Scholarship on the mother of George Washington, Mary Ball Washington. This popular event was set up some time ago, to help us understand the world, the time, the experiences of Martha Washington and other women of the 18th century. One of those women is of course Mary Ball Washington. The library hosted this event in womens History Month in the month of march but because of the closure here we are tonight. I want to mention a couple of things. One important thing i think everyone in the audience probably knows by now but i cant say it too many times, mount vernon is open. With open to audiences come to visit i should say to come to mount vernon and you have an opportunity to stroll the grounds to see the museum and education center. Quite soon we will open the magic but thats not ready yet because of the particular challenges the United States faces. But continue to support mount vernon in that way. Another thing only as an upcoming event. On july 8, that is coming right up right aroun
Womens soccer team are champions of the world tonight for the First Time Since 1999. The ladies won in spectacular style against the japanese, who won the title in 2011. This was billed as a net big rematch, and the u. S. Women came through with a great performance. Reporter team usa stormed the field, running towards redemption. Four years ago, the americans lost the championship game to japan in this agonizing penalty kick shootout. The u. S. Struck first and fast on the first two shots of the game. Carli lloyd putting the americans ahead 10 only three minutes into play. Three minutes later, carli lloyd again, giving the usa the quick 20 lead, the two fastest goals and womens world cup history. Lauren holiday scored a third goal for the u. S. The japanese defenders cannot keep up. And carli lloyd pulls off the hat trick from midfield 40 u. S. After 16 minutes. Japan finally got into the game and the 27th minute. The u. S. To the 41 lead into the locker room. In the second half, the a
We have an engineer and eight textileconservator a conservator with us to talk about the tent. As you will hear many people say, it sometimes take a village to preserve these artifacts. If you have questions afterward, please feel free to grab any of us after the event. We will divide this up into three sections. I will talk about the history of the object itself and when we began to contemplate putting it on to display at the new museum of the American Revolution. Alex will talk about the engineering challenges of taking what was possibly the most historic and significant textile object since the starspangled banner has been put on display in a museum. So, to face the unique challenges of displaying this threedimensional textile object. Virginia will talk about the challenges of conserving that object and preparing it for display. The history of the engineering and conservation science to ensure the longterm reservation of this markable object. I will start with history. Where do we b
Were going to have a nice time talking about George Washingtons 10 tonight. We have an engineer, a Structural Engineer here and a textile conservator who are part of a larger team. As a very smart woman once said, it takes a village and was a large village involved in the project you are going to hear about tonight. Freeu have questions, feel to grab any of us. This evening, we are going to divide comments into three sections. Im going to talk about the history of the object itself and when we contemplated beginning putting it on display and alice will talk about the engineering challenges of trying to take what is the most historic and object sinceextile the starspangled banner that has been placed on display in a new museum. So to face the unique challenges of this unique textile object, we will talk about the challenges of conserving that object and preparing it for display and how we knitted together the history of the engineering and conservation science to engineer the preservati
New nbc news poll shows movement in the race for indianas primary. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. Thank you for joining us. Im erika gonzalez. The massive cleanup underway right now after the c sx derailment in northwest d. C. It could have an a impact on your morning commute. Darcy spencer is live in the district with information on Metro Service for tomorrow. Darcy . Erika, you can see the cleanup is continuing at this hour. Look at the tracks right around the area with the flashing lights. Earlier, metro officials said they hoped to have the rhode island avenue metro station reopened by this evening. That did not happen. Its still closed. They are hoping to have it open by tomorrow mornings commute. Heavy equipment and workers in Hazardous Materials suit are at work on the csx track where a Train Derailment sent thousands of gallons of a bleachlike chemical in to the track bed early sunday morning. First, let me apologize to the community for the inconvenience and alarm this derailment