Bradburn, traces the president s military career from french and indian war, through the American Revolution. Here we are again. Welcome back to mt. Vernon. My name is doug bradburn. Im the president and ceo of George Washingtons mt. Vernon. And its been my delight to have these opportunities to talk about the story of George Washington. Last wednesday we were in our museum, this is what we call our Education Center here at mt. Vernon. It focuses on the life of George Washington. Really, a grand sense of his biography and why he matters and how he impacted the age that he lived in and why his legacy Still Matters to us today. Last time we were looking at his youth, a youth that youll remember we said is oftentimes enwrapped in romance. Its wrapped in myth. Its hard to get at because its the period where its least documented. But it really is an interesting period to understand George Washington in the context of the 18th century. Of course, hes most known to americans and perhaps to fo
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This program originally livestreamed on facebook and youtube and is part of a series of Online Events intended to keep visitors connected with mount vernon during its closure to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Bradburn here we are again. Welcome back. My name is doug bradburn. It is my delight to have these opportunities to talk about George Washington. Last wednesday, we were in our museum. This is our Education Center here at mount vernon. It focuses on the life of George Washington. It gives a grand sense of why he matters. Last time, we were looking at his youth, a youth that is oftentimes enwrapped in romance and myth. Of course, he is most known to americans and perhaps the folks around the world as the great military commander, the general who led the americans through the american war for independence, through eight long years of war. His identity as a warrior is a crucial one. We think about who was George Washington, how did he think of himself and his tim
Thats ceremony taking place as the public pays their last respects. We can cross now to france 24s doug herbert. Doug, an extremely solid ceremony for the late president. Reflectsceremony that ththe wishes of jacqueues c chs family. And also the french presidency. This Memorial Service today is really the product of a very, very tight collaboration between both the family that wanted asylum and intimate service and the french presidency, who also needed to make sure it was a service that included as many dignitaries and leaders as wished to attend and pay respects to Jacques Chirac. It is a servicece that has struk thatat balance. We heard two very solid requiems by french composers. Jesus. The prayayer to it is a capstone of these types of solemn Memorial Services. Emotional highlight of this service was perhaps daniel playing that opus 142 in an e flat major. It is called in prompt us. The humanist message. It is a message that very much gels with those of the family anand the mayan
Talking about oil, weve been watching oil along with wild moves in stock market all week and last several months michigan congresswoman House Community member is here. Talking about china trade dont ms a moment of it. So weve got a rally this morning underway triple digits move after we saw that huge wild week last week. Three down weeks in a row looking to break the longest losing streak since may if weve got china trade, tensions President Trump commented on negotiations yesterday. Heres what the president said. Monetary manipulation and pouring money into the krnghts because they dont want to lose jobs but losing as you know because you reported it but they lost over 2 million jobs in a short period of time and they want to make a deal see what happens but they want to make a deal. If i wanted to mawk a bad deal and settle on china market would go up but not the right thing to do. Im not ready to make a deal yet. China would like to im not ready. President says that apple ceo tim co