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His numerous books include the return of George Washington, a New York Times bestseller, to the edges of the earth, winner of the 2019 National Outdoor book award. And some are for the gods, the scopes trial and the american the continued debate oversight of religion for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for history. He was an inaugural library fallow at National Library for the study of George Washington located on the grounds ofra mout vernon. He lives in malibu, california. Please give a warm savannah welcome to edward larson. [applause] thank you very much. Youre welcome. Thank you very much, thank you for having me back to savannah. In th ....
constitution on a nonpartisan basis is exactly what we ve been doing all day today on constitution day. we started this morning at 9:30 with the most inspiring naturalization ceremony, live stream for the first time and watching 29 new citizens from 3090 countries take the oath was extraordinarily moving. we had an amazing panel with leaders of civic education from saul cohen and lewis today to that of the philadelphia school district, professors robert george and martha jones and hassan jeffreys spread a lot of light during our constitution one-on-one classes.ht then we had a three judges from the third circuit talk about the cases that they had decided before the supreme court decided them involving school free speech and religious liberty and election cases. and now i have the extraordinary honor of bringing together gordon wood and his colleagues to discuss gordon s new book. i m going too introduce them and then i m going to ask gordon wood to just put on the tab ....
thank you. thank you so much. if you will, be seated, please. this is a glorious night. i m happy to be here. mr. speaker, mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, of the general assembly, constitutional offices, my fellow south carolinian, i begin tonight by recognizing those south carolinians in uniform no longer with us who gave their lives in the line of duty and in service to us all. deputy michael s.latou of the marion county sheriff s office, fire engineer quanbaum of the fire selves, officer jackson winkler from the florence regional airport department of public safety, to the families and loved ones of these three men, on behalf of all south carolinians, we share your sadness, honor their service, and their strength. [ applause ] thank you. i am delighted to have with us once again tonight our first lady, my bride, peggy, who is working to bring attention and energy to the areas of human trafficking, domestic violence, veterans health, and animal care and adoptio ....
courtesy of the hawaii state legislature, this is 45 minutes. mr. speaker, president kouchi, former governors, distinguished justices of the courts, representatives of our congressional delegation, members of the hawaii state legislature, elected officials, military leaders, honored guests, and all of you who took time this morning to be with us. aloha. aloha. before i begin my formal remarks, our firstesponders, whether they are police officers, firefighters or lifeguards, take great pride in their professionalism and great satisfaction in knowing that they are serving others and our community. if you ask them, they will tell you to a man and woman that they are just doing their jobs. even when they step into harm s way. but in truth they do so much more, especially when the need for them arises. on sunday a desperate need did arise, and two heroes stepped forward. i would like to take a moment this morning in honor of officers tiffany enriquez and kaulike kalama ....
Its now by distinct honor and privilege to introduce dr. Sally mcmillen, he babcock professor of hit in Davidson College in north carolina. She earned he ph. D at Duke University and we learned today got a degree in library science. She has been one of the most important and productive scholars of 19th century womens history. Their many books include motherhood and the old south southern women black and white and seneca falls and the origin of the womens Rights Movement. Her brand new book which we are celebrated tonight and received a wonderful review in the Los Angeles Times is entitled losey stone an unapologetic life. A path breaking activist whose life has been hidden too long. Losey stoned a last has a biography worthy of her inspired and inspiring life ....