Turley To Speak At National Archives

On Tuesday, March 6, at noon, I will have the pleasure of speaking as part of the screening of Democracy’s Messengers: The Never-Before-Told Story of Young Americans on Capitol Hill at the National Archives.   Narrated by Cokie Roberts, the film Democracy’s Messengers tells the story our page system.  I was a House page in 1978-79 and eventually served as a House Leadership Page.  I will be part of a panel discussing our experiences ij the program.  Register to attend online. You can also watch the program live streamed on the National Archives YouTube channel.

I served as the page to Rep. Sidney Yates (D., Ill.) and previously discussed my service in columns (here and here and here).  This includes columns criticizing the killing of the program.

After the 30-minute film, I will speak on a panel with former pages Frank Mitchell (House ’65, the first 20th-century African American page) and Camilla Bosanquet (House ‘91).

The program is free and open to the public and will be held in the William G. McGowan Theater of the National Archives Museum in Washington, DC.   Attendees should use the Special Events entrance on Constitution Avenue at 7th Street, NW.  Metro accessible on the Yellow and Green lines, Archives/Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter station. Reservations are recommended and can be made online. For those without reservations, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. The Theater doors will open 45 minutes prior to the start of the program. Late seating will not be permitted 20 minutes after the program begins.