All right. Good to see everybody today. Lets get this thing going. For those of you who dont know, i am douglas bradburn. Welcome to mount vernon. Welcome to the fred w. Smith National Library for the study of George Washington, which is where we are. Im the founding director. This is our evening bookstores. The Ford Motor Company has been a great supporter of mount vernon since henry ford donated the first fire engine to the estate. We want to make sure that the mansion doesnt burn down. Thats been a longtime concern of ours. And an ongoing issue. But were really thankful to ford the ford family and the Ford Motor Company, for their continuing support for all of our projects. Mount vernon, of course, doesnt take any government money. Its all supported by private funds. So we depend upon people patriotic citizens around the world to support the mission of educating people about George Washingtons life and legacy. Its great to see everybody out here tonight. Its great to welcome cspan a
History. Next on American History tv historian and author Jeffrey Hadley talks about issues and the media wars they waged in newspaper ms. The election of 1796 was the first time the voters had to choose between candidates between competing Political Parties. Discussing the tactics used and the Democratic Republican Party to sully the reputations of john adams and Thomas Jefferson. The talk is about an hour and 20 minutes. Im doug brad burn. Welcome to mt. Vernon, fred w. Smith National Library for the study of George Washington. Im the founding director. This is our ford evening book talks. The Ford Motor Company has been a great supporter of mt. Vernon since henry ford donated the first fire engine to the estate. We want to make sure that the mansion does not burn down. Thats been a longtime concern of ours and an ongoing issue. Were really thankful to ford, ford family, ford Motor Vehicle for their continuing support for all of our projects. Mt. Vernon doesnt take government money.
Commissioner matsuda that expected to be absent first on your junked is Public Comment please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones code please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person s responsible for the ringing or use of a applying if you have the one speaker card richard and good afternoon commissioners my name is rishtd rothman i want to talk about measure rallies mile favorite subject the commission the assessment started on the building at the zoo and hopefully, well on houch that will cost and to reopen the building the murals except for that the western wall they look fantastic and the other issue the skubtd mural the George Washington high school that makes the coit tower the most concentration of the murals is at George Washington it is not National Landmark so working with supervisor eric mars and heritage and your staff we can bring this about and fix up those about how far murals and get the recognition that those mur