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And how women gained the right to vote. He she is the author of suffragits the 19th amendment. Im the president of the White House Historical association. Its my privilege to welcome you, many of you back to historic deindica historic Decatur House and another one of our wonderful lectures. Tonight is one of the annual National Heritage lectures that we do in partnership with the u. S. Capitol Historical Society and the u. S. Supreme court Historical Society. We have our wonderful colleagues from both here tonight and my great friend jane campbell, the new president of the capitol Historical Society. And like to welcome her tonight. O ....
We dont know who the architect was who did that expansion and who built the bell tower. Tragically, latrobe had already died at that time. He had died in new orleans. And i imagine there might be some historians in the room. And if anyone is interested in helping us solve the mystery, we would love to know. The bell tower is very beautiful addition to the church and inside the bell tower, it houses a bell that was forged by paul reveres son, joseph revere. Stamped on it, it says 1822 boston revere. Its not the only revere bell that came to washington, but it is the only one that is still in its place and being youd for its oernlg purpose. Its interesting, too, to think about this building. This is the only building on Lafayette Square that goes back to the era that it goes back to, that is still being used for the purpose for which it was built more than 200 years later. And im very happy to say that we are open most days of the ....
And hugh hewitt, the president of the Nixon Foundation who youll hear from in a few moments. We have many distinguished guests here today. Many former officials from the nixon and other administrations and staff and friends of the Nixon Foundation, and were honored to have you here tonight. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Patricia Nixon becoming the first lady of the United States. Under her leadership, the white house collection added over 600 paintings and furnishing elements to the white house collection which is the most of any presidency. The significance of this will be discussed in tonights program, but its very important to us here at the White House Historical association as a core p ....
American history textbook, but if you dig a little bit deeper, theres an incredible history just beneath the surface. Lindsay, also a White House Historical association historian and new in the role there. Were going to spend some time with both of you learning about your work and also about the association. So im going to ask you to give the elevator speech about the association itself, how it got started and what its mission is. Sure, so the association was founded by Jacqueline Kennedy to preserve and protect the history of the white house and then share that history with the American People more broadly. And since then, weve worked on that mission to try and cultivate the white house, the first floor especially, as sort of a museum for the people to tell the story of the white house and the story of the ....
You this morning, also to kind of see all the pieces come together. And its truly a privilege to introduce our first speaker whos a fellow wisconsinite like myself. So our first speaker this morning will be Jonathan Pliska author of the Award WinningWhite House HistoricalAssociation Publication a garden for the president history of the white house grounds. Jonathan will be signing copies of this book later in the day during the reception in the gift shop. So youll have an opportunity to meet with him and talk about how great haze presentation was. No pressure. So please join me in welcoming Jonathan Pliska. So, yes, hello. I am in fact Jon ....