House right now. It was built in 1755 and 1759 and was the home of george mason and his first wife. If you look at the house, the carving and decoration outside, the house tells us that george mason belonged to the strata of society he thought he did. He was a wealthy man. The house tells us that in the details. The driveway you come up was lined, in his lifetime, with cherry trees. He didnt ever addon to the house. The house you see now is what mason built in 1769. Its kind of interesting because most other Founding Fathers did add third floors or wings, like mount vernon and monticello. George mason saw people like jefferson and others of the founding generation going into deep debt doing things like this. Today we would think of it as keeping up with the joneses or keeping up with the kardashians. Mason did not want to be in that position himself. So, we are going to have a chance to explore all of the spaces in the house. We will learn who george mason was and why we remember georg
This panel was convened by the National Archives to explore the original intent of the declaration of independence, including the popular interpretation by 19thcentury abolitionists to focus on the phrase life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This is about an hour. This is someone different than what was on your program. Let me tell you the order we will introduce these speakers. First, we will have hotly. She is at the tail end of a guggenheim fellowship. Then she will be followed by the professor from the university of South Carolina. Abigail adams. Third, we will hear from professor eric slaughter, the university of chicago. He is the author of the state as a work of arts the cultural underpinnings of the constitution. And finally you will hear from professor David Armitage from Harvard University who is very well known for his book, the declaration of independence a global history. Everyone will speak for about 10 minutes and we will have questions from the audience. I think
Fessor woody holton from the university of South Carolina. Third we hear from professor eri c slauter from the university of chicago. Finally, we hear from professor David Armitage at Harvard University known fo the declaration of independence a global history. Everyone will speak about 10 to 12 minutes and then we have questions from the audience. I think youre all set. Prof. Brewer thank you to organizers of this conference, which is terrific. When the delegates to the Continental Congress assembled in june of 1776, they faced a dilemma. Fighting between colonists and british troops have been going on more than a year. Political disputes over whether colonists needed to dissent to their own government and taxes remained at a standoff. Some delegates sought peace and redfin scissors peace and reckons lesion with their king. Only seven supported independence. New york, new jersey delaware, and South Carolina were not yet ready to fight. Congress chose a committee of five men to persuad
Joining us on booktv. We remind our internet viewers you can send questions or comments at any time by emailing speaker at heritage. Org and legal of course post the program on the homepage following todays activities for future reference. I do want to acknowledge our good friends at the Hoover Institution who are cohosting todays program and through their complements as many of you noted weve been given copies of the most recent book by our special guest. I do call your attention to that. There are several in the foyer if you have not already picked one up. Doctor williams is a distinguished professor of economics at george mason university. And this his most recent book teammate the case for what he calls the moral superiority of liberty and its main ingredient limited government. Doctor williams examines the loss of liberty in nearly every important aspect of our lives. The massive decline in our values. And the moral tragedy that has befallen the americans today, namely our belief
In charlottesville, virginia and 19 others have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd opposing a far right rally. It follows violent clashes between White Nationalists attending the march and counter protesters. A local State Of Emergency has been declared in two districts. In the last hour the governor of virginia called on the president to put a stop to hate speech in the United States, and lashed out at the White Supremacists who kicked off saturdays rally. I have a message to all the White Supremacists and the nazis who came into charlottesville today. Our message is plain and simple, go home. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. Shame on you. You pretend that you are patriots but you are anything but a patriot. You want to talk about patriots, talk about Thomas Jefferson and george washington, who brought our country together. You think about the patriots today, the young men and women who are wearing the cost of our country, somewhere around the globe, they are