life and career of him. this is about 45 minutes. good afternoon, welcome to november of the american revolution institute of the society of cincinnati at anderson house. the institute promotes knowledge and appreciation of the achievement of american independence by supporting advanced adding, exhibitions, a public programs, and providing resources to classrooms. i am program manager and today it is my privilege to introduce our speaker. emily persons is a deputy director and curator of the society of the cincinnati anderson house. a position she has held since 20 excuse me, 2003. she has our museum program including collections, exhibitions, interpretations. she research 18th century american history and american culture for more than 15 years. has curated numerous exhibitions for the society in addition to contributing to exhibitions mounted by mount vernon, the daughter of the american revolution museum, and the washington antique show. she holds a b.a. in history f
Making this a devastating christmas for so many families. At least 24 reported tornadoes touched down. Across seven states. Including mississippi. Arkansas and tennessee. In Holly Springs mississippi a monster tornado left a 7yearold boy dead leaving residents scrambling for safety. Gwendolyn jones tornado survivor and we all closed the door and laid in the floor 11 30 46 it lasted we heard this great big whwho train, and en it was gone 11 30 55 and ititas over. A state of emergegey has been declared in both tennessee forecasters say tornadoes is heavy rain and continuing concern across southern alabama and northern georgia. Tim iowa got a bit of a dusting this morning, parts of central iowa seem to be getting it the worst, even prompting a closuer of interstate 8 8 locally we mayay have gotten less but down in omaha they werent so lucky. The omaha metro area got over a half a foot of the white stuff. The snow began falling before dawn this morning causing several fender benders and sp
Gatherings to celebrate and then there are people who like putting up holiday lights. One homeowner in davenport. Put up about 36thousand lights and synced it all together withthusic for all totonjoy aarik k ods from our quad cities affiliate checked it out you have nine of the White Christmas trees, which only had 400 white lights on them. But i put 600 red lights on each one of the trees. When it comes to holiday decorating. Theres one Davenport House that stands out. Since im retired now, i itook me three e eks of anywhere from five to ten hour days. James peachee puh shay runs what he calls candy cane corner. Thousands of lights. Likely hundreds of cords. And one computer program. Its all defined over here on the left hand side. Tells me which exact tree it is, where its at, and what it does. The result is a mix of music nat and lights that work togegeer in harmony. Jenny schaumburg Siberian Orchestra and he does one of their songs and its just beautiful i mean its just breathtakin
Roommate who lives here with the homeowner whom he identified as matthew ayers. He says both of them will not be coming back for a while as they are concerned for their safety. This as police move forward with the investigation including whether the young suspects had hit other homes in the area before. Marilyn Mcphun neighbor a house in the corner is an easy target. Patranya Bhoolsuwan Marilyn Mcphun says she was shocked to see police tape around her neighborhood when she came back from running errands wednesday morning. Marilyn Mcphun my son has a gun actually. When i saw i thought maybe somebody broke into my house and my son shot somebody. it turned out another homeowner on the 14hundred block of daybreak drive. Shot 17 year old Manquise Adams whom police say broke into a house with another teen. Manquise family spoke out to 8 news now wednesday night. Saying they wish the situation had turned out differently. bobbies adams teens grandmother they were fearing for their life. I can
First on 13. Well give you a live look at Road Conditions in just a moment. But first, an ongoing situation in des moines. Where police are investigating the citys 21st homicide of 2015. Officers were called to 5201 south union street on a report of a shooting. That was around eleven they found two people with gunshot wounds inside the apartment building. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. While the woman was taken to a hospital to be treated. Police say theyre interviewing witnesses. But havent made any arrests yet. More information is expected to be released later this morning. Now to our other top story. A messy morning on iowa roads. Flakes began to fall just in time for the commute to work. And drivers will likely still feel the effects on their return home. Channel 13s Reid Chandler is keeping a close eye on the situation in the metro. Reid, what are you des moines crews are hoping to tame some of the travel headaches. 7 oclock, well go two shifts, from 7 a. M. To 7 p. M.