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Barack Obama, Kevin Costner and Kate Winslet Among Star-Studded History Talks Speakers

President George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Kerry Washington, Nicole Avant, John Legend and Eva Longoria also spoke during the event that featured conversations about westerns, revisionist history and more.

A slew of stars and influential figures, including former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, converged at the academy museum for A&E’s History Talks, drawing upon the past while offering inspiration for the future in a series of weighty conversations. Kate Winslet, Kevin Costner, Kerry Washington, Nicole Avant, John Legend, Eva Longoria, Chuck Todd and a handful of historians and experts were among the other speakers during the A&E Networks event. Obama told a story about his grandmother’s younger brother, just a teenager at the time, being part of an army unit that liberated a concentration camp during World War II.

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