my name is darren jones. i am the program director for the african-american cultural association. on behalf of the association and our president, and board members, raise your hands board members, i want to thank you for being here. we have about 150 members of the daniel murray association. let pea see the hands of the members in the ramsey -- room so everybody can see you. we have a special honor coming up for mr. murray on april the 28th. the tony morrison society is placing 20 benches around the world at hysterical markers for african-americans and culture. the daniel murray society has been chosen as one of the places that will get a marker. it was a long process. two years ago, we had to go to the congress to get the congress to come to the library of congress and the architect of the capitol was be were told they don't place benches in someone's name on capitol hill. we had to go through congress to get the library and the architect to agree we can place a bench at the library of congress in honor of daniel murray. [applause] that project is almost complete. we are still ra