And then we'll be eating a cake – we need help doing this – a cake that will serve 1000 people, designed by the same company that did the cake for their engagement many years ago. And at three p.m., exactly 100 years to the minute that President Kennedy was born, we'll be having two F/A teams flying right overhead to honor President Kennedy. And Monday, we're having bands and music and the Navy to honor President Kennedy's service in the Navy. On Sunday, we have an astronaut here as part of our tribute to NASA. On Saturday in this room, we'll be doing a special Peace Corps day. But over the next few days, there are opportunities, from seeing a new exhibit with 100 items, including 40 that have never been seen by anyone publicly before, opening tomorrow. First, I want to thank our underwriters and sponsors: lead sponsor Bank of America, the Lowell Institute, including Bill and Andrew Lowell who are here tonight our media sponsors, the Globe, Xfinity, and WBUR and our media sponsor for the Centennial, WCVB TV.Īs I say, we're kicking off the Centennial, and there is information, when you leave or maybe on your chairs, about what we're doing over the next few days. īefore I introduce them, just a few brief announcements. And this is what we've gotten, so we're thrilled that they're both here. And we planned this months ago, and we really literally thought, who would be the best pair of both speaker and moderator we could get for this historic time. And on behalf of all the colleagues in the Foundation, and Jamie Roth and all the colleagues from the Library, we are really thrilled you can be here.Īll of our Forums are great, but tonight is really a treat because of the speakers who are here. I'm the Executive Director of the John F. STEVE ROTHSTEIN: I was about to say how special this night is, but you've all beat me to it, which is great.
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