Costume and architecture and in music. I grew up with the belief that the sun never sets on the british empire. I collected stamps from all over the british empire. All americans knew george washington, john jay, sam adams, all the Founding Fathers were english men. Alexander hamilton was a scott born in the caribbean. As they came, so did settlers from germany, austria, hungary, polands, swiss, russians, chinese and all the countries came to the melting pot of america over the past 400 years since the founding of jamestown in 1607. My parents took me to the new york worlds fair in 1940 just seven years old to see many of the countrys exhibitions and among them, for the first time i saw magna carta at the british exhibition. The 1215 lincoln cathedral magna carta. On my first visit to britain as a serving officer in dwrupt states army, in 1957 i was returning to america to be discharged after serving in korea, my tour of duty completed, my first day in london, i went to the British Mus
Good morning. I propose to cover three things in my brief opening remarks this morning. Why me . Why now . Why are you here . Magna cartas relevance today. From an early age growing up in america, it was good king john the lion heart, bad King John Lachlan and robin hood and his merry men, not to forget maid mir yen, littlejohn, fryer tuck, henry the viii, shakespeare, costume and architecture and in music. I grew up with the belief that the sun never sets on the british empire. I collected stamps from all over the british empire. All americans knew george washington, john jay, sam adams, all the Founding Fathers were english men. Alexander hamilton was a scott born in the caribbean. As they came, so did settlers from germany, austria, hungary, polands, swiss, russians, chinese and all the countries came to the melting pot of america over the past 400 years since the founding of jamestown in 1607. My parents took me to the new york worlds fair in 1940 just seven years old to see many o
Mir yen, littlejohn, fryer tuck, henry the viii, shakespeare, costume and architecture and in music. I grew up with the belief that the sun never sets on the british empire. I collected stamps from all over the british empire. All americans knew george washington, john jay, sam adams, all the Founding Fathers were english men. Alexander hamilton was a scott born in the caribbean. As they came, so did settlers from germany, austria, hungary, polands, swiss, russians, chinese and all the countries came to the melting pot of america over the past 400 years since the founding of jamestown in 1607. My parents took me to the new york worlds fair in 1940 just seven years old to see many of the countrys exhibitions and among them, for the first time i saw magna carta at the british exhibition. The 1215 lincoln cathedral magna carta. On my first visit to britain as a serving officer in dwrupt states army, in 1957 i was returning to america to be discharged after serving in korea, my tour of dut
Good morning. I propose to cover three things in my brief opening remarks this morning. Why me . Why now . Why are you here . Magna cartas relevance today. From an early age growing up in america, it was good king john the lion heart, bad King John Lachlan and robin hood and his merry men, not to forget maid mir yen, littlejohn, fryer tuck, henry the viii, shakespeare, costume and architecture and in music. I grew up with the belief that the sun never sets on the british empire. I collected stamps from all over the british empire. All americans knew george washington, john jay, sam adams, all the Founding Fathers were english men. Alexander hamilton was a scott born in the caribbean. As they came, so did settlers from germany, austria, hungary, polands, swiss, russians, chinese and all the countries came to the melting pot of america over the past 400 years since the founding of jamestown in 1607. My parents took me to the new york worlds fair in 1940 just seven years old to see many o
Celebrating the opening of the librarys latest exhibition, magna carta, muse and a mentor. I think it is indisputable that the library of congress has a special relationship with magna carta. We remember, of course, this institutions good fortune to have been called upon to safeguard the lincoln magna carta during world war ii. But as a repository of the accumulated knowledge of human civilization, the library of Congress Must also be acknowledged to be one of the best assets the United States possesses for participation in magna cartas greatest legacy, the preservation of the rule of law. The library began over two centuries ago as the principle reference collection for legal research, both for the congress and the United States Supreme Court. It continues today to offer its unparalleled Legal Resources to all three branches of the United States government as well as to the governments of foreign states. This mission, the preservation of the rule of law, is inscribed on the very walls