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Forward to our next adventure. Mr. Prident, i yield the floor. [applaus [applause] thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i come to the floor today to pay tribute to this great wyoming leader. From nearly a quarter of a century, mike enzi has represented the people of wyoming in washington and hes done it with intelligence, with intensity, and with integrity. The cowboy state and capitol are going to sorely miss mike enzi. Hes truly cemented his legacy of the delegation. Its been a great honor and privilege for my wife bobby to serve the state of wyoming alongside mike and his wife diana with us today. Hes a truly a devoted family man as well as a man of great and deep faith. He thought sunday school over the decades and many in the Community Know that his First Sunday School teacher was my wifes mom. And they both passed away this year and married 70 years. She taught sunday school in the the thermmoplis, wyoming, and her star pupil was mike enzi and she gave him his first bible an
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Where he also had figures such as this but in his case, its peace rielding in ayuchlful chariot. You can see the peace in the center. The partially nude female figure crowned riding the four horses and golden victory figures off to each side. Well, this is what mills had in mind for George Washington. They were thinking of it for George Washington that transposed him from the human, from the everyday, from a general to now a super human almost godlike figure. And so when construction, which had been halted on the Washington Monument for about 20 years in the 1860s and 70s, when construction was started up again, the engineer, thomas casey, who really loved modern inventions, elevators, electric lights, decided no were not going to put that temple at the bottom. He wanted the Washington Monument to stay that would represent america. Moving forward into the 20th century. And so he now saw it as a sleek monument of american ingenuity. So it was his decision, essentially, not to create the
Her new book. Jonesrogers uses an impressive assortment of records to piece together the stories of the slave holders and the enslaved. Histories of. Legal documents, court records, and more. Two weeks ago here we displayed the dc immans pax act. Among the records generated youll find several references to women owners. They sought compensation with freed slaved. They claimed in a a gift from her sister was only 1500. They said it had is a corrective that examines how historians have misunderstood and misrepresented white women. And they say there is an analysis of american slavery. One that is a new standard on the subject. She is an associate proefrs where she specializes in africanAmerican History, womens and gender history, and the history of american slavery. The prize for the best doctoral dissertation in 2013. Thank you so much for that invitation thank you all for coming this afternoon and spending your lunchtime with me. It is truly a pleasure to be with you here today. This i