Museum. My name is dana anderson, and i have the pleasure of serving as the executive director of the ham Historical Society, whose home here is abraham heritage museum. And what a treat to welcome you all tonight, at the sold out program. Id like to thank on the behalf aboard a director and our small staff, i would like to thank you all for making us a part of your week. Id also like to thank gerard excuse me, are dusty for traveling across the country to be with us tonight. Id like to thank cspan, for filming us. So that others who cannot be with us, can see us on a later date. And thank you to the Abigail Adams Historical Society, and their board of directors, who offered us this wonderful opportunity and to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker edith gelles. Abigails rich history in this region inspires us every day. Thank you. The hang in Historical Society is focused like never before on its history. To understand all voices. We currently are in the midst of a
Washington, d. C. , across Lafayette Square at the white house with the slavery and the president s neighborhood. As we begin tonights program please welcome the 15th rector of st. Johns church, reverend john fisher. [ applause ] welcome, good evening. My name is rob fisher. I am the rector of st. Johns church, and i am thrilled that our friends at the White House Historical association asked us to provide space for tonights conversation. Stewart asked if i would share a little bit about the history of this very historic room that you are sitting in tonight and so i will share with you that this church was completed in 1816. The architect was Benjamin Henry latrobe. Not only did he design this church, he was rewould abouting the white house after it was destroyed by the british in the war of 1812 and in 1818 he built Decatur House which is now the home of the White House Historical association and if you go inside the Decatur House and you look up, you see a very similar entrance. It i
Part of your week. I would also like to thank Jared Hardesty for traveling across country to be with us tonight. I would like to thank cspan for filming us so that others who cant be with us tonight can see it at a later date. And thank you to the Abigail Adams Historical Society and their board of directors who offered us this wonderful opportunity to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker. Abigails rich history in this region inspires us every day. Thank you. The hingham Historical Society is focused like never before on its history to understand all voices. We currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero at 181 north street. Benjamin lincoln received the british sword of vendor at yorktown, or as we like to tell our visiting school children, thats Benjamin Lincoln on the white horse. Featured so prominently in trumbles painting in the rotunda of the u. S.
Lives, native lands, native worlds. The Hingham Historical Society and the abigel adams Historic Society cohosted this event. Welcome to the hingham heritage museum. My name is degreiedra harrison. What a treat to welcome you all here tonight in the solid out program. Id like to thank on above of our board of directors and our small staff, id like to thank you all for making us a part of our week. And Jarod Hardesty for being with us and cspan for filming us to see it at a later date. And thank you to the abigel adams Historic Society and their wonderful board of directors who offered this opportunity to partner with them. Abigels rich history in this region excites us every day. To understand all voices, we currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero at 181 north street. Benjamin lincoln received the british sword of surrender at new yo yorktown, or as he like to tell our v
During the colonial era. The Abigail Adams Historical Society cohost of this event. Anne welcome. Welcome to the ham heritage museum. I have the privilege of serving as executive director whose home here is that the hearing im heritage museum. What a treat to welcome you all here tonight in this sold out program. I would like to thank, on behalf of our board of directors and small staff, i would like to thank you all for making us part of your week. I would also like to thank jared hardest ski for travis traveling across the country to see us. For filming us, thank you to cspan. For those who cant see it can see it at a later date. Thank you to Abigail Adams and their board of directors who offered us this wonderful opportunity and to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker edith. Abigails rich history in this region inspires us every day. Thank you. The hingham Historical Society helps us understand all voices. We are currently in the midst of a campaign for the linco