Family in revolution mary america. And that was recently published, the university of virginia press. Cynthia kerner is a of history at george mason university. She earned her ph. D. From university of virginia and specializes the fields of early america women, gender and early southern history. She is the author or editor of eight books and numerous. In addition to being the organizations own of american historians, distinguished lecturer and the past president of Southern Association for women history science. Throughout her distinguished career, dr. Kirchners research has been supported by the american historical association, the virginia historical, the library company, philadelphia, the American Antiquarian Society and the National Endowment for the humanities. But before i turn things over to dr. Kerner, the usual housekeeping items are in order for our friends tuning in with us virtually on zoom this evening. Following tonights authors talk, there will be a question and answer s
America. And that was recently published, the university of virginia press. Cynthia kerner is a of history at george mason university. She earned her ph. D. From university of virginia and specializes the fields of early america women, gender and early southern history. She is the author or editor of eight books and numerous. In addition to being the organizations own of american historians, distinguished lecturer and the past president of Southern Association for women history science. Throughout her distinguished career, dr. Kirchners research has been supported by the american historical association, the virginia historical, the library company, philadelphia, the American Antiquarian Society and the National Endowment for the humanities. But before i turn things over to dr. Kerner, the usual housekeeping items are in order for our friends tuning in with us virtually on zoom this evening. Following tonights authors talk, there will be a question and answer session. So please feel fre
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We will call the committee to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chairman be authorized to declare recess any time during todays hearing. That is so ordered. As a reminder, members insert a document in the record please email them. At this point i will recognize myself for the purposes of an Opening Statement. We are here today to discuss the initial federal response to march 26, 2024, Early Morning incident involving the cargo vessel and Francis Scott key bridge in baltimore, maryland, which resulted in the subsequent collapse of the bridge. The first one at all and six workers who sadly perished. I want to express our condolences and offer prayers to the families and their loved ones. I also want to express our appreciation to the harbor pilot and the Maryland Police authority who saved countless lives close in the bridge prior to the incident and all the First Responders who were obviously involved in that process. Finally, i want to commend the federal, state, and local offici