Monticello provided the video. We are pleased to partner with mount vernon today to bring you a special q a session with thomas jefferson, as portrayed by bill barker, and george washington, as portrayed by dean melissa. My name is melanie, and i will be moderating your questions for these founding fathers. Gentlemen, thank you so much for being with us today. I look forward to a fascinating conversation. Mr. Jefferson my pleasure. Thank you for being with us. I could not be the more delighted to welcome, truly, my old friend, general washington, to be in company once again. It has been a time, general. Mr. Washington it has been, sir. It is actually my pleasure and my honor to be with you, although i confess i do not rightly understand how this is happening. Mr. Jefferson i believe, general, it is because of one of the duties written explicitly in our constitution. Of the duties of the legislative one body the pursuit of science. Washington which im a strong supporter of. Our first qu
We partner with mount vernon today to bring you a special q a session with Thomas Jefferson as portrayed by bill barker and George Washington as portrayed by. My name is Melanie Boyer thank you so much for being with us today. My pleasure, ms. Boyer. For being with us. I am delighted to welcome my old friend, general washington, to be in company once again. I confess i do not understand how this is happening. I believe, general, it is because of one of the duties written in our constitution, one of the duties of the legislative bodies, the pursuit of science. Which im a strong supporter of. Question, for the two of you. What you remember about your first meeting . Our first meeting. Me,know, if you will allow thosefferson, i reckon who are viewing may or may not be aware that there is an age difference between us. I am older than yourself by 11 or 12 years. 11 years, your excellency. We were both born under the old style calendar. Thats correct. Very confusing at different times. I act
Vernon hosted this program, and monticello provided the video. We are pleased to partner with mount vernon today to bring you a special q a session with Thomas Jefferson, as portrayed by bill barker, and george washington, as portrayed by dean melissa. I will be moderating doing your questions for these Founding Fathers. Gentlemen, thank you so much for being with us today. I look forward to a fascinating conversation. Bill my pleasure. Thank you for being with us. I could not be the more delighted to welcome my old friend, general washington, to be in company once again. It has been a time, general. Dean it has been, sir. It is actually my pleasure and my honor to be with you, although i confess i do not rightly understand how this is happening. Bill i believe, general, it is because of one of the duties written explicitly in our constitution, one of the duties of the legislative bodies, the pursuit of science. Dean which im a strong supporter of. Our first question for the two of you
I first took my seat in the ancient bodin the spring of 1769. I must tell you, your excellency, you were already a legend in my family when i was a young boy. My father, peter jefferson, spoke very highly of you. He as you well know was a surveyor commissioned by the western authority surveying lintz of virginia and beyond. Lands of virginia and beyond. He was a young major. I believe you both sat together in the Virginia House of burgesss, just before he passed away. He passed away in 1757. When i came to the house 12 years later, i had already known of you as a boy that attended the old World College in williamsburg, william and mary and george whiff and practicing law in williamsburg. In fact, general, i do not know whether you remember, but when i was a young man, a good 25 years of age, i had already become a de devote of theater and never missed an opportunity when virginia burg performed in the theater and i believe mrs. Campbell was quite the destiny for you. You enjoyed her oc
Please welcome phillip greenwalt. Phillip is the cofounder of emerger revolution war and a full time contributor to emerger civil war. He is the author or coauthor of two volumes in the emerger revolution war series and three volumes in the emerger civil war series and one of his books is downstairs. Phil graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in history from Wheeling Jesuit University and has a graduate degree in American History from george mason university. He is currently a supervisory park ranger with the National Park service in florida, you can ask him about fun snakes he might have seen recently. So with that, let us learn a little bit about why someone would want to burn down boston. [ applause ] i will move the microphone up, maybe one of them. So, yeah, im a park ranger in the everglades, so i did not bring any snakes so everyone can stay in the first or second rows, i know that was a big concern by rob and liz. But todays talk is centered on something a little farther nor