Good evening, everyone and welcome to the New York Historical society. Im gail gregory. Welcome to the programs of our spectacular robert a. Smith auditorium. This Evening Program is presented in conjunction with mapping americas road to independence and the new revolutionary war expedition which is on here until march 11th. Tonights program, washington and the nations battle for the Nations Capital. And the distinguished Speaker Series at the heart of our programs, as always, id like to thank mr. Schwartz for his wonderful support. Lets give mr. Schwartz a great hand. [ applause ] id also like to recognize our Trustee Executive Committee chair and all the councilmembers with us for all of their support as well. Lets give them a big hand. [ applause ] so, tonight, the program will last an hour. It will include a question and answer session. Has everyone received a card to write their questions . No . Well, we have staff coming through, this is we will conduct the q a with written quest
Years and theyre strong and they kind of stick with us, no matter what we do, as you have seen you go outside this museum and you travel around northwest arkansas, theres fortune 500 companies, theyre a Major Research university, theres all kinds of businesses and industry and hightech stuff going on out there but those images, those stereotypes, will theyll stick with us and theyre kind of theyre part of our story. We begin our tour of the local Literary Community with a visit to the university of Arkansas Library. To learn more about the life and accomplishmented of jay William Fulbright. James William Fulbright was a longtime senator serving arkansas from 1944 until 1974. 30 years. Before that he was a representativea u. S. Representative from the north arkansas area. He was president of the university of arkansas, the Youngest University president in the United States at the time. From 1939 to 1941 and worked for the department of justice, rhodes karl, a distinguish el alum of the
Declaring outright independence in a speech before the kaplan parliament he called for the escalation of tension and said he was ready for dialogue with the Spanish Government he said millions of his citizens believe catalonia should have its own stay in that he had a clear mandate to declare independence but wants to negotiate fast. As president its my responsibility to declare that catalonia should become an independent state in the shape of a republic we asked the parliament to suspend any effects of the declaration of independence so that we can have dialogue and so that we can find the necessary solution we need to lower tensions and show our will and commitment to meet the demands of the catalan people alive now to join hollers outside the Catalan Parliament in barcelona jonah was this the announcement many people were expecting. Well i think a lot of people would have gone away deeply disappointed staunch secessionists to the hope perhaps that this was going to be their night bu
Wall. There was that much space between them. The walls were not conserved until later, but the house was rebuilt and it looked about what it did. It was more like a public building, maybe. It did notloors, have that saggy fielding that president roosevelt loved. But truman built it for all time so that the main thing would happen, the president would stay in the president s house. He was very emphatic about that. In fact, as the sub cellars were being dug, he came by and they were about to widen the door with air hammers, and he said stop. So they had to take the bulldozer and a truck all down, back, and, build them that is how they built the basement. There is enough space for a driveway to take them out. He saved these walls. He saved the mystique of the white house, president truman did. Susan you mentioned he did not conserve and thats probably where we will end. When of the properties you write about is that sandstone is very course and also subject to deterioration. So how was t
To trash out of the ft. Myers landfill. The house was reconstructed in steel frames within the original wall. There was that much space between them. The walls were not conserved until later, but the house was rebuilt and it looked about what it did. It was more like a public building, maybe. No wooden floors, it did not have that saggy fielding that president roosevelt loved. But truman built it for all time so that the main thing would happen, the president would stay in the president s house. He was very emphatic about that. In fact, as the sub cellars were being dug, he came by and they were about to widen the door with air hammers, and he said stop. So they had to take the bulldozer and a truck all down, take it in, build them back, and that is how they built the basement. There is enough space for a driveway to take them out. He saved these walls. He saved the mystique of the white house, president truman did. Susan you mentioned he did not conserve and thats probably where we wi