Welcome to the mosys myers house. Mosys myers was born in new york aty and 1752 and he made fortune as a maritime merchant. He did serve as an American Revolutionary war veteran and thats it direct result of his efforts to supply the american cause during the revolution, he. Uffered his first bankruptcy that bankruptcy that caused him to move away from your city and resettle here in norfolk, virginia. We think he chose norfolk for three reasons. It was one of the most prominent colonial seaports. That was important to him. Secondly, it had been burned to the ground during the American Revolution and they were rebuilding and he was rebuilding of his life. It was a good match. Thirdly and maybe most , he moved here in 1787, virginia had just passed a statute of religious freedom five years before the bill of rights. This would be important to him and his new wife because they were jewish. They moved to norfolk, virginia in 1787, becoming norfolks First Permanent jewish residents. They es
They maintained a large shipping operation and the home was passed them through several generations of the myers family. We too are the house to see many of the original furnishings and ar what life was like the prominent merchant family. Welcome to the moses myers house. Moses myers was born in york city in 1752 and he made a fortune as a maritime merchant. He did serve as an American Revolutionary war veteran and as an effort to supply them, he suffered his first bankruptcy. That bankruptcy that caused him to move away from new york city and resettle here in norfolk, virginia. We think he chose norfolk for three reasons. It was one of the most prominent colonial seaports. That was very important to him in his business life. Secondly, norfolk had been burned to the ground during the american revolution, and we were rebuilding. He was rebuilding of his life. It was a good match. Thirdly and maybe most importantly to moses myers, when he moved here in 1787, virginia had just passed a st
Between the historic things like agriculture and the values that bring us to colorado like the core doors canoeing and fishing and so with the challenges over the years as to how to integrate and manage our water so that the quality of life is maintained. After all why would you want to live out here if it was just an urban desert to have these rivers as something that is a gem in a thing of beauty next from a recent trip to Denver Colorado we talked with the author who shares the stories of four mexican girls who grew up in america without legal status in her burke just like us. I wanted to write this book because i felt like there was a conversation around immigration happening in this country that wasnt yet at a really deep level but we kept talking about an issue that we didnt understand very well. There is a lot of fear that comes along with the subject of immigration have think i think when people hear the word immigration they think of a stranger or somebody who is coming to the
Located on the National Mall in washington, d. C. , the National Gallery of art was a gift to the American People from andrew mellon, who served as treasury secretary from 1920 to 1932. We visit the museum to learn about early american portrait paintings. In this program we feature the work of Gilbert Stuart. His unfinished portrait of George Washington is the image on the one dollar bill. Dianne hello, i am Dianne Stephens from the National Gallery of art. John is an artist who is well known for his history paintings in america, not as much portraiture. He aspired to be a history painter, then he eventually went to england and spent a couple of years with Benjamin West. West was an amazing figure who welcomed almost every painter that we are going to talk about today. They learned the art of history painting, came back to the colonies this is his portrait of Alexander Hamilton who was washingtons aid to camp. It is interesting that here , Alexander Hamilton is hanging next to Gilbert
History news. Up next on the presidency, journalist paul brandis discusses his book under this roof, the white house and the presidency. 21 president s, 21 rooms, 21 insider stories. He explains how president s from George Washington to barack obama have left their imprints on the executive mansion. Well hear about Thomas Jeffersons bathrooms, Abraham Lincolns war office, and jfks situation room. The National Library for the study of George Washington at mt. Vernon hosted this hourlong program. Okay. Good evening, everybody. My name is doug bradburn, im the director of the Washington Library here at mt. Vernon and it is my great delight to welcome you to one of our ford evening book talks. Id also like to welcome the cspan audience who is here as well and everyone watching live online. All ten of you, im sure. Thousands of thousands of you, of course. The ford evening book talk is a way to bring relevant books and important history topics and we have a great one for you this evening. I