Obama Monument Begins to Take Shape

Standing before a crowd gathered in the East Room of the White House on July 28, 2014, President Barack Obama recognized the contributions made by those he was honoring with the 2013 National Medal of the Arts and National Humanities Medal. “The moments you help create — moments of understanding or awe or joy or sorrow,” he said in his prepared remarks, “They add texture to our lives. They are not incidental to the American experience; they are central to it — they are essential to...

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