Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. My name is kevin butterfield. Im the executive director of the washington library. My great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and ass
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. My name is kevin butterfield. Im the executive director of the washington library. My great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and ass
Im the executive director of the washington library. My great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association to our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and associates of this remarkable founding at this time, id like to thank each of the d
To our annual Martha Washington lecture. The event was created to scholarship and insights into the and times of Martha Washington and was made possible through a generous grant from the Richard Reynolds foundation of richmond. Tonights Exciting Program celebrates the publication of an important new book, the papers of Martha Washington. One many years in the making actually part and related to a much bigger project the papers of George Washington at the university of virginia and sponsored by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. Since 1968, the project began with the ambitious aim of publishing all of George Washingtons correspondence, but it since expanded to include other members of his family, allowing us to know so much more about the personal lives and associates of this remarkable founding at this time, id like to thank each of the donors of the papers the Martha Washington project. Hold your applause to the end because there are several the Richard Reynolds foundation. Id like
Promises jobs. [captioning made possible by nbc universal] chris im chris matthews. With me today michael duffy, andrea mitchell, Kathleen Parker and john harris. What will win the difference . For president obama, heres a short mustdo list for the two weeks ahead. Number one project what hes done into the positive future. Ramp up that positive message. Obama backs the middleclass. Romney cant wait to help the rich. In monday nights debate especially on the issue of libya. And heres a list for romney, keep asking voters are you better off . Present yourself as a strong fixer of voters economic troubles. And look like a commander in chief. This is a tightened race and romney may be the one on offense right now. He has to be because hes still a little bit behind in the key states. His job is fairly simple. 16 days tops. Hes got to keep the focus on his economic message of lower taxes for everyone whether thats possible or not the long run. Hes got to show on Foreign Policy that you keep