some of you walked in past the guest book. and there was a wonderful entry that someone had written about having come here and said, by remembers what was and what happened, we ll be better in the future. we ll preserve our liberties and, you know, that s a great way to look at it. i think ignorance about our own history is cost us many things throughout the course of this country. think other questions? when i was in high school and college, i read a great deal of the latin authors. and your talk was the first time i really understood why. i don t think our teachers knew latin well. that was not the problem. but i don t think they understood the significance of these writingtion and for the first time, hearing you talk, now i do understand the significance. absolutely. they were reading their equipped to read the same things that our founders had read and read to such benefit. and here again, i don t think john adams sat down six times with cisero s explorations becaus
duels with aaron burr, which ultimately killed him. the alexander awareness society hosted this event. it is about half an hour. i have the pleasure of introducing joanne freeman. history with the museum and even longer one with alexander hamilton. 25 years ago, john herzog approached this young woman who had already curated an exhibit on hamilton. that became one of our earliest exhibits. that was joanne freeman. her history with hamilton is extensive. we have many hamiltonians in the audience. how many of you have read all 27 volumes of the papers of alexander hamilton, and several times? joanne started early reading them as a teenager. her extensive research took her to the hamilton grange in scotland as well as to st. croix. she immersed herself in the culture by living there for several weeks. she has so much experienced hamilton that she went and fired a black powder dueling pistol. she did this at a gun range. calling it oddly satisfying, not much of a kick, but a nic
i am pleased to introduce david cowan. he has written extensively on u.s. financial history and is the co-author of financial founding fathers, the man who made america rich. he is the cochair of the international federation of finance museums and serves on the smithsonian affiliates advisory council as well as the federal reserve board s centennial advisory council. david has been the museums president and ceo since 2009. he has established several new initiatives, including the center for financial education and then using finance academy. he has curated or guest curated on over half a dozen exhibits and displays, incurring including our current exhibit. will explore how one of the treasury s greatest leaders helped fight the war of 1812. i will now turn the program over to david cowan. thank you. i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the war of 1812. we are at the bicentennial of the events. we are going to break it down into three different sections. we are goi
head the homeland security department. votes on the nomination are scheduled for 5:30. right now the chaplain of the senate, berry black is giving the opening prayer. be instrumes of your glory, striving to please you in all that they do. make them so ethically congruent that they practice what they profess. may their hearts be so transformed by your spirit that they seek your approbation above any earthly approval. we pray in your merciful name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 243. the president pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 243, s. 1356 a bill to amend the work force investment act of 1998 and so forth and for other p
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