A Loyola University professor. And now, it is my pleasure to introduce mr. Jonathan jarvis, the 18th director of the National Park service. Thanarvis oversees more 1000 National Parks that attract 80,000 visitors every year. He has reinvigorated the he isal park service, and a recognized world leader in cultural and restorative management. Please quiet down, thank you, and welcome mr. Jonathan jarvis. [applause] Jonathan Jarvis good afternoon. It is a great honor for me to be here with you at this incredible luncheon to celebrate the legacy and contributions of African Americans to the memory of the United States of america. I would to thank a few folks for us. Dr. Evelyn higginbotham, barbara done, sylvia ferris. In 2016, the National Park service and foss allah are celebrating your centennial. This is held by africanamerican memories. The theme is directly connected to the National Park service and it caused us to reflect on the legacy of African Americans. Our National Parks, especi
Loss of land which limited opportunities for the unemployed. The Kansas City Library hosted this hourlong event. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Im the director of the library. It is a pleasure to welcome you here on the 125th anniversary of the birth of eisenhower. This program is part of an ongoing series about president eisenhower, and we look forward to doing more. The associate director youll hear from in a moment. This series is sponsored by the wt Kemper Foundation at commerce bank. And was the idea of my cousin. Julie, you can tell from her last name, married a frenchman. As a german family, this was difficult to take. But she is here tonight. We have welcomed her back into the family after that. Tonight, you will hear from tim reeves, the director of the Eisenhower Library about Dwight Eisenhower and the frontier. As he will point out, Dwight Eisenhower was born in 1891. When Frederick Jackson turner said in his famous thesis, essay. He said the frontier closed. Therefore,
I just want to express my great appreciation for the Supreme Court Historical Society and for all of the rest of the associates here who do so much for the court. This year is the 2015 leon silverman lecture series. Lecture series like these are an important part of what goes on at the court. But they are only a small part of what the Supreme Court Historical Society does. The Supreme Court Historical Society puts out a regular journal, it collects items relating to the courts history, which really are all around the court, a lot of the offices and the portraits are a result of the societys collecting efforts. There are a lot of programs for School Teachers to make sure that School Teachers know how to teach about the court and about the american constitution and altogether, it is just a great support for the court and for the justices. It is a great liaison between the court and the outside world. You knowgrateful to the rest of the people who make society work. And by making this soc
Opportunities for the unemployed. The Kansas City Library hosted this hourlong event. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Im the director of the library. It is a pleasure to welcome you anniversary ofth the birth of eisenhower. Is part of an ongoing series about president eisenhower, and we look more forward to doing more. The director youll hear from in a moment. By theries is sponsored wt temper foundation at commerce bank. Cousin. The idea of my julie you can tell from her last name, married a frenchman. As a german family, this was difficult to take. But she is here tonight. We have welcomed her back into the family after that. Timght you will hear from reeves, the director of the Eisenhower Library about Dwight Eisenhower and the frontier. Will point out, Dwight Eisenhower was born in 1891. Frederick Jackson Turner said in his famous thesis, essay. He said the frontier closed. Therefore america changed because the frontier had made america. He talked about the west. The west of co
Baltimore to see the exhibit mars in the war of 1812. On display is a manuscript of Francis Scott keys star spangled banner. The war of 1812 is a very important subject for the Maryland Historical society. When it was created in 1844 the defenders of baltimore as they called themselves, the old defenders were very interested in remembering what had happened and letting the country know that this was probably an important event that they felt actually saved the union in 1814. We were very rich in resources to tell that story from 1812 to 1815. The gallery has hundreds of objects and documents and what we basically tell is a story of baltimore as sort of the epicenter of this story for the state of maryland, a growing, bustling port of 50,000 people and a lot of immigrants who didnt like the british very much and then it goes on to the reasons why the war happened and the command central area of everything in those days where the taverns and the newspapers were being developed and this w