Western state. He has a ma and phd at the university of virginia. Peter is a great friends of the foundation and a personal friend as well. One of the great scholars of Thomas Jefferson. Jd has written five books he has coauthored another book, these include virginias American Revolution from dominion to republic, 1776 until 1840 which was published in 2007. James madison and the making of america which was published in 2012. He is currently writing another book. I discovered this is not expected until 2020. But is it a topic is about president Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and james monroe. Kevin will speak today on his most recent book, Thomas Jefferson, revolutionary, a radical struggle to remain america. Please join me in welcoming kevin. [applause] Thomas Jefferson is one the most famous politicians in american history. When people think of him they tend to think of him as someone who was president of the United States, maybe they know that he was the chief author of the declar
Commemoration and reflection. Our speaker today is gordon kray. Gordon and i go way back to our days when they were on campus. He was from massachusetts and i was from lexington. Both of us had spent our lives in virginia. He studied history at william and mary. We were sticking cigarettes and the mouths of sculptures. Gordon has gone on to be a prominent sculptor. For many of you, if you have been to st. Matthews cathedral, you will see his culture there. You will also see one of his sculptures in washington, d. C. Most prominently in colonial williamsburg. You will find it in front of the red building at the college of william and mary. It looked worse for wear by 1958. It was put on display in front of the library. This was dedicated in the fall of 1993. Introduced by people who have been walking on the street. Now he has taken his talents to sculpting james monroe. In watching gordon work and being aware of the intensity with which he understands the person he is sculpting, it occu
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