Native americans focusing on the aftermath of the revolutionary war and the initiatives of George Washington. Mr. Butterfield is the executive director for the library at mt. Vernon. Good morning, everyone. Good morning. If you all could take your seats, please. Happy leap day. What could be better than a bonus day and some real meaningful history content. Its a double win for me. I love it. Im thrilled to have you all here to your Virginia Museum of history and culture. I have the privilege of serving as the president and ceo here and im going quickly kick us off as we have an allstar lineup of speakers today for this wonderful collaboration. I will point out, since i see now faces that are not our usuals here at this museum that you are gathered today in the oldest Cultural Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. Were older than the smithsonian institution. Were older than half of the states of this country. In fact, in this is interesting to consider. With the topic we approach
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