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Newest exhibition, rosa parks in her own words. It is my honor to welcome members of congress, including members of the congressional black caucus, members of the rosa parks family, who have come to washington for this special celebration. Can we give them a hand . [applause] we would also like to welcome the rosa and Raymond Parks institute for self development. That is another round of applause. [applause] and photographer donna, whose photo of ms. Parks is displayed in a vital part of the exh...

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the good morning, everyone. Welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and our good friends, our partners, the john w. Cloogy center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mcloren, and i have the privilege of being the president of White House Historical...

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and good friends, our partners, the john w klug center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mclaurin, and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. And i see many familiar friends and faces here today and, of course, those who are joining us by cspan and through our own digital cov...

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and good friends, our partners, the john w klug center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mclaurin, and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. And i see many familiar friends and faces here today and, of course, those who are joining us by cspan and through our own digital cov...

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the White House Historical association and our 2023 symposium, the white house in Popular Culture hosted by the association and good friends, our partners, the john w klug center at the library of congress. My name is stewart mclaurin, and i have the privilege of being the president of the White House Historical association. And i see many familiar friends and faces here today and, of course, those who are joining us by cspan and through our own digital cov...

The 1290 seven magna carta and a rare 1823 in great copy of the declaration of independence. Mr. Rubenstein spoke with us from the gallery that bears his name and where magna carta is. Isplayed yo this is about 30 minutes. We are at the National Archives with the magna carta here because of you. Ats was your first effort what you call patriotic philanthropy. Tell me the story of how you got started with this document. Mr. Rubenstein it is not as if i was growing up saying someday i want to own a...

Effect. Susan when you had won the auction, what was your feeling . David the auctioneer came in, who was part of the sothebys, and said, congratulations, who are you . And i explained to i was. He said, ok, it is was provided you do have the money. Ownaid, ok, now that you it, we can ship it off to a site where no one will ever know. I said, ok, i will be happy to meet the reporters. Thisd, look, i am buying on behalf of the country really. It is my down payment on the gift i have two for being...

Ive got 11 brothers and sisters and my dad owned a bar, ive got brothers and sisters on every rung of the economic ladder and the idea of an Opportunity Society is to i was. Of the 1970s and ,980s, these two people especially during the 1970s, by the end of the 1970s, i was a republican i have a Ronald Reagan Bumper Sticker on a 1980 in the primary, sorry jeb, [laughter] in 1980 eight, i found myself in manchester, New Hampshire, joe and, if you will recall and in february of 1988, a lowly state...

Thank you all for being here. And heather, we honor you today. You were there all along guiding and ack anying tom across all the peaks and the valleys right to the end. E thank you for your spirit, your generosity and your example as h enlivened this house well as your own for many years. Welcome back. Inempty it ismous ironic he ran for congress in the first place. He actually did it in a moment of anger. The day was july 16, 1964. The beetles had just returned to liverpool after their first u...

So he and friends hitchhiked to a service station to get it fixed. As they approached the outskirts of the city, they ran out of gas. So they pushed the car up the hill, coasting into town just before the deadline. Tom went on to win the race by a resounding 54 votes. There is no question there may have been some luck of the irish operating when it came to tom foley, as well as incredible stamina. What led him to make history as the first speaker of the house from west of the rockies was not luc...