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Reflected respective Indigenous People, their culture, and governments long before the ships arrive to jamestown. He brought the lack of a permanent memorial on virginia capitol grounds, as did other tribal leaders, to the attention of governor kane, resulting in the formation of the virginia Indian Commemorative commission, in 2018. Chief adams has generously dedicated himself to numerous to numerous himself to numerous causes and organizations across the commonwealth. It is an honor to introduce chief adams. [applause] chief adams thank you for the kind words. It is an honor to be here today to be a part of this event. We started this about 15, 18 months ago, when we briefed each other on what the possibilities were for us to have such an event as this. We are fortunate to have it in this special location today. I am going to give you a brief history of the tribe i ....
Podcasts. Washington journal prime time, a special evening edition on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. Our guests are the chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot on the citys and personal response to the pandemic and the latest data on how well its being controlled. Join the conversation tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Up next on American History tv, the principle chief of the Cherokee Nation talks about the tribes history following its removal from the south and relocation to oklahoma. He discusses how the cherokee has concentrated on rebuilding and strengthening their culture amid adversity. Its now my great pleasure to introduce chief adams. As was mentioned earlier today chief adams serves on preservation of virginia board of trustees. He served as a strong advocate of the federal recognition of the ....
Madison. This was part of the annual president s day symposium. Hello, again. Is the sound good . Ok. Im not going to introduce myself. [laughter] i will just kind of start talking. What i am planning to do today is to talk about james and Dolley Madisons lives before they were james and Dolley Madison. Then consider their partnership and how it worked to both of their great advantage, because of it being such a wonderful partnership. So these are the Gilbert Stuart portraits of james and dolley james was secretary of state. Its actually my favorite portraits of the two of them, i think they capture the sort of sense of personality that i see in them. And they have, i think, in large measure sort of created images that we have of them historically. Dolley in her low cut, empire style cut dress with ringlet. Serious, cere ....
Good afternoon. I get the privilege of introducing a good friend. Drew and i have been arguing over the past two days, what i should do in this introduction. I will just read what you sent me. It is best it is kind of funny, actually. Drew gruber as the executive director of civil war trails, lives in williamsburg with his wife kate, their two cats, he enjoys reading, oysters, brown liquor and peace and quiet. Drew gruber. I am going to introduce my coauthor, doug crenshaw, who is going to lecture about williamsburg today. I sat down last night to review notes, and i couldnt think couldnt help but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday. It caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. Forgotten battles is a cool thing and i was going to open with a quote and then i thought about it, we have a morbid fascination with body count, only big, bloody battles are important. Then Richard Lewis said last night, the guy ....
His wife and two cats and he enjoys eating oysters, some liquor and peace and quite. Drew gruber. [ applause ] so at this time i will introduce my coauthor Doug Crenshaw who will come up and lecture about williamsburg today. Okay. I sat down last night to review my notes and i couldnt help, but think about how ryan ended his presentation yesterday and it caused me to rewrite the whole thing. Thanks, ryan. I was going open with a really cool quote and i thought about it, we have this morbid fascination with body count and only big, bloody battles are important and Richard Lewis said something last night where he said the guy who falls from dysentery, thats his forgotten battle and the one guy thats out on picket by himself on a cold day, thats probably his most important battle. So im going to open with a quote from not a historian, just a guy who fought at the battle of william ....