Ford’s Salutes Colin and Alma Powell and Mark Russell
By June 5, 2019 0 923
•Ford’s Theatre Society celebrated the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at its annual gala June 2 at Ford’s Theatre —attended by President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump as well as Senators Roy Blunt, John Cornyn, Deb Fischer, Ed Markey, RandPaul, Jim Risch; House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy; Representatives Betty McCollum and Debbie Dingell; Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross; Secretary of Labor R. Alexander Acosta; and Kuwaiti Ambassador Shaikh Salem Adullah Al-Jaber. The Lincoln Medal was presented to Gen. Colin Powell and Alma Powell by Sheila Johnson and to political humorist Mark Russell by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Sen. Ed Markey.