Up next on the presidency, a talk about the marital and Political Partnership between james and dolly madison. We hear from the Vice President for museum programs, and curator for montpelier, she discusses their early lives, their marriage, and how Dolley Madisons political skills bolster the career of James Madison. Hello, again. Is the sound good . Ok. Im not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. What i am planning to do today is to talk about james and Dolley Madisons lives before they were james and Dolley Madison. Then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. So these are the Gilbert Stuart portraits of james and dolley painted when james was secretary of state. Its actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they capture the sort of sense of personality that i see in them. And they have, i think, in large measure sort of created images that we
Ii. And professor urwin is a long time friend of this museum project. It is one of the great advantages of being in philadelphia, that we can be close neighbors to professor urwin, whose work on the british army in the American Revolution is extensive, and nuanced, and is always inspiring of our exhibits, and publications, and the development of our core exhibition, professor urwin played a crucial role in the display of the story of enslaved runaways, weighing the promise of the phillipsburg proclamation, announced by general clinton in 1779, which offered somewhat vaguely protection and perhaps freedom of run aways who made their way through to the british lines through consultation with a number of historians, particularly of africanAmerican History in this period, it became a really an imperative that we do two very challenging, often seemingly contradictory things with our tableau in showing people facing this question of whether to trust the british on this promise. And one was t
Madison. This was part of the annual president s day symposium. Hello, again. Is the sound good . Ok. Im not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. What i am planning to do today is to talk about james and Dolley Madisons lives before they were james and Dolley Madison. Then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. So these are the Gilbert Stuart portraits of james and dolley james was secretary of state. Its actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they capture the sort of sense of personality that i see in them. And they have, i think, in large measure sort of created images that we have of them historically. Dolley in her low cut, empire style cut dress with ringlet. Serious, cerebral and brainy with always a strip of hair coming down in the front and the receding spots on each side. He has that from when he was really young, actually. And of co
The baby jesus statue was dropped off at nearby st. Lukes hospital. Those photos are from outside there. I think its terrible that people have to stoop that low to steal thing like that. Reporter theres still an angel, mary, wise men, but right now, no baby jesus. Would you like to see him back in there . I sure would. Thats what makes christmas. Reporter police say it was accidently damaged while it was being recovered. The police chief tells me he has it at his house, hes fixing a leg injury and it will be back in the house tomorrow. The car crash that killed a new jersey state trooper and another driver. Many people on route 55 in millville that night reported a red car swerving on the highway. Trooper williams was responding to reports of an erratic car on wednesday night. Both he and the other driver were killed. State police say the cause of the accident is still under investigation but a Law Enforcement source tells nbc10 initially it does not appear alcohol was a factor, but ad
We will get to our top stories in a minute but first josh judge joins us in the Weather Center. Josh good saturday morning to you. It is certainly a beautiful start to our day. Look at that. Just before the sunrise here at the seacoast. 48 degrees there. Mainly clearskies at the moment. And cooler conditions than the last few mornings. 38 in whitefield. 38 in whitefield. The 30s, 40s and 50s on crisp feel of there. This is just the beginning. How about this . People were excited to see some heavy rain falling, even a thunderstorm or two rolled through some parts, mostly just in southern New Hampshire, manchester at hooksett area last night. Now, onto the much cooler air that will be pushing in through the day today and the entire weekend. Instead of 70s and 80s, we are talking about mostly in the 60s northern New Hampshire. Talk about the rest of the weekend forecast and how long this cooling trend continues coming up. Amy a gun man remains at large in Washington State after police say