THANK YOU.
AMBER SAY SUCH TALENT HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS, RIGHT?
NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME.
WELL ON MONDAY YOU GUYS SO MANY
OF US ARE GOING TO BE HOME FOR
PRESIDENTS DAY AND A MORE
AUTHENTIC PLACE TO BE THAN THE
HOME OF INDIANA'S ONLY US
PRESIDENT THE BENJAMIN HARRISON
PRESIDENTIAL SITES.
THEY'RE JOINING US RIGHT NOW
WHITNEY BALL WITH THE BENJAMIN
HARRISON PRESIDENTIAL SITE.
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> IT'S WONDERFUL.
IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU FIRST
OF ALL, WELCOME BACK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
WE TALK ABOUT THIS EVERY YEAR
AND FOR SO MANY PEOPLE THOUGH
WHO ARE PERHAPS NOT FAMILIAR,
TELL US WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A HISTORIC
PLACE AND THERE'S SO MUCH TO
LEARN FROM IT TO TAKE.
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND SO IT'S SO FUN.
WE'RE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN
INDIANAPOLIS AS IT'S GREAT TO
COME AND SEE THE PRESIDENTS
REENACT THAT DAY.
>> PRESIDENT HARRISON WILL BE
THERE THE FIRST LADY YOU'LL GET
TO SEE SOME OF HIS ARTIFACTS
AND THINGS THAT ARE IN EACH OF
THE ROOMS OF THE RIGHT AND THAT
IS WHAT'S SO COOL, ISN'T IT?
AND SPEAKING OF ARTIFACTS, YOU
ACTUALLY WERE SEEING SOME
PICTURES NOW BUT YOU BROUGHT A
FEW THINGS FOR US WHICH I WAS
LIKE, OH, I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH
IT.
I MEAN BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS A
PART OF HISTORY.
IT'S ALSO HERE.
YEAH.
SO WE HAVE SOME INAUGURATION
INVITATIONS FOR PRESIDENT
HARRISON ALSO THEODORE
ROOSEVELT AND WILLIAM HENRY
HOWARD TAFT SO REALLY EXCITING
.
HARRISON ACTUALLY APPOINTED
BOTH OF THOSE PRESIDENTS TO
FEDERAL JOBS IN HIS
ADMINISTRATION.
SO THESE INVITATIONS WERE FOR
THEIR INAUGURATIONS AS WELL.
>> THAT IS SO COOL.
>> OK, WHAT ABOUT THIS?
ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CENTENNIAL
CANE.
THIS IS A REPLICA BUT HARRISON
WAS ACTUALLY ELECTED ONE
HUNDRED YEARS INAUGURATED ONE
HUNDRED YEARS AFTER GEORGE
WASHINGTON.
SO THIS CANE IS ALL OF THE
PRESIDENTS FROM WASHINGTON TO
HARRISON AT THAT TIME.
SO REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THAT
IT'S FUNNY IF YOU LOOK THERE'S
SOME MISSPELLINGS ON THERE.
IT WAS A FOLK ART PIECE THAT
WAS THAT WAS GIVEN TO US A
REALLY EXCITING YOU CAN SEE THE
ACTUAL ONE IN THE LIBRARY OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL SITE THAT IS
SO MUCH TO SEE.
LIKE I SAID, SO MUCH TO TAKE IN
AND LEARN FROM TELL ME ABOUT
PROJECT PERDIS AS WELL.
ABSOLUTELY.
SO WE'RE LAUNCHING THAT ON
PRESIDENTS DAY.
IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO ENGAGE
MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH
THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR PEERS
.
THEY CAN SUBMIT ONE MINUTE
VIDEOS OF A PRESIDENT AND WE
HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT PRIZES
UP TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ISN'T THAT THE BEST WAY TO TO
ALLOW THEM TO LEARN AND THAT
INFORMATION IS TO KIND OF
INFILTRATE INTO THEIR LITTLE
BRAIN.
>> IT'S SO EXCITING AND IT'S SO
FUN WATCHING THOSE VIDEOS COME
TO LIFE AND SEEING HOW THEY
VIEW DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS.
>> YEAH, SUCH A NEAT THING IN
HISTORY AND A NEAT TIME FOR
THEM AS WELL.
OK, SO ALSO NO COMPACT OF
SILENCE TELL ME ABOUT
ABSOLUTELY.
>> SO OUR OUR NEW EXHIBIT THAT
OPENED IN JANUARY NO COMPACT OF
SILENCE BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS
ADVOCATES IN THE HARRISON ERA.
IT'S A REALLY FUN EXHIBIT
THAT'S OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER THAT
YOU CAN COME AND VIEW ALONG
WITH YOUR TOUR.
IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SEVEN
DAYS A WEEK.
IT'S REALLY EXCITING TOUCHES ON
ANOTHER ASPECT OF HARRISON'S
LEGACY THAT WE REALLY LOVE.
DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOL
TOURS COME IN PRIMARILY?
ABSOLUTELY.
WE LOVE DOING THAT AND THEY
LOVE COMING INTO THE HOME AND
ACTUALLY SEEING WHAT IT WAS
LIKE BACK IN THE LATE I BET.
>> WELL IT'S INTERESTING
BECAUSE IN THE PERSPECTIVE THE
KIDS MINE MY MY MY CHILD'S LIKE
THAT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO FOR
YOU MOM.
I'M LIKE OH WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT
A MINUTE.
BUT I THINK EVEN AS I GET OLDER
I AM SO MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN
TAKING A LOT OF THIS IN DO YOU
SEE THIS NOT NOT JUST FROM KIDS
FROM ADULTS AS WELL?
ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S JUST TO TO TAKE A STEP
BACK AND LOOK AT YOU KNOW, EVEN
WE HAVE A WOOD BURNING STOVE
LIKE YEAH, SOME PEOPLE HAVEN'T
SEEN THAT BEFORE.
IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO TO
SEE DIFFERENT ASPECTS AND LEARN
MORE ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND SEE
IT IN PERSON THERE AT THE
PRESIDENTIAL SITE.
YEAH.
NOW WE MENTIONED THE NO CONTACT
OF SILENCE EARLIER.
WHAT IS THAT LIKE FOR YOU TO BE
A PART OF AS WELL?
OH IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE
THINGS I'VE EVER DONE IN LIFE
JUST TO LEARN MORE ABOUT LOCAL
AND NATIONAL BLACK ADVOCATES IN
THE LATE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS SOME
OF WHICH HARRISON POINTED TO
POSITIONS LIKE FREDERICK
DOUGLASS HE WAS NOMINATED OR
APPOINTED TO AMBASSADOR OF
HAITI BY PRESIDENT HARRISON.
SO WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT AND
THE RESEARCH WE'VE DONE AND
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THAT
EXHIBIT THERE'S THERE'S OVER 20
DIFFERENT ADVOCATES TO LEARN
ABOUT WHICH IS SO EXCITING YOU
COULD TAKE YOUR TIME AND LOOK
THROUGH IT AND SPEND SOME TIME
GETTING TO KNOW MORE ABOUT
THAT.
THERE REALLY IS OK DETAILS WE
JUST COME ON OVER HOURS.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
MAKING A VISIT?
YEAH, GO TO PRESIDENT BENJAMIN
HARRISON DOG YOU CAN FIND YOU
CAN PLAN YOUR VISIT TO COME GET
A TOUR COME FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY
OR ANY OTHER DAY OF THE YEAR.
>> YEAH ANY OTHER DAY OF THE