With the presentation of colors by the United States Capitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Forward, march. Right shoulder. Now, please join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ms. Campbell thank you very much. You may be seated. Our celebration this evening is possible because we have generous support from the bank of america, from grant thornton, mallinkrodt pharmaceuticals, from allergen, from the National Retail federation, from the association of global automakers, united technology, and the ongoing support of our society members. We have several of our Board Members who are here. I would invite you to stand up, anna, don, john, Board Members of the society. Thank you very much for your work. [applause] ms. Campbell we are here today to raise a toast to the Senate Finance committee
That professor aaron mason recently informed me that he will not be here and making a presentation, and, therefore, you should expect to hear three presentations instead of four. I trust that this may make sure that we have enough time for audience questions and participation at the end, which is a minor benefit from not getting to hear professor masons presentation. So well still try to use our 90 minutes effectively. All of the presenters have had to cut their presentations in order to fit our session. All of the presentations represent work in progress, which is exciting. Our speakers will present in the order in which they appear on your program, beginning with Michael Gunther. Professor Michael Gunther hails from historic lake george, new york. He earned his ph. D. In history in 2010. He is current professor of history at georgia gwinnett college, a fouryear institution in the suburbs of atlanta. Dr. Gunther recently published a journal article on the bordering of quebec in the 17
Sunday on cspans q a. Each year, the u. S. Capital Historical Society orders the accomplishments of the committee. Next, a tribute to the Senate Finance committee. Present and past members discuss the committees purpose and work. It was formally created in 1816. My name is jane campbell. I am lucky and fortunate to be the president and ceo of the historicales society. I just took this job in february, so this is my new but this organization has been around for more than 50 years, and we are delighted to have you all join us for a of the distinguished history of the Senate Finance committee. We begin the program tonight the presentation of colors by the United States Capitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. March. Right shoulder. Now, please join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Right s
The document releases are mandated by the john f. Kennedy assassinations record act of 1992 and will continue into 2018, though some documents contain reductions. Up next on american artifacts, our visit to the National Archives to learn about the assassination records and see some of the iconic artifacts, such as Lee Harvey Oswalds rifle, the socalled magic bullet, and the original eight millimeter film. Our guide is Martha Wagner murphy, who manages the staff that maintains the records. Martha the president john f. Kennedy assassination records collection was created because of the john f. Kennedy assassination records act of 1992. A short history. Since the time of the assassination, there have been numerous official investigations starting with the Warren Commission and then some congressional investigations. The Church Committee looked into it. The House Select Committee on assassinations, of course. In the early 1990s, there was a movie that came out by oliver stone. At the end o
General Staff College faculty of the department of military history for since 1992. For 11red the department years. During that time, he has come to i quote from the front page of the New York Times 10 years or so ago as the intellectual center of the army. At the, he put set bottom of his email signature puts that at the bottom of his team else. Its required . Ok. Well, its appropriate in his case, because no one has done more to make that true. He is the author of the book great commanders. His origins are a series of historiansat command have given at the library. He has run about the tet offensive and the bottle of analog, etc. Written about the tet offensive and the battle of lock. He is on the Editorial Board of himself history but is no armchair historian. He is the general of the Army George C Marshall chair of military history at the u. S. Army command and general staff at the college of Fort Leavenworth, which is, by the way, the longest title you can hold as an historian out