[cheering and applause] [laughter] stop it stop it stop it i would blush if i had any blood in my body. Happy thursday everyone. Its been two days since cnn announced they are bringing back brian stelter, two days and already Jake Tapper has had to bring back his refrigerator lock. Once again the Biden Doj has formerly accused russia of Election Interference. I guess what is old is new if your president has dementia. [laughter] Liz Cheney says she is voting for Kamala Harris. Well then kamala has my vote says one man. Thats Benedict Arnold for all of you nonhistory buffs. A Las Vegas woman told police she stole an expensive casket containing a body because she blacked out from drinking. But dont worry the corpse was returned safely. [laughter] Hunter Biden pled guilty to tax evasion. He tried to use an Alford Plea which would allow him to plead guilty while maintaining his innocence. Se wanted to to have it both ways. Which he also wrote off on his taxes. [laughter] california is mulli
Bradburn, traces the president s military career from french and indian war, through the American Revolution. Here we are again. Welcome back to mt. Vernon. My name is doug bradburn. Im the president and ceo of George Washingtons mt. Vernon. And its been my delight to have these opportunities to talk about the story of George Washington. Last wednesday we were in our museum, this is what we call our Education Center here at mt. Vernon. It focuses on the life of George Washington. Really, a grand sense of his biography and why he matters and how he impacted the age that he lived in and why his legacy Still Matters to us today. Last time we were looking at his youth, a youth that youll remember we said is oftentimes enwrapped in romance. Its wrapped in myth. Its hard to get at because its the period where its least documented. But it really is an interesting period to understand George Washington in the context of the 18th century. Of course, hes most known to americans and perhaps to fo
Really a grans sed sense of his biology. Last time we were looking at his youth. A youth that we say is often times wrapped in romance, in myth, it is hard to get at. It is a period where it is least documented and it is an interesting period. But of course he is most known to americans and perhaps to folks around the world as a great military commander. The general that led the americans through the american war for indense and eight long years of war. And his identity as a warrior is a crucial one. Thinking about who is George Washington, how did he think of himself, as, and why does it matter today. He is still studied regularly in the great military disciplines well as the war college. Washington is a fundamental figure in the establishment of american tradition of leadership in arms. He was the first officer of the American Army. The United States army dates its on birth to his service. And the Continental Congress of him taking over the army that we will talk about a little bit.
We have they spent here. Lets hear it for cspan. [applause] there is no better crow crowd ie washington, d. C. Metro area. All of the viewers of cspan i think are in this room right now. We love you and watching the regular viewers and we welcome everyone to cspan. But theres a couple of other things. First im going to tell you about the difference between history and destiny. This is true. I cannot believe that this is happening. But my father may he rest in peace was struck by lightning. His father, my grandfather, im not joking, was struck by lightning. That means dont stand next to me at rainstorms. [laughter] this last week i was telling my son listen, my dad was struck by lightning, his dad was struck by lightning and he was like my gosh, we could be struck by lightning. I was like we wont be but sure, you might be. This is true, my son, my family, my wife and my kids were taking a train from new york city here in washington, d. C. For this event and their train was struck by lig
We are also filming for our own Youtube Channel and along the same lines we get to q a we have microphone set up over here also make sure your short question is a short question. If you havent yet bought a book we have copies also of his Childrens Book which our fun and interesting that make great gifts. We are here to listen to brad meltzer for his book the first conspiracy. Writing history with the same command of suspense and action made him one of the finest thriller writers he now tells the story of the plot to assassinate George Washington. Looking back he shows the iconic you have American Freedom was fraught with uncertainty. Only to become a target of the treasonous plot nonetheless. And both fans of thrillers and american history. We are in conversation tonight with the awardwinning documentary. Please help me welcome him to politics and prose. Welcome this is my first hometown bookstore and because i used to live here i can tell you this means a lot to me. You have relatives