Okay, everyone. So good evening, everyone. Good evening. Welcome to health center. I only hospital and the annual benjamin drive emancipation day celebration. My name is Sharita Thompson and i work with marion brown. For the last eight. Heres hoping to organize an annual to celebrate and recognize d. C. Emancipation act becoming law on april 16th of 1862 and a free of a little over 3000 slave persons held in the district along in the series was named in honor of Benjamin Drummond, who was born around 1843 in nassau, new york. Drummond, a 24 year old black slave owner, was the first patient admitted to naval hospital, now known as the old vic. The hospital, when it opened on october 1st in 1866. Drummond was initially in assassins while serving on the u. S. Morning light. He was actually shot in the leg. He would receive care for that in. A naval hospital, orleans, on december six, 1864, joining in the navy and came to be a patient in this building on october first of 1866, when he when
All of the events and tickets online. A few tickets left in kingston, new york for saturday may 4th. That will do it for me for now. Now it is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Finally something to watch ly on tv on a saturday night before snl. Finally. Rachel, of course, the breakingh news of this minute is the celtics 102, miami one 88. They are up 31. I have arranged with adam silver, the nba commissioner, to make sure the celtics are not playing after 10 00 p. M. On any night of the playoffs so that i can watch. People ask is what we do with our political capitol we accrue by having television shows. I think that is a very noble use of it. Rachel, being the multitasker that i am, i was i watching you and the celtics and i loved that you went into detail. I just cant get tired of reviewing the detail of who has not shown up for donald trump and hes begging them to show ng up at this trial in manhattan and hes pretending there is some problem. I have been doing my credit
Officials from the Social Security administration, National Archives and state department testified about federal services backlogs due to the covid19 pandemic. Modernization efforts and staffing issues. The House Oversight and accountability subcommittee hearing is about three hours. The subcommittee on Government Operations and federal workforce will come to order and we will welcome everybody to this board hearing. Without objection the chair may declare recess at any time. I recognize myself forthe purpose of making an open statement. Before we go to the floor id like to if i can acknowledge that even formal settings like this we recognize that its important to remember we are all people. And we have families and understand that some of the people who do Business Today have been visited by some hard luck in their life with a loved one and without saying anything in particular. Perhaps many of us more than one or two are affected and its my wishes for them and their family in these
Officials from the Social Security administration, National Archives and state department testified about federal services backlogs due to the covid19 pandemic. Modernization efforts and staffing issues. The House Oversight and accountability subcommittee hearing is about three hours. The subcommittee on Government Operations and federal workforce will come to order and we will welcome everybody to this board hearing. Without objection the chair may declare recess at any time. I recognize myself forthe purpose of making an open statement. Before we go to the floor id like to if i can acknowledge that even formal settings like this we recognize that its important to remember we are all people. And we have families and understand that some of the people who do Business Today have been visited by some hard luck in their life with a loved one and without saying anything in particular. Perhaps many of us more than one or two are affected and its my wishes for them and their family in these
A absolute and true friend to the National Archives and Records Administration as well to the Gerald R Ford foundation. How a friend is Garrett Graff well just to put it in a kind of small perspective garrett is such a friend that when garrett writes out his check every year to the irs, garrett loves believe that every single comes to the National Archives for our usage. Im not sure. Im not sure that is true garrett in fact, it probably goes like the tailhook of an f 35, but my friend, its the thought that counts ladies and gentlemen, Garrett Graff. Its. Yeah. Joel just stole what is normally my opening joke when i speak at a president ial library or museum, which is im just a huge fan of. The president ial libraries and museums across the country and ive been lucky. I think ive done research now at all. But three of them and its theyre just a wonderful Network Across the country resource for history. So im very appreciative of the work that archivists do across the country. So thank y