Monday july 18th. Coming up next on American History tv, we talk about tudor place and the descendants of george and Martha Washington. He discusses the collection of artifacts at tutor place. The daughters of the American Revolution museum host this 45 minute event. Our current exhibit is remembering the American Revolution. Is looking at the ways that people say things. What people saved to remember the American Revolution, why they save them. What things grew out of that tradition. Im delighted to welcome our guest here today who will talk a lot about some things that are very similar to what is in our exhibit. He comes from another museum that has a significant collection of George Washingtons items. It ties in very well to our collection so im delighted to introduce the curator at tudor place to store cass and garden. Prior to coming to tutor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the James Madison mike kelly or and worked for nearly nine years on the mansion interi
People saved things. What people saved to remember the american revolution, why they save them. What things grew out of that tradition. Im delighted to welcome our guest today it will talk about some themes that are very similar to what is an art exhibit. He comes from another museum that has a significant collection of George Washingtons items. It ties in very well to our collection. Im delighted to introduce the curator at tudor place to store historic home and gardens. Prior to coming to tudor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the James Madison and worked for nearly nine years on the mansion interiors Initiative Team to research and furnish the Market Leader mansion following is architectural restoration. Prior to his arrival, he was the staff archaeologist at james monroe house on long island. He has a master of arts in anthropology with a concentration in historical archaeology from the university of south carolina. Please look at me grant uetermous. Grant q [a
What things grew out of that tradition. Our guest will talk a lot about some things that are very similar to what is an art exhibit. He comes from another museum that has a significant collection of George Washingtons items. It ties in very well to our collection so im delighted to curator at tutor place to store cass and garden. Prior to coming to tutor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the James Madison mike kelly or and worked for nearly nine years on the mansion interiors Initiative Team to research and furnish the Market Leader mansion following is architectural restoration. Prior to his arrival, he was the staff archaeologist at james monroe long silent. Long island. Arts in master of anthropology with a concentration in historical archaeology from the university of south carolina. Him. E welcome good afternoon. I want to thank heidi and 84 their invitation to speak today. My talk directly relates to this exhibition as im focusing on how members of the peter f
So im delighted to welcome our guest here today to is going to talk about some themes that are very similar in our exhibit. Exhibit from another that has a collection of George Washingtons items. It ties in very well to our collection so im delighted to introduce the curator at tutor place castle and garden. Prior to coming to tutor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the James Madison mike kelly or and worked for nearly nine years on the mansion interiors Initiative Team to research and furnish the Market Leader mansion following is architectural restoration. Prior to his arrival, he was the staff archaeologist at james monroe long silent. Long island. He has a master of arts in anthropology with a concentration in historical archaeology from the university of south carolina. Please welcome him. Good afternoon. I want to thank heidi and 84 katie for their invitation to speak today. My talk directly relates to this exhibition as im focusing on how members of the peter
Washingtons confidant. She was absorbed and capable but she did not like that definition. She called herself a prisoner of state. Every step washington took, to find the office, washington took defined the office so, in a very real sense, can it be said that everything Martha Washington did likewise . It was a businesslike relationship but not without respect and affection. She owned most of this whole block going back a couple of acres which means she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. There was a lot of tragedy and Martha Washingtons life. She lost her husband. First she was raised a rich woman and what that meant in the 18th century is not what it means today. When she marries George Washington, she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. It took 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her and this was a difficult journey. Her experience had prepared