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during the colonial era. the abigail adams historical society cohost of this event. anne welcome. welcome to the ham heritage museum. i have the privilege of serving as executive director whose home here is that the hearing i m heritage museum. what a treat to welcome you all here tonight in this sold out program. i would like to thank, on behalf of our board of directors and small staff, i would like to thank you all for making us part of your week. i would also like to thank jared hardest ski for travis traveling across the country to see us. for filming us, thank you to c-span. for those who can t see it can see it at a later date. thank you to abigail adams and their board of directors who offered us this wonderful opportunity and to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker edith. abigail s rich history in this region inspires us every day. thank you. the hingham historical society helps us understand all voices. we are currently in the midst of ....
part of your week. think derek like to harris excuse me, jared harris excuse me, hardisty. i would like to thank c-span for filming us so that others who cannot be with us tonight can see it at a later date. and thank you to the abigail adams historical society and their board of directors, who offered us this wonderful opportunity to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker, edith gillis. abigail s rich history in this us every day.s thank you. the hingham historical society is focused like never before on his history, to understand all voices. we currently are in the midst of a campaign for the benjamin lincoln house, which is our effort to purchase the home of hingham s american revolutionary war hero. benjamin lincoln received the british sort of surrender at yorktown, or as we like to tell schoolchildren, that is benjamin lincoln on the white horse. featured so prominently in the rotunda of the u.s. capitol. benjamin lincoln served hingham as ....
objection. ms. collins: madam president, as the snoor senior as the senior republican woman in the senate today, i am pleased to begin a series of speeches, along with my good friend from california, the senior democratic woman senator, senator dianne feinstein to commemorate a significant milestone in our nation s history, 100 years ago today the senate finally passed the 19th amendment which affirmed the right of women to vote in elections. madam president, all of us recall that in 1775, as the second continental congress was forging a new nation conceived in liberty, be a gale add abigail adams admonished her husband john to, quote, remember the ladies, end quote. despite abigail adams advice, it took a century and a half for women to adhief their right achieve their rightful place as full u.s. citizens. on june 4, 1919, the united states senate passed the 19th amendment to our constitution. the courage and determination exhibited by generations of women and m ....
tonight, dker henriques lectures widely on subjects related to george washington and has recorded at least five other lectures for c-span and we greatly appreciate they are being here this evening. he is the author of realistic visionary: a portrait of george washington. please join me in welcoming professor peter henriques. [applause] peter: i do not think i can top that, thank you very much. there is a touch of sadness coming to this presentation because we have been going through the different stages of washington s life, i have enjoyed the opportunity to speak to you at this particular chapter. says, i hope to be back in the fall with a different lecture. lifenow, it s been a great that we d seen washington live that even heroes grow old and even heroes go somewhat downhill .ike all of us we know how quickly time goes by. the older you get, the faster time seems to go by. i look at the audience and see almost all of us are exactly the same age, between 50 and deat ....
and the radicals. this was recorded in 2011 and it s about an hour, 10 minutes. i would like to mention a couple of upcoming events before i introduce professor ferling. we continue a series next week, next wednesday, here at the central library that we started and much of our foundation is funded and this was a great idea. kansas city cradle of interviewers. over time we will be doing history of flowership. we are having conversations with ur snures. d next wednesday, john macdonald, the brewing pioneer, the finest beer in america, i hesitate to say that with sam you ell adams. but i will be interviewing john and how he created the greatest america s brewery. and terry macdonald, his sister is one of our employees and she has pictures and bail bond receipts. this is a history-loving audience. we have terry on august 11 talking about one of the most important battles of the civil war, our part of the country, battle of wilson s creek. part of an ongoing series. part o ....