History is important, what his writing process is like, and how he heres previews his upcoming work about the pioneers of the u. S. Territory. This for our 30 minute event wow, good morning. I am happy their students here from palm beach atlantic university. The people i want to reach most are the children and grandchildren of the people in this room. Today i am introducing a dear friend, americas great historian, David Mccullough. Im also very happy to introduce his wife, rosalie. I said to david, is rosalie coming to the lecture . He said, i cant go anywhere without adult supervision. [laughter] is awesome. Rosalie is to david what Abigail Adams was to john adams. She is the fabulous. [applause] she is the fabulous, indispensable life partner. She is not only beautiful inside and out, but she told me last night when she met David Mccullough, she was only 17. The first time they want to a coming out party together, they danced until 7 00 in the morning. Gon she took her heels often to
Because i said to david, is she coming to the lecture . And he said, i cant go anywhere without adult supervision. [laughter] rosalie is awesome, she is to david what Abigail Adams was to john adams. She is the fabulous [applause] she is the fabulous, indispensable life partner. She is not only beautiful inside and out, but she told me last night when she met David Mccullough she was only 17, and the first time they went to a coming out party together, they danced until 7 00 in the morning. Els said when she took her he off to sleep, she had to put them back on because her feet were bent in that shape. They care deeply about each other, and each others wellbeing, and they take advice from each other. She told me she often reads davids books to him because he would like to see where he could be boring. When you google David Mccullough , you will be blown away by the richness of his lifes productivity. I wont give you a list of everything, but all of you , google it. He has had the most
And to think that we are carrying on their legacy, that of the Wright Brothers and their creative spirit, it is so important. Here at wright state university, we have the Wright Brothers report cards. So here we have a few report cards of welder, and he was such a good student. In algebra he was getting 80s and 90s most of the time. He was a pretty good student. He went to Central High School in dayton and also a high school in indianapolis, indiana. End of report cards definitely let us know what they were studying in school and what their foundation was for their future experience. And they were not necessarily as good as those of welder. This one was from Central High School in dayton and he got a 75 in algebra and you might think its kind of a low score for somebody to go down and create an airplane. But he just didnt like the organized classroom although he was very inquisitive. So lots of fun to look at, the Younger Generation really enjoys looking at these and once they got out
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I can report to you that the state of this old but youthful union is good. Keeping with time honored tradition, i am pleased to report that america is much improved trade there is good reason to believe improved. There is good reason to believe that that will and can you. My duty is to report on the state of the union, our american community. The state of the union is strong. As we gather tonight, our nation is at war. Our economy is in recession. The civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. Yet, the state of her union has never been stronger. It is because of our people that are future is hopeful. Our journey goes forward. The state of our union is strong. Tuesday, president obama delivers this years address live on cspan at 9 00 p. M. Followed by the gop response, and your reaction. Christ eric cantor talked about the Republican Partys agenda. This is about 50 minutes. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Im arthur brooks, president of the American Enterprise institute. A speech