Last week Thursday, the editors of Next Ten Words attended a gala held in advance of the new Holocaust Museum and Educational Center in Skokie. Over 2,500 people were there, including several notable VIP’s. Besides the men and women who have worked so hard to get the museum up and running, Governor Pat Quinn and Former Secretary of State General Colin Powell (retired) served as keynote speakers, with long-time news anchor and Chicago media presence Bill Kurtis MC’ing the evening.
Pat Quinn spoke first. His remarks were generally unmemorable, pretty much exactly what one would expect for such an occasion. Much more significant, however, was what happened when we went up to shake the Governor’s hand after the event.
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