Happy leap day. [laughter] what could be better than a bonus day and some real meaningful history content . Its like a double win for me. I love it. Im thrilled to have you all here to your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the president and ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older by about a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, and this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was in fact chief justice John Marshall. He served from 1831 until his death just a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often
I love it. Im thrilled to have you at your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older than a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was chief justice marshall. He served from 1831 until his death a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often as we think about the complex history. That this place, this institution has been witness to much of the history, including much of the history well discuss today. So think of that and th
Meriwether. So they werent aware that the spanish were after them but they they did learn later that the spanish had turned these other expeditions. Great question. Anything. Well, thanks for your attention. I hope you enjoyed this the Marshall Foundation was begun by president truman before left office. He declared general marshalls papers from his long should not be gathered at the National Archives as other government officials, but that should have a foundation in his name and the papers and memorabilia be gathered in something akin to a president ial library. How are you funded . Privately funded. We are a501c3. Were not associated with the state of virginia or, the National Park service. And although are surrounded by the vmi campus, were not part of the Virginia Military either. Tell us more about. The foundations work, its outreach of teachers and and the kinds of goals that you have. The foundation exists to tell the story specifically general marshall and others whom we hold
The Marshall Foundation was begun by president truman before left office. He declared general marshalls papers from his long should not be gathered at the National Archives as other government officials, but that should have a foundation in his name and the papers and memorabilia be gathered in something akin to a president ial library. How are you funded . Privately funded. We are a501c3. Were not associated with the state of virginia or, the National Park service. And although are surrounded by the vmi campus, were not part of the Virginia Military either. Tell us more about. The foundations work, its outreach of teachers and and the kinds of goals that you have. The foundation exists to tell the story specifically general marshall and others whom we hold collections for here. And we do this. We have researchers who come to the library. I have students working on history day reports in eighth grade. We a Teacher Education conference coming up this spring where teachers will spend a w
Papers and memorabilia be gathered in something akin to a president ial library. How are you funded . Privately funded. We are a501c3. Were not associated with the state of virginia or, the National Park service. And although are surrounded by the vmi campus, were not part of the Virginia Military either. Tell us more about. The foundations work, its outreach of teachers and and the kinds of goals that you have. The foundation exists to tell the story specifically general marshall and others whom we hold collections for here. And we do this. We have researchers who come to the library. I have students working on history day reports in eighth grade. We a Teacher Education conference coming up this spring where teachers will spend a week here in lexington and develop lesson plans that they can use in their Middle School High School classrooms. We are in the library at the Marshall Foundation and lots to look out here. But lets first talk about george c. Marshall himself. Of course, he li