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Through times of war and times of peace, times of prosperity and
times of scarcity, through hours dark and bright, the continuation
of the American government through legal, Constitutionally
guaranteed means has never faltered. There can be no better
representation of that marvel, unequalled in world history, than
the inaugural addresses of incoming Presidents. This collection of
the first speeches of each of the nation's new leaders, plus the
subsequent inaugural words of reelected Presidents-Franklin Delano
Roosevelt gave a record four inaugural addresses-gathers in one
important volume the thoughts of every leader from George
Washington to George Bush (41) as they entered office. Their words
set the tenor for their administrations, and this firsthand
document of American history is vital for understanding their work
in the White House, and the legacy they left for the future ahead
of them.
Through times of war and times of peace, periods of prosperity and
scarcity, hours dark and bright, the continuation of the American
government through legal, Constitutionally guaranteed means has
never faltered. There can be no better representation of that
marvel, unequaled in world history, than the inaugural addresses of
incoming Presidents. A collection of first speeches from each of
the nation's new leaders, plus the subsequent inaugural words of
re-elected Presidents, *Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of
the United States* gathers in one important volume the thoughts of
the first to the forty-fourth leader as he entered office. This
updated edition includes speeches from Bill Clinton (42), George W.
Bush (43) and Barack Obama (44), also the first African American
president ever to take office. Their words set the tenor for their
administrations, and this firsthand document of American history is
vital for understanding their work in the White House and the
legacy they left for the future ahead of them. The Joint
Congressional COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES(JCCIC) coordinates
the Inaugural swearing-in ceremony of the President and Vice
President of the United States, the traditional Inaugural luncheon
that follows, and all other Inaugural activities at the U.S.
Capitol. It is comprised of the Senate Majority Leader, the
Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives.
As part of our effort to include all viewers and artists in our
magazine, Naming Ceremony Gallery has actively decided to curate
art that children can appreciate as well. We accepted art that
invites a young child's imagination to expand the narrative beyond
what they see in the picture, to get them thinking about what the
meanings are "between the lines" and allow them to grow from the
experience.
The November issue is an open issue that allows artists the freedom
to choose from their repertoire the work they want to display. The
resulting collection of works is curiously diverse and youthful in
expression. To open the issue further, from now on Naming Ceremony
is has decided to include poetry, a literary analogue to art. We
feel the more forms of art we accept the more we celebrate art and
creativity. We hope we were able to capture the spirit of freedom
in this issue with the work and poetry we've curated. We also hope
to not only inspire other artists, but to create a dialogue between
Naming Ceremony, the artists, and our audience.
Marissa Ohara and Charles Lyons are freelance musicians working in
the casino orchestras in Las Vegas in the 1970s. They are among a
handful of classically trained string players in the bands that
backed the popular singers of the day: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin,
Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Goulet, Shirley MacLaine, etc. The bands were
basically Big Band, and the added strings produced rich symphonic
sounds to enhance these idols' spectacular shows. Marissa and
Charlie form a close friendship that eventually leads to marriage.
The reader is taken behind the scenes of the workplace-backstage
and the band rooms-to see the interaction between the players and
the stars who were idols in the then-flourishing music business. In
1970 Las Vegas was just a budding desert town. It had a small
branch of the University of Nevada where Charlie enrolled as
candidate for a doctorate in Nevada history. He supported himself
while in college by continuing to play in the Strip orchestras.
Marissa lived with him and worked full time in the casino bands for
the big stars who appeared nonstop for two decades. Marissa Ohara
is not Irish, as her last name might suggest. Rather she is
full-blooded Japanese, but thoroughly American by birth and
upbringing. Marissa's father, George Shigeo Ohara, a
second-generation American, was in his senior year at the
University of California at Berkeley when Pearl Harbor was
attacked. Through Charlie's knowledge of history Marissa becomes
aware of her parent's wartime subjugation. She also learns about
the life of the Japanese immigrant in California in the early
1900s: how people of her parents' and grandparents' generations
came to America, and how they were denied social and economic
advancement available to their white fellow citizens. This book
also tells of the 120,000 innocent Japanese-American men, women,
and children uprooted from their homes during the war, with details
about the evacuation and the three years they were forced to live
in barbed wire camps. These stories are drawn from the writer's own
experience as one of those internees.
Traditionally, angels have wings, demons have horns. Sometimes what
looks like an angel is a demon, and a demon may be an angel. Other
times, it is impossible to estimate what is actually a demon or an
angel. For this issue, we looked for work that blurs the line
between angel and demon and that plays with people's perception of
good and evil. We asked for the artist's take, interpretation, and
mythology on angels and demons expressed visually in any 2-d
medium.
Through times of war and times of peace, times of prosperity and
times of scarcity, through hours dark and bright, the continuation
of the American government through legal, Constitutionally
guaranteed means has never faltered. There can be no better
representation of that marvel, unequalled in world history, than
the inaugural addresses of incoming Presidents. This collection of
the first speeches of each of the nation's new leaders, plus the
subsequent inaugural words of reelected Presidents-Franklin Delano
Roosevelt gave a record four inaugural addresses-gathers in one
important volume the thoughts of every leader from George
Washington to George Bush (41) as they entered office. Their words
set the tenor for their administrations, and this firsthand
document of American history is vital for understanding their work
in the White House, and the legacy they left for the future ahead
of them.
Through times of war and times of peace, periods of prosperity and
scarcity, hours dark and bright, the continuation of the American
government through legal, Constitutionally guaranteed means has
never faltered. There can be no better representation of that
marvel, unequaled in world history, than the inaugural addresses of
incoming Presidents. A collection of first speeches from each of
the nation's new leaders, plus the subsequent inaugural words of
re-elected Presidents, *Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of
the United States* gathers in one important volume the thoughts of
the first to the forty-fourth leader as he entered office. This
updated edition includes speeches from Bill Clinton (42), George W.
Bush (43) and Barack Obama (44), also the first African American
president ever to take office. Their words set the tenor for their
administrations, and this firsthand document of American history is
vital for understanding their work in the White House and the
legacy they left for the future ahead of them. The Joint
Congressional COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES(JCCIC) coordinates
the Inaugural swearing-in ceremony of the President and Vice
President of the United States, the traditional Inaugural luncheon
that follows, and all other Inaugural activities at the U.S.
Capitol. It is comprised of the Senate Majority Leader, the
Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and
the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives.
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