{"id":570,"date":"2016-08-03T11:58:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/archives\/?p=570"},"modified":"2016-08-03T11:58:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T15:58:20","slug":"currently-on-display-eyewitness-to-history-presidential-visits-to-au","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/archives\/currently-on-display-eyewitness-to-history-presidential-visits-to-au\/","title":{"rendered":"Currently on Display: Eyewitness to History: Presidential Visits to AU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tAlthough there has never been any formal connection between American University and the White House, eight presidents, one vice president who became president, and two former presidents have all visited campus. AU\u2019s Board of Trustees included a sitting U.S. president for its first thirty years. The longest serving trustees were Herbert Hoover (1945-1950) and Theodore Roosevelt (1900-1919). AU awarded honorary degrees to four sitting presidents.<\/p>\n<p>A new exhibit on the first floor of Bender Library features photographs from these significant moments in AU\u2019s history. Visitors can also hear excerpts from speeches made by John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. The exhibit will be on display through Inauguration Day 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_571\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Theodore-Roosevelt-McKinley-Groundbreakingedited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-image-571 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Theodore-Roosevelt-McKinley-Groundbreakingedited-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"President Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the cornerstone laying for the McKinley building on May 14, 1902\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Theodore Roosevelt spoke at the cornerstone laying for the McKinley building on May 14, 1902<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_572\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Gerald-Ford-walking-with-group-in-front-of-WCL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-572\" class=\"wp-image-572 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/Gerald-Ford-walking-with-group-in-front-of-WCL-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Former President Gerald R. Ford gave two separate speeches at AU on December 13, 1978. \" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former President Gerald R. Ford gave two separate speeches at AU on December 13, 1978.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_573\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/D11_066_422-Obama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-573\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-573\" src=\"http:\/\/bender-lib.american.edu\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/08\/D11_066_422-Obama-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"President Barack Obama spoke about immigration reform at AU on July 1, 2010.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Barack Obama spoke about immigration reform at AU on July 1, 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although there has never been any formal connection between American University and the White House, eight presidents, one vice president who became president, and two former presidents have all visited campus. 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