Granddaughter and her husband. [applause] welcome everyone. To the barnum museum. Is this anyones first time here . Welcome to the barnum family. Were glad to have you on this Beautiful Day in the bridgeport, connecticut. It is pt barnums last museum. He started in 1842 and this is his last gift. Not just to the city of bridgeport but to the Global Community we serve. Many of you are familiar with the museum. In 2010, we were hit by a tornado. And of the year after that it was hurricane irene and then super storm sandy. I want to give a set out to our delegation. We are about to embark on a major of that beautiful barnum building. Thank you. [applause] and then to add to that, our congressmen has been really working hard with us to get the barnum building on the National Register but we are in the process of being reviewed to become a National Historic landmark. Theres only about 2500 in this country and that is a significant thing. Its reasons why we are here today because we are stil
Good afternoon, everyone. I dont like to always shout people out at the very beginning that in walking right now is the great, great grandfather, eleanor and her husband. [applause] , it is always special to have them. Welcome, everyone to the Barnum Museum. I know many of you have been here before. Is this anybodys first time . Welcome. We are delighted to have you on this Beautiful Day in downtown connecticut. This is the Barnum Museum. It is in fact the last museum and as we all know he started the enterprise in 1842 and this is the last gift of just the city of bridgeport to the Global Community that we served. Many of you are very familiar with the museum. In 2010, we were hit by a tornado because that is the kind of stuff that happened to barnum. And then a year after that it was hurricane irena and then super storm cindy. I want to also give a shout out to the state of connecticut indoor delegation who really supported the 7 milliondollar bond reappropriation because we are just