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Presidential Sites SUMMIT
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ongoing connector, collaborator nation’s capital andcommunicator, we look forwardand to being an onwith wonderful colleagues whose sites’ work goingthese connector, communicator, and collaborator and are compatible with our own. We work hope withmission these wonderful colleagues whose sites’ this mutuallyare supportive relationship strengthens and mission compatible with our own. We hope and for years to come. this grows mutually supportive relationship strengthens sites, whether large and wellandPresidential grows for years to come. funded or smallsites, and volunteer based, are extraordiPresidential whether large and well-funded nary outposts of presidential and civics education or small and volunteer based, are extraordinary outfrom coast to coast. The map on education pages 76–77 includes posts of presidential and civics from coast public we identified to coast.and Theprivate map onpresidential the overleafsites includes presidenand sites contacted to be a part the 2018 Presidential tial we identified andofcontacted to be a part Sites and whoseSites workSummit we seekand to recogof theSummit 2018 Presidential whose nize in birthplaces and work wethis seekpublication to recognizeasinwell thisas publication as well private homesand of the presidents. issues of as birthplaces private homes ofFuture the presidents. White House Quarterly willQuarterly feature one Future issues ofHistory White House History will presidential site per issue ourissue wayasofour honoring feature one presidential siteasper way of the great work being donebeing through sites these from honoring the great work donethese through coastfrom to coast. sites coast to coast.
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STEWART D. M C LAURIN PRESIDENT, WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
The Lincoln Memorial and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (above) are just two of the many historic sites in the Nation’s Capital included in the 2018 Presidential Sites Summit. white house history quarterly
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