To 100 libraries in 50 states in which we will present programs that invite the community to and about the founding era programs and issues people are talking about today. The project is founded by the National Endowment for the humanities, the largest grant awarded in the last year for which we are eternally grateful. Would tell you a few words about the institute and what we do and how we came to do this project. The Gilder Lehrman institute is rather young. It was founded in 1994. The mission is to promote the knowledge and understanding of American History through programs and resources. Havee present time, we 65,000 documents in the Gilder Lehrman collection which is the core of our programming. The collection is drawn upon to do programs come outreach, to contribute to a website visited by 7 million people, and also to support a network of 6500 affiliates to whom we send materials on a monthly basis, as well as teachers and seminars. It is the collection that really gives us the
Everybody getting drunk and beligerant. There was one parade related stabbing that stemmed from a fight. It pretty much went off without a hitch. A sentiment echoed by andre p purnell. It was a great, great amading tribute. He stood shoulder to shoulder with the masses. The planning was nice, there was still knuckle heads, but overall i still give it an a. And i asked the mayor if he would do anything different hopefully next year, and he said he wouldnt. There was one big problem though. On broad and chestnut street, a septa bus blocked the view as they rolled through with the parade and people had been waiting for a long time for that. Jason kelces speech and outfit is still what people are talking about today. The Police Department joked on facebook that someone gave their uniform prototype for kelce for the parade. As for the how many people attended the pa trade, the city says they wont know for a few days. They say the initial estimate is 10,000 riders per hour and you can see th
Officers to a get to the scene where people were climbing a sign and damaging it costing tens of thousands of dollars. Police made two arrests, handed out five citations, and had one parade related staffing that stemmed from a fight. The victim will recover. The city leaders says overall it went well. The planning is nice. Overall i still give it an a p snp. The parade is expected to have cost 2 million or 3, not including the cost to the city. Nbc news. It has been banner days for businesses in the area. They say that the championship run increased sales in some spots threefold. Some places had their best three months in the last ten years. Not only in the super bowl, but they had a playoff run. Every game, it builds up and it builds up, the last couple days coming down for the parade. The energy, you had to go spend your money. Get something to eat, and order fo food. January and february are traditionally slow months. And how jason kelce ended up wearing a mu manmmers suit for parad
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The project is founded by the National Endowment for the humanities, the largest grant awarded in the last year for which we are eternally grateful. I thought i would tell you a few words about the institute and what we do and how we came to do this project. The Gilder Lehrman institute is rather young. It was founded in 1994. The mission is to promote the knowledge and understanding of American History through programs and resources. At the present time, we have 65,000 documents in the Gilder Lehrman collection which is the core of our programming. The collection is drawn upon to do programs, outreach, to contribute to a website visited by 7 million people, and also to support a network of 6500 affiliates to whom we send materials on a monthly basis, as well as teachers and seminars. It is the collection that really gives us the capacity and ability to bring people facetoface with primary documents and engage in understanding the people, events, and controversies that shaped our histo