Us. Thank you. [applause] many of you know that gayle had a long and successful journalism career before she turned her sights to monticello. She came to us in 2016. And it is my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague, but more importantly as an honored speaker. A common refrain in gayles book, and i quote, is giving voice to the ancestors. And she does that of course, by telling their stories. She describes herself as, and i quote, a woman whose voice is used as an instrument. Not for herself, but for those written out in history. A woman who, after a lifelong journey, found her family, her home, her purpose. End of quote. In part it was because of monticello its work to find and learn of the descendants of its enslaved community in a project called get where she found more of her family and story. Her courage is the telling of her story and that of her family providing an inspiration to all of us. And of course, gayles book includes the work she has done here since she joined
Many of you know that gail had a long and successful journalism career. Before she turned her sights. Thank god she did to monticello. She came to us in 2016 as our first Public Relations and Community Engagement officer. And its my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague. But more importantly as an honored speaker. A common refrain in gails book is and i quote giving voice to the ancestors. And she does that of course and we try to do that by telling their stories. She describes herself as when i quote a woman whose voice is used as an instrument. Not for herself but for those written out of history. A woman who after a lifelong journey founder family her home her purpose end of quote and in part it was because of monticellos work to find and learn from the descendants of its enslaved community. In a project called getting word. That gale found more of her family and their story gails courageous telling of her story and that of her family. Provides an inspiration to all of us an
This domestic servant. As well as the racial hierarchies and the system of slavery. Great and distinct i am leslie green bowman, the president of the Thomas Jefferson foundation and its my distinct pleasure to welcome you this evening as we celebrate the launch of Gayle Jessup White its reclamation, we and the descendants search of their families lasting legacy. Before we get started, i want to welcome a very special guest who is with me tonight. We are greatly honored that the first lady of virginia is here tonight with us. Thank you. [applause] many of you know that gayle had a long and successful journalism career before she turned her sights to monticello. She came to us in 2016. And it is my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague, but more importantly as an honored speaker. A common refrain in gayles book, and i quote, is giving voice to the ancestors. And she does that of course, by telling their stories. She describes herself as, and i quote, a woman whose voice is used a
Good morning to you and your family. It is september 11th, 2016. Youre watching a special edition of fox friends. Today marks 15 years since the 9 11 attacks here in new york city, also in washington, d. C. , and shanksville, pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 americans died on that day. This morning we honor those who lost their lives and those who sacrificed their own lives to save so many others. Its hard to believe it was 15 years ago. Brian and i were in these chairs 15 years ago. Yeah, they were chairs then, not a couch. To be exact, 2,997. Its so good, for one thing, to see something downtown. For the longest time weve been doing the show on 9 11 and there was nothing there. Now theyve got one world trade, which was also known as the Freedom Tower. Which is what we were just looking at. For years, there was nothing there. There was a lot of red tape trying to figure out what to put down there. No one knows that story better than rick levinthal. Lets go to rick, who was able to carry liv
People. Theres a decline in the marriage rate in america, especially among millennial who is are waiting longer and longer to wed. A new study found theres the least religious generation in 60 years so they are turning away from faith, too. The state of moral values in the country is getting worse. So is there a way to stop the contagion of the me myself and i mindset . And kimberly im mindful that were sitting here on television where we spend time talking about ourselves. Do you think things are worst today than in the past . Well theres new, you know challenges that have emerged through the age of technology right . Because now its the life of selfies and instagram and snapchat and things of that nature. So there is more emphasis and focus on that. So of course then it becomes more about the individual instead of the collective or the outer community. So i think you really have to work hard to do that. If youre somebody that grew up back in the day like i did, you have a different u