Acknowledging my counterpart, congressman walker. Im going to repeat what i said previously because our friend who is injured because he tried to wrestle me. [laughter] she has made the decision to briefly pause his career in Public Service. I dont believe it is the last chapter or by any sense of the word, but to say so definitively on the record, its been one of the greatest honors of my life serving on the subcommittee with mr. Walker and i look forward to serving with you in many capacities in the years to come, sir. Throughout the united state states, 2049 carried out by extremist. Since december 23rd the attacks on jews across new york city and each and every one of these attacks there is some elected official in america that says our thoughts and prayers are with the victim and their families after each and every one of these attacks there is some elected official in america who says we must take action. Today that is exactly what we have got to focus on. Why. Why is this happen
Plan. We managed and run special interpretive programs here and was anyone here . Some have experienced your own british okay bigs or perhaps liberation . This is something that is our what year in a row doing a is called flag ship living history event. On to streets philadelphia and. Magine what life like one agenda is presenting the fall of 1777 in a complicated for many of the people who remained in the city occupation but maybe a liberation for many of the perspectives. Being ote about it liberated from a congress, people come to museums to learn to ll different ways encounter the real things of human , to have a experience to connect to it. H first person programming like some of you may our program and spoilers at the end of his life but he maybe doesnt know that yet. We do larger events and very to say, its a pleasure to ers oduce this set of speak because i have benefited from a strain of scholarships that reexamine whats life is like this occupied cities in new york last work
Special programs here, was anyone here for occupy philadelphia in the Opening Weekend we just went through . So some of you have just experienced your own British Occupation, or perhaps liberation and the perspective of many people, this is something, it is our third year in a row doing what we call a flagship living history event, we placed about 70 costume interpreters out on the street of old city philadelphia, and imagine what life was like under british rule. One of the big agendas of this event is to present the fall of 1777 in a complicated way. To show that for many of the people who remain in the city that winter, this was an occupation, but maybe it was a liberation from many in their perspective. They read about in the period being liberated from the tyrannical usurpation of an arbitrary congress, which is maybe something we could all aspire to. laughs so we do this with Living History Program in part because people come to museums to learn in all different ways, to encounte
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Stephenson, president and ceo of the museum of the American Revolution speaking tonight, this talk is entitled among his troops , chords of memory. Scotts broad public history spans nearly 3 decades and has been marked by professional and public acclaim for his creator in the audiences. He developed and elaborated on exhibits, films and interpretive programs were numerous historical sites. Including colonial williamsburg, thesmithsonian , National Park Service George washingtons not vernon, pines History Center and museum of the cherokee indian. From 2007 the team hestopped lebanon of the museum resolutions were both media experiences and mieducational programming as well as overseeing the care and expansion of its rich collection of artifacts. He served as president andceo of the American Revolution. Tonight you will hear from scott about the history and significance of George Washingtons mobile field headquarters that sheltered their first commanderinchief during the revolutionary wa