Begins with education secretary betsy devos. She was narrowly confirmed by the senate in february with Vice President mike pence casting the tiebreaking vote. The daughter of a wealthy michigan family and the wife to the air of amway fortune, she has been a long time Publican Party activists and served at one time as state party chair. Advocacy has focused on the issue of school choice. We will show you a portion of her hearing from january, starting with questions from North Carolina republican richard burr. Thank you for agreeing to serve. I think a lot of americans watch thatgoes on here and say is never me. I will never go through with it. Most of us say that after an election cycle. Somebody who find is the full monty. He did not have to do this. That is apparent married that is apparent. He did not have to choose education as you like ambition, but you did. I thank you for the investment and all the kids that you have impacted, for the unbelievable statistics. You and the senator
He did not have to do this. That is apparent. He did not have to choose education as you like ambition, but you did. I thank you for the investment and all the kids that you have impacted, for the unbelievable statistics. I am sure you and the senator from minnesota can come to a agreement. Ive sat here and i remember in my first election. I was two minutes into what seemed to be a 45 minute question and answer. After 10 minutes i said are there any questions that deal with kids or outcomes . They said no. I got up and left. We can ask you all sorts of questions about you personally and what you have done, but you came into my office, and before i asked the question, you convinced me that you are passionate about making sure that every child had the opportunity to get a successful education. From not that every child that got that education would have an opportunity to reach for the American Dream of a life that is unlimited in opportunity. You convinced me without me asking a question
The conflict that took place in and around boston, massachusetts prior to the declaration of independence. Tonight, we are delighted to have derek back presenting the war of independence, 17 751776. Easily set a passion for military history which inspired him to start a career in the air force. In served as an officer and 2005, he earned a science degree from m. I. T. Where he fell in love with bostons revolutionary past. He later transitioned to the air force reserve and still remains quite active, presently holding the rank of major. His book received an Honorable Mention here in april. Wassecond book, the sequel released in may. I would now like to welcome derek to the lectern. [applause] thank you all for coming. Its an honor to be here come a very Historic Site and its cool to give a historic lecture at a i have twote stop books that tell the story of the entire boston campaign. The first covers from the start of the war, which i describe as the start of the action at the Boston T
What things grew out of that tradition. Our guest will talk a lot about some things that are very similar to what is an art exhibit. He comes from another museum that has a significant collection of George Washingtons items. It ties in very well to our collection so im delighted to curator at tutor place to store cass and garden. Prior to coming to tutor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the James Madison mike kelly or and worked for nearly nine years on the mansion interiors Initiative Team to research and furnish the Market Leader mansion following is architectural restoration. Prior to his arrival, he was the staff archaeologist at james monroe long silent. Long island. Arts in master of anthropology with a concentration in historical archaeology from the university of south carolina. Him. E welcome good afternoon. I want to thank heidi and 84 their invitation to speak today. My talk directly relates to this exhibition as im focusing on how members of the peter f
Funds were appropriated for a temporary greenhouse structure to house them while a permanent u. S. Botanic garden could be built. We still have a couple of plants that are direct descendents of those plants. The plants we just looked at the one on the left is one of the original wilts plants. Wilkes plants. It has become a relatively important tree species in terms of ornamental tree in the tropical parts of the United States, specifically in southern florida. Im going to use some terms about how we grow plants and maintain plant lines. Some are more technical and less technical. Vegetative proper jewels are proper gules of plants that can be coaxed into growing into a full plant without having to go through a sea generation. Psych heads look a lot like true palms but they are a different family and order of plants altogether. They are conifers whereas palms are more close the related to grasses. They are different even know they look similar. Botanists will say they have morphological