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thank you all for being here today. those of you joining us virtually as well. privilege tondous come to work here at the treasury department every day in this historic building, knowing that for more than a century, decisions made in this building have impacted the lives of our fellow citizens. i am honored to work for acretary loop lew, tireless leader and advocate for the cause of the institution. often times in the day to day routine, it is easy to forget the historic significance of the institution we work for, the legacy that we are a small part of and the people we serve. , today, we take a small step in preserving the history of the building and the legacy of service and inclusion at treasury. i want to start off by recognizing john brian. it was his idea that we name the treasury annex the freedman s bank building. and i m delighted this idea came to fruition. [applause] brodi fontenot: thank you for your leadership and continued commitment to financial inclu ....
jfk sson s bathroom, and situation room. this is an hour-long program. ok, good evening everybody. my name is doug bradburn, i am the director of the washington library and it is my great our booko a new to talks. i would like to welcome the c-span audience who is here as well and everyone watching on live as well, all 10 of you as well. [laughter] thousands of you. this is a way to bring authors to the mount vernon community free every month and we try to topics.levant books in we have a great one for you. mount vernon has had a long relationship with afford family, ford motor company, going back to him before s original donation of the fire engine, keep thep mansion say. it is important to us going forward. i would mention that this relationship to port is crucial because the mount vernon ladies has never taken any government money. we only accept money from private patriotic people and foundations. it allows us to maintain the house for the public, but it is a cont ....
anniversary of the freedman s bank. incorporated by congress in 1865, the bank was for newly freed slaves in the post-civil war era. up next on american history tv the treasury department hosts a , ceremony to rename the treasury annex building to freedman s bank building. this was built on the original site of the bank. this is about 30 minutes. brodi fontenot: good afternoon. my name is brodi fontenot, and i am the assistant secretary for management here at the treasury department. thank you all for being here today. those of you joining us virtually as well. it is a tremendous privilege to come to work here at the treasury department every day in this historic building, knowing that for more than a century, decisions made in this building have impacted the lives of our fellow citizens. i am honored to work for secretary lew, a tireless leader and advocate for the cause of the institution. financial inclusion. often times in the day to day routine, it is easy to for ....
this is about 30 minutes. brodi fontenot: good afternoon. my name is brodi fontenot, and i am the assistant secretary for management here at the treasury department. thank you all for being here today. those of you joining us virtually as well. it is a tremendous privilege to come to work here at the treasury department every day in this historic building, knowing that for more than a century, decisions made in this building have impacted the lives of our fellow citizens. i am honored to work for secretary lew, a tireless leader and advocate for the cause of financial inclusion. often times in the day to day routine, it is easy to forget the historic significance of the institution we work for, the legacy that we are a small part of, and the people we serve. today, we take a small step in preserving the history of the building and the legacy of service and inclusion at treasury. i want to start off by recognizing john brian. it was his idea that we name the treasury ann ....
history news. up next on the presidency, journalist paul brandis discusses his book under this roof, the white house and the presidency. 21 presidents, 21 rooms, 21 insider stories. he explains how presidents from george washington to barack obama have left their imprints on the executive mansion. we ll hear about thomas jefferson s bathrooms, abraham lincoln s war office, and jfk s situation room. the national library for the study of george washington at mt. vernon hosted this hour-long program. okay. good evening, everybody. my name is doug bradburn, i m the director of the washington library here at mt. vernon and it is my great delight to welcome you to one of our ford evening book talks. i d also like to welcome the c-span audience who is here as well and everyone watching live online. all ten of you, i m sure. thousands of thousands of you, of course. the ford evening book talk is a way to bring relevant books and important history topics and we have a grea ....