The 400th anniversary of virginias first General Assembly held at jamestown. Explore our nation passed on American History tv, every weekend, on cspan3. Next on American History tv, Colonial Williamsburg historical interpreters talked about portraying 18th century African American life. Colonial williamsburg hosted this event. [drumming] [speeding percussion] [drumming story sounds] great [drumming] foreign language] carter woodso [drumming] carter woodso [drumming] [drumming] [applause] [applause] good evening to you. Good evening to everyone. Kanady. Ijanice will be a guide. Were going to take a tour through williamsburg. Im going to tell you i want you to see it, look at it, think about it. Youve probably read a lot about williamsburg, the second home of the capital, jamestown being the first what i want you to think about is not in the book. It is in your heart and your mind. This is the thinking tour. We will experience performances in the building. First were going to start on th
Test. Test. Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac and what slavery did. So we try to soften it, its part of our bargaining. So inevitably somebody was going to ask the question and they did every day, well, are they good to you . Slavery isnt that bad, is it . I mean, look how youre dressed, at least you have your children with you. And, you know, it would be that kind of thing, which was, you know, no matter how well intentioned, its still annoying. Fortunately enough i was playing a character where i could let that be known. But the problem was that we were doing the work of the household, so we sat down with barney and i said, man, listen, im tired of hauling wood every day, you know, rose and i are out here hauling buckets of water, working in the garden, we are working like slaves. We want to be clear, we portray them. So, you know, so we need to work something out with the Landscape Department or something. So, sure enough they did, they made sure we had wood already stacked,
Is shrinking. That means were getting the word out there. Thats really exciting. Where to start. You all have heard for those regulars here, you know i usually will Say Something about how you cant tell the story of e plur bus umen without the plur bus. I think the talk fits in great with the museums mission to broaden peoples understanding of what we mean by the American Revolution to make sure that everyone sees the American Revolution reflected in themselves. Im flashing at you now a wonderful note card that has a whale on it with a note from almost exactly a year ago. This is april 24th, 2018, from gina whalen. Gina, raise your hand. Katherines aunt. The next question is how many people in this room are related to katharine . So jenna, if you have seen George Washingtons tent upstairs and have been moved to tears as i have been, jenna was the textile conservator who did all the work to prepare that tent for display. It was wonderful for two years just about every day sitting in a w
Perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions that were going to have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th where we will look at current programming that focuses on africanamerican stories and also on october 18th where we will be focusing on the future and our panelists at that discussion will help us think about how do we continue to tell the story for, as mitchell said, it really is all of our story. I know our panelists well, and they have plenty to share with us. So please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here as a junior interpreter and then became an active interpreter and manager and also a program developer. If you would join me in
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