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Grounds. It has this beautiful renaissance revival style with this massive sunset red granite. Its easy to see from any Vantage Point within downtown austin. We do have a round dome, not unlike the nations capitol. We are topped by the goddess of liberty, the beautiful statue that graces our tip top of the capitol dome. Texans are proud of the fact its taller than the national capitol. When the first capitol on Capitol Square was completed in 1853, it was small and it wasnt too popular. Officials started to make plans for a grander, more fitting State Capitol for texas. They quickly realized t...

War museum, is relevant today. Many of you are regulars to the events, history buffs who love to study the lessons of history. I would like to add a special welcome to some of you who are new to the preservationists who have joined us today in the audience. As we have over the decades in our existence, as the museum of the confederacy and the American Civil War center which combined to form the American Civil War museum, we have always thought that it was our responsibility to engage constructively with public issues arising from the subject of the civil war. Whether that subject be monuments,...

[cheers and applause] [inaudible conversations] host governor it is of pleasure last time i saw you was in the barn doing a a fundraiser during the president ial campaign. Governor you are an incredible person. You are a model for everybody but also women with transeventeen yearold twin daughters i want them to know what is possible that the whole world is your oyster dont let anybody hold you back you were one of the people by have watched for many years i am not trying to flatter you but tell you honestly i have respect for you because you were a of the year as governor and of the epa and al...

Many of you are regulars to the events, history buffs who love to study the lessons of history. I would like to add a special welcome to some of you who are new to the preservationists who have joined us today in the audience. As we have over the decades in our existence, as the museum of the confederacy and the American Civil War center which combined to form the American Civil War museum, we have always thought that it was our responsibility to engage constructively with public issues arising from the subject of the civil war. Whether that subject be monuments, the confederate battle flag, o...

Incredible person for everybody, but also for women. At 217yearold twin daughters. I want them to know really what is possible, which is the world is your oyster, right . Dont let anybody ever hold you back. Youre one of those people i watched for many, many years. Im not trying to flatter you. Im just telling you honestly because i began to see people now you were a leader at the epa, a leader all of your life. I ran into senator lugar the other day, trying to rid the world of some of these nuclear weapons. I saw senator bob kerrey a couple months ago. I dont know about you, but when i see th...