Programming with designs by our panelists tonight, so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story has never been done before. And quite literally, they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that we are going to have this year. And i would welcome you to come back on july 5, when we will look at current programming that focuses on African American stories, and also on october 18, where we will be focusing on the future, and our panelists at that discussion will be helping us to think about, how do we continue to tell the story . Lawrence mitchell said it really is all of our story. Now i know our panelists well. And they have plenty to share with us. So, please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here at Colonial Williamsburg as a junior interpreter, and became an active interpreter and manager of the interpreters. And
Boy, 18,small town 19yearold from montana, survived the war effort and came lost two thirds of his squadron, and came back to a cattle ranch in montana. He had this amazing name that totally fit what we were doing. It shows that we are interested in honoring the world war ii history, so we are to make some history with it. We spruced up the nose art a little bit. We are happy to share some of that history with the rest of the state and anybody around the world who would like to listen. So this airplane, to get it airborne after 18 years, luckily, we were able to keep it in the hangar here. So corrosion issues were not a weathered flight controls. We knew when we decided to take this project on that we would have to set our sights at half to do the restoration we want . 5 million to do to bring the airplane up to modern standards, with the avionics and most importantly, the engines, to be able to safely take the airplane and its crew across the Atlantic Ocean not once, but twice. Know,
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Where hundreds of thousands of people are watching a solar eclipse. And well bring you all the latest from lyon as england take on the usa in the first womens world cup semi final. Current score is us two and england one. At last we have the nominations for the top jobs at the eu. The more importantjob of all president of the European Commission the body which creates and enforces the eus laws and rules. The nominee is ursula von der leyen. Shes the German Defence minister, and a member of Angela Merkels cdu party. No, youre not the only one who wasnt expecting that. Also, Christine Lagarde will become head of the European Central bank the bank in charge of the euro, which oversees the economies that use it. She is currently the head of the International Monetary fund. Also a formerly french finance minister. Next president of the European Council the council represents the leaders of the eus member states. Charles michel, the belgian Prime Minister, is picked to replace donald tusk. A
In the world to witness a total Solar Eclipse. And in sport india but theres a spot in the semifinals of the cricket world cup a security 28. 00 run win against bangladesh is world dreams are now also was. After one failed summit and another 3 days of talks european leaders have agreed on who should fill the top jobs of the e. U. Whose main institutions for the next 5 years they want German Defense minister. To replace as European Commission president belgian Prime Minister show me show that would be European Council president taking over from dawn to dusk. Spains foreign minister transit bro has been nominated to be the top diplomat he would replace for that he can will get any as high representative for Foreign Affairs and i. M. F. Chief Christine Lagarde has been proposed for president of the European Central bank taking over from mario draghi 1st though they all need to be endorsed by the European Parliament and in baba reports brussels. After days of wrangling its a close ally of