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Grandchildren call you . This is a huge you are a grandparent what will you call me . I wanted to be granny my mom said my daughter said no she runs reallife she said no. So i said if she tried to say leslie all my mothers grandchildren called her by her name because that is what she wanted i thought it might come out wally summer has been said okay if your lally and i and pop so were lollipop. [laughter] and the grandchildren until very recently were too young to get a but then one day the five yearold said you are a lollipop. [laughter] she will be signing copies of her book right outside. It think i heard a story about this photograph . As the kids are sitting there quietly reading. Obviously we staged a the photo the older one was paying attention in the little one was jumping up and down we could not get them to cooperate so we taped the iphones into the book and put on a frozen and their watching frozen. [laughter] spec tell little secret. [laughter] truth in advertising. I want ....
The New York Historical society hosted this event. About 45 minutes. Is the room program where it happened, hamilton morrisjumelo the mansion. It is the oldest house in manhattan. Not only does it have a strong connection to Alexander Hamilton. But also the george washington, aaron burr, and manuel valls randa. Have carol ward, the executive director of the mansion has our guys tonight. Key has been there for eight years. It onis an art historian bringing contemporary art into a Historic House setting. Her book about the Morrisjumel Mansion is available for sale downstairs, and carol though the will be signing her book after the program. She will be available for your questions at that time. Please welcome carol ward. [applause] carol thank you everyon ....
The mansion in new york. Her book will be on sale afterward. It is my pleasure to introduce margaret oppenheimer. [applause] margaret thank you very much. July 3, age 33, a distinguished new yorker wrote a note in his diary. The celebrated colonel burr was married to the celebrated mrs. Jumel. His choice of adjectives was interesting. Not distinguished, but celebrated. Celebrity had the same connotation it does today. Someone who was known to the public but not always with approval. Today, i am going to talk about how eliza jumel and aaron burr became public figures, why they married, and what happened after these two celebrities joined hands. Ladies first. Eliza jumel is on the right. She is painted here one year before her marriage to aaron burr next to a portrait of him painted after the ceremony. Eliza jumel was born betsy bowen in providence, rhode island, in 1775. About 2. 5 weeks before the battle of lexington. There was absolutely nothing in her beginnings to suggest that her n ....
Welcome, everyone. My name is, philip mead. Im the chief historian and curator of this museum of the american revolution. So pleased to see you all tonight for fredricka bears. Presentation on the hessians. Scott stephenson. Sends his regrets he had intended be here tonight hosting but was unavailable. He though he may be watching from zoom so if youre out there, scott. Hello i wanted to call your attention tonight to important object that we actually have in this room. This is a fragment of a hessian miter cap from the fusileers on nip of hersey castle. It was discovered, among other fragments of these in the Delaware River in, the early 20th century, and some research by craig nanos and others has pretty well establish that it was lost when a troop transport went under in may of human march of 1778 in the Delaware River, and no one drowned all of the soldiers on board survi ....