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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 Com ....
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 of quote and in part it was because of monticellos work to find and learn from the descendants of its enslaved community. In a project called getting word. That gale found more of her fami ....
Good night from washington. Greta is next with a special heroes in blue. This is the National Law Enforcement officers memorial. More than 20,000 names line these walls and each of them the name of a Law Enforcement officer who gave everything in the line of duty. On this memorial day, we pay tribute to our heros in blue. Earlier this month, Law Enforcement from across the country participated in National Police week. Heres Griff Jenkins to explain. [siren] scenes like this play out every day. Law enforcement officers putting themselves in danger to keep us safe. Its been a tough year for Law Enforcement in this country. [siren] and every day ....
[siren] and every day thousands of officers, their families, and their supporters converge on washington, d. C. To pay tribute during National Police week. Tonight, we want to do make sure that the thousands of officers who joined us, the thousands of survivors of officers killed in the line of duty get the honor and appreciation that they deserve every day. I remember my older brother, senior trooper senior vincent who was killed in the line of duty, and we are here honoring two of our fallen officers. We lost two troopers last year in 2015. The history goes back to 1962 president john f. Kennedy signed a proclamation making National Police week official. And every year since, tens of thousands of Law Enforcement officers from all over the country meet in the Natio ....
Gathering to honor Law Enforcement officers from around the country. From terrorism to Violent Crime to patrolling the neighborhoods to just walking the beat. These are the men and women who work 24 7 to keep us all safe. And, behind me, Law Enforcement officers from across america are here to kick off National Police week by remembering our heroes in blue. Every Law Enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. On the records Griff Jenkins is here with me talking to some the heroes gathered here tonight. Griff, whats it like where you are . Greta, here in the seats, in the section behind me its actually those that have lost someone in just 2015, lasty ....