Speakers

To view any of the speeches click on the underlined names.

2009: Richard Dreyfuss and Governor Edward G. Rendell
2008: Ken Burns
2007: Dirk Kempthorne and Jeff Shaara
2006: Tom Brokaw
2005: Jesse Jackson, Jr., and Harold Holzer
2004: Frank Williams
2003: Tom Ridge
2002: Lynne V. Cheney
2001: Richard J. Durbin
2000: James McPherson, Christine Todd Whitman
1999: George E. Pataki
1998: John Hope Franklin
1997: Bruce Babbitt
1997: David Herbert Donald - Luncheon Speaker
1996: Sandra Day O'Connor
1995: Gabor Boritt
1994: Henry Cisneros
1993: Shelby Foote
1992: Gen. Colin Powell
1991: J. Seward Johnson, Sculptor
1990: Jack Kemp
1989: Mario Cuomo
1988: William H. Rehnquist
1987: James R. Thompson
1986: Wreath Laying Only
1985: Wreath Laying Only
1984: Wreath Laying Only
1983: Wreath Laying Only
1982: Wreath Laying Only
1981: Wreath Laying Only
1980: Wreath Laying Only
1979: Wreath Laying Only
1978: Wreath Laying Only
1977: Wreath Laying Only
1976: Wreath Laying Only
1975: Wreath Laying Only
1974: Wreath Laying Only
1973: Wreath Laying Only
1972: Wreath Laying Only
1971: Wreath Laying Only
1970: Wreath Laying Only
1969: Wreath Laying Only
1968: Wreath Laying Only
1967: George N. Wadew
1966: N. Neiman Craley
1965: John Hope Franklin
1964: William A. Coblenz
1963: William W. Scranton
1962: Hon. John Morgan Davis
1961: Everett M. Drrksen
1960: Murray Snyder
1959: Arthur S. Fleming
1958: Maj. Gen. Anthony Drexel Biddle
1957: Dr. Clyde C. Walton
1956: Gaganvihara L. Mehta
1955: Dr. Charles W. Heathrote
1954: Dr. A.M.J. Klein
1953: Hon. Theodore Roosevelt
1952: Dr. Byron K. Horne
1951: Adlai Stevens
1950: Dr. Henry W.A. Hanson
1949: Lt. John C.H. Lee
1948: Oscar F. Chapman
1947: William S. Livengood
1946: Hon. Jennings Randolph