Complete historical detail. I cant begin to tell you how much better looking that is than just a month ago. It would not be the same without his partner in the white house as he was father of the country, martha washington. To her left is William Mckinley. I will leave it to our guest speaker, bill allman, to tell us why William Mckinley is in the east room. On the far left, he needs no introduction, t. R. Teddy roosevelt. These are touches that anyone will see, the business groups that use it, the productions we do, the brides that are married here, but one other musthave was visual acuity. President nixon was a master communicator. He used television from the oval office on 37 occasions. He is known for his silent majority speech, for his resignation speech, for having moved history with words. For those of us who were here for the 50th anniversary will realize that when we showed the tape of the walking on the moon, we showed it on one of the most extraordinarily improvised set of s
Trends and perfect pictures. We have four copies of the originals of the portraits in the white house collection and hang in the east room. If you will note, these are completely brandnew reproductions that were done with the assistance of the White House Historical association beginning with the most famous of them all, the father of the country, George Washington. [applause] it is now a complete renovation down to complete historical detail. Really i cannot even begin to tell you how much better looking that is than just a month ago. It would not be complete without at the same time his partner in the white house as he was father father of theas country, the mother of the country, Martha Washington on my immediate right. [applause] to her left is the one and only, from ohio i might add, William Mckinley. Im going to leave it to our guest speaker bill allman, curator of the white house for so many years, to tell us why William Mckinley is in the east room. But he is in the east room a
The town has since changed its name to chavaniac lafayette. And it is confirmed that almost anybody was some relationship, say through marriage, can have the name of a famous person to their own name. Rather nice. Lafayette never knew his father. His father was killed in battle against the british at age two. And he was raised by his very plain, but wise grandmother. T chavaniac his own mother was much happier living in the palace in paris. Which, of course, after the kings moved out, it was turned over for nobility to live there, and as you probably know, now is course, the and of park is still there. It is a pretty place to visit and get the french flavor. Which i certainly enjoy. And, he was treated like a prince. As a young lad. What thenew very early story of his family was. That, he came from the blood of nights, course through his blood system. He was an early challenger. Unfortunately, his mother remained in paris, pretty much, and the boys stayed with his grandmother. Eventual
I also want to tell you right away that this is the first time that i have spoken on lafayette. I thought youd be interested in knowing that you are going to be at the Maiden Voyage of this trip. [laughter] mr. Miller i wonder about how much i could say to, and i wrote two pages of notes last night. I thought to myself, no, that is what the book is for. If you really want to know, you can consult the book. It is 446 pages. It is illustrated. And my wife says it moves along really rapidly. [laughter] mr. Miller the story of lafayette is quite profound. He was born to wealth. In central france. In a area called auvergne, and he grew in his early years in a chateau there called chavaniac. The town has since changed its name to chavaniac lafayette. And in france someone who has any kind of relationship through marriage can have the name of a famous person to their own name. Rather nice. Lafayette never knew his father. His father was killed in battle against the british at age two. And he
Do you believe that what you are done here that africanamerican voters have a reasonable opportunity to elect candidates of their choice . I can see the you are brilliant man. You are very good attorney. Im going to answer that by saying these maps were adopted by the criteria adopted by this committee. Angelica 24 yeses and 11 nose. The committee decided i criteria to follow the new map. Districts of equal population and is not use race as a deciding factor as they were accused of doing in 2011. The democrats say the new map is they have probably carved out 10 districts for republicans and only three for democrats. Angelica theres a federal court order to produce a new map by friday. Counting the governor mcauliffe special session tomorrow. They are waiting to find out from the Supreme Court whether the new map will be used on your ballot come march 15. That special session will be here at 10 00 tomorrow morning. Steve president obama will travel to cuba next month. The official annou