Download or read book Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Breakfast for Smithsonian Festival, Essex Club, Tuesday, April 5, 1983 written by Thomas H. Kean and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governor Kean proudly announces that New Jersey is the featured state of the Smithsonian Institution's Festival of American Folklife in 1983, an opportunity that may never come again. This is a two-week festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. At the time, it was the largest annual cultural event in the country. The festival alllows a state to present it's own particular history and the special qualities of life in that state. Of course, New Jersey is responsible for raising its share of the festival expenses, which was $500,000.