This program originally livestreamed on facebook and youtube and is part of a series of Online Events intended to keep visitors connected with mount vernon during its closure to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Bradburn here we are again. Welcome back. My name is doug bradburn. It is my delight to have these opportunities to talk about George Washington. Last wednesday, we were in our museum. This is our Education Center here at mount vernon. It focuses on the life of George Washington. It gives a grand sense of why he matters. Last time, we were looking at his youth, a youth that is oftentimes enwrapped in romance and myth. Of course, he is most known to americans and perhaps the folks around the world as the great military commander, the general who led the americans through the american war for independence, through eight long years of war. His identity as a warrior is a crucial one. We think about who was George Washington, how did he think of himself and his tim
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more than 20 people have been killed in a russian missile strike in vin nyt sia, southwest of the capital, kyiv. dozens more are injured and several missing after the attack on the city hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sienna rodgers, senior writer at the house magazine, and kate maltby, who s a columnist for the i newspaper. tomorrow s front pages, starting with, penny s in heaven the metro front page reports blue on the conservative leadership contest, and candidate penny mordaunt s success today pushing further ahead, after round 2 of voting. but the i newspaper s front strikes a different tone, saying tory rivals are turning on mordaunt ahead of upcoming tv debates. the mail puts mordaunt under the microscope, as many conservative mps consider whether the favourite has what it takes to be prime minister. the telegraph leads on liz truss backer, lord frost, urging candidate kemi badenoch to stand down and
Peyton was a transitional man, evolving in his life from being the English King’s attorney in Virginia to being president of the national Continental Congress, “the father of your country.”