Hosted this event and provided the video. My name is justin. I am the president of the National Civic arts society. We are delighted you could join us this evening to hear sabin howard present his classical design for the National World war i memorial. Founded in 2002, the society educates and empowers our leaders in the promotion of public art and architecture worthy of our great republic. We do so by advocating for the Classical Tradition and civic design. We believe that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty, and harmony and not to mention its legibility to the common man. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when designing the Nations Capital and its core buildings of government. The founders sought to harken back to rome and athens and they knew classical architecture was timehonored and timeless. The National Civic arts Society Works to continue and expand upon the vision of the founders for the federal design generally. I perhaps dont
Sabin howard present his magnificent classical define for the National World war i memorial. Founded in 2002, the National Civic art society educates and empowers our leaders in the promotion of public art and architecture. Worthy of our great republic. We do so by advocating for the Classical Tradition and civic design. We believe that that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty and harmony. Not to mention its legibility to the common man. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when designing the nations capitol and joining its core government. The democratic athens and they knew that classical architecture was time honored and timeless. The National Civil arts Society Works to continue and expand upon the founders vision for the nations capitol and federal design generally. I perhaps dont need to tell you that since the 1950s, washington d. C. Has been marred and disfigured by federal buildings and memorials that do not comport with the citys
The National Civic arts society hosted this event and provided the video. I am president of the National Civic arts society, we are delighted you could join us for this evening to hear sabin howard present his magnificent classical design for the National World war i memorial founded in 2000 2002, the National Civic arts society s in our our leader architecture worthy of our great republic. We do so by advocating for the Classical Tradition in civic design. We believe that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty, and harmony not to mention its legibility to the common man. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when designing the Nations Capital and core buildings of government. The founders thought to harken back to republican rome and democratic athens and knew that classical architecture was timehonored and timeless. The arts Society Works to continue and expand upon the founders vision for the Nations Capital and federal design generally. I d
Museum and memorial symposium. Good morning. Am not and it is my pleasure to welcome you, thank you for coming out to what i think is going to be an extraordinary couple of days as we came together and learning at this of speaking together and learning at this symposium. We are delighted to work with so many partners to create another exceptional opportunity for us. I hope it will take the time to spend time in the galleries. The special exhibition piece with 19 from 1919 fits with this piece. Preparing for the opening of a new exhibition, the vietnam war, 19451975. That opens next weekend, so this is a teaser. We invite those of you who are able to come back to memorial day weekend of year to come back and take in an exceptional exhibition that also provides the link sent helps people understand the enduring impact of the war and world war i. And how it contributed to the vietnam war. There iskes us is that a continuum and growing interest in world war i and its enduring impact. I am
We are on Mount Mcgregor in upstate new york, a few miles north of Saratoga Springs. The significance of this Historic Site is this was the final home of civil war general and president ulysses s grant. This was the place where Ulysses Grant wrote his memoirs in 1885. He was dying of throat cancer. His family was facing serious financial problems. At this point in his life he was a man trying to take care of his family. We get to tell a story here that most people do not know about. After his second term as president , ulysses s. Grant and his wife julia went on a world tour for two years from 18771879. He met many world leaders, he was well respected around the world. When they arrived back in the states in 1879 they were looking for a place to settle because they had come out of the white house two years earlier. For grant it was always a easy decision, even though they owned multiple properties in the united states, the decision for grants, because he was always a devoted family man