Please welcome our honored guest, speaker nancy pelosi, accompanied by kevin mccarthy, sean clyburn, marco rubio, jared kathy castor, michael waltz, frederica wilson, president nancy r lumet and Lawrence M Drake the second. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] Speaker Pelosi it is my privilege to welcome you to statuary hall as we celebrate a pioneer pioneering patriotic americans. The pride of florida and america, dr. Mary mcleod thune. Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune. Please stand for the presentation of colors and the national anthem. Max holt. O say can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, o say does that starspangled banne
Hello a speaker of the house. It is my pri hello, as speaker of the house it is my privilege to welcome you all to the celebration of awe inspiring courage and resilience. Today we gather virtually to bestow congresss highest honor, the congressional gold medal, on nearly 3000 american heroes merrills marauders. Let us salute the family and friends who have continued to tell the story of these brave warriors, and advocated for the recognition they deserve. Thank you to the u. S. Army leaders joining us today, including secretary of the Army Christine mormoth and army chief of staff general james mcconnell. Let us recognize the members of congress who worked to make this momentous event possible, including the late senator Johnny Isaacson, who showed his Great Respect for our veterans through his the leadership of Veterans Affairs committee. A champion of marauders legacy and former congressman, peter cain, also ever voice for our nations veterans. Finally, thank you to all of those joi
Weekends on cspan two are an intellectual feast. Every satellite, American History tv documents america story. And on sundays, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan two comes from these Television Companies and more, including buckeye broadband. Buckeye broadband, along with these Television Companies, supports cspan 2 as a public service. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guest, speaker nancy pelosi, accompanied by republican leader, kevin mccarthy, janes see clyburn, senator marco rubio, jared kathy castor, representative michael waltz, representative found in the east, representative fredricka wilson, president and see a ribbon, and dr. Entering the second. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] as speaker of the house, it is my privilege to welcome to our statuary hall as we celebrate a pie in the year, pioneering and patriotic american. The pride o
Please welcome our honored guest, speaker nancy pelosi, accompanied by kevin mccarthy, sean clyburn, marco rubio, jared kathy castor, michael waltz, frederica wilson, president nancy r lumet and Lawrence M Drake the second. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable nancy pelosi, speaker of the United States house of representatives. [applause] Speaker Pelosi it is my privilege to welcome you to statuary hall as we celebrate a pioneer pioneering patriotic americans. The pride of florida and america, dr. Mary mcleod thune. Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune. Please stand for the presentation of colors and the national anthem. Max holt. O say can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, oer the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there, o say does that starspangled banne
Crown of a first lady historians of america, so starting with dr. Barbara perry. And while dr. Perry is walking up here. It should be noted that she just came out today with an article. In the publication the hill on first ladies in war and as as barbara said she she was inspired by the association. And she is the gerald bayless professor and director of president ial studies the university of virginias miller center. And currently serves on the board which we are very honored the board of directors of the White House Historical association. Joining her on stage our panelist. Dr. Diana carlin professor emerit of communications and many have called her the queen of communications at Saint Louis University and then we have dr. Catherine al gore who made a very fabulous statement earlier today in the session the president of the massachusetts historical society. And dr. Stacy cordary, which i understand is a british way to pronounce it and she is dennis and didnt denison von johnson endow