Museum. You are welcome any time as is everyone wiatching. We were there for the Opening Ceremony in april. A chance to see the exhibits tonight. My opening question is how this project came about and why. Well, it came about out of the decision that we need to preserve and tell the story of americas founding. And not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who thought up these soaring ideals of equality and liberty and selfgovernment and then how that really spread and inspired a nation, people in our nation to achieve it. It is the most important event in our nations history. It not only gave birth to our nation, but it really gave us the values that make us a people. Everything that we cherish and hold dear. So its more than just artifacts . Oh, its far more than artifacts. Our museum is founded on artifacts. In fact, when you come to the museum you will see one of the more comprehensive collection of artifacts of the revolution that has probably ever bee
Philadelphias newest museum is in the heart of the city just two blocks from independence t hall. And it tells the story of the countrys road to independence. E the museum of the American Revolution opened in april. Tonight we take you inside. It was a decade before that shot heard around the world in concord and lexington that americas battle for freedom really begins. Al and joining us inside the museue is its president and ceo Michael Quinn. Thanks for being with us and for allowing cspan inside the museum. Its a pleasure to be with you and were honored to have o cspan in the museum. You with are welcome anytime as is anybody watching. We were there for Opening Night of the museum. W but my opening question is how this project came about and why. Well it came about out of a decision that we need to preserve and tell the story of americas founding. S tu and not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who fought off these soaring ideals of equality and how
President ial libraries and the taxpayer dollars that go into partially funded president ial libraries. Were joined by the author of the book, the last campaign, how president s rewrite history. Intolark, how did you get this particular area of study . [video clip] i read a lot of stuff about guest president ial libraries that was wrong. I started looking into it and i was in a Masters Program for Political Science and i wrote a paper about how president ial libraries are the last campaign. We had seen a video during the class of bill clintons last rally in 1996. He said this is my last campaign. Just like your president sensors, you will build a library. I wrote the paper and the professor said this could be a book. Went to thek, i other president ial librarys i had not visited. You worked on some of these issues on capitol hill . Guest [video clip] guest guest i was told that the records of president ial libraries were not available to me. It was a twoyear freedom of information act
President ial libraries and the taxpayer dollars that go into partially funded president ial libraries. Were joined by the author of the book, the last campaign, how president s rewrite history. Intolark, how did you get this particular area of study . [video clip] i read a lot of stuff about guest president ial libraries that was wrong. I started looking into it and i was in a Masters Program for Political Science and i wrote a paper about how president ial libraries are the last campaign. We had seen a video during the class of bill clintons last rally in 1996. He said this is my last campaign. Just like your president sensors, you will build a library. I wrote the paper and the professor said this could be a book. Went to thek, i other president ial librarys i had not visited. You worked on some of these issues on capitol hill . Guest [video clip] guest guest i was told that the records of president ial libraries were not available to me. It was a twoyear freedom of information act
Is anybody watching. We were there for Opening Night of the museum. But my opening question is how this project came about and why. Well it came about out of a decision that we need to preserve and tell the story of americas founding. And not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who fought off these soaring idealing idea ideals of equality and how that inspired a nation, people in our nation to achieve it. It is the most important event in our nations history. It not only gave birth to our nation but it really gave us the values that make us a people. Everything that we cherish and hold dear. So its more than just artifacts . Its more more than artifacts. Our museum is founded on artifacts. In fact when you come to the museum you will see one of the more comprehensive collection of artifacts of the revolution that has probably ever been assembled. But we really do dwell on the story of the individual people. How did these people who are citizens of the Br