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Ellis island. This island for Many Americans is the place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to be given the okay to go out and start their lives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Now, a lot of people dont know about ellis island before that time. Im going to talk briefly about ellis island itself. Today were 27 acres in size. But in the original form this island was, it was three acres. A small island in the middle of ...

Can argue every year should be. This is incredibly special for all of us in america, especially at the smithsonian. We are bound together in celebrating the american womens History Initiative throughout the Smithsonian History Museum and online, and all of the activities, and here at the American History museum, we are particularly grateful to have three exhibitions opening. Spurring really from this one. This is democracy in america, the great leap of faith that opened a few years ago. Im in th...

George w. Bush excessive emanation at the 1992 Republican National convention in houston. President bush lost the president ial election to democrat, bill clinton. Ross perot finished third. [cheering and applause] george h. W. Bush thank you so much. George h. W. Bush thank you so much. Thank you very, very much. Thank you so much. Thank you. [cheering and applause] this is fantastic. Thank you all very, very much. Lets go to work. Thank you. Much. You so thank you. And i am proud to receive, a...

Years to the day after his historic proclamation, which announced the beginning of work by the United Nations. Mr. Truman calls on the World Assembly of nations to bring about real disarmament to the control of atomic and all other weapons. Then the president says vast sums being spent on rearmament could be used for world etterment. In the reception that follows, the president reads to the delegates of the United Nations, among them the soviet Security Council delegate. Americas eleanor rooseve...

Mothers Brothers Farms and sisters farms as i was growing up. I had a great childhood. That was educated right there in salt lake. Went to the elementary, high school, and the university of utah. Graduated as a teacher. That was my desire, was to be a coach and a teacher. My mother sent me to the bakery for bread but did not provide me with any money. I would try to get the men that were working in the bakery to give me a loaf of bread. I did that often and i tried to get a little work there. To...

Prouder to watch the festival grow into the incredibly popular and impactful event and has become. I wouldnt be surprised [applause] thank you. I wouldnt see us surprised to move some bestsellers on the needle today. It is important to keep the book festival a free event that serves the community. The library of congress and the book festivals real purpose is literacy which leads to learning an opportunity, which matches our goal of helping our community succeed. Learning to love books and learn...

Obviously, i could do this privately and i have but i would like to say a public thank you to terry for her support for her advice over the years, including many good topics, suggestions, and if you are here you will know she is responsible for the beach boys, and all sorts of others we have enjoyed over the years thanks to her suggestions. So terry, would you please stand up . [applause] tonights speaker, claire l. Evans, has achieved notable success in two disparate fields, both as a musician ...

how did we get here? well, the war in iraq went sideways and there were never any wmds. katrina exposed how unprepared we were for natural disasters. and then a great recession cooked up by bankers left the country in a huge hole. and not a single one of these crooks went to jail for it. were losing faith in our institutions because they keep failing us. and in other cases these institutions are being destroyed on purpose. a new gallup poll shows less than half the country has confiden...

Been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for th it is really wonderful for us to have jonathan back at the carter library. You know, it has been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for a book about jackie robinson. And that has probably been seven or a neck years since then. And what is really neat is that jonathan had decided to kick offs book tour for his new book. His book just came out yesterday. And do that here at the jimmy carter president ial library, which ...

It is really wonderful for us to have jonathan eig back in the public library. Its been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for a book about jackie robinson, and thats been probably seven, or eight years since then. And whats really neat is that jonathan had decided to kick off his book tour for his new book, his book just came out yesterday, and do that here at the jimmy carter president ial library, which is really, i think great. This is his sixth book. Hes written, as ive said...