Speech written by Tom Stubbs and delivered by his son. Gives an idea of the occaision.

"I am truly sorry to be missing this important family milestone and what is undoubtedly shaping up to be the greatest bacchanal since the Fall of Rome. I am visualizing a roaring crowd of people in the kitchen. I am visualizing steaming heaps of magnificent food produced effortlessly by Emma. And I am visualizing a certain amount of raucous and inappropriate behavior. Particularly from Uncle Anne.

I think we have all been astonished at the new vitality that Ben and Kat  have recently introduced, which makes it such an appropriate time for this 100th anniversary. It seems like yesterday that their half of the house  was  gleaming with the iridescence of decay and I am guessing that not only Mot and Fat but also Percy and Frances must be looking down with affection at all the new color and light and laughter that have been injected into the old bones of the Whitehouse."

[He also mentioned] "Percy and Casey, who as Ben will tell you are the perfect embodiment of English ingenuity and cheap American labor. I can say without fear of contradiction that they know how to throw a party  by then will have had ample time to prepare." etc.