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Taking his buddy down to the train station, the band plays and once his body rides and jackson theres another parade taking his body home to his wife. You can watch this full conversation anytime at cspan. Org slash history. To welcome you this evening i am Leslie Greene bowman, the president of the Thomas Jefferson foundation and its my distinct pleasure to welcome you this evening as we celebrate the launch of Gayle Jessup White its reclamation, we and the descendants search of their families lasting legacy. Before we get started, i want to welcome a very special guest who is with me tonight. We are greatly honored that the first lady of virginia is here tonight with us. Thank you. [applause] many of you know that gayle had a long and successful journalism career before she turned her sights to monticello. She came to us in 2016. And it is my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague, but more importantly as an honored speaker. A common refrain in gayles book, and i quote, is giv
Jessup white reclamation Sally Hemmings. Thomas jefferson and a descendants search for her familys Lasting Legacy. And before we get started, i want to welcome a very special guest whos with here tonight. Whos with us . We are greatly honored that the first lady of virginia. Here tonight with us. Thank you. Many of you know that gail had a long and successful journalism career. Before she turned her sights. Thank god she did to monticello. She came to us in 2016 as our first Public Relations and Community Engagement officer. And its my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague. But more importantly as an honored speaker. A common refrain in gails book is and i quote giving voice to the ancestors. And she does that of course and we try to do that by telling their stories. She describes herself as when i quote a woman whose voice is used as an instrument. Not for herself but for those written out of history. A woman who after a lifelong journey founder family her home her purpose end
President of the Thomas Jefferson foundation and it is my great and distinct pleasure to welcome you this evening as we celebrate the launch of Gayle Jessup White reclamation Sally Hemmings. Thomas jefferson and a descendants search for her familys Lasting Legacy. And before we get started, i want to welcome a very special guest whos with here tonight. Whos with us . We are greatly honored that the first lady of virginia. Here tonight with us. Thank you. Many of you know that gail had a long and successful journalism career. Before she turned her sights. Thank god she did to monticello. She came to us in 2016 as our first Public Relations and Community Engagement officer. And its my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague. But more importantly as an honored speaker. A common refrain in gails book is and i quote giving voice to the ancestors. And she does that of course and we try to do that by telling their stories. She describes herself as when i quote a woman whose voice is use
We and the descendants search of their families lasting legacy. Before we get started, i want to welcome a very special guest who is with me tonight. We are greatly honored that the first lady of virginia is here tonight with us. Thank you. [applause] many of you know that gayle had a long and successful journalism career before she turned her sights to monticello. She came to us in 2016. And it is my delight to welcome her tonight as a colleague, but more importantly as an honored speaker. A common refrain in gayles book, and i quote, is giving voice to the ancestors. And she does that of course, by telling their stories. She describes herself as, and i quote, a woman whose voice is used as an instrument. Not for herself, but for those written out in history. A woman who, after a lifelong journey, found her family, her home, her purpose. End of quote. In part it was because of monticello its work to find and learn of the descendants of its enslaved community in a project called gettin