Kevin good evening. Welcome to mount vernon. My name is kevin butterfield, i am the director of the fred w. Swift National Library for the study of George Washington at mount vernon. It is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight. The Ford Motor Company each month sponsors a free book talk like this one. An opportunity for the community to come and learn from the greatest historians in the field. Thank you for being here tonight. We are thrilled to have you. We will hear a brief hesitation from susan swain, copresident and chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s. She will be joined by brian lam, the founder and executive chairman of cspan and moderating an esteemed group of historians discussing the american presidency. The american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. [laughter] in the constitution, there is not as much said about it as you would imagine. Article one is quite long. Article two is quite shorter. As
Bob good morning. Thank you for joining us. I am bob ross, chairman of the Oklahoma City national foundation. I am grateful for this opportunity to come together as a community as we pause to remember. I would like to thank the memorials Conscience Community for their guidance. As you watch todays ceremony, we encourage you to take a photo of those joining you. Post your photo using the weremember. Lets all do our part to strengthen our community. For 25 years we have worked together to create something that has been come become world renowned as an educational institution. Over half a Million People visit the memorial and museum each year, coming to these hallowed grounds to show respect and learn about the power of the oklahoma spirit. Our Mission Statement remains our cornerstone in shaping the important work that continues today. Just as we do each time we meet or gather for a memorial event, we pause for the reading of the Mission Statement. Reading our Mission Statement today is
Talk about what it mightve been like trying to start a church in the immediate aftermath of the american civil war. My wife and i drove up and we walked into the back of the sanctuary, and there was one lady sitting in the sanctuary, and she jumps up, runs to the back, shakes my hand, and says my family and i have something we think you may have an interest in. Would you come out to the car after the program . I said, sure. I go out to the car, she opens the trunk and tells me to hold my arms out. And shes in and out the truck, and the stack is growing taller and taller. And i say, what do we have here . And she says, these are my grandfather Thomas Wallace colleys seven volumes of handwritten journals of his service in the first virginia cavalry and his postwar life. I thought i was going to fall over in the parking lot. As a historian, you dream about things like that. I want to thank all of the colley family. They are the most wonderful people i have ever had the pleasure to work wi
Happy leap day. [laughter] what could be better than a bonus day and some real meaningful history content . Its like a double win for me. I love it. Im thrilled to have you all here to your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the president and ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older by about a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, and this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was in fact chief justice John Marshall. He served from 1831 until his death just a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often
I love it. Im thrilled to have you at your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older than a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was chief justice marshall. He served from 1831 until his death a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often as we think about the complex history. That this place, this institution has been witness to much of the history, including much of the history well discuss today. So think of that and th