Who among you has never been in this library . Ok. Quite a few. In the event you have not been in this building before, welcome to the World Largest library. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. Your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800s, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed is a carried out its duties representing all of us. Tially, the library in 1813, the british army invaded washington in the Capital Building caught fire. It was engulfed in flames. All of the libraries books were burned to ashes. Thomas jefferson, who owned the largest collection of books in the country at the time, almost 7000 volumes in his house, offered to sell his books to the u. S. Government to refill the library. Congress trump. That chance, and now you can see jeffersons own books, original volumes, sitting at the very heart of this buildi
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To begin our program, please welcome the honorable donny r. Tuck, mayor of the city of hampton. Please take your seats. Good morning, and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. Its my honor to welcome Governor Ralph Northam and first lady pamela northam, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine, u. S. Representative bobby scott and representative elaine lorry of virginia. Representative karen bass of california and representative william clay of missouri. Speaker of the house of delegates, kirklin cox, first counselor for the embassy of rwanda, former Virginia Governor jared, former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, former missouri governor eric greitens, former representatives james moran and l. F. Payne, chief judge Roger Gregory of the First Circuit court of appeals, members of the governors cabinet, members of virginia General Assembly, including Senate Majority leade
From fort monroe in hampton roads, virginia, this is about two and a half hours. [ applause ] to begin our program, please welcome the honorable donny artuck, may your of the city of hampton. Please take your seats. Good morning, and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. Its my honor to welcome Governor Ralph Northam and first lady pamela northam, Lieutenant Governor justin fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine. U. S. Representative bobby scott, and representative elaine luria of virginia, representative karen bass of california and representative william clay of missouri, speaker of the house of delegates, First Council lawrence monzai for the embassy of rwanda, former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, former missouri governor eric grietens, chief judge Roger Gregory of the First Circuit court of appeals, members of the governors cabinet, members of virginia General Assembly including Senate M