Ago, in april 1954, the supreme soviet of the ussr adopted a law on the transfer of the crimean region and the composition of the rsfsr to the ukrainian ussr, and thus finally approved the decision of the Party Leadership of the cpsu, which was initiated by the then first secretary of the Central Committee. Be that as it may, what they definitely didnt do 70 years ago during the transfer of crimea was not ask the crimeans themselves, but whether they wanted to become part of, albeit a fraternal, but still another union republic, the question is not only economic, but cultural integration of the inhabitants of crimea into ukraine was unprincipled for officials, its okay, after all, everyone. Is soviet people, but with the beginning of the collapse processes in the nineties, the issue became on the agenda in january ninetyone, in a referendum, the majority of crimeans spoke in favor of the autonomy of crimea with the possibility of signing a new union treaty with the ussr, in the ninety
A longtime friend and contributor two the library hugh hewitt. My wife and i have been friends of the library for a wild. I came of age during the nixon years and have vivid memories of the 1968 Republican National convention watched on a black and white tv late into the night breathlessly hoping for his nomination. We have come to learn more about Richard Nixon and that marquis left on our country and world and as i look at the state of our nation in the world today i reach into the archives of the 72 campaign, nixon now more than ever. We have had the opportunity two meet wonderful people through the library tran and betsy hewitt among them. Hugh is a frequent figure at library interviewing Authors Panel discussions, participating in debates and as we saw today conducting his nationally syndicated radio show. He served in the Nixon Administration as a speechwriter and was critical in the construction of this facility and for that a debt of gratitude by all who have benefited from it.
Good morning everyone. Good morning. Were going to go ahead and get started here. I want to welcome you all to Young Americas Foundations headquarters in virginia. I am the director of Alumni Relations here at Young Americas Foundation, and my first entree into the foundation was as an intern at the reagan ranch. So im happy to be here today for this event featuring martin greenfield. For those of you who are new to our policemans and for programs Young Americas Foundation is the premiere Outreach Organization for the conservative movement. We introduce thousands of young people to the ideas of limited government individual freedom Strong National defense and traditional values through our conferences, internships campus lectures, Young Americans for freedom chapters, also through our center for entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise and the National Journalism center. Many of our interns are here with us today. In 1998 Young Americas Foundation stepped forward to save the western white
That collection arrived at the 135th Street Public Library 90 years ago. He was a bibliophile who migrated from puerto rico in 1891 found a job on wall street work in the mailroom saves his pennies and worked really hard and bought anywhere are unique but he could find that was by or about black people. He eventually became famous for this collection. People would go to his home in brooklyn to see the library to borrow from the Library People like Langston Hughes and eventually people like and when the librarian at the library and library decided she had a lot of lack patrons coming to the library and a large immigrant community at the time she said ive got to find material for my patrons and ultimately schombergs collection of 5000 items was purchased by Carnegie Corporation and a variety of 90 years ago and made up the core of what now today is a 10 million item collection at the Schomberg Center. Host how did the Schomberg Center end up at 135th . Guest this was the settlement zone
His presence today honors the late don bendetty, former chairman of the Nixon Foundation board and a parishioner at our lady of mount carmel. Don and his lovely wife dorothy will be joining us today. Have been devoted friends and supporters for over 25 years working with president nixon. And ark techs, don oversaw the construction of the original library, including the restoration of the president s birtsz place. Ladies and gentlemen, monsignor lawrence baird. Almighty god, how good it is for us to come together as one as we dedicate this Historic Museum and library which houses a repository of the history of the years of the presidency of Richard Nixon. We invoke your blessing upon us. Citizen volunteers and leaders of our county and state and country, the desire to build an america where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and Civil Society flourish. We pray for the leaders and citizens of our Great Republic for all the men and women who are called to serve the American People and judg