Virginia is board of trustees and Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation board of directors. I share our appreciation for friends and partners gathered today and i acknowledge the leadership of the administration, the gen. Assembly, american evolution and jamestown Yorktown Foundation. Our special appreciation to our partners managing historic jamestown, the National Park service, tribal representatives, and members of the descendents of the jamestown society. Today we commemorate the events that occurred 400 years ago. The distinguished speakers to follow me will capture the importance of todays proceedings and the direct influence still felt today. The history and body would be lost if not for the vision and dedication of women. In 1889 mary Jeffrey Gault and cindy Tucker Coleman founded the associate for the preservation of virginia now known as preservation virginia. Their goal was to save and restore disappearing landscape and buildings that embody our colonial tradition. Successfully s
Thank you. It took a village. Dr. Watson has published more than 40 books, hundreds of scholarly articles, and encyclopedia referenced essays. He has coconvened National Conferences on the american presidency, moderated political debate, and delivered within 1000 keynote addresses. He has founded three nonprofit think tanks dedicated to civic education, political reform. He is a frequent media commentator on cnn, foxs special report with britt hume, msnbc, usa today, the new york times, and the bbc. Dr. Watson has lectured at the four arts numerous times and will do so in the future. We again welcome him as he works his magic with our formidable historians. There you go. [applause] dr. Watson can everybody hear me now right . Most importantly i have my coffee. Thank you, again, molly, dr. Brenneman, and the entire team at the society. And congratulations on yet another important and successful and exciting program. I would also like to thank cspan as was mentioned earlier, for covering
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Eric Speth, director of maritime operations for the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, has now been captain of two versions of the reconstructed 17th-century Susan Constant for 36 years.