"""Presidential Libraries are archives and museums, bringing together the documents and artifacts of a U.S. president and his administration.[1] While libraries and their contents are maintained by NARA, other costs have traditionally been borne by private donors.[2] According to NARA, each former president selects the architect for the library and is "solely responsible for choice of the final location for the Library building and for the construction costs".[1]
Location
The library is located in Room 1510 of 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland, a U.S. government office building in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.[3][4]
Following the second inauguration of Donald Trump, on January 20, 2025, NARA announced it had "assumed custody of the records and artifacts of the Biden administration".[5] According to NARA, Biden had not — as of that date — formally "indicated his intentions with regard to a Presidential Library".[5]"""""
I don't understand. Has he even chosen his architect yet? The location to construct the Library?? And I have seen nothing about private donations, to fund the Joseph Biden Presidential Library. Hopefully there will be a cubicle of his failures,,,maybe 6 rooms. Lord, by now, Reagan had wrapped it all up and had a huge celebration of his presidency!!! I have visited his Library, I was taken quite aback. I recommend seeing it, especially to liberals as a learning experience.
@AverageJoe1 saidWho cares.
"""Presidential Libraries are archives and museums, bringing together the documents and artifacts of a U.S. president and his administration.[1] While libraries and their contents are maintained by NARA, other costs have traditionally been borne by private donors.[2] According to NARA, each former president selects the architect for the library and is "solely responsible ...[text shortened]... y, I was taken quite aback. I recommend seeing it, especially to liberals as a learning experience.
@AverageJoe1
It is so sad that all of you are not watching one of his weekly talks in the Oval, inviting any and all to come in and ask questions. (VBiden??? Can you IMAGINE??!)
He is covering everything on his plate. If you find a website showing this meeting, you will go for Trump if you watch it through. He has his hands on the wheel, he and UK are having a love-fest, and he is just starting. Market jumped 300 points while he was talking. We have a domino effect coming.
But Sonhouse and i, we are not falling for any tricks in the stock market..No Sir.
@AverageJoe1 saidYour point, whatever it was, didn't sound like "Who cares?"
You make my point. Thanks.
@AverageJoe1 saidSorry, intelligent people don't fall for OrangeMan's lies.
@AverageJoe1
It is so sad that all of you are not watching one of his weekly talks in the Oval, inviting any and all to come in and ask questions. (VBiden??? Can you IMAGINE??!)
He is covering everything on his plate. If you find a website showing this meeting, you will go for Trump if you watch it through. He has his hands on the wheel, he and UK are having a lo ...[text shortened]... fect coming.
But Sonhouse and i, we are not falling for any tricks in the stock market..No Sir.
@AverageJoe1 saidWhy is it that you can never provide actual details in any of your posts?
"""Presidential Libraries are archives and museums, bringing together the documents and artifacts of a U.S. president and his administration.[1] While libraries and their contents are maintained by NARA, other costs have traditionally been borne by private donors.[2] According to NARA, each former president selects the architect for the library and is "solely responsible ...[text shortened]... y, I was taken quite aback. I recommend seeing it, especially to liberals as a learning experience.
Who is NARA?
Where is their website for more info?
What is the average amount of time for a past president to finalize plans for their library?
Aren't you rushing things a bit (or a lot)?
You always bitch about posters not "closing their posts" (whatever that means) and yet you leave us hanging with a dearth of detail.
You got some 'splainin' to do, Lucy.
"It took over 4 years for Ronald Reagan to finalize plans for his presidential library. The initial plans for the library at Stanford University were canceled in 1987 due to concerns about partisan politics, and then the Foundation scrambled to find a new location, according to the National Archives. Construction began in 1988, and the library was dedicated in 1991."
Holy crap, Joe, I really wish you'd stop lying to everyone in this forum.
More about Reagan and The Presidential Libraries Act of 1986:
"Like the 98th Congress, the 99th Congress included the introduction of several bills related to presidential libraries. One, the Presidential Libraries Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-323), was enacted. The act was prompted by congressional concerns about the escalating “taxpayer costs associated with Presidential libraries” as well as a desire to “strengthen the role to be played by the Archivist of the United States in preserving, protecting and sharing our nation’s heritage.”
Introduced on February 28, 1985, by Representative Glenn English, the Presidential Libraries Act was favorably reported by the House Committee on Government Operations on May 15, 1985. In the House report (H.Rept. 99-125), the committee wrote that the bill would “shift the burden of on-going building operations costs of future libraries from the taxpayer to endowment funds required to be provided by the same private parties who build and donate the library buildings.”
The report continued:
Without bowing to any illusions, the Committee hopes that this requirement will act as somewhat of a brake on grandiose plans which have caused some to refer to some existing Presidential libraries as “pyramids.”
The bill passed the House on June 6, 1985, and was then sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations. The Senate committee reported the bill on March 7, 1986.
On March 21, 1986, the Senate passed the bill with one substantive amendment, which limited library facilities to 70,000 square feet “unless additional endowment requirements” were met. On May 13, 1986, the House agreed to the Senate’s amendments. On May 27, 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law.
The act applies to “any Presidential archival depository created as a depository for the papers, documents, and other historical materials and Federal records pertaining to any President who takes the oath of office as President for the first time on or after January 20, 1985.”
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Let me also reiterate here that the square footage of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is 243,000 square feet, and that the language of the bill excluded the Reagan Library. Nice, right?-- Suzi
@Suzianne saidYou are right. All posts. I guess I have BDS and I lost it. Having seen no beginnings or donations though, I am thinking that Biden may never have a library. If he does, I will definitely go see what the world they would put in there as accolades and acclamations of his great presidency.
More about Reagan and The Presidential Libraries Act of 1986:
"Like the 98th Congress, the 99th Congress included the introduction of several bills related to presidential libraries. One, the Presidential Libraries Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-323), was enacted. The act was prompted by congressional concerns about the escalating “taxpayer costs associated with Presidential librar ...[text shortened]... et, and that the language of the bill excluded the Reagan Library. Nice, right?-- Suzi