The committee on rules and administration well come to order. I thank my colleagues for attending todays hearing, some virtually, some in person. The same for our witnesses. We are going to be welcoming them as well. Congressional commission to study the potential for a National Womens History Museum. Miss c. C. Rojas, chairman of the Latino Coalition, and mr. Danny vargas, chairman of the friends of the National Museum of the american latino. I want to thank all of them for joining us. We will hear from a number of senators who have spent time on this and have been sponsors of this bill. Senator collins, senator cornyn, senator menendez will all be joining us for remarks following the remarks of the three of us. This is secretary bunchs second appearance before the senate rules committee. We are grateful to have him with us today. He was appointed the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in june of 2019. And what a first year you have had. Obviously, covid forced closure of all 19
Worthy of our great republic. We do so by advocating for the classic condition in civic design. We believe that tradition is unparalleled and its dignity, beauty and harmony, not to mention its legibility to the common man. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when designing the Nations Capital and its and its core buildings of government. The founders sought to harken back to republic rome and democratic athens and knew that classical architecture was time honored and timeless. The National Civic arts Society Works to continue and expand upon the founders vision for the Nations Capital in federal design generally. I perhaps dont need to tell you that since the 19 fifties, washington d. C. Has been marred and disfigured by federal buildings and memorials that do not comport with the citys classical heritage and identity. For instance, there is the hirsch horn museum, which looks like a bunker. Then theres the bird list fbi building which i called the mi
Classical tradition and civic design. We believe that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty, and harmony. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when joining its core government. The democratic athens and they knew that classical architecture was time honored and timeless. The National Civil arts society continues for the Nations Capital and federal design generally. I perhaps dont need to tell you that since the 1950s, washington dc has been marred and disfigured by central buifedera and memorials that do not comport with the classical heritage and identity. There is the hersh horn society, and there is the fbi building that i call the ministry of fear. At the same time some of our National Memorials are not only not classical, but they do not reflect the view of the subject commemorated. For example, the Martin Luther king junior is secular, a socialist realist work that failed to include his most famous lines such as i have a dream. The memo
Hosted this event and provided the video. My name is justin. I am the president of the National Civic arts society. We are delighted you could join us this evening to hear sabin howard present his classical design for the National World war i memorial. Founded in 2002, the society educates and empowers our leaders in the promotion of public art and architecture worthy of our great republic. We do so by advocating for the Classical Tradition and civic design. We believe that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty, and harmony and not to mention its legibility to the common man. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when designing the Nations Capital and its core buildings of government. The founders sought to harken back to rome and athens and they knew classical architecture was timehonored and timeless. The National Civic arts Society Works to continue and expand upon the vision of the founders for the federal design generally. I perhaps dont
Sabin howard present his magnificent classical define for the National World war i memorial. Founded in 2002, the National Civic art society educates and empowers our leaders in the promotion of public art and architecture. Worthy of our great republic. We do so by advocating for the Classical Tradition and civic design. We believe that that tradition is unparalleled in its dignity, beauty and harmony. Not to mention its legibility to the common man. It is no accident that the Founding Fathers chose the classical style when designing the nations capitol and joining its core government. The democratic athens and they knew that classical architecture was time honored and timeless. The National Civil arts Society Works to continue and expand upon the founders vision for the nations capitol and federal design generally. I perhaps dont need to tell you that since the 1950s, washington d. C. Has been marred and disfigured by federal buildings and memorials that do not comport with the citys