one great story has to do with helen keller, who was here back and spoke at1900's the pulpit just behind am seated here, and if you can call it speaking. we know that her situation -- she was deprived of her eyesight and learned to speak in a very guttural voice, but she came here and gave a presentation to a packed house, and when she had finished, they asked if there was anything she would like, and she said i would like to hear your famous organ play, and so the organist came over and he saints,"ome, come ye and the president of the church water up to the organ case and placed her hand on the wood of the case, and a person who was there at the time said that t as sheller just wep felt the throbbing of the great instrument and the sounds of the pipes playing the song of the pioneers of the came across the plains. aboutis something unique this choir that comes across to audiences, and i think it is a combination of things. it is not just the size of the choir, it is not just how well trained they are, how versant how professional they are. i think it is their sincerity about their metho

to the hand case and placed her on the wood of the case and a person who was there at the time helen keller just wept as she felt the throbbing of the great instrument and the sound of those pipes playing the song that the pioneers had sang as plains.e across the there's something unique about this choir that comes across to audiences, and i think it's a things.ion of it's not just the size of the choir, it's not just how well they are, and how professional they are. sincerity about their message. when they turn to the audience at the ebb of any performance to sing god be till we meet again, i see tears in the eyes of people out there. know the stories of the choir members, i know what they're going through in their families and i know they are from the heart and that comes across when the hears them sing. >> jack lieb, a cameraman for hearst corporation news of the assigned tol was cover the invasion of france, in 1944. germany was compelled him, shot in england, france and germany while on the job. the national archives restored the film, together with a 1976 audio recording of lieb's lec

it is a great honor to recognize these people, the hall of honor, helen keller, justin dart, a. phillip andolph, among others. i will tell you one thing. the hall of honor has never included a representative from the aapi community, until now. let's get onto it. [applause] f [applause] if the living representatives of the chinese workers in the front row here and other living representatives -- can they join me on stage? come on. come on. hey chris and portia, can you oin us, as well? mr. secretary, could i impose on you to join us? can i ask -- are there others ere who could stand? if there are others. ok. well, you cannot hide, man. this is one of those people who is, what we call in the business, a servant leader. he toils in anonymity. he needs to be acknowledged. so, ladies and gentlemen, as the united states secretary of labor, it is my privilege today o recognize your ancestors for their historic role in building this great nation and advancing the labor movement in the united states. they took on the arduous task f completing the western section of the transcontinental r

one great story has to do with helen keller who was here back in the early 1900's, and spoke at the pulpit just behind where i'm seated here. and if you can call it speaking we know that her situation she was deprived of her eye sight and learned to speak in a very gutter al voice, but she came here and gave a presentation to a packed house, and when she finished they asked if there was anything she would like and she said i'd like to hear your famous organ play. and so the organist came over and played come come ye saints, which is a hymn that's strongly identified with the church, and the president of the church walked her right up there to the organ case and placed her hand on the wood of the case and a person who was there at the time said that helen keller just wept as she felt the throbbing of the great instrument and the sound of those pipes playing the song that the pioneers had sang as they came across the plains. there's something unique about this choir that comes across to audiences, and i think it's a combination of things. it's not just the size of the choir, it's not just ho