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Ceremony. This program runs about 45 minutes. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im james billington, the 13th librarian of the congress. Its a great pleasure to zvr coe you to the library of congress and to this event celebrating the opening of the librarys latest exhibition, magna carta, muse and a mentor. I think it is indisputable that the library of congress has a special relationship with magna carta. We remember, of course, this institutions good fortune to have been called upon to safeguard the lincoln magna carta during world war ii. But as a repository of the accumulated knowledge o...

Good morning. I propose to cover three things in my brief opening remarks this morning. Why me . Why now . Why are you here . Magna cartas relevance today. From an early age growing up in america, it was good king john the lion heart, bad King John Lachlan and robin hood and his merry men, not to forget maid mir yen, littlejohn, fryer tuck, henry the viii, shakespeare, costume and architecture and in music. I grew up with the belief that the sun never sets on the british empire. I collected stamps from all over the british empire. All americans knew george washington, john jay, sam adams, all ...

The magna carta as we called it into this year. A document of great historical significance to the rule of law. The 800th anniversary of which will be two weeks from today. And we are honored and privileged to have as our lecturer the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the honorable, barren else of richland. The historical feats that the lady has herself accomplished. She is the first and as far as the only member of the Supreme Court to be a woman. She was the first and only longhorn that was a woman in 1999 when she was appoint to the court of appeals and only the s...

Latest exhibition, magna carta, muse and a mentor. I think it is indisputable that the library of congress has a special relationship with magna carta. We remember, of course, this institutions good fortune to have been called upon to safeguard the lincoln magna carta during world war ii. But as a repository of the accumulated knowledge of human civilization, the library of Congress Must also be acknowledged to be one of the best assets the United States possesses for participation in magna cartas greatest legacy, the preservation of the rule of law. The library began over two centuries ago as...

Mir yen, littlejohn, fryer tuck, henry the viii, shakespeare, costume and architecture and in music. I grew up with the belief that the sun never sets on the british empire. I collected stamps from all over the british empire. All americans knew george washington, john jay, sam adams, all the Founding Fathers were english men. Alexander hamilton was a scott born in the caribbean. As they came, so did settlers from germany, austria, hungary, polands, swiss, russians, chinese and all the countries came to the melting pot of america over the past 400 years since the founding of jamestown in 1607....