On cleaning up from what happened. She said she is thinking this could be related to what happened a couple days ago, her son and the girlfriend idea their car vandalized. She does not want to specific light as to why. They pained over the vandalism. We have video of her other son who painted over it not the car that was vandalized. He does not live here. The woman would live here with Adult Children and grandchild woke up at 3 15 to fire on the roof and bushes at their antioch home and used extinguishers to get out the fire and kept it from spreading too much. There is not a lost damage from the fire but they saw the spray painted swastikas and the n word and the home owner is angry. I felt like i need to fine out who this person is to bring them to justice. I have not bothered anybody. I dont deserve this. It is between my son and my grass who lives here regularly and we did not harm anybody. Im surprised this is coming to my house. Investigators are taking this very seriously saying
Thank you so much. I wish my parents could have heard that. It would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. There you go. [laughter] for me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year. As it began just a year ago when the library, fred w. Smith library for George Washington and i was able to take a seat. During that year, i learned what a treasure all of you have in mount vernon. Led by the staff, they are extraordinarily dedicated and extraordinarily loyal. For 150 years, the Mount Vernon Ladies Association has kept this place special. And with a new library, the orientation and education center, no crop of those women have done a better job. Among those were remarkable women. Well, let me begin tonight with a question. Retirement. Today we think of retirement as golf, bridge, a condo in florida with no grass to mow, but what would it mean to George Washington . He used the word often in 1783 as the revolutionary war was winding dow
I wish my parents could have heard that. It would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. So there you go. For me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year that began just a year ago when the library the fred w. Smith library for the study of George Washington opened and i was able to take a seat as one of the inaugural fellows. During that year, i learned what a treasure always of you have in mount vernon led by kurt brands and with library led by Doug Bradburn the staff here is simply extraordinary. They are extraordinaryily loyal. For 150 years, the mount vernon ladys association has kept this place special. With the new library the orientation and education center, no crop of those women have done a better job than the current one, at least since martha did it alone. Among those remarkable women, of course let me thank gay gains and ann petri. Well let me begin tonight with a question. Retirement. Today we think of retirement as
For that introduction, thank you so much. I wish my parents could have heard that. It would have made my father very proud and my mother actually would have believed you. So there you go. Well, for me as you suggested, this lecture concludes an amazing year that began just a year ago when the library, the fred w. Smith library for the study of George Washington opened and i was able to take a seat as one of the inaugural library fellows. During that year, i learned what a treasure all of you have in mt. Vernon. Led by kurt v. Brands and with the library led by doug bradburn, the staff here is simply extraordinary. Theyre extraordinarily dedicated, theyre extraordinarily loyal and theyre extraordinarily collegial. For 150 years the mt. Vernon Ladies Association has kept this place special. And with the new library, the orientation and education center, no crop of those women have done a better job than the current one, at least since martha did it alone. Among those remarkable women, of
Move. There. We think of retirement as golf, bridge, a condo in florida with no grass to mow. But what would it mean to George Washington . He used the word often in 1783 as the revolutionary war was winding down and he prepared to resign his commission as commander in chief of American Forces in december. Mt. Vernon would be the and im quoting here, the seat of my retirement from the bustle of the busy world, washington wrote in one typical letter. Yet what did he envision . What did he envision that retirement to be . He was only 51 years old. And the most celebrated man in america, if not the world. The master of one of virginias largest plantations and both deeply committed to and profoundly concerned about the future of his newly independent country. If by to retire one means to rest, he knew that would not be the case. First, he had plenty to do on the plantation. An almost entire suspension of everything which related to my own estate for near nine years has accumulated an abund