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Banner Ballads: The Many Lyrics of the "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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Dr. Mark Clague, a University of Michigan musicologist and renowned expert on the Star-Spangled Banner, presented a program at the Library exploring more than 100 different sets of words sung to the tune we recognize today as "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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Banner Ballads: The Many Lyrics of the "The Star-Spangled Banner"
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Dr. Mark Clague, a University of Michigan musicologist and renowned expert on the Star-Spangled Banner, presented a program at the Library exploring more than 100 different sets of words sung to the tune we recognize today as "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House
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Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.
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Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House
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Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.
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Inside the Private World of the White House: From the Staffers who Serve the Families to the First Ladies Who Run the White House
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Kate Andersen Brower, best-selling author of The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House and First Women: The Grace and the Power, captivated an overflow audience as she pulled back the curtain on the private lives of First Families through the experiences of the permanent White House residence staff, including butlers, maids, chefs, florists, plumbers, painters, and other staff, who make the White House run every day and serve at the whim of the President and their families.
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The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
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Andrew Scott Cooper, historian and author of The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran, spoke before a capacity audience at the Library about the rise and fall of one of the 20th century's most complicated personalities, the Shah of Iran.
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The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
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Andrew Scott Cooper, historian and author of The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran, spoke before a capacity audience at the Library about the rise and fall of one of the 20th century's most complicated personalities, the Shah of Iran.
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The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
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Andrew Scott Cooper, historian and author of The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran, spoke before a capacity audience at the Library about the rise and fall of one of the 20th century's most complicated personalities, the Shah of Iran.
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The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families From Washingtons to the Obamas
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James Beard awardwinning author Adrian Miller entertained an overflow audience with stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington. With slides of historic photos and audio clips, Miller brought together the names and words of the black men and women who were celebrated culinary artists, First Family confidantes, and civil rights advocates.
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The President's Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families From Washingtons to the Obamas
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James Beard awardwinning author Adrian Miller entertained an overflow audience with stories of the African Americans who worked in the presidential food service as chefs, personal cooks, butlers, stewards, and servers for every First Family since George and Martha Washington. With slides of historic photos and audio clips, Miller brought together the names and words of the black men and women who were celebrated culinary artists, First Family confidantes, and civil rights advocates.