I would also like to welcome our digital audience joining from around the globe. We really hope that during tonights conversation you will share reflections and ask questions of our panelists using the powerofmemory. Tonights program as part of a series of conversations we are posting examining the power of memory to shape our future. This season, we are taking timeout think about why we remember the events that led to the holocaust and other global atrocities and how collective understanding can help us make informed decisions about our future and shape a better world. To learn about this Program Series and all the conversations and programs we host, we hope you will sign up for the museum email and follow us on social media. Some people have questioned why is there a Holocaust Museum on the National Mall . For how can we fulfill our mission as a living memorial to the past and the victims while still being relevant enough to engage youth today . I am sure similar Big Questions have b
Are you gonna run for president . I think i just got an f from you, actually. This is overheard. Kelly mcevers, welcome. Thanks for having me. Nice to have you, now im going to violate the no high fives on pbs rule. kelly laughs what . And give you a high five over what a wonderful time this is to be in the News Business. Is this not the greatest moment to be doing what we do . This is a great time to be in the News Business every day, something you couldnt have ever believed. Thats true, right. Youre talking about the election i would imagine. Oh, and not only that, but even within the same day, its like, you get up in the morning, heres this big story and then five minutes later. Theres a guy climbing up a building, and youre like yeah, what . And thats like the ninth most important thing in the world. I remember when the Melania Trump nude pictures ran in the new york post, nobody even talked about it, because like 50 more important things happened on that day. There were so many mo
Ford, but also a parttime consultant to president kennedy and president johnson. More than any living person, i think you saw all the principal commanderinchief around vietnam up close. Can you talk about each of those men and what characterize their position on the war . First of all, let me say, what an honor it is for me to be here and to participate in a conference that is needed to heal wounds of the debates about vietnam. So i want to congratulate the library for organizing this and providing the opportunity. I would like to say also that its sort of symbolic that secretary kerry is coming here tomorrow night. He was Walking Around with placards outside the white house when i served there. [laughter] and the point i want to make is weve become good friends at the end of it and he came to my 90th Birthday Party and made a joke in which he said, he pointed out what his actions had been then and that it was a pity that we didnt have an opportunity to talk rather than confront each o
Secretary of state to president nixon and to president ford but also a parttime consultant to president kennedy and johnson as was just alluded so more than any living person you see of the commander in chiefs can you talk about each of those men and what characterized theirther whbition of for . First of all, let me say what an honor is for me to be here and to participate in the conference which is needed to heal wounds with the debates over vietnams or want to congratulate the library for organizing this am providing the opportunity. It is symbolic that secretary kerry is coming here tomorrow night he was walking outside the white house. Make is [laughter] the point i want to make is they have become good friends he came to my 90th Birthday Party and made a toast where he pointed out of with his actions had been and it was a pity that we did not have an opportunity to talk rather than confront each other in that period. In the spirit we have worked together with the foreignha Relati
Johnson. [ applause ] the archive of this library contains thousands of letters to our 36th president , many of which concern the vietnam war. Here are two letters from soldiers stationed in vietnam during the height of president johnsons tenure in office which reflect contrasting views of the war held by americans including our troops. Dear mr. President here is a picture of a little girl and myself. She has three older sister, two older brothers and a younger brother. They live in a village. Their mother was killed by the vc. Because of us she is able to smile. It is our duty to keep the smile which portrays so much on her face. There are many more who do not have the freedom smile which she has. It is our duty as americans to bring happiness to those who may never be as free of care as she. To be able to pose with her and have her look so happy gives the idea of the good we are doing here. This is worth fighting for. This is worth dying for. I know the weight you must carry on your