Hayden, and i loved your response to that. Well, thank you. Does anybody else have a question . Do you have a question, sir . Thank you. Just a question about the Montgomery County Library System which is really important here. Since one out of three people here were born in another country, here in gaithersburg and a few others called the english conversation club, ive been with it for about ten years where we teach immigrants english, we help them learn the culture, help them, you know, get a drivers license, help many of them become citizens. And recently were talking about technology, i started broadcasting our meetings live on facebook live, and weve had thousands of people around the world watching the meetings from the Montgomery County library. Thank you. Gentleman in the back. I just wanted to say one of the best things about living in Montgomery County is the great Library System and the great Staff Members they have there. How with libraries offering an everexpanding variety
How much you want them to ensure that we can continue to get Library Services and please, when we put out a call that we need your support, please do so. We dont have money for pacs, we dont have a lot of money, we are not wealthy people. So we depend on what you call grassroots and that is normal people picking up the phone or emailing their member of congress or their senator or their governor and saying we want you to support libraries. The mayor, the governor, the United States Congress Needs to know that and respect that and make sure that that happens going forward. And that a takes hundreds and thousands of calls from people like you. I couldnt have said it better. What a great point. We have, i think, time for maybe a question or two. Does anybody in the audience have a question . If not, i will go on. Its not a question, but i wanted to thank you very much for your comment about dr. Carla hayden, and i loved your response to that. Well, thank you. Does anybody else have a ques
About Thomas Jefferson. They start now on booktv. Miss gordon reed won the National Book award and the Pulitzer Prize for her first book also about Thomas Jefferson. Good afternoon and welcome to the seventh annual gaithersburg book festival. I am a Nonfiction Book critic at the washington post. It is honored to be here in gaithersburg and take part in this wonderful literary festival. I have been to a lot of these and there are few that are as inviting and welcoming, excuse me . I will try to speak as loudly as i can. A few housekeeping announcements. For the consideration of everyone here if you can keep your phones quiet that would be great. If you are tweeting the event we need your feedback, there are surveys to complete at the tent and on the festival website. If you completed you can win a 100 visa gift card which you should spend on books. Speaking of books our office will be signing at the book signing area intent a, line 4 right after the presentation and copies are on sale o
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