The lead guitarist of kiss, that was last night. As important as this project has become to my life, i can scarcely remember the first time i learned about this historic congressional race between future president s in 1789. I remember about reading about in a book. It was treated with the one or two sentences you would see about it. I thought come away to bury the lead. All of a sudden we are in this race between 2 future president s. They are debating the most important issues with effort talked about. Whether we should have a bill of rights, what union we should have. On the next page, they are in the First Congress. Way to bury the lead. I decided i would Read Everything i could. When no one had written anything about it, i decided i would tell the story. The book opens at the inauguration of George Washington. When he took the oath of office two of the 13 states are outside of the union. North carolina and rhode island did not ratify the constitution because of their concern it wa
All this month we will be focusing on the life and legacy of George Washington. To mark the anniversary of his birth in 1732. Up next, George Washingtons role in the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The Founding Fathers crafted a new document to replace the articles of confederation which was in i confess for washington was voted to preside over the convention, taking an active role in shaping the constitution we know today. George Washingtons Mount Vernon hosted this hourlong event. This concludes an amazing year that began the year ago last september with the opening of the library for the study of George Washington. During that year as a library fellow, i finished my book on washington which just came out this week and i was able to get a copy today. During that time while i was here, i learned what a rich treasure we all have, especially those of you who live near it the staff here is extraordinarily dedicated loyal , and for 150 years the Mount Vernon Ladies Association has kept
All times ready for war. It was in line with this principle that washington advocated as mrs. Patton has said, a system for universal military training for our country. It is for the same reason that we advocate it noy and we believe that the article argument for it is stronger now than ever before because of the character of modern warfare and that universal military training will remain a necessary component of any adequate military security until such time as the nations have established an Adequate Police force with adequate powers and without weakening limitations. February is black History Month and the cspan bus is on the road visiting the top historically black colleges and universities to speak with their faculty and discuss Public Policy issues and highlight their role in American History. This tuesday well be at Fisk University in nashville, followed by Morehouse College and Spelman College in atlanta. This month well be focusing on the life and legacy of George Washington t
I think your project with the National Park service is great and really exciting. If theres any way, gas prices are down, i do a little bit of work involving disciplinary with students, you can even get interns to talk about your process of working with the people and places. We do have a lot of interns of the portrait gallery. One of the big misconceptions is that we are fully funded by the federal government. It was very interesting, when i got the job, to find out we were being sequestered and getting a 14 cut. The truth is, it is wonderful. You have this amazing building. The maintenance of this building and a large number of the sellers are covered by government support. But every exhibition, every program we do, every work of art that we conserve, we raise the money for that. So we do rely on our volunteers. We also take very seriously i do mentoring young people. Teenagers are very deliberate. Not just because i have two of my own. But i want my boys thinking about what kind of
Solidly middleclass folks and more than 90 in bankruptcy because of a medical problem, a job loss, or a family breakup. The squeeze on the middle class was getting tighter, and more and more families were deep in debt. Bankruptcy was their last option to scratch their way back to dead flat broke and tried to build some kind of future. Credit Card Companies saw this and they figured out that they could boost the profits if the squeeze these people a little harder. So they wanted to change the bankruptcy laws so that hundreds of thousands more people every year would be locked out of bankruptcy and left mired in debt. Their profits by squeezing people, drowning in medical debt and deal with job losses. I was truly appalled. Now, understand how this fight shape the. Credit Card Companies were smart. They had already led to a lot of powerful folks to support them, both democrats and republicans. They had money to lower. They had lobbyists galore. And the families going bankrupt, they had n