but truman was lucky. the spectacular success of the berlin airlift, the success of pilots meant that he never had to make that decision. against all expectations, the western allies were able to fly in enough supplies to sustain the population of west berlin even in the winter of 1948-49. recognizing the failure of the gambit, the russians called off their blockade on may 12, 1949 to play -- to build up supplies in the city. the american and their allies continued their flight until september 30, 1949. according to this view, truman was still weighing his long-term options. even while saying we stay in berlin, he was holding in his mind the position of abandoning the u.s. position in berlin if if war was the only alternative. but why did he keep reaffirming to one adviser after another his determination to stay in berlin . why would he repeat and underline the words in his personal diary? he must've regarded it as a historic document, one doubts that he would've torn that page out later. it has been sugge

truman considered signature accomplishment. the harry s. truman little white harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. first of two parts. it's about two hours. well, thank you, and thank you all for being with us this morning. thank you for inviting me. it's my second trip to the it's veryte house and good to be back here in key west. my presentation today is ntitled the iron curtain speech, the sinews of peace and prose.wer of in the spirit of looking at original documents, randy, we're to look at the near final draft of the iron curtain speech. his is the draft of the iron curtain speech that is in the national of the churchill museum, his train raid washington, d.c. to missouri. he is making final edits and to the great speech. we have this in our collection we had it on view in an exhibition called the power of prose. gives us an that and chance to see churchill's mind, great master of rhetoric and the great visionary when, about by thoughts of the cold war looking at the primary source document. before we do that, i thought it to

truman considered signature accomplishment. the harry s. truman little white harry s.n foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. first of two parts. it's about two hours. well, thank you, and thank you all for being with us this morning. thank you for inviting me. it's my second trip to the it's veryte house and good to be back here in key west. my presentation today is ntitled the iron curtain speech, the sinews of peace and prose.wer of in the spirit of looking at

truman's president living room.is library during the daytime, his office every evening. 59, seven are of playing poker, what do you do with the rest of them? they ran films here in the living room. there are many neat things about the little white house. the little room is iconic in the number of nieces that are actually connected with president truman. pieces that are connected to president truman. his piano is in the corner. rarely did the president have to piano here. --had instead he had incredible musical talent. rolled in music lessons for the next 10 years. they expected him to become a concert pianist. at 16, he drops out of the lessons, saying he is not good enough to get we believe he dropped out to save the family the cost of the expense. he regularly played the piano, he loved paying -- playing mozart. 1953, the uss williamsburg was decommissioned. president eisenhower felt it was a luxury that he. all the artifacts from the ship were scattered. later, our years base commander put out a directive, i want

ly human.man was truman he was one of us.would have been out of keeping with his character had they had gilded furniture or something. it was just inconceivable to harry truman to ever have anything like that. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] you can watch this and other programs on the history of communities across the country at c-span.org cities tour. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. afterwords,ght on general onine corps gender bias in the military. she is interviewed by reporter todd south. >> if a female marine is not really catered to -- not really paid attention to, to develop her as a quality marine and not held to a high standard, how does that affect her career? how does that affect the perception of her by her colleagues? >> the problem is because the marine corps does not want to change what happens at that foundational level, and because ever

truman appreciated that. combat and specifically questioned, when bradley came back and was given that job basically every organizing the administration, bill through congress and saw the creation of the network of the a hospitals -- va hospitals. bradley carried that back to the president. he informed the president that every soldier, and there were many many blacks who came back as combat, wounded, deserved the same treatment in the va hospital as did the white soldiers. that stuck with german -- with truman. that changed his you that we have to change this and bradley became commander of the troops in normandy. 164 black officers and eight white officers. if we are going to give them up and they are going to fight. i wonder if you know about the role that truman and bradley added using the experience from where youa hospitals had black guys shut up and white guys shot up getting equal treatment. >> he had better relations with bradley than his successor eisenhower. than iw more about it do. bradley asked c

harry truman did that. the last president i think we're ever going to happy does that. >> he was following much in the steps of george washington. it was called the american cincinnatus. he could have served out his life and had political reward commensurate with his military success. i think truman -- you make a great point as a student of history, he really understood how washington, jefferson, jackson lincoln, these were , people he was well aware of how they made their decisions. i believe we are ready to take some questions from the audience. is that right? i think we will ask that you come down and actually speak at the microphone. we would look to have some questions but if you could make them more questions instead of comments, we would appreciate that. you're welcome to make a brief comment. the 6888 postal attachment. the first female of african-american officer that was commissioned was turnout colonel charity earley, over at fort leavenworth they got ready to do a monument to her. [applause] if

of as the truman home. and there they stay. so this is a photo of harry and bess and margaret around may of 19 1928. so this is about the time that harry was county judge. margaret is about 4 years old. of course things have changed a little bit. again, it is interesting, because you can know what harry and bess are doing and trace it through what is going on in their letters. after world war i, harry joined the army reserves, and so every summer for two weeks, he would go off to army reserve camp and that is when the letters to bess started to show up again. of course, when he was not there, and they were together so we don't have that kind of the correspondence, but you can trace it to two weeks in july for 1924, '25, '26 and on and on through the rest of the '20s and some of the '30s. and it is interesting, because he becomes a little bit more affectionate of course, because they are married now. this is a letter july 8th, 1926 and he is mentioning margaret who is about 2. he said i never wanted to come

this is a photo of the truman home. this is what we know as the truman home today. her family moved in with her grandparents in 1904, after her father died, and she attended barstow. how many people are local? yes, barstow back then was considered a finishing school. it was not the kind of school we think of now. and bess went there. many of the girls she went to school with were planning to move on to college, planning to go to some of the seven sisters schools on the east coast, and sadly, bess could not do that because her family could not afford it. how many of you know the story of truman and the cake plate? [laughter] tammy: according to family legend, truman visited his cousin, mary ethel, who lived across the street from bess and her family at the gatehouse, at 217 north delaware. harry had a close relationship with his cousins and visited them a lot. according to the story, bess's mother had sent a cake to the nolan family and of course, the cake plate had to be taken back to the home, and so, harry's cousin, mary ethel, said harry volunteered and jumped up

the truman library hosted this event. it's about 45 minutes. >> today's special guest is archivist tammy williams. she works right on the other side of the building and has been with us for many years. she started here as an intern, actually, so back to that, if your children, grandchildren or the kids next door need something to do next summer i would encourage them to look into your intern program. tammy is going the share with you the story of the trumans' love and devotion to one another and using their love letters back and forth to share that story. so without further ado i'm going to welcome tammy williams to the stage. tammy? [ applause ] >>> i joke around that i'm the person that gets to talk about this because i'm the chick on the staff. so i have a close afippity for harry and bess but i always loved first ladies and bess is important to me and important to independence and important to the trowman story. we are going to talk about harry and bess and how they came to be married and some of the letters that they

truman user. -- either. the navy said they were doing well with him and did not figure he would be here too long. the 48 election they were like everybody else that is going to lose and he won. he's get a be here for four more years. -- added decorating firm from miami. it was completely rebuilt so it could support the president and his staff. that document is the restoration we all had of course the white house people. they have used that to like it was when president truman was here. aat you'll see when you take tour this afternoon is the same thing that president truman would have seen when he walked here. they've done a magnificent job. the one thing they did find that the president liked was there was a lot around the beach in the he loved to go to the beach and go swimming and they would play ball and do the usual things on the beach. they were not known for having a lot of natural beaches. the only one available was the enlisted beach on the naval station. build a beach to for the president, this is i

harry moves all his worldly possessions into the truman home and what we now know of is the truman home. and there they stay. so this is a photo of harry and bess and margaret around may 1928. this was about the time harry was county judge. margaret is about four years old and of course things have changed a little bit. again it is interesting, you can know what harry and bess are doing and trace it through what is going on in their letters. after world war i harry joins the army reserves and so every summer for two weeks he will go out to army reserve camp and that is when the letters to bess start showing up again. of course when he wasn't there, they were together so we don't have the kind of correspondence. but you can trace it, two weeks in july, 1924, 2526. through the rest of the 20s and some of the 30s. it's interesting because he becomes a little bit more affectionate because they are married now. this is a letter written july 8, 1926. images margaret who is about two years old. he says i never wanted to come home so badly in my life as i did last night when the young lady said

the truman library institute is our not-for-profit partner who actually fund of the truman library teacher conference i just mentioned it also this program tonight. the national world war i museum and memorial which i will introduce a member of the staff here in a moment as a sponsor and the harry s truman library and museum all responsible for our program tonight. we are glad you could be here. a few remarks about our speaker and upcoming programs and before i do that i would like to introduce one of our partners, the curator of education and the national world war i museum memorial, who is better partner josh who has been our partner on a variety of programs throughout the kansas city area for the entire centennial celebration after world war i. education curator of under her leadership they have broken records for public programs and educational anticipation after -- at the world war i museum memorial. she has been responsible for both online and on-site education on exhibit programs the relationship. it's my pleasure to work with her as a partner and i will introduce her to the stage t

truman came to his funeral so truman who just became vice president came to the funeral of tom pendergast during wartime on a military plane. a bit of controversy and a week later roosevelt died and truman was present in the united states. so truman could never completely distance himself from his bed around with the machine. he owned it. he said that pendergast always kept his word and he wasn't going to end his friendship paid what we are trying to do is complicate that history. i've done a little bit of that in this interview but we are building a web site that will include -- currently we have about 9500 scans of original documents. we have photographs letters written to one another back then i mentioned the court cases that unveiled voter fraud is a crime and an interactive web site that will combine the original documents with a new scholarship so we reached out in 2015 to 18 different professors who were young professionals or historians who have produced full-length articles. they would go in the book. there are new libraries and their topics that just haven't explored in any kind

it explains truman suggestion that the marshall plan take marshall name, not truman's name. president truman noted, can you imagine its chances of passing an election year and a republican congress if it is named truman and not marshall. some detail on the economics. there is a great new book out and he spoke to the marshall foundation and washington, d.c.. most of these figures are from him. a great book thoroughly recommend it makes the marshall plan seem sexy. if you can imagine. [laughter] >> the marshall plan. some statistics. who receives the most money? the british. they receive some $3.6 billion. the french get the second most, two .7 and then italy in third place with 1.5 billion. germany, probably the country that does the most with marshall plan money and is most appreciative today gets 1.4 billion. the portuguese get marshall plan money, even though they are neutral and have a right-wing dictator in power. the spanish also neutral to the right-wing dictator, get nothing. the irish get marshall plan money, even though they are neutral and famously, the irish gover

truman considered a signature accomplishment. the harry s. truman little white house and harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. this is the first of two parts. it's about two hours.

and then week later he dies and truman is president of the united states. so truman so what we are trying to do is complicate that history and i've done that a little bit with this interview but we are building a website that will include currently we have 9500 scams with letters they had written to one another and it is an interactive website to combine with new scholarship so we reached out in 2015 to 18 different professors that were professionals or historians to produce? there are new ideas or topics that have not been explored in any type of depth. we are taking website versions and those would go on the website. >> so element that looks something like this. when the graphics are finished. we have eight or nine different categories. and with the kansas city jazz. with labor and industry and race relations we have bitten off a lot but to focus on pendergast and the machine and with those implications of the 20s and 30s other p, and when we look at jazz we are most interested from the perspective of the machine. how did they enable a culture the wide op

they moved them across the street to the truman house.this idea of a bulldozer, front end loader in the middle of the white house just fascinated me. i am weird that way. we also have to go back to 1898, the united states in the spanish-american war acquired puerto rico. and they were never quite sure what to do with it. they didn't want to give it its independence, but they didn't want to be seen as some sort of colonial empire. so, they gave the puerto ricans american citizenship in 1917. in 1950, they were all set to create the commonwealth that we have now. there was a separatist, nationalist group that didn't want this to happen. they thought they could rise up, throw out the americans, and return puerto rico to some kind of ideal lease in the caribbean, which it probably never was. so, they were organizing. the leader in puerto rico planned this uprising for october 31, he wanted something dramatic to happen in washington because nobody cared what happened in puerto rico. but if they could have something dramatic in washington like

going back to the trumans. just what anita said, there's this great story about harry truman who goes bounding with his driver/bodyguard, mike westwood, down from independence to jefferson city for a meeting. skpr and truman is in the front seat and spies this woman whose pigs have gotten loose and they're running all around. and truman demands that westwood stop the car and he hops -- truman hops out and helps her to coral these pigs. a reporter gets wind of this when truman, you know, arrives at his destination in jefferson city. and they ask him if it's true. he said, yeah, of course it's true, but remember, i was a farmer before i was president. >> see. >> so down to earth. >> i think we have a question. >> yeah, trying to tie into your comments, and i appreciate that gerald r. ford story. one of the things we did a year ago was to come up with the idea to take president ford's story of standing up for diversity in his senior year at university of michigan, where his traveling roommate, because of the color

at this time, truman was there taking a nap. these guys come in from opposite , of the houses is on the corner of lafayette square in one guyania avenue -- tried to storm in the front door. which alerteded, all the police officers. there was this gun battle that happened. because was still alive of all the ironwork around the door. he satout of bullets, down and tried to figure out how to reload it. the other guy was coming in from the other side. he was a very good marksman. he was shot by the police officers. he was going to try to get in. the first guy finally gets the gun reloaded, stands up and realizes he was shot in the chest. harry truman, a veteran of world , sticks his head out the window to see what was going on. it is the contention of the people who wrote the history of knew whatthe guy who he was doing, all he had to have up where he looked was -- the whole diagram of this had looked out and seen truman, he would have had a clear shot. he was killed, and that was the end of that attack. the uprising in puerto rico

our early involvement in vietnam started with president truman. our exhibit covers five different presidents. >> the first item we are going to see is a memo from franklin delano roosevelt. let's take a look at it. >> prior to, and during world war ii, france was ruling vietnam, they had colonized it and divided it into three different areas. during world war ii, the japanese came in and pushed the french out eventually. so, fdr is talking in this memo to secretary of state, cordell whole about what he believes should happen to vietnam after world war ii. he opposes a french return to vietnam. it is quite -- quite clear in this memo, because he says france has no good for 100 years, and the people of indochina should have better than that. fdr passes away before the end of world war ii. and when truman comes in, he does not feel right as strongly about a french return to vietnam. this photograph was given to harry truman by general charles de gaulle during a visit to washington dc. de gaulle that he would not oppose a return of friends to vietnam.

truman did not even want to be on the ballot. truman said primaries were eyewash, but somebody talk to him to put his name on the ballot, and keith hoffer cleaned the floor with him. three weeks later, harry truman said that is it, i'm not running again. the other piece from 1968 on the republican side, william loeb was a very strong backer of richard nixon. i don't know how much it had to do with the fact that william loeb wanted to get his buddy jimmy hoffer out of jail, and nixon as president will hold the keys to the cell. >> interesting story. >> i want to thank all of you for this, this very unique piece of american history, and history here. so, 50 years ago right now, the last of the towns that opened the polls without 11:00. so, everyone was building 50 years ago exactly right now, and the result of that voting had the biggest impact on our primary than any other primaries. there were 12 primaries, and then this one was the 13, and then there were 12 after. in 2020, we will be celebrating the hundredth anniversary of bei

the harry s truman little white house and harry s. truman foundation both in key west, florida, co-hosted the event. this is the second of two parts. it is about one hour and 40 minutes.

center for national policy and truman national security project. he's responsible for designing and organizing and conducting a wide range of trainings for members of truman scholarships programs. dust fellowship -- fellowship programs. he was a white house appointee during the obama administration at the department of defense working in the office of the secretary of defense for personnel readiness as well as working both in the department of veterans affairs and department of transportation. he is a marine corps veteran and we are excited for him to join always. -- join us here today. first we are going to start with an overview of the report we are launching. i will leave it to stephanie to give us highlights and explore some of the key elements of the research that she conducted over the past few months engaging with our partners at think tanks n.g.o.'s , and civil societies in washington. stephanie: thank you for being here. it really is a great opportunity when you are able to dig into a sector of vestige strategies and we have had the fortun

for national policy and truman national security project. he's responsible for designing and organizing and conducting a trainings for members of truman scholarships programs. e was a white house appointee during the obama administration at the department of defense working in the office of the of defense for personnel readiness as well as the department of veterans affairs and department of transportation. a marine corps veteran and we are excited for him to join always. with an will start overview of the report we are launching. stephanie to t to give us highlights and explore key elements of the research she conducted the past few months engaging with or partners think tanks, n.g.o.'s and civil societies in washington. you for being here. it really is a great opportunity able to dig into a strategies andge we have had the fortune to do a democratic y of party institutions with an organization called inclusive the any organizations in environmental justice space from sierra clubl to the and many more. o turn our lens to the foreign policy

truman little white house.t is florida's official presidential museum and has been used by sevenl american presidents. it's camp david south. the little white house was built as the navy commander's home back in 1890. it served a number of various commanders over almost 100-year span, but it was slightly interrupted by presidented taft and franklin roosevelt and harry truman and dwight eisenhower and jimmy carter and bill kennedy, the department of defense. so, we seem to have a continuum through american history. this building was the largest building on the naval base. this was 9,000 square feet. and consequently it was built originally as the pay master and commander's home, but by 1911 our new base commander realized things were getting a little snug and so he merged it into a single dwelling of almost 9,000 square feet. and at that time key west was the command headquarters for the 7th naval district which covered everything from key west to charleston. admir admiral nimitz was here inspecting the base and

the harry s truman presidential library hosted this discussion. our and 10 minutes. >> i'm director of the truman presidential library and museum. this is another amazing set of programs. and our staff here at the truman library. tonight you will agree will be no exception. a terrific opportunity to reflect on a legacy.

going back to the trumans, i think just what anita said, there is this great story about harry truman who goes bounding with his driver/body guard mike westwood down from independence to jefferson city for a meeting. and truman is in the front seat and he spies this woman whose pigs have gotten lose and -- loose and running around. and truman demands he stops the car. and he hops out and helps her to corral these pigs. a reporter gets wind of this when truman arrives at his destination in jefferson city and they asked him if it's true. he said yes of course but you have to remember i ws a farmer before i was president. so down to either. >> so american. >> anyone have a question? >> yes. trying to tie into your comments, mark, and i appreciate telling the gerald ford story. one of the things we did a year ago was to come up with the idea to take president ford's story, standing up for diversity at his senior year at university of michigan where his traveling roommate because of the color of his skoon couldn't play on the football team. historic group put this pbs thing together, and s

the harry truman the white house and harry truman foundation both in key west florida cohosted the event. this is the first of two parts. it is about two hours. >> well, thank you, and thank you all for being with us this morning. thank you for inviting me. it's my second trip to the little white house and it's very good to be back here in key

i always thought the truman administration gets a bad rap for using reproductions. also you go back to the 1902 renovation of the white house and theodore roosevelt, the same thing existed. the blue room furniture was a conjured-up version of what they thought might have been there. that existed in many of the years. i'd like your comment on -- actually, i'd like to never hear again about how badly the trumans -- i think they did a good job with it. >> let's pass the microphone down here. there were two other hands. gale berry west? >> yes. my question is a little different. but we're looking at historical perspectives and the beauty of the white house and the stone mason's cutting. bill, i want -- bill or anyone, but i think bill is the most likely to answer my question. we know slaves were very much involved in building the white house. were they at all assisting the stone masons, for example, in carrying these very heavy stones? >> i'm glad you asked because, as a matter of fact, the slave labor -- see, a slave could take the job in conjunction with a master and

harry truman was one of us in it -- the it would be -- it would be inconceivable for harry truman to have anything like that. in 1975, bill and hillary clinton were married inside their home or of next, visit to learn how this house helped career ofthe america's 41st president. this house was built in 1931 in the middle of the ozarks. this would have seems like a pretty fancy house. the clintons while this house in 1975 and did a little bit of remodeling. for the most part, the house is original from 1931. the street became clinton avenue in 2010. wheres the living room they were married in 1975. house whilethe hillary was out of town and surprised her with it. house youbought that thought was pretty and she said yes. windows, all of those things a big room. the clintons only had 10 guest here for the wedding. modest. one of our visitors ever things to see is the wedding dress. replica andithful a was designed and made by little rock designer who is a longtime friend. the night the dress before at her mother's insistence. this off the rack for $53. one of the interesting things to no

i'm director of the truman presidential library and museum.t is always wonderful to see you all out here. i think this is another in an amazing set of programs we do it the truman

they didn't even know that truman was not in the white house. they got in a cab and went saidthere, and the cabbie no, the president is over in the blair house. oh, that's interesting. they cased out the place and said, we can bulldoze our way right through this door. here is all the guards. so they came back at 2:00 in the afternoon. at this time, truman was there and he was taking a nap. these guys come in from opposite sides. the blair house is right on the corner of lafayette square and pennsylvania avenue. tried to storm in through the front door. unfortunately, his first shot misfired. there was a click, which alerted all the police officers. and there was this gun battle that happened. despite all the bullets, this guy was still alive because of all the iron grating, ironwork around the door. when he ran out of bullets, he sat down and tried to figure out how to reload it. the other guy was coming in from the other side. and he was actually a very good marksman. he was shot by the police officers. he was going to try to get in. the first

even when it came to truman, truman was not having that. he did alter the inside considerably and where he fell down, winslow wanted to reuse and replace all of the materials taken out. this would not allow truman to depart from the white house so his approach was forget about that stuff. most of it was dumped, it went off to him sort of military dump and all kinds of new materials were brought in. what has happened since then is that it has required a new association with all that has happened that with regards of going back to washington, what has not changed-- i should not say washington. the beginning of andrew jackson's presidency and the gallery, the gallery is to the south. when those were completed, nothing much has changed since then. if you ask what is significant, the answer has been said by several people. icon is a greek word for an image which is a reflection of what you see yourself. when the world looks at the white house it sees america and when americans look at it they see themselves. once you change that and then in fact

visit ncicap.org] presidency,"the tammy talks about harry and bess truman. she reads from their love letters and discusses their 53 year marriage. the truman library hosted this event. it is 45 and it. -- it is 45 minutes. special guest is our hardest to tammy williams. she has been with us for

served under, dwight eisenhower and richard nixon, than the two democrats he served under, harry truman and john f. kennedy, i'm sorry, lyndon johnson and john f. kennedy, three democrats he served under. he supported defense and foreign aid programs, aimed at combatting communism and endorsed security. he endorsed the war in vietnam,

truman knows marshall will say yes and his wife also knows and she is furious for even asking in the first place but china at this moment represents a gigantic problem threatening his whole decision of the post war order looks like with the aftermath united states talked about the big four powers united states united kingdom the soviet union and china that were supposed to be the for policeman four of the five the original signatories of the united nations and that was how the piece would hold and it would be sustained but the problem was that china doesn't look like a modern great power but a a failed state with the central government led by the nationalist leader who continues control over territory after the japanese are defeated and now the communist are challenging for control and i was just starting to catch peoples attention in washington so the civil war that threatens our vision or a communist threat in china gives a problem so with regret goes to the man who was done more than anyone else is of that's why he makes the call and the charges to go to china for a couple of a qu

the truman security project. my name is alex johnson, and i am a in your policy advisor for europe and asia at the policy center. we partner to develop this cycle that we are launching today, because inclusive foreign policy is a matter of strategic capability. unfortunately, that capability has remained under utilized in our country, and policy to change that should deserve bipartisan support. leadership in the house and the senate has recognized this as a priority of government, including standalone measures lik the workforce act of 2017 and other measures included over the years at state department and national defense authorization act. leaders like representatives hastings, menendez, and senator ben cardin have called on organizations to make diplomacy look like america. in october of 2016, the obama administration issued the presidential memorandum for inclusion in the national security workforce. retentionded in national security agencies. but we are here today because we are looking at how do we build the

truman. here you can see president truman picking them up at the airport. for -- their brief visit included dinners, a trip to mount vernon, a visit to the tomb of the unknown soldier and general sightseeing around washington. prior to their departure on november 2, the princess presented gifts on behalf of her father. keep in mind, the white house was still in the midst of a major renovation. the ceremony was held in the rose garden on this makeshift platform. during her remarks, the princess mentioned that the renovation of the white house had attracted interest all over the world. she added, if it had been possible to preserve this beautiful building, many people in britain would have shared your disappointment. as it is, we are glad to join you in celebrating the restoration. my father, who has many happy memories of his own stay in the house, has wished to mark the event with a personal gift. it's gave the king right pleasure when he found the over mantle which is before you know. the work of 18th-century artists, embodying the finest british draftsman

no one has permitted that and even with truman he was not having that. he did alter the inside considerably and winslow in fact wanted to reuse and replace all of the material that was taken out. this would not allow truman to depart from office from the white house. given a harry approach to it is forget about everything and just to buy it in. most of it was dumped and went out to various military dumps around the place. and all of the new material was brought in the 1940s. of course what has happened since then is it required a new association with all of the presidents and everything happening since the truman time. going back to washington, but has not changed, i should not say him i should say the end of the beginning of andrew jackson's presidency when the portugal and the gallery and the portugal run on the north side. the gallery in the south. when it was completed that nothing really much changed since then. if you ask what the significance is the answer has been said here by several people who use the word icon. that is the great -- the greek w