tom moses. the man this lecture series is named for. we learned tonight he was a medic at the battle of the bulge. he was a devoted civil libertarian and spent much of his life defending american civil liberties and the u.s. constitution. he workedmany things on during his life, including fair housing and civil rights issues and cleveland and baltimore, while living in ohio, he started the first welfare rights organization in the united states. ofa longtime resident jefferson county, he founded the eastern panhandle branch of the american saver live -- american civil liberties union of virginia. often bycognized community and state leaders for his service, including senator byrd and senator rockefeller. before i formally introduce tonight's speaker, i want to share some revealing statistics from the key research center that i discovered while researching this book create in june of this year a pew research report revealed 68% of u.s. adults believe that "made up news and information" greatly impact america's confidence in institutions.

tom moses's three daughters, meryl crawford and their husbands. ing to, they have helped us with this wonderful program over the past 15 years, the past decade and a half. and they've carried forward mr. moses' legacy of activism, which is is more important. working together, we have brought u.s. senators, policy experts, legal scholars, -- esteemed political scientist, and maybe a bit of bias more than a few historians for constitution day to talk about historical contemporary and constitutional issues. we very much appreciate their continuing support. it's with that in mind, that i want to tell you about mr. tom moses, the man this lecture series is named for. e was a decorated world war ii soldier. we learned tonight he was a medic at the battle of the bulge. he was a devoted civil libertarian and spent much of his life defending american civil liberties and the u.s. constitution. among the many things he worked on during his life, including fair housing and civil rights issues and cleveland and baltimore, while living in ohio, he started the f