Could please us more in virginia to be reminded, if you will, about our initial associations with massachusetts. Yes, patriots day is something that we are happy to be reminded of, as i know all of our friends in massachusetts continue to be reminded of that occasion in which the citizen body there stood staunchly against the further encroachments of the british upon their rights, upon their property. If i remember, it occurred in three particular villages. Lexington and concord, and let it not be forgotten, menotomy. I believe that they now refer to menotomy as arlington. And i hope it is not forgotten because that is the one of the three where the british actually surrendered. I think they lost about 25 souls that day, but, overall, amongst the three villages, 500 british lost their lives. I was here at monticello, and i started on my way to williamsburg. From williamsburg, i was then going to journey to philadelphia for the second Continental Congress. Well, i had been very much, at
The hemmings of monticello and american family. Professor of law at the new York Law School and professor of history at Rutgers University and it remains the mostof theje. Influential study of the subject they were the forthcoming which shuld be published by princeton universitye. Although had time and this is admirable to complete a short biography that will be published in the fall of 2009. Please join me in welcoming Annette Gordon reed. [applause] thank you for that introduction. [laughter] its great to be here among so many people i know. Ive come back many times and i when is rainin must say ive never been here while it was raining. Happy e hee a am very happy to be here with you. This is what this book means to me and people are familiar with my work understand that my first inte interest inre monticello wasnt really the hemmings, it waseffen jefferson. Fter having read a childsintro biography. Thats when i first began to to love history. Using my feeling of connection tell you
Bring to you one of our most prestigious speakers and one of his cleverest biographers. Dresser and it gordon reed is the one who definitively cracked the case as our speaker on tuesday mightve said. On one of American History both conflict and now expunged stories which is the relationship between the jeffersons and the hemmings. Is theor gordon reed trolls warren professor of american legal history at Harvard Law School and professor of history at harvard university. She has a jawdropping list of honors. Fellowship from the Dorothy Lewis b Coleman Center for scholars and writers at the new york public library, a guggenheim fellowship, a , and awardellowship from the National Organization for women in new york city. On both seen and unseen americans, including a biography of Andrew Johnson in her most recent book is most blessed of the patriarchs. It comes to jefferson, were fortunate to have her here. No one knows the public and private jefferson quite as well as she does. The relati
Bring to you one of our most prestigious speakers and one of his cleverest biographers. Dresser and it gordon reed is the one who definitively cracked the case as our speaker on tuesday mightve said. On one of American History both conflict and now expunged stories which is the relationship between the jeffersons and the hemmings. Is theor gordon reed trolls warren professor of american legal history at Harvard Law School and professor of history at harvard university. She has a jawdropping list of honors. Fellowship from the Dorothy Lewis b Coleman Center for scholars and writers at the new york public library, a guggenheim fellowship, a , and awardellowship from the National Organization for women in new york city. On both seen and unseen americans, including a biography of Andrew Johnson in her most recent book is most blessed of the patriarchs. It comes to jefferson, were fortunate to have her here. No one knows the public and private jefferson quite as well as she does. The relati
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