She had them. That would be to ease. Its how raided hem. Her husband augustine today when george was a 11 and mary was a single mother in her 30s raising six children. That alone i think would resonate with a lot of women in America Today and the tough time she went through raising her children. So, there was a when she was referred to by biographers from time of her passing until the time of the civil war, she came across as kind of like june cleaver, and or mary mother of chryst christ, after the civil war and realtime began to take hold in the American Literature with moby dick and tom sawyer and huck finn, he biographyers who mentioned her made her look more line joan crawford. Both got it wrong. She was neither and she was both, so i decided, plus i live in the area where she the millenbeck and ending forest and lively area of rural virginia on the northern neck, and theres a lot of just something that really washington always piqued im written five books on reagan, wrote one book
Lets start with lauryn and a look at the forecast. At least a nice sunrise. Its beautiful right sun coming up 12 minutes ago at 5 48. This us out there early morning. The sky is on fire right now. But we are weather alert for this afternoon. Mp atures you walk outside its already thick. That humidity is like a wall out there. 75 degrees is our temperature right now. Well continue to see that humidity throughout the day today. So hitting thead early this morning, weve got temperatures in the low to mid 70s. You may encounter a little bit of fog. By noon were at 90 degrees. 9 00 a. M. Were in the low 80s. We stay in the low 90s through 6 00. That heatinx right around 100 degrees. 60 chance of storms out there today. Best chance arrives after 3 00 p. M. Well keep chances of rain into the lat evening. We have nats game, fireworks after the nats game and have the rolng stones concert. Well talk about that comi but first well talk about traveling with melissa. Good morning. Good morning. Inn
Afghanistan, and other nations. He is a washington ancestor. A descendent. You are not that old. He is the fifth great grandnephew of George Washington through his brother. He began his writing at uc berkeley, covering the rugby conflict reporting on burma and cambodia. He has interviewed many important leaders. Includingpublications the Atlantic Monthly and the new york times. He is the author of two other books. My brother my enemy. Al qaedas greatest escape. He has received three Pulitzer Prize nominations for his articles. Most importantly among all of this he has been one of the Research Fellows at the mount vernon Research Fellows. He is somebody who puts us off to go cover a war. That is unusual but we are very accommodating. We welcome him in suggesting presenting his newest book read writing with riding with george sportsmanship and chivalry in the making of. Ericas first president lets give a warm welcome to him. [applause] phillip thank you very much. It is obvious a incredi
Sustainability. He received his phd from the college of william and mary. In 2008 he gained International Attention as part of the team that found the remains of George Washingtons childhood farm at ferry farm. He recounted it in his 2013 book where the cherry tree grew the story of ferry farm, George Washingtons boyhood home. His 2015 book, which i have right here in my hand, is called George Washington written upon the land. We have three copies in the bookstore if youre interested in purchasing one of them later. This book explores the many retellings of washingtons much fabled childhood and covers things ranging from biography to archaeology to environmental history. He is currently writing the archaeology of George Washington a survey of all the washingtonrelated sites and their stories. He has also conducted a reassessment of the 1930s archaeological record at George Washingtons birthplace. He says this site is one of the most intriguing and misunderstood archaeological sites. He
Sustainability. He received his phd from the college of william and mary. In 2008 he gained International Attention as part of the team that found the remains of George Washingtons childhood farm at ferry farm. He recounted it in his 2013 book where the cherry tree grew the story of ferry farm, George Washingtons boyhood home. His 2015 book, which i have right here in my hand, is called George Washington written upon the land. We have three copies in the bookstore if youre interested in purchasing one of them later. This book explores the many retellings of washingtons much fabled childhood and covers things ranging from biography to archaeology to environmental history. He is currently writing the archaeology of George Washington a survey of all the washingtonrelated sites and their stories. He has also conducted a reassessment of the 1930s archaeological record at George Washingtons birthplace. He says this site is one of the most intriguing and misunderstood archaeological sites. He