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CSPAN Joel Iskowitz On Designing Congressional Gold Medals November 27, 2015

Owitz talked about how they were designed and awarded. Welcome toernoon, our friends from the cspan audience. What that means for our audience, during the questionandanswer period, please wait for your question until the microphone gets the read so everyone can hear. David callan, im president of the museum of american finance. I am joined by the chair, john herzog. 220 is a bond from about years ago, signed by none other than the father of our country, George Washington. This is George Washingtons bond. About 60 years ago, this document is a share certificate in rko owned by howard hughes, signed right. Here. What thosent today, two men have in common and the answer. Is that both received the congressional gold manner. Edal. Today we will hear from joel iskowitz, who has designed them. Including one design for the apollo 11 mission, the original moon landing mission. ....

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CSPAN Joel Iskowitz On Designing Congressional Gold Medals November 27, 2015

And restorers and artists and whoptors and archivists took it upon themselves, they were in very comfortable lifestyles and had no need to be impressed into service. But in order to save these great Cultural Treasures of the world, they put life and limit risk limb at risk to save great treasures for posterity. I apologize. This was originally going to be the final piece of my running narrative, but we had just returned from this very moving ceremony, but it has been filling my mind and my heart right now. Presentationslide sounds very formal, but in atlity, when i took a look the seven or so congressional gold medals that i intend to speak to you about this afternoon, i realized that each complexy story was so contentsuch elaborate and connection to so much history that it was be literally impossible in the small amount of time we have this afternoon, allowing for some questions and answers at the end, to get into too much de ....

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CSPAN Joel Iskowitz On Designing Congressional Gold Medals December 25, 2015

Christian mentioned it would be covered by cspan, i got into an cripple panic. There is a tremendous sense of privilege one has when one is tasked with Something Like designing a congressional gold medal. A congressional gold medal is our nations form of highest esteem for distinguished individuals and also institutions and he goes back to nation. Ding of our so it is a very daunting process to take on such a role. It is a lot of hard work. But it also is incredibly gratifying especially when one gets a chance as i have and my lovely wife suzanne had yesterday to witness the recipients of the congressional gold medal and the ceremony which occurred yesterday for the monument. Is spinningy heart with the events of yesterday because that particular congressional gold medal combines so many stories. It combines the stories of world war ii. It combines the horror and the terror that hitler and his minions had visited upon europe and l ....

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CSPAN3 American History TV November 2, 2014

The city. Scott, coauthor of buildings of the district of spoke at a e symposium at the White House Historical association, u. S. Society and rical James Madisons montpelier. Hour. Poke for about an thank you. 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 capit capitol, and the fortress of finance, and pam is going to talk about Benjamin Henry latrob ....

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CSPAN3 Key Capitol Hill Hearings September 6, 2014

Government buildings at york, canada. Perhaps only one government building and perhaps not the American Army after all. This provided the burning of the public buildings provided opponents of the location with an opportunity to argue for removal without having to did he mean the city. During the month prior to convening of congress in late september 1814, residents expressed fears that the opponents of the city might prevail. Washington socialite eliz a, granddaughter of washington, went so far as to accuse secretary of war john armstrong, jr. , of allowing the british to capture the city in order to give ammunition to those who wished to move from the potomac and win himself Political Support in what might have been upcoming campaign. The 13th congress reconvened in the Patent Office on september 19th. While members ta ....

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