Proficiency. It was john jay. Gilbert stuarts purpose of coming to america was to paint washington and it was john jay who gave him his letter of introduction to washington whena he eventually went to philadelphia to paint washington, so it was john jay who really made that possible for him. Before going to washington, lets go into the next gallery. A before painting washington, as r said, stuart spent a year and a half in new york and painted many portraits while he was there. York and were lucky enough to have, oh, probably eight of them. He painted a whole series of a portraits for the yates pollock family. Two of them are hanging right here. Yates this is catherine brass yates. Y mrs. Richard yates. Stuart at his most amazing. Catherine yates was married to Richard Yates who hangs on the other side of the doorway over there. He had an importing company, soh they were import exporters of c, goods. They took to the west indies t cloth and flour and things like that. They transported
These bills are a product of montanas congressional delegation working together to move montana forward. We all know if congres congresso agree on much these days. Few people are willing to compromise. But when you give a little and you get a lot. Thats how montanas lands bill becomes a part of this legislation. These bills have been vetted on the ground by montana ranchers like dusty prairie and carl raphold. They have been approved by committees an negotiated for years. They not only deliver on our promises to montanas ranchers but also to the outdoors men and women and tribes. They are montanamade bills. Take the Rocky Mountain heritage act. This protects access along the Rocky Mountain front. The front is a special place in montana lower. Its where the Rocky Mountains shoot straight out of the plains into the sky. I. T. Its a breathstaking, magnificent its a breathtaking, magnificent saoeugt. The heritage act designates the front as conservation management of area. Adds another 67,
Up next to master and political commentator nick adams talk about travels across the state and explains why he thinks this country is exceptional. This is about 45 minutes. [cheers and applause] thank you. Thank you, diane and thank you, ladies and gentlemen of austin. Madam chairwoman, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen and in the great state of texas. [applause] and its great to be here among so many teachers and friends and i want to give a special shout out to a couple of very special friends. The executive director of this deep branch of the nra. He counsels me, looks after mepy welcome. And kaye thurman, im surprised it took them her body. She is dynamic. She soon got the is durational and im so happy shes able to be here with me today and we reacquaint three years. Boy does she have a story. God bless you, kaye. [applause] my new friends, the kraft family hospitality has been flawless and their generosity abundant. And how about diane fulton . Isnt she something . Shes r
Heres another view of tamny that you dont often aero. On july 4 1937 at the annual Independence Day commemoration, one of the machines greatest members, senator Robert Wagner, had this to say about the machines place in history. Over 30 years ago, new york was [inaudible] in social welfare legislation. They forgot the lost souls tied day and night to the factory bench. But about that time a small group from tammany hall were elected to serve in albany. We remembered these lost souls and guided them to an earthly salvation. We passed law after law and made new york the shining mark for the world to emulate. Tammany hall may justly claim the title of the cradle of modern liberalism in america. Robert backer in, of course was one wagner, of course, was one of the rhyme sponsors of the Social Security prime sponsors of the Social Security act, making him the greatest legislator of the new deal era. So he knew many something about the birth of modern liberalism. So did another tamany figure
Campaigns come to a close. You cant go to church, you cant take your family to dinner, but you can let people riot down the middle of your beautiful shopping street, knocking the hell out of people, burning down your stores like in minneapolis, burning the hell out of the place until we sent in the national guard. We choose hope over fear we choose unity over division we choose science over fiction, and, yes, we choose truth over lies we at the reidout know many of you are feeling a lot right now, excitement, trepidation and, yes, buckets of anxiety. Trust me when i tell you, family, because this is true, in real life the only two things that matter right now are keeping yourself safe from covid19 and voting. Thats it. If you have already voted, highfive and now, please, try to get others to vote. Get creative with your civic duty. Take cookies or walk grandma to the poll because tomorrow is. Time to sprint to the tape. What you shouldnt do is give one more second of your time and Ment