Why Walter Cronkite, an honest witness to history, inspires - New York Daily News

I was met in the lobby of the building at 1 E. 53rd St. by museum President Robert Batscha . He escorted me into a room where Walter Cronkite stood. I imagined he'd be taller. He was instantly kind, a grandfather with eyes that twinkled. He asked me about college, my family, my name, what I was doing at CJR, what I wanted to do when I graduated. He asked more questions than he answered. He listened. The journalism giant who interviewed the giants of history wanted to know what was on the mind of a lowly intern. To this day, the moment is not lost on me.

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It was long before YouTube , and Cronkite was on hand to promote the museum's growing archives, which included the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 's "I Have a Dream" speech, and aviator Charles Lindbergh 's June 11, 1927, address after his historic New York-to-Paris flight.

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