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Through formal invitation, prodding and cajoling, find people who know the president well and get to them and to put in a good word for you, et cetera. President s, since Grover Cleveland, who was in office when the club was founded, nobody could convince him to come. He didnt get along that well with the media. But does any president . But every president since then has come to the gridiron as an honored guest and has spoken. The president unlike a lot of organizations, we give the president the last word of the evening. So in a matter what is said before, how much lampooning going on, the pr...

Folklife center. The library hosted this event as part of its summer lecture series. I am going to start the program off. I want to leave time for q a for stephen afterwards. I have a boatload of questions and i imagine the audience is going to as well. As littlewho know about the American Folklife Center as i did, i will share notes i jotted down. Our speaker today is Stephen Winick, who is with the Folklife Center. I will tell you more about his job and a second. The center is located at the library of congress, that is our theme for this month lecture series. The center was created in 1976 ...

If you are with us tonight [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] in 1932 and we celebrated with an open house and tonights lecture we can bring the current perspectives and debate to the other side of the wall. Cspan twos book tv joins us tonight to the window for the reconstruction in the weeks ahead. This is a good time to remind all to turn off their cell phones while we get situated. We are at the conclusion of the celebration of the 400 anniversary but tonight we pause to reflect what we have learned this past year. The director of the culture through the university of wisconsin [inaudible]...

If you are with us tonight [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] in 1932 and we celebrated with an open house and tonights lecture we can bring the current perspectives and debate to the other side of the wall. Cspan twos book tv joins us tonight to the window for the reconstruction in the weeks ahead. This is a good time to remind all to turn off their cell phones while we get situated. We are at the conclusion of the celebration of the 400 anniversary but tonight we pause to reflect what we have learned this past year. The director of the culture through the university of wisconsin [inaudible]...

Im the director of education here at the National Museum of the u. S. Navy, and this tour will take us throughout the history of the Washington Navy yard, which is a very extensive one. The art itself has seen a lot of yard itself has seen a lot of different historical events. Some happy, some sad some every , day events. The yard itself has changed dramatically over the many years. It was first founded in 1798 and it was around that time that the United States realized we needed a Standing Military force. It was after the American Revolution that all the military was basically disbanded becau...