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The country that gave us hot rods and who hoops has a new fad, skateboards. It looks like some inventor combined skating and skis. Skateboarding started off as just another toy. What made it into big business was the discovery of a new type of plastic that allowed the skateboards to go faster and maneuver more easily. That is when the wheels really began to roll. With the speed and flexibility of new wheels, every child began to walk. Act as if walking was obsolete. The dangers of skateboarding on city streets brought about dozens of skateboard parks where Safety Equipment can be rented. Like a ski slope, there are runs for beginners and half pipes for advanced. And variety. As in competition, there is freestyle where you invent your own. In just a few years, these youngsters have raised the past time to the level of professional sport. Practicing to enter a competition, this young man is polishing his freestyle routine. At speeds of up to 60 kilometers per hour, the racers hurtled dow
This program originally livestreamed on facebook and youtube and is part of a series of Online Events intended to keep visitors connected with mount vernon during its closure to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Bradburn here we are again. Welcome back. My name is doug bradburn. It is my delight to have these opportunities to talk about George Washington. Last wednesday, we were in our museum. This is our Education Center here at mount vernon. It focuses on the life of George Washington. It gives a grand sense of why he matters. Last time, we were looking at his youth, a youth that is oftentimes enwrapped in romance and myth. Of course, he is most known to americans and perhaps the folks around the world as the great military commander, the general who led the americans through the american war for independence, through eight long years of war. His identity as a warrior is a crucial one. We think about who was George Washington, how did he think of himself and his tim