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Speeches and Articles

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Speeches and Articles

Read the public speeches and publications by Chicago History Museum president Gary T. Johnson.

Speeches

> 03/05/2008 Chicago's 171st Birthday Party Remarks
> 12/10/2007 Cliff Dwellers Centenary Address (217K)
> 12/05/2007 Why the Museum Is Launching a Series on Religious Pluralism (177K)
> 07/05/2007 Address at the 48th Annual Independence Day Celebration (96K)
> 06/20/2007 Address to the Caxton Club of Chicago (96K)
> 03/13/2007 Address to the Chicago Public Library (72K)
> 01/02/2007 Chicago Global Crossroads (105K)
> 11/02/2006 Principal for a day (132K)
> 07/04/2006 Address at the 47th Annual Independence Day Celebration (110K)
> 06/01/2006 School Visits, 2005-06 (92K)
> 06/01/2006 Museums Exist Because of Collectors (92K)
> 03/20/2006 Chicago Begins Here (114K)
> 01/09/2006 Fire at Pilgrim Baptist Church: A Terrible Loss (130K)
> 12/02/2005 Together for History (96K)
> 11/10/2005 Address to Chicago Historical Society Members (121K)
> 11/02/2005 Without Sanctuary (118K)
> 11/01/2005 Moving Forward with Renovations (105K)
> 10/25/2005 Address to Historians (153K)
> 10/07/2005 The Meaning of History (147K)
> 09/06/2005 New Orleans and Chicago (148K)

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