Hello to the audience watching at home. Im the president and ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. Its my honor to welcome you to our east room. We would like to begin as we always do. Please rise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the National Anthem. Present arms. Oh, 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, thro 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. Oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave . [applause] please, be seated. We have a lot to do and a lot of special guests to thank before we get going tonight. You will hear in a couple of moments from Rhonda Johnson, the president of at t california. At t is the cosponsor of todays events, which have been going on sin
i am katherine malone-france, chief preservation officer of the national trust for historic preservation. thanks so much to the white house historical association for this wonderful symposium today. and for our ongoing collaboration to preserve the historic them decatur carriage house. i m here today to talk about the incredibly important role that first ladies have played in historic preservation. and to do so, may s national preservation month since 1973. we are in the midst of our we made history campaign. where women made important contributions to our country. a key component of this campaign is to highlight the central role that women, including first ladies, have played in the preservation movement itself. the honorary chair of this campaign is former first lady laura bush. a great first lady today, our panel will primarily discuss the role of three first ladies. mrs. kennedy, mrs. johnson and mrs. nixon. in the preservation of the white house. i do think it is als
gilman is a scholar of 20th century presidential history whose two prior books have documented the congressional and vice presidential periods of richard nixon s life. and his third entitled the campaign of the century kennedy nixon and the election of 1960 does not disappoint. gilman is joined in conversation this evening with another renowned 20th century presidential historian, dr. luke nichter who holds the james h cavanaugh endowed chair in presidential studies at chapman university dr. nichter is a new york times bestselling author who s credits include two volumes of the nixon tapes with historian, doug, brinkley. a biography of henry cabot lodge jr. and nectar is now at work on a history of the 1968 presidential election. ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in welcoming irv gelman and dr. luke nichter. here. thank you. now first of all, i d like to thank you all for coming. i appreciate it. i hope you enjoy the evening, but i d like to spend. two minutes ma
whose two prior books have documented the congressional and vice presidential periods of richard nixon s life. and his third entitled the campaign of the century kennedy nixon and the election of 1960 does not disappoint. gilman is joined in conversation this evening with another renowned 20th century presidential historian, dr. luke nichter who holds the james h cavanaugh endowed chair in presidential studies at chapman university dr. nichter is a new york times bestselling author who s credits include two volumes of the nixon tapes with historian, doug, brinkley. a biography of henry cabot lodge jr. and nectar is now at work on a history of the 1968 presidential election. ladies and gentlemen, would you please join me in welcoming irv gelman and dr. luke nichter. here. thank you. now first of all, i d like to thank you all for coming. i appreciate it. i hope you enjoy the evening, but i d like to spend. two minutes maybe and thanking my wife gloria gay for tricking me to co
about the 1960 presidential election. the effects of which continue to reverberate across today s political landscape we all think we know that that history is well written and well-spoken for but now irwin gelman has become america s contemporary leading authority on the 1960 election, and he s the first historian to truly use mounds of material from the archives to tell a more complete account of the 1960 election including unused sources. such as the fbi surveillance logs of then candidate john f kennedy and the papers of leon jaworski and henry cabot lodge, jr. gilman is a scholar of 20th century presidential history whose two prior books have documented the congressional and vice presidential periods of richard nixon s life. and his third entitled the campaign of the century kennedy nixon and the election of 1960 does not disappoint. gilman is joined in conversation this evening with another renowned 20th century presidential historian, dr. luke nichter who holds the jam