Constitution, politics, race, education, the environment and international affairs. Walk in this room, and i feel like it should be all rise. [laughter] on some occasions. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us here at the Heritage Foundation in our douglas and Sarah Allison auditorium. We, of course, welcome those who join us on our heritage. Org web seat and those who will be joining us at some point on cspan booktv. We remind our internet viewers you can send questions or comments at any time simply emailing us at speaker heritage. Org, and we will, of course, post the program on the home page following todays activities for your future reference. I do want to acknowledge our good trends at the Hoover Institution who are cohosting todays program, and through their complements as many of you have noted we have been given copies of the most recent book by our special guest. I do call your attention to that. There are several out in the foyer if you have not already picked one up. Dr
Washingtons confidant. She was absorbed and capable but she did not like that definition. She called herself a prisoner of state. Every step washington took, to find the office, washington took defined the office so, in a very real sense, can it be said that everything Martha Washington did likewise . It was a businesslike relationship but not without respect and affection. She owned most of this whole block going back a couple of acres which means she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. There was a lot of tragedy and Martha Washingtons life. She lost her husband. First she was raised a rich woman and what that meant in the 18th century is not what it means today. When she marries George Washington, she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. It took 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her and this was a difficult journey. Her experience had prepared
Block going back a couple of acres, which means she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. There was a lot of tragedy in Martha Washingtons life. She lost her first husband. She was raised a rich woman she was raised a rich woman and what that means in the 18th century is not what it means today. When she marries George Washington, she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves, and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. It took 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her and this was a difficult journey. Marthas experience had prepared her to become the first first lady. Born in New Kent County virginia in seven 770 she was 57 years old when she and George Washington left mount vernon in service to the country. This time, their destination was new york city, selected as the nations first capital, where they began the first of their two terms as president and first lady of United States, setting import
Ive got 11 brothers and sisters and my dad owned a bar, ive got brothers and sisters on every rung of the economic ladder and the idea of an Opportunity Society is to i was. Of the 1970s and ,980s, these two people especially during the 1970s, by the end of the 1970s, i was a republican i have a Ronald Reagan Bumper Sticker on a 1980 in the primary, sorry jeb, [laughter] in 1980 eight, i found myself in manchester, New Hampshire, joe and, if you will recall and in february of 1988, a lowly state rep, business guy go to manchester, New Hampshire to help my buddy jack kemp. With jackhis dinner and joanne and a bunch of these really bigtime congressman. The next day, i got my assignment to go knock on doors and i was assigned to go to the city dump. I thought what the hell is this . I went to the dump because in manchester, New Hampshire, you up, yout garbage picked go to the dump. I stood in the dump, called a confederate 1988 shaking hands with all the people coming to bring their garba
People will take and perhaps build new coalitions to discard the old way of doing things and build new coalitions for america to begin solving our other problems. The fourth thing i would suggest is that no amount of good policy will matter if we dont focus on a shared believe of Strong Families and faith as a backbone of any american renewal. [applause] unfortunately, we have a crisis on the family front. The latest census numbers reflect this fact. 42 out of wedlock or thread. Breathtakingthe statistics that describes family life in america today. The Family Structure in the United States as we have known it for centuries is crumbling. Those on the left call for another government program. Payment. R a rule or regulation as a solution. You know the government cannot the kind of people we become is determined not by the government, but by the nature of our families, churches, synagogues, schools, and colleges. He remains right. There are contact the providinggroups support for familie