You have a front row seat to every minute, all beginning on monday, july 8 seen. July 18. Fromxt, we will hear adrian harrison, discussing her , the a powerful mind selfeducation of George Washington. She talks about the books he read and collected throughout his life and how the first commander in chief inspired her. The Fred W Smith Library for the study of George Washington at mount vernon hosted this hourlong program. Host good evening. I am the founding director of the National Library for the city of George Washington here at mount vernon. You are in the library and i would like to welcome cspan here as well tonight. This is our forward evening book talk. Evening book talk. Were thankful to be sponsored by the ford motor company. We like to see that. That is what we see right there. Maintained and managed by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association since 1860. It was built before that by the washington family. It was expanded by none other than George Washington in. Of course, the ass
Microphone you to speak into, so it will get reported for , and all of your residence in oklahoma will be able to jump out of their chair when you speak. We will go in the order that people are listed in the program, so i will jump right in. Douglas bradburn holds a ba in history from the university of geneva and if each the in history from the in mercy of chicago. From 2005 to 2013, he taught in the History Department at beaman Temple University bennington use o university. He was named founding director of the Fred W Smith Library at mount vernon where he oversees Mount Vernons efforts to safeguard original washington many scripts and encourage scholarship about George Washington and the founding era, and develops outreach activities. He received the chancellors award for excellence in teaching in 2010 for his books include the citizenship resident revolution, politics of the creation and the american union, and early modern virginia, reconsidering the old dominion, published in 2011
Presided, taking an active role in shaping the constitution as we know it today. For me, this lecture, beginning with the last one and concluding a month from now, concludes an amazing year that began a year ago, last september, with the opening of the Fred W Smith Library for the studying of George Washington. During that year, as a library fellow, i finished my book on washington which came out this week and i was able to give a copy away. During that time, while i was here, i learned what a rich treasure, we all have, especially those of you who live near it, here at mount vernon. The staff here is extraordinarily dedicated, loyal and collegial. Years, the Mount Vernon Ladies Association has kept this place special. With the new library that i got to enjoy and the Orientation Center and the education center, i would say that no group of women have done so better, at least since martha did it alone, and among those more remarkable women, you are able i want toem speak, mention them i
Not going to happen. Now things are breaking down as only capitol hill can do. Searching if are a solution on syria for the un action be on the horizon to deal with president assad. The security koubl is mocounsel in. Its friday, september 27th. This is the daily rundown live from the Fred W Smith Library for the study of George Washington. Essentially the George Washington library. The library 216 years in the making. We are going to spend a lot of the coming hours dpifing a behindthescenes look of whats here. We have a lot of work going on across the potomac. Lets get to the first read of the morning. Its privately funded, not part of the National Archive system. Why is that approximate rnt . If the government shuts down, this library gets to stay hope and takes us to capitol hill where lawmakers seem intent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when it looked like we would avoid a shut down for at least a week, it looks dimmer this morning. Its a mess. The senate tried
Guest for me, too. Im such a big fan of your book as well. Im going to hold it up because its phenomenal. Host your wonderful. A i appreciate that but were going to talk about you today. Try to if we must thats fine. Host there will be overlap. We talked about the same things. We are two black women who are attorneys and the district of columbia, with given at least part of our careers to the criminal legal system, except at opposite sides of the table. You as a prosecutor and the as a defense attorney. I think this is a perfect opportunity for us to talk about your book, just pursuit a black prosecutors fight for fairness. So this is going to be great. I do want to waste any time. My guess is that you and i could talk for hours about that. Guest we are kindred spirits. Its a legal system aspired to be a Justice System for even though we came from different sides of the table are both at the table knowing that same concept. Host we will come back to that. Want to talk about what does i