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If memory serves me correctly, my mom kept the three or four letters that she got from me and i read those many times after i came home. Yes, she got them. I got three or four letters from home. My sister wrote to me every three or four days. We didnt get all the mail that was sent to us. I know that for sure because my family members a lot of them wrote letters to me but i didnt get that many. I got a few. You still keep the letter . When did your family and parents know that you are in the camp . As you may know we were carried as mia for a long time. They had no confirmation of my status un...

Wonderful neighborhood. Primarily italian. With some jewish but primarily italian. Large families. We had lots of activity because of the abundance of males. All kinds of sports were involved. Softball, basketball, touch football. No baseball. No baseball fields. Professor han how many siblings . Mr. Conte two more. An older brother. They are both deceased. Professor han all boys . Mr. Conte yeah. Professor han what school did you go to in new york city . Mr. Conte ps 112 was my grammar school. Professor han ps 112 . Mr. Conte yeah. Professor han your grammar school. Mr. Conte in brooklyn. Jun...

Christmas eve . Yeah. Its an interesting story that goes with that. I was delivered by a midwife and the midwife of my mother conspired instead of registering me december 249th they did in january 1st 1930. If there was a draft, it would have me as later year. It was so prevent me from going to war but i ended up. Tell me about your family. Beautiful family, wonderful neighborhood. Primarily italian. Some jewish but primarily italian. We had lots of activity because of the abundance of males. A lot of sports were involved. No baseball. No baseball fields. How many siblings . Two more. An older...

Finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrobes work at the capitol. And, of course, latrobe is also the architect of Decatur House and st. Johns across the square, and so hopefully youll learn a great deal about this architectural genius this afternoon and enjoy the house tonight at the reception. Thank you. Come on, pam. [ applause ] thank you very much, bill. Your friendship over the years has meant a great deal to me as well. I want to add my thanks to the many, many thanks to the people who have organized this wonderful symposium. I have learned so much and have enjoyed it...

About an hour. Thank you. Our next speaker will be pamela scott, and pam is an old friend. I have known her for many, many years, and she is, i think, the authority on the history of public buildings in washington, d. C. She has been an architectural historian here in washington specializing in the architectural landscape and planning histories of the city and i have learned a tremendous amount from her over the years. Some of her books include the temple of liberty, buildings of the district of columbia, designing the nations capitol capitol, and the fortress of finance, and pam is going to t...