So lets just have a conversation as we go on. A couple of housekeeping things to begin with. This weekend, for those of you that dont know, is the society of president ial descendants first biannual gathering, as i call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no such thing before till i created it. It and we have a partner ship with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done and sign of it is this roosevelt house here, which, if you havent had a sea bed to see, you havent had a chance to see it yet. Do walk around it. Youll each go who are staying for dinner . Well go to a different dining room. And the way thatll work is well have a Cocktail Reception in front of the house and then everybody will to their dining area and then as dinner finishes, well all come back in here where Doris Kearns Goodwin will receive the first biennial president ial historian award of society. And then she will
All. So lets just have a conversation as we go on. A couple of housekeeping things to begin with. This weekend, for those of you that dont know, is the society of president ial descendants first biannual gathering, as i call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no such thing before till i created it. It and we have a partner ship with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done and sign of it is this roosevelt house here, which, if you havent had a sea bed to see, you havent had a chance to see it yet. Do walk around it. Youll each go who are staying for dinner . Well go to a different dining room. And the way thatll work is well have a Cocktail Reception in front of the house and then everybody will to their dining area and then as dinner finishes, well all come back in here where Doris Kearns Goodwin will receive the first biennial president ial historian award of society. And then she
So lets get started. Do you mind if i sit . No. Okay, now there is. Im just afraid ill fall off front of this. Welcome to the panel of president ial descendants here. And were delighted to have the panelists. Ill introduce them in a minute. And i think the way well handle this is each well a few minutes and tell you what he or she wants to tell you about anything thats there and then. So its going to be very loosey goosey. And then when weve all had our word, well have an interchange amongst ourselves and with you all. So lets just have a conversation as we go on. A couple of housekeeping things to begin with. This weekend, for those of you that dont know, is the society of president ial descendants first biannual gathering, as i call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no such thing before till i created it. It and we have a partner ship with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done
So lets just have a conversation as we go on. A couple of housekeeping things to begin with. This weekend, for those of you that dont know, is the society of president ial descendants first biannual gathering, as i call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no such thing before till i created it. It and we have a partner ship with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done and sign of it is this roosevelt house here, which, if you havent had a sea bed to see, you havent had a chance to see it yet. Do walk around it. Youll each go who are staying for dinner . Well go to a different dining room. And the way thatll work is well have a Cocktail Reception in front of the house and then everybody will to their dining area and then as dinner finishes, well all come back in here where Doris Kearns Goodwin will receive the first biennial president ial historian award of society. And then she will
I to start out by thanking long island for all theyve done for the society of president ial descendants. This is a society of president ial event. But Long Island University is in partnership with the society. And they have really gone out of their way and provided all kinds of resources not only to because is the first meeting or, as i call it, of the society of president ial descendants, but also all the other things connected with the society and with the Roosevelt School, which will be hall this is its home. And you can see what a magnificent job theyve done on this house which if seen it six months ago was or even three months ago was a work site if if a work site and i urge you to walk around and look at some of the rooms. The idea this is its not a replica of its themed on the white house and the and so we are hoping this will become a major destination here in long long island. All of long island stood ins, people, parties, sorts of thing. So were really very very proud of it a