tom moses's three daughters and their husbands. together, they have helped us with this wonderful program this past decade and a half. they have carried forward his legacy of activism, which is more important. working together, we have brought u.s. senators, policy experts, legal scholars, esteemed political scientists, and a few historians here for constitution day to talk about historical contemporary and constitutional issues. we very much appreciate their continuing support. with that in mind i want to tell you about mr. tom moses. the man this lecture series is very deservedly named for. he was a decorated world war ii veteran. 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 in cleveland and baltimore, and while living in ohio, he started the first welfare rights organization in the united stat