Im head of Government Relations and Public Policy at wells fargo and im pleased to be here with you today. Were pleased to serve for the 8th year as a charter sponsor of the book festival and even prouder to watch it grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event it has become. I wouldnt be surprised [ applause ] thank you. I wouldnt be surprised to see us move the needle on some best seller lists today. But its even more important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. Its real purpose is literacy which leads to learning and opportunity which helps our goal in succeeding. Learning to love books is what the book festival is all about. In this session, ron chernow will describe his biography and certain other popular founding fathers. One thing i learned from the story of president grant is how people can evolve and through persistence and hard work, acknowledge and overcome their imperfections. Its an incredible story that reminded me that a person can
I would like to welcome everyone to William Howard taft National Historic site. The significance of this house is this the birth and boyhood home of our 27th president. And our 10th chief justice, William Howard taft. The house was built around 1840, that is the time we like to use here. His parents were Alphonso Taft and louise taft. They came from the states. When alfonso left vermont he came here to cincinnati, ohio in 1838. He begins to work with a law firm, becoming a lawyer here in cincinnati. This is where he started to make money. Were prominent would laterwho leave downtown cincinnati and moved to the top here at mount auburn. Mount auburn was once referred to as cincinnatis 5th avenue. When the prince of wales came to visit he would stay in a home up here in the mount auburn community. This is where the welltodo got first established. Trying to get away from all the pollution and the slaughterhouses, thus getting the name porkopolis. Trying to get to that cleaner, healthier a
As the president of the freedom center, i am pleased to welcome you to this treasure in our nations life having to do with teaching and promoting and advocating for freedom. Museum is tof this reveal the stories of freedoms heroes from the era of the underground railroad up to contemporary times, challenging and inspiring everyone to take courageous steps for freedom today. In short, our mission is to champion freedom so all people everywhere shall and will live free. 2004 ineum opened in this building. The initiative to create the museum started in 1994 as a project of the local chapter of the National Conference of christians and jews who were celebrating the 50th anniversary. They asked themselves what they could do to memorialize cincinnatis great role in promoting the cause of the , freedom,d railroad and the abolition of slavery. They came up with this beautiful concept called the National Underground Railroad Freedom center. The underground railroad was a network of African Amer
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