Interpreters out on the street of old city philadelphia, and imagine what life was like under british rule. One of the big agendas of this event is to present the fall of 1777 in a complicated way. To show that for many of the people who remain in the city that winter, this was an occupation, but maybe it was a liberation from many in their perspective. They read about in the period being liberated from the tyrannical usurpation of an arbitrary congress, which is maybe something we could all aspire to. laughs so we do this with Living History Program in part because people come to museums to learn in all different ways, to encounter the real things of history, to have a Human Experience and connect with it, and one way that we bring it to life is with Living History Programming, with first person programming like some of you might have witnessed in our new theatrical programme where richard st. George stormed into the room, guns blazing in the spring of perhaps 1798, at the end of his
Park looking at the city you can still make out buildings. It just goes to show haze humidity not in full force just yet but that will change over next few days. Seventythree at philly international. Sixtynine in trenton. Sixtyseven in mount pocono and allentown. In the lower 70s in south jersey and capitol city of delaware, your suburbs upper 60s pottstown and willow grove. We have a breeze out of the south at five to 10 miles an hour, still areas that are calm but that south wind that starts to crank up heat and humidity. Great news if you have outdoor plans we have been nice and dry, we will see fair weather cloud moving on through late in the day up toward Lehigh Valley poconos there will be a chance for isolated shower or thunderstorms. We will call it partly sunny but more humid throughout the daytoday and around the region we will go afternoon high of 90 for philadelphia lower 80s at the shore with full sunshine in the poconos. Better chance late in the day high temperatures in
Ladies and gentlemen, please recognize the color guards from each of the original 13 states as they are introduced in the order in which each state ratified the u. S. Constitution and entered the union. Delaware, first delaware regiment [ applause ] pennsylvania, first troop Philadelphia City calvary. [ applause ] new jersey, old barracks museum. [ applause ] georgia, sons of the revolution in the state of georgia. [ applause ] connecticut, the governors foot and horse guard. [ applause ] massachusetts, 54th massachusetts volunteer regiment. [ applause ] maryland, Maryland Society sons of the American Revolution. [ applause ] South Carolina, South Carolina national guard. [ applause ] New Hampshire, first New Hampshire regiment. Virginia, the virginia color guard. New york, ninth new york field artillery, veteran core of the artillery of the state of new york. [ applause ] North Carolina, the over mountain men. [ applause ] rhode island, united train of artillery. [ applause ] and pres
Good evening, everyone. Good evening. Thats good. Thank you all for being here. My name is kirk brandt, were delighted to have you here for the four evening book talks and i begin by thanking the Ford Motor Company for their partnership, and theyve done a lot for us including endowing this book talk series. Im personally able to welcome back nathaniel philbrick. And i asked to introduce him because whenever i do that, im struck by his bona fides as a true renaissance man. A ba from brown university, and he was a james duke fellow and a worked as an editor at sailing World Magazine and wrote and edited several sailing books, the yachting wind, and the parody. And hes the author of mayflower, as well as a book heart of the sea, National Book award for nonfiction. In 2010 he published a book called the last stand, it was New York Times best seller. It was a New York Times notable book and ala notable book and attempted into a 10 part tv series and adapted as we speak into a 10part series
The programs youll see on booktv this weekend. For a complete television schedule. Go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. And now we kick off the weekend with Nathaniel Philbrick on the relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. Good evening. That was good. That was very good. [laughter] thank you all for being here. Im the president of George Washingtons mount ver. No we are delighted to have you for this installment of the ford evening book talks, and i begin by thank the Ford Motor Company for their Enduring Partnership with mount vernon. Theyve done a great deal for us including endowing this book talk series. I am personally pleased to welcome back Nathaniel Philbrick. Its his third time hes visited mount vernon in as many years. I asked to introduce him because whenever i do that, im struck by his bone fee bonafides as a true renaissance man. He has an