Is shrinking. That means were getting the word out there. Thats really exciting. Where to start. You all have heard for those regulars here, you know i usually will Say Something about how you cant tell the story of e plur bus umen without the plur bus. I think the talk fits in great with the museums mission to broaden peoples understanding of what we mean by the American Revolution to make sure that everyone sees the American Revolution reflected in themselves. Im flashing at you now a wonderful note card that has a whale on it with a note from almost exactly a year ago. This is april 24th, 2018, from gina whalen. Gina, raise your hand. Katherines aunt. The next question is how many people in this room are related to katharine . So jenna, if you have seen George Washingtons tent upstairs and have been moved to tears as i have been, jenna was the textile conservator who did all the work to prepare that tent for display. It was wonderful for two years just about every day sitting in a w
Executive director, erica soleil. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. This is a really interesting topic. The dynamic between kids and canines and cancer. First up, lets a talkut the foundation, how it came togeth and why its so very important. Sure, absolutely. And i think o every one us has been touched in some way by this devastating disease in our friendship circles, god forbid certainly in s, our pets. There is a significant unmet need to find better and new medicine for allf us. The important part to know about children in particular,at pedic cancers is only about 4 of our Research Dollars in the United States go to childhood cancer. And for the 16,000 kids diagnosed each year, tt just isnt nearly enough. We havent made much progress, four new drugs in 40 yrs. Pecifics talk about the types of cancer that you find this correlation. Exactly. E more quick fact. On dogs, we have 6 million canceru patients. Can see the differences in the numbers and where they cross, os
Declaration of rights, was a delegate to the federal convention in philadelphia, but refused to sign the constitution because it did not include a bill of rights. Gunston hall. I am the education manager here. I am very excited to give you a tour today. We are standing in front of the house right now. And 1759ilt in 1755 and was the home of george mason and his first wife. If you look at the house, the carving and decoration outside, tells us that george mason belonged to the strata of society he thought he did. Man. S a wealthy the house tells us that in the details. The driveway you come up was lined, in his lifetime, with cherry trees. Ever addon to the house. The house you see now is what mason built in 1769. Its kind of interesting because most other Founding Fathers did add third floors or wings, like mount vernon and monticello. Saw people like jefferson and others of the founding generation going into deep debt doing things like this. Today we would think of it as keeping up wi
House right now. It was built in 1755 and 1759 and was the home of george mason and his first wife. If you look at the house, the carving and decoration outside, the house tells us that george mason belonged to the strata of society he thought he did. He was a wealthy man. The house tells us that in the details. The driveway you come up was lined, in his lifetime, with cherry trees. He didnt ever addon to the house. The house you see now is what mason built in 1769. Its kind of interesting because most other Founding Fathers did add third floors or wings, like mount vernon and monticello. George mason saw people like jefferson and others of the founding generation going into deep debt doing things like this. Today we would think of it as keeping up with the joneses or keeping up with the kardashians. Mason did not want to be in that position himself. So, we are going to have a chance to explore all of the spaces in the house. We will learn who george mason was and why we remember georg
We are standing next to two old jail cells that date act of the 17th or knees. They are some of the oldest structures here in wilmington. Going up, were going to inside this old colonial home and take you on a tour. It is a small colonial out post. This would have been the outskirts of town. Anything above fourth or 5th street would have been the wilderness. It was kind of a seedy little town. A lot of sailors coming in about. We had poverty here. On this property on the corner was three stone and brick buildings that we still have today that have been incorporated into the property and the house. You had general population, a subbasement that is underground for the more grievous crimes like murder and horse thieving, and debtors prison. We also have mostly intact the jailers quarters where he and his family would have lived. Back then, there would have been gallows where people were hanged. That is the original property. Once wilmington became more prominent, obviously the quarter is