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Morgan Freeman to Chair 2010 Gala to Honor Ken Burns SAVE THE DATE!
Academy Award®-winner Morgan Foundation for the National Archives Freeman, who served as the voice of Annual Gala and Records of Achievement Frederick Douglass in Ken Burns’s Award Ceremony landmark PBS documentary series WHEN: Tuesday, November 9 The Civil War, will join the Foundation WHERE: National Archives Building, in honoring Burns when Freeman Washington, DC chairs the Foundation’s 2010 Gala. “Discovering the Civil War Part Two: Freeman, who also is well-known for Consequences” his role in another Civil War epic – WHEN: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 – the blockbuster motion picture Glory, April 17, 2011 about freed slaves being recruited to Emancipation Proclamation on display: form the first all African-American November 11 – 14, 2010 fighting brigade – will pay tribute WHERE: Lawrence F. O’Brien Gallery to Burns as the recipient of the Foundation’s highest honor: the Book signing and reception: Going Home Records of Achievement Award. to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969, with David MORGAN FREEMAN The annual award, to be presented Eisenhower and Julie Nixon Eisenhower, during the Gala on November 9, “We are thrilled that Morgan Free - moderated by presidential historian and Society member Michael Beschloss honors an individual whose life’s work man, who has collaborated with Ken has cultivated a broader national Burns to educate Americans about the WHEN: Thursday, December 9 awareness of the history and identity Civil War, will join us as Chair of the WHERE: William G. McGowan Theater of the United States. The honoree’s Gala,” said Ken Lore, Chairman and accomplishments reflect the President of the Foundation. “It is Foundation’s mission to elevate the particularly fitting that these two men Please contact Caneil McDonald, Director stories found in the billions of docu - will share the stage at the National of Special Events, at (202) 357-7361 or ments, photographs, maps, films, and Archives on the eve of the opening of [email protected] with any questions or to RSVP to an event. recordings in the Archives’ holdings in Part Two of the National Archives a manner that fosters a fuller under - Experience exhibition, “Discovering standing of the American experience. the Civil War.” continued on page 4 2 SOCIETY FOR THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Society Members Enjoy Reception with Justice Breyer, Linda Greenhouse
JUSTICE BREYER, LINDA GREENHOUSE SOCIETY MEMBER BESS ABELL, CARLA GREGORY JUSTICE BREYER, ARCHIVIST DAVID S. FERRIERO
Society members joined Archivist of the at the National Archives Building prior fascinating stories of difficult cases and United States David S. Ferriero at a pri - to a public book launch and signing of key decisions and answered questions vate cocktail-buffet reception this fall to Making Our Democracy Work: A about his views on the role of the welcome U.S. Supreme Court Justice Judge’s View. Supreme Court in the American Stephen Breyer and Yale Law School’s democracy. Linda Greenhouse to the National Following the reception on Monday, Archives. September 13, Society members enjoyed Justice Breyer visited the National reserved seating for the full-house Archives last January, when he presided The Justice and the former Supreme program in the William G. McGowan over the ceremonial swearing-in of Court reporter for The New York Times Theater as Greenhouse engaged Justice David S. Ferriero as Tenth Archivist of mingled with Society members and other Breyer in a lively conversation. Justice the United States. guests in the Archivist’s Reception Room Breyer entertained the audience with
INDEPENDENCE DAY Society Members Celebrate July 4th at the Archives
Society members and their families enjoyed the National Archives’ annual Independence Day celebration, com - plete with patriotic music, historical reenactors, and viewing of the National Independence Day Parade from the Archives’ steps. For the first time ever, the parade in - cluded a National Archives float, designed to honor the Declaration of Independence and other important doc - uments from the Archives. NATIONAL ARCHIVES FLOAT FALL 2010 ISSUE 10 3
Young Founders Society Society Donations Help Launch Gift Memberships New On-line Tool for Teachers Now Available
Society members’ loyal support of the Archives educators and Foundation To encourage young professionals to Foundation for the National Archives staff and generously supported by take a more active role in promoting the has resulted in the launch of a revolu - Texas Instruments, Society members, National Archives, Society members are tionary on-line tool to help classroom and other donors, invites teachers to encouraged to purchase memberships in teachers around the country create explore thousands of documents from the Foundation’s Young Founders Society activities for their students based on the Archives – items such as George as gifts for the young people in their lives. the treasure trove of primary sources Washington’s draft of the Constitution, held by the National Archives. the cancelled check for the purchase of YFS members enjoy networking with Alaska, Chuck Yeager’s notes on the other bright young professionals at The new on-line tool, found at first supersonic flight, and President receptions, exhibition openings, and www.DocsTeach.org, is already in use Richard Nixon’s resignation letter. It programs of the National Archives by history and civics teachers who are also allows teachers to combine these Experience. Members joining at the creating their own lessons and sharing materials using on-line tools to create Founder level ($1,000) and above are them with each other on-line. activities that their students can access entitled to additional benefits such as in the classroom or from their home invitations to the July 4th celebration “DocsTeach.org is a significant and computers. Students can then submit breakfast and viewing of the welcome addition to our popular their work to their teachers via email. Independence Day parade from the education programs,” said Archivist steps of the National Archives, private of the United States David S. Ferriero. The site began with activities created tours of the Archives, and invitations to “It will engage teachers and students by Archives educators, but it also allows exclusive events where they can mingle in new ways and stir their interest in teachers of any grade level to create with Society members and other gener - history through the use of original their own lessons from scratch, tailor ous supporters of the Foundation. documents in the National Archives. lessons written by others to their own It is also consistent with our goals to students, or let their students create the If you want to offer a young professional make as much of our holdings available educational activities. in your life a gift membership in the YFS, to the public as easily as possible.” please contact Jesika Jennings at A formal press launch is planned for early 202.357.5056 or email: The site, developed by a team of next year to further publicize the site. [email protected].
YOUNG GUESTS “AIR GRIEVANCES” (TOP) YOUNG GUEST ENJOYS PARADE REENACTORS ENJOY PARADE (BOTTOM) ARCHIVIST FERRIERO WITH REENACTORS 4 SOCIETY FOR THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Morgan Freeman to Chair 2010 Gala to Honor Ken Burns
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In his distinguished acting career on stage and screen, Freeman has also played the roles of a prison inmate (The Shawshank Redemption ), a U.S. President ( Deep Impact ), South African President Nelson Mandela ( Invictus ), and God ( Bruce Almighty and its sequel, Evan Almighty ). He has received Academy Award® nomina - tions for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shaw - shank Redemption, and Invictus, and KEN BURNS won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby.
Freeman is also well known for his distinctive and powerful speaking voice. escaped slave who became famous as Burns, who is a vice president of the He has served as narrator for numerous a leader of the abolitionist movement, Foundation’s Board of Directors and movies, including two Academy and as a speaker, writer, and statesman. a member of the Society, will be the Award® -winning documentaries, seventh recipient of the Records of The Long Way Home in 1997 and “I have tremendous respect for Ken Achievement Award. Other awardees The March of the Penguins in 2005. Burns and his work as a historian and as include: Tom Brokaw, Brian Lamb, the a documentary filmmaker,” Freeman late John Hope Franklin, Annette In Burns’s The Civil War, Freeman read said. “So it’s my honor to chair the Gala Gordon-Reed, David McCullough, the part of Frederick Douglass, an and congratulate him on his big night.” and James McPherson.
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Bess and Tyler Abell Marilynn and John A. Hill Joel I. and Joan Picket Honey and Sen. Lamar Alexander Mary D. Janney Molly Raiser Anonymous Gov. Frank and Mrs. Cathy Keating Henry and Bernadette Rivera Michael and Afsaneh Beschloss Lt. Col. William K. Konze and Cokie Roberts Miguel and Jacklyn Bezos Mrs. Alice Konze Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Gov. James J. and Mrs. Janet Blanchard Mary Lynn and Nathan Kotz Patti and Ronald Rosenfeld Tom Brokaw Brian P. Lamb Howard J. Rubenstein A’Lelia Bundles Ken and Pat Lore Deborah Ratner Salzberg and Michael Salzberg Ken and Julie Burns David McCullough Theodore D. Segal Patrick and Donna Norton Butler Cappy and Janie McGarr Albert and Shirley Small Susan K. Claffey Sue Gin McGowan David and Carolyn Stump Peter and Maris Norton Cuneo David and Kathleen McKean John Fox Sullivan Eugene Eidenberg and Anna Chavez Thomas F. McLarty, III Riley K. Temple Richard Eliasberg James McPherson John “Jack” Todd, In Memory of Lawrence O’Brien William Hoover and Jane Fawcett-Hoover The Merrill Family Foundation Marvin Weissberg and Judith Morris Jerry and Nanette Finger David W. Mesker Tom and Carol Wheeler Bitsey Folger and Sidney Werkman Mary C. Moynihan and Alexander Schmandt John and Diana Zentay Annette Gordon-Reed The Lawrence F. O’Brien Family Jay and Mars Zimmerman William and Mary Love Harman Charles Ogletree Dr. Fruzsina M. Harsanyi and John Payton Mr. Raymond Garcia Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pforzheimer Honorary members in italics