Truth. Rather than an elite class. Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the robert c. Byrd center for congressional history and education. I am the director here at the bird center. I thank you for joining us as we celebrate Constitution Day. Constitution day, as im sure many of you know, was yesterday. We are belated in celebrating, but thats ok. Before i get started i want to take a minute to recognize the passing of Cokie Roberts. Many of you were here in july when cokie and Steve Roberts very graciously came out and participated in an advent an event. Here on the stage to help us raise money for our internship program. We had a wonderful dinner afterward. They could havent been more generous and considerate. And so i just want to sort of say that, you know, our thoughts and prayers are are dedicated to them tonight. As we are Getting Started here, i want to gently rep mind you all to silence your cell phones. I would like to thank four seasons books for your support nd organizing the bo
Stepped out for the david you can take a peek around and see how they lived. He was probably the most famous painter from missouri, most famous in the 1930s, 40s, is known for doing a style of art called regionalism. A lot of the midwest rural scenes, he often paints. He paints American Labor scenes but it tends to be the rural aspect of it. His core belief was common art for the common man. He is an artist who becomes famous during his career, and fairly welltodo. Tom benton came from a political family. He was named for his great uncle senator thomas benton. Tom grows up surrounded i politics by politics. His father was a successful lawyer. A u. S. District attorney. When tom was seven his father was elected to the house of representatives. The family moves to washington dc for eight years. For benton, growing up in bc, then coming back to the ozarks every summer, that will be formative for him to experience those different worlds. This able to move in political, powerful orbit but a
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The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Board of Directors is thrilled to continue its long-standing tradition of honoring local students who excel in creative arts, with the announcement of 16 winners for the 2024 scholarship program. Each of the Miami-Dade County high-school scholarship recipients will be awarded a $3,000 check during a family-and-friends ceremony on Sunday,