Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome fred ryan, chairman, White House Historical Association Board of directors and deborah rudder, president of a the john f. Kennedy center for the performing arts. [applause] good evening, everyone. You will its my pleasure to welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 president ial site summit. The Kennedy Center is the perfect venue for this. Its so fitting because it itself is a president ial site which is dedicated as a living memorial to president john f. Kennedy. And to assure the authentic nature of this historical gathering, the Kennedy Center brought it back to the 1800s in terms of the temperature in washington, d. C. [laughter] and we want thank you for that. [applause] also, weve been given authority from no higher source than the chairman of the board of the john f. Kennedy center for gentlemen and ladies who would like to remove jackets and be more comfortable. So please feel free to do so. This years site summit is the largest gathering
Good evening, everyone. Its my pleasure to welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 president ial site summit. The Kennedy Center is the perfect venue for this. Its so fitting because itself is a president ial site which is dedicated as a living memorial to president john f. Kennedy, and to assure the authentic nature of this historical gathering, the Kennedy Center brought it back to the 1800s in terms of the temperature in washington, d. C. [laughter] and we want thank you for that. Also, weve been given authority from no higher source than the chairman of the board of the john f. Kennedy center for gentlemen and ladies would like to remove jackets and be more comfortable. So please feel free to do so. This years site summit is the largest gathering ever of president ial site representatives. These Historic Sites include more than 100 birthplaces and childhood homes, memorials and museums, libraries and landmarks from coast to coast. Were grateful to have the site representatives h
Welcome you to the celebration of the 2018 president ial site summit. The Kennedy Center is the perfect venue for this. Its so fitting because itself is a president ial site which is dedicated as a living memorial to president john f. Kennedy, and to assure the authentic nature of this historical gathering, the Kennedy Center brought it back to the 1800s in terms of the temperature in washington, d. C. [laughter] and we want thank you for that. Also, weve been given authority from no higher source than the chairman of the board of the john f. Kennedy center, David Rubenstein, for gentlemen and ladies would like to remove jackets and be more comfortable. So please feel free to do so. This years site summit is the largest gathering ever of a president ial site representatives. These Historic Sites include more than 100 birthplaces and childhood homes, memorials and museums, libraries and landmarks from coast to coast. Were grateful to have the site representatives here and for your devot
Announcer American History tv was live on saturday from marion, ohio, for a modern symposium on first ladies, from Florence Harding to Michelle Obama. That was the theme of the annual warren g. Harding symposium at Ohio State University at mary and it is about four hours. Host and now entitled paving the way, we you please welcome the two rector of special events at the National First lady library, lucinda fraley. Lucinda thank you. And thank you, everyone, who was involved in the symposium. You have absolutely no how thrilled we are to be here. Anytime we get a chance to present first ladies, we always look forward to it. Our mission, really good, which is to educate the public about the lives and the activities of the first ladies of this country, and believe me, they were all wonderful, and as i was talking to somebody at the reception we think all of the president s were quite intelligent. Every one of them, because they were smart enough to marry the woman who became their life pa
Transportation security issues. Now the new president of the Kennedy Center for the performing arts, Deborah Rutter, outlines her u future plans and emphasizes the importance of arts and education and cultural diplomacy, from the National Press club, this is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is myron delkheim, the Washington School of media and Public Affairs and former International Bureau chief with the Associated Press and the 107th president of the National Press club, the National Press club is the worlds leading committed to our professions future through our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journal iists who are cb members, if you hear applause in our audie