Found the washington, everything Martha Washington did likewise. It was a business relationship, but not without affection. I think they had deep respect and affection for each other. She was as close to her hometown and she would get. 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 in Martha Washingtons life. She lost her first husband. She was raised a rich woman, what that means an 18th century is now what it means today. When she marriage George Washington, she brings with her to mount for then 12 house slaves and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. It would take her ten days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and this was a difficult journey. Marthas experience had prepared her to become the first first lady. Born in virginia in 1731, Martha Washington was 57 years old and 1789 when she and George Washington, once again, l
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good evening, everybody. I am margaret holub, residents of correspondent White House Association i cover for bloomberg and i want to welcome everybody to tonights fantastic program and to thank of course our esteemed panel here and all of you know how grateful we are. Let me take a moment to thank martha for although she does for us in terms of her scholarship in her research. She is a constant resource for all of us who come to the white house and for any of the American Publics interest in the president and the Operations Side of building. I also want to thank the White House Historical association for your generosity and for your support. Our program, Martha Stewart and all of our study and kind of interest in the presidency. Just before i turned things over to marcia martha, last night in independence missouri at the Truman Library for what we hope will be the first of many partnerships and events with president ial libraries and
People saved things. What people saved to remember the american revolution, why they save them. What things grew out of that tradition. Im delighted to welcome our guest today it will talk about some themes that are very similar to what is an art exhibit. He comes from another museum that has a significant collection of George Washingtons items. It ties in very well to our collection. Im delighted to introduce the curator at tudor place to store historic home and gardens. Prior to coming to tudor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the James Madison and worked for nearly nine years on the mansion interiors Initiative Team to research and furnish the Market Leader mansion following is architectural restoration. Prior to his arrival, he was the staff archaeologist at james monroe house on long island. He has a master of arts in anthropology with a concentration in historical archaeology from the university of south carolina. Please look at me grant uetermous. Grant q [a
The washington post, the campaign to impeach the president has begun. That was published on januar january 20th, inauguration day. Almost three years ago. Its finally happening now. Here we are, a trial in the senate will take place as Mitch Mcconnell perhaps itll happen before the super bowl and the Iowa Caucuses if senator graham gets his way. I do not want to prolong this trial is more than necessary. I think the trial needs to end as quickly as possible. Martha the white house has some time in mind. The white house even talked about when this is they want to call whether it be adam schiff, the whistleblower, hunter biden or joe biden. Martha davis to cellini and matt gaetz both members of the House Judiciary Committee join me tonight. Also coming up, George Papadopoulos, the young man who really started all of this with a meeting in italy. So what does he think . What does he think about the ig report . Hes going away in. Byron york with also whats going on and what we have to look
This Week Transcript 5-16-21: Rep. Liz Cheney & Dr. Rochelle Walensky
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A rush transcript of This Week with George Stephanopoulos airing on Sunday, May 16, 2021 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors. For previous show transcripts, visit the This Week transcript archive.
MARTHA RADDATZ, ABC THIS WEEK CO-ANCHOR: We’ll dig in to it all this morning beginning with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, who joins me now.
Good morning, Dr. Walensky.