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name is dave jackson. i have a great privilege of serving as superintendent at oak hill cemetery. i am in my fifth year. my predecessor was there for 28. i do not think i will be there that long, but i will be, but not as superintendent. that s another story. [laughter] mr. jackson: i wanted to talk about oak hill and its history and how it came to pass. i want to invite you to visit oak hill. the best way to experience oak hill is to come and visit. our price is right, unless you make longer arrangements. it is really quite a place to see. hope the late today, you will learn a little bit more about it and why it is there. and you will see even more on the fifth of november when we tour around the place of it. so, as mentioned, this is a 30thre of the main gate at and r street. before i talk about that to my want to explain a bit about the garden movement of the cemetery and how it began. late 1820 s or certainly 1830 s, there was a group in boston, cambridge started th ....
, 1, 2, is that better? my name is dave jackson. i have a great privilege of serving as superintendent at oak hill cemetery. i am in my fifth year. my predecessor was there for 28. i do not think i will be there that long, but i will be, but not as superintendent. that s another story. [laughter] mr. jackson: i wanted to talk about oak hill and its history and how it came to pass. i want to invite you to visit oak hill. the best way to experience oak hill is to come and visit. our price is right, unless you make longer arrangements. it is really quite a place to see. hope the late today, you will learn a little bit more about it and why it is there. and you will see even more on the fifth of november when we tour around the place of it. so, as mentioned, this is a picture of the main gate at 30th and r street. before i talk about that to my want to explain a bit about the garden movement of the cemetery and how it began. in about 1820, late 1820 s or certainly 1830 s, t ....
today he was one step closer to learning his fate in this leesburg courtroom. it was october of last year when patrick wren and his wife, leah, were killed as they rode together on a harley. they both loved it. that was just something they enjoyed. reporter: the driver who hit them, 54-year-old attorney mark scarlotta was driving drunk. his blood alcohol level was almost twice the legal limit. today he pleaded ggt to two counts of manslaughter and one dui telling the judge, quote, it s the best way to put all this behind us. not so simple a task for the victims family. taking a day at a time and seeing what they would want me to do. reporter: he could get between 1 and 20 years on each of the manslaughter charges. he s out on bond but is due to turn himself in on august 7th with a sentencing hearing scheduled for december. in the wake of the family s loss, there s reflection and also advice for those who would make the decision to drink and drive. i couldn t ....
here, dolley madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. she got these people to the white house and entertained them; got them together; got them talking. this was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. dolley popularized the style to american fashion and that was considered her classic look. people noticed it. the octagon was the perfect setting for james and dolley madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. she sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. she moved back to washington d.c. in her elder years and sort of became a grand damme very much behind the scenes in the political field again. as henry clay famously said, everybody loved mrs. madison. and then, of course, her equally famous response, that s because mrs. madison loves everybody. court dolley madison came to her t ....
laughs but she was his best , friend and she compensated. it is aaron burr that lets her know that james madison wishes to meet her. she carved out a space for women, where they could wield a great deal of political power. here, dolley madison would sit at the head of the table and direct the conversation. she got these people to the white house and entertained them, got them together, got them talking. this was very important for dolley to make everybody feel welcome, be they enemies or allies. dolley popularized the style to american fashion, and that was considered her classic look. people noticed it. the octagon was the perfect setting for james and dolley madison as they try and resume government as quickly as possible. she sat side by side with madison for almost 20 years during his retirement, helping him compile and arrange his papers. she moved back to washington, d.c. in her elder years and sort of became a grand damme. very much behind the s ....