Birthday to be recognized but rather the the birthday of our nation. I consider our nation to be the world s best. Hope. And so when we think of what some have referred to as founders day let it be the recognition that we have founded as the ancients would say novosaurus a new world order dedicated to the principles of selfgovernment. I have dressed perhaps somewhat a formerly for this occasion in order to greet you all and particularly to receive questions from you and i encourage that curiosity. We are curious creature and how they re going to low. No, unless we ask and particularly to remind ourselves in such open and free inquiry of our founding principles we have with us today. My good friend is else wagner who will act as a moderator for any questions and curiosities you all have but i wanted to some of the apologize in in my overly formal apparel as you know, i dress well in much more simplified passion, but this is because of you all and yes, i have even accepted the modern fas
Particularly our history with monticello. To have our good friend mrs. Abigail adams with us and to enjoy a conversation amongst all of us engaged good questions by miscarriage subram without a further coming from me. It is my great pleasure to introduce to you all. This is abigail adams now. I thank you, mr. Jefferson. And welcome to you as i myself and welcome here. I look forward to our conversation mrs. Adams if you will a chair. Thank you, sir, please join. I thank you indeed. Well. I m very curious as to hear what we will be asked of today and considering the length of time. We have known one in the other and of course. My mutual friend and your dear husband john adams. So shall we engage the first question? ms what had each of you heard about the other before you knew each other and what were your impressions when you first met? yeah, well, i i suppose i heard of you long before i actually met you in particular when my husband was attending the grand congress in philadelphia the
I have steam your interest in recognizing that though. I hope you will realize that personally i prefer not my birthday to be recognized but rather the the birthday of our nation. I consider our nation to be the world s best. Hope. And so when we think of what some have referred to as founders day let it be the recognition that we have founded as the ancients would say novosaurus a new world order dedicated to the principles of selfgovernment. I have dressed perhaps somewhat a formerly for this occasion in order to greet you all and particularly to receive questions from you and i encourage that curiosity. We are curious creature and how they re going to low. No, unless we ask and particularly to remind ourselves in such open and free inquiry of our founding principles we have with us today. My good friend is else wagner who will act as a moderator for any questions and curiosities you all have but i wanted to some of the apologize in in my overly formal apparel as you know, i dress we
This is the most uniquely unrecorded moment in our nation s history and particularly our history with monticello. To have our good friend mrs. Abigail adams with us and to enjoy a conversation amongst all of us engaged good questions by miscarriage subram without a further coming from me. It is my great pleasure to introduce to you all. This is abigail adams now. I thank you, mr. Jefferson. And welcome to you as i myself and welcome here. I look forward to our conversation mrs. Adams if you will a chair. Thank you, sir, please join. I thank you indeed. Well. I m very curious as to hear what we will be asked of today and considering the length of time. We have known one in the other and of course. My mutual friend and your dear husband john adams. So shall we engage the first question? ms what had each of you heard about the other before you knew each other and what were your impressions when you first met? yeah, well, i i suppose i heard of you long before i actually met you in particu
what is often called the first person interpreter at colonial, williamsburg. and since then as worked at the minutes, minnesota historical society, and now works as a consultant helping particularly museums historic sites like ours think about and explore how we tell stories and how we do that together. how do we use these stories to help bring people? together so richard thanks for being here and welcome. thank you. appreciate the opportunity. i m looking forward to pretty no conversation today. i think i hope it will be and richard we ve known each other for for a while. so we ll you know, maybe we ll start off. richard by talking a little bit about that career at colonial williamsburg, you know last week we had on our live stream. we had a jamar jones who currently portrays jupiter evans as amongst other people at colonial williamsburg and jupiter evans was the as, you know, just for a benefit of everyone watching it was the enslaved man servant of thomas jefferson. he was