Public building that has hosted the oldest elected lawmaking legislature active in the western hemisphere today. In terms of architecture, since we are the First American State Capitol to open after the revolutionary war and since we are the first monumental roman temple style public building in the modern era its influence on other State Capitols, county courthouses and public buildings that are very famous in washington, d. C. , cannot be underestimated. I have heard an architectural historian describe the iconic government buildings in washington, d. C. , as the sequel to the virginia State Capitol back here in richmond. Well, we started off with our First Political center at jamestown, which is the oldest English Speaking settlement in north america. And that was used throughout the 1600s. There were multiple buildings, public and private, used for government meetings. When we moved to williamsburg we built a capitol in the english colonial tradition which burned down in the middle
Underestimated. I have heard an architectural historian described the iconic buildings in washington, d. C. As a sequel to the Virginia State capitol back here in richmond. We start with our First Political center in jamestown, the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america and that was used throughout the 1600s. There are multiple buildings, public and private, used for public meetings. Then when we moved to williamsburg we build and capitol in the english tradition. That burned down and we rebuilt the second one. It was the second capitol and williamsburg we left behind when we moved to richmond during the revolutionary war. Interestingly, mr. Jefferson, who introduced the bill to relocate to jefferson, of the time we made the move he was serving as governor and i to oversee the process. If you think of the capitol as an essay in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. At the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 17
Mr. Greenough we are inside a working public building that has hosted the longest working elected active legislature today. Since we are the First American State Capitol to open after the American Revolutionary war and the first monumental roman temple style public building in the modern era, its influence on other State Capitols, county courthouses, and public buildings that are very famous in washington, d. C. , cannot be underestimated. In fact, i have heard an architectural historian described the iconic buildings in washington, d. C. , as a sequel to the virginia State Capitol back here in richmond. We start with our First Political center at jamestown, the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america and that was used throughout the 1600s. There were multiple buildings, public and private, used for public meetings. Then when we moved to williamsburg, we built a capitol in the english tradition. It burned down in the middle of the 1700s. We built a second one. It was the sec
Historian described the iconic government buildings in washington, d. C. As the sequel to the Virginia State capitol in richmond. We started off with the First Political center at jamestown which was the oldest englishspeaking settlement in north america. The was used throughout 1600s and there were multiple buildings, public and private, use for government buildings. When we moved to williamsburg, we built a capital in the english colonial tradition, which burned down in the middle of the 1700 and we rebuilt the second one. The second capital in williamsburg that we left behind when we moved to richmond during the revolutionary war. Introducedon who had a bill to relocate to richmond, by the time we made the move a year later, he was serving as governor and got to oversee the process. If you think of the capital as in architecture, the primary author was thomas jefferson. At the time we were getting ready to break ground for a new public building in richmond in 1785, jefferson had lef
Funeral of president john f. Kennedy. Later, cspan series on first ladies continues with a look at the life of jacqueline kennedy. 1960s were different. [laughter] and there were a lot of things happening involving race, the breakdown, the structure in society, i was suddenly out of the seminary and in new england. There were no rules. Things were falling apart. And you know, without structure, it is very difficult to navigate. I was extremely fortunate. I was extremely fortunate to still had a residual of the way i was raised and the structure that the nuns had given me, the structure the seminary had given me. I was also externally fortunate because i had already been in predominantly white schools. I was the only black in my high school in savanna. So the transition to a school with very few blacks in a very the full set of circumstances, academically and otherwise, i had sort of a jumpstart. I was ahead of the game. So it allowed me to continue to do well, even though it was very d