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We have a board of directors consisting of judges who sit in three divisions of the Eastern District the ox andrea and north which division and we have attorneys to serve on the board as well. By tying the story of the Historical Society is a story of really some very key people that help society get started in 2006 and i would like to think the specific individuals. The first is u. S. District judge james spencer. He was the chief judge for the same district in 2006 and instrumental in helping our society get it started. There were several judges involved in the project that we will hear about today the society itself but there are a couple that deserve no. U. S. District judge Claude Hilton who sits in the Alexandria Division was sentimental and judge henry martin junior who sits in the Northern District in u. S. Bank Bank Bankruptcy judge just as the thais who retired in 2013 was a bankruptcy judge in richmond. Last but not least on the stage u. S. District judge henry hutson. Judge
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In camp the encampment so i was at the encampment, you walk a ground and learn more about it but you understand the writing and i try to have that reflected in my work. In that sense i view myself as a historian. I dont write historical fiction but i am inspired by historical fiction and love to read historical fiction. And James Mcpherson catches it in the battle cry of freedom. Is a wonderful book. Ft cant trust everything in it as fact but it does give you the sense of the place. I try to use a lot of quotations because i try to make which makes differentiating to me from some historians, but i try to have an eye for the quote that really captures something. I never use a long block and [inaudible] quote. When i read, i always skip those. I figure if the author cant summarize it why is he forcing me to do it . So i use small quotes, ones that are below 50 words so you dont have to block in denim. Then i figure thats my job as a historian, to pull out the quirks of it. And if theres