and impact are unparalleled. Anns career at abc news spanned seven president s of the United States, 10 president ial campaigns. She anchored from the white house, from capitol hill and president ial travel that took her to all 50 states and six continue innocents and ann, and this is a very significant part of american and white house hist
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. This is one hour. My name is Jane Campbell and i am the ceo of the United States capital Historical Society. A position that i took an of february. It is new for me, and this is my first salute to congress. I am so glad the you are all here with me. And so, the first thing is for us to all rise as the Capital Police ceremonial unit will present our nations colors. Please rise. Please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you. Very much , you may be seated. I am honored tonight , as we gather to salute the 116th congress. To present to you when the most consequential political figures of our time. A woman who makes history every single day. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd speaker of the house of representatives. She made history in 2007, when she was elect
That professor aaron mason recently informed me that he will not be here and making a presentation, and, therefore, you should expect to hear three presentations instead of four. I trust that this may make sure that we have enough time for audience questions and participation at the end, which is a minor benefit from not getting to hear professor masons presentation. So well still try to use our 90 minutes effectively. All of the presenters have had to cut their presentations in order to fit our session. All of the presentations represent work in progress, which is exciting. Our speakers will present in the order in which they appear on your program, beginning with Michael Gunther. Professor Michael Gunther hails from historic lake george, new york. He earned his ph. D. In history in 2010. He is current professor of history at georgia gwinnett college, a fouryear institution in the suburbs of atlanta. Dr. Gunther recently published a journal article on the bordering of quebec in the 17
That im proud to be an american where at least i know im free and i wont forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her to the day there aint no doubt i love this land god bless the usa and im proud to be an american where at least i know im free and i wont forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her till today the right now doubt no doubt i love this land god bless the usa [applause] usa usa usa usa usa President Trump well, thank you very much. Thank you, gretchen. It is great to be back in the incredible commonwealth of pennsylvania. Great place. And this is my 13th visit to pennsylvania during my administration, which is more than any other president to this point in the term, and i really love pennsylvania, went to school in pennsylvania. Philadelphia. So we love the state. And i love the unions and i love the workers. When i built buildings in new york, i built them exclusiv
A good way. But to make sure that we have adequate time for everyone. So when you get to five minutes left, i have a fiveminute card and i will lay it up so you can see it and then three minutes and one minute so you can see where you are. So we have time for everyone. Im going to introduce each panelist as they come forward, because i found if you introduce them all at once people forget who they are. So i will begin with our first panelist who is john f. Polk. He received his ph. D. In mathematics from the the university of delaware in 1979. He served three years in the army, including a tour in vietnam. He is retired from a 45year career as a scientist and Senior Adviser of International Research collaboration at the u. S. Army research laboratory, aberdeen proving ground, maryland. He is currently the clan historian for clan pollock international and publishes short articles on Family History in the clan news letter. He has published two backs on historical topics, beyond damned qu