University Archives Historical Collection (Video)
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- Hi, I’m Ann Case, Tulane’s University Archivist, and I’d like to tell you about
- an event that happened on campus -- a moment that changed the course of American history
- -- but very few people are aware that it happened here.
- I’m referring to the speech given by President Gerald Ford on the evening of April twenty
- third, 1975, in the building now called Devlin Fieldhouse.
- On that night, in a packed house of Tulanians, invited guests, and Louisiana politicians,
- the President stunned the world when he unexpectedly announced that the United States would no
- longer participate in the Vietnam War.
- [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States...
- [Ford speech] Today, America can regain
- the sense of pride that existed before Vietnam
- but it cannot be achieved
- by refighting a war that is finished
- as far as America is concerned. [Applause]
- The complete speech and several of the documents pertaining to this historic event are available
- for viewing by visiting the University Archives Historical Collection in Tulane’s Digital
- Library at digitallibrary.tulane.edu.
- University Archives, which is a part of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library’s Special Collections division,
- is the official repository for Tulane University.
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