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
Don in the 19 century, the demands of the government were smaller than today. As demands grew, as Government Services group, more letters started coming in. More staff had to be hired. Eventually, three Office Buildings were constructed. The Richard Russell building, the Everett Dirksen building, and the philip Hart Building. We are in the dirksen building, the multipurpose hearing room. It has various layers of history to it. The first Senate Office building opened in 1909, now known as the Richard Russell building. This was in the progressive era. There were more services coming in. As those senators and staff were all in one building, the Small Community of senators and staff that existed in that building until 1958, steadily, the demands of the government increased. Social security became an issue. So many federal issues directly affected citizens. They wrote to their senators. The senators hired more staff. At one point, the russell building was absolutely crammed. They had people
I think it is hard to measure the economic focus of having disneyland coming of age in a parallel track. Disneyland has had a lot of growth in a few years, and that has changed the focus and tourism. I think it is Something Like annually 10 billion generated due to tourism. To all who come to this happy place, disney land is your land. Here we relive fond memories of the past, and it is the challenge and the promise of the future. No, anaheim did not start when disneyland opened. We had a long community, and active, vibrant Community Long before then. Southern california was known as the valencia orange center. Southern california up to about the 1940s, early 1950s was the center of the citrus business nationally. Anaheim supported nine packing houses, such as we have in the background here. These packing houses employed to the community. They facilitated the growth of anaheim, facilitated the growth of the industry. These were well loved, but by the 1950s, most of them had closed down
In October 1979, Fed Chairman Paul Volcker announced new measures by the Federal Open Market Committee aimed at reining in the inflation that had afflicted the US economy for several years.
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