Very loosey goosey. And then when weve all had our word, well have an interchange amongst ourselves and with you all. So just have a conversation as we go on a couple of housekeeping things to begin with this weekend for those of you that dont know is the society of president ial descendants first biannual, gathering as call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no thing before till i created it. It and we have a partnership with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done. And some sign of it is this roosevelt right here, which if you havent had a c bit to see you havent see it yet do walk around it. Youll each go who are staying for dinner . Well go to a different dining room and the way thatll work is, well have a Cocktail Reception in front of the house and then everybody will go to their dining area and. Then as dinner finishes it will all come back in here where. Doris Kearns Goodwin
So lets started do you mind if i sit no. Okay now there is im just afraid ill fall off the front of this. Welcome to the panel of president ial descent thats here. And were delighted to have the panelists. Ill introduce them a minute. And i think the way well handle this is well take a few minutes and you what he or she wants to tell about anything, thats their. And then so its going to be very loosey goosey. And then when weve all had our word, well have an interchange amongst ourselves and with you all. So just have a conversation as we go on a couple of housekeeping things to begin with this weekend for those of you that dont know is the society of president ial descendants first biannual, gathering as call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no thing before till i created it. It and we have a partnership with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done. And some sign of it is this ro
Soldiers who had been fighting their way across europe liberated the wartorn continent and freed some of the few holocaust victims. Still alive among those survivors were my parents. Between the two of them. They had endured ghettos. Concentration camps forced labor camps and auschwitz its a miracle they survived a miracle made possible in part. By the remarkable efforts of our honorees tonight. The ritchie boys this year marks the 80th anniversary of their creation. In 1942 as my parents were engulfed in the crucible of the german assault against the and theirs and many other families were being slaughtered. A secret military Intelligence Training Center was established in maryland. Just 75 miles from where we are tonight. Its hard to imagine the war without the soldiers who trained there and became the ritual known as the richie boys. They played many roles. Photo analysts psychological warfare experts interrogators and fighters they even as day as you meant her David Rubinstein earl
And then so its going to be very loosey goosey. And then when weve all had our word, well have an interchange amongst ourselves and with you all. So just have a conversation as we go on a couple of housekeeping things to begin with this weekend for those of you that dont know is the society of president ial descendants first biannual, gathering as call it. This is a new society, president ial descendants. There was no thing before till i created it. It and we have a partnership with Long Island University who takes care of much of us. We really appreciate the tremendous amount of work theyve done. And some sign of it is this roosevelt right here, which if you havent had a c bit to see you havent see it yet do walk around it. Youll each go who are staying for dinner . Well go to a different dining room and the way thatll work is, well have a Cocktail Reception in front of the house and then everybody will go to their dining area and. Then as dinner finishes it will all come back in here