vernon. but i'm sorry, but the war too was a time of terrible loss again for martha and she lost not only her sister, nancy, and she did write to her. brother in law a verbal basset and say, i'm after nancy's death and say i must own that she the greatest favorite i had in the world. and i think this was this idea of, friendship and friendships comes really startlingly. the papers many the papers here are to be found elsewhere, but it's when they're together and the focus is on martha that you really see how they they gel together. and, of course, forth of her children. jackie dies in the hour of victory. he's not an officer, but he's in attendance at yorktown and dies of camp fever. and and martha is at the lowest ebb. washington couldn't have been more more, more keen to console her and. but jackie is left out. a wife who's sweet but a bit of a and four children, thankfully for the park custis estates there's a son and but there are three daughters and so we find when inevitably after a per

wilson foundation and the mount vernon ladies association of the union. please join me in thanking them. it's tonight's going to be a lot of fun because when we're done, we're actually going to walk out into the reception area and continue conversation and the celebration copies, copies of the papers of martha along with for frazier's award book. the washingtons will be available for purchase. i've seen many people lining up already for will be signing copies of her book ms.. washington is here to sign her book. we were serving rum punch and 18th century recipe from the book dining with the washingtons. we'll have original letters written by martha washington on view in a display case, so be sure to track those down. we'll also be exhibiting and you would have seen it as you came in the hand-sewn reproduction of martha washington's children's games quilt, which is an exact copy of the original in our collection expert cecilia and masterly completed it after two years of meticulous work, a process that uncovered washington's remarkable skill and eye for de

susan, you work at mount vernon. of course, mount vernon is a home to one of the most amazing and interesting preservation stories in the united states. one of the early preservation studies in the united states. can you tell us a little bit about that story? and can you tell us why women saved mount vernon, and not man? >> because there are there. it stepped up to the plate. thank you so much. thank you so much colleen, and to our sponsors today. it's wonderful to be here. if i could have the first slide. all of you being here today, we are all invested in preservation, i'm sure you've heard the story of the mount vernon ladies association of the union. but i will recap it again briefly, in case you're not totally immersed in it, as i was not before i got to mount vernon in 2010. the mount vernon ladies association was founded in in 1853 by pamela cunningham of south carolina. as a grassroots effort to acquire and preserve the home of the nation's founding father. and pamela was inspired by her mother, who had seen

in 2010 the mount vernon. is association was founded in 1853 by ann, pamela cunningham of south carolina as a grassroots effort to acquire and preserve the home of the nation's founding father now ann pamela was in turn inspired by a letter from her mother who had seen mount vernon in something like the condition that you see it in the in the photograph before you from a riverboat and was quote as she wrote to her daughter painfully distressed at the ruin and desolation of the home of washington and the thought passed through my mind. this is her mother writing. why was it that the women of his country did not try and keep it in repair if the men could not do it. it does seem such a blot on our country. now to your question colleen why not men? i think that's a story of opportunities not taken because in fact mount vernon had been made available by the washington family who still collateral relatives of george washington who still owned it since the 1830s and both congress and the legislature of virginia the s

overall, they have the story of slavery into the story of vernon. while paint careful attention to george washington's accomplishments managed shallow does not measure up to this standard. the main tours there are a great deal towards them on a cello, but include a two and a half hour long tour on from slavery to freedom, a 45 minute tour of the house, 45 minute tour of slavery and garden towards the house towards the most popular tour and guides talk about the contents and inventions in the mansion. some of jefferson's accomplishments slavery and jefferson time in france, which is a way introducing the story of sally hemings. monticello has chosen to convey the story without qualification rather than a over which historians. the exhibits at monticello include exhibits the cellars on the enslaved people, the families and individuals who lived there. the purpose of those rooms the reconstructed along mulberry row and exhibits at the base of the mountain on the building of monticello and jefferson. as a scientist and architect. much of this was made p

our years in mount vernon turned out to be the darkest of our lives.ts were in the 12th year of their affair. mom was putting up with the situation, but she was getting increasingly tired of being the woman on the side and was starting to pressure my father about marriage. [mic - "sometimes i feel like a motherless child"] - (singing) ♪ sometimes i feel like a motherless child. ♪ ♪ sometimes i feel like a motherless child. ♪ ♪ sometimes i feel-- - i was always a little chubby as a toddler. but i had become very overweight as a young child, weighing in at 135 pounds by the time i was eight. the teasing was relentless. food and television, they were my comforters. often, i was left alone in my silence. - panel, as you know, one question at a time, in turn, moving clockwise. we'll begin-- - the same was true of my mother, who seemed to find solace only in the rhythm of my father's horn. it was when we were in mount vernon that dad made his most famous pop recordings, "hello dolly" and "what a wonderful world." [music - "what a wonderful world"] - (singing

vernon. welcome to our forward evening book talk. for the month of july on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association. of course, the ford motor company that's been funding these free and open to the public talks for quite some time. welcome. this is something that i am particularly excited to do because. i have i've known mark talbot some time and before that i knew his work. mark talbot is, the director of collections and a great curator masonic collections at the george washington masonic national memorial in alexandria. he's been an active for more than 20 years and in nearly all that time he's been an active historian of american ism. in to the work we'll be discussing tonight his i think monumental work american freemasons centuries of building communities is a massive step forward in our understanding of masonry in american civil society. a book i used to crib from and writing my own lectures when i taught at the university of oklahoma. and i told mark this. mark is a past president

vernon buddy was dragged from mt. vernon.didn't want to do it so i think because of that, that's where lafayette is spontaneously a more appealing person to think about and talk about but also would have been one of his persistent defects about him. he didn't quite, there were other political mistakes he made but one of them is just that he always was kind of like if somebody offers him the presidency he's like i don't want to be president. i don't actually want that job and he was not president in the way that his old mentor was. >> i would be remiss if i didn't ask you a question. he wants to know if you have alluded to project the one and only mike duncan. >> i'm not telling anybody. because the thing is i'm wrapping up the revolution so i've got a lot of incredibly nervous fans out there who don't know what i'm going to do next. and i will continue to podcast revolutions aside but i've got a very nice thing going here that i really love to do and it does have other interests that i want to explore. there's a leader in the

vernon bogdanor, fantastic to talk to you _ country. fantastic to talk to you once again. thank you i to talk to you once again. thank you so much for your time, for being with us on bbc news. i'm joined by dr catherine haddon, seniorfellow at the institute for government. thank you for being with us as well. talk to us about the process of these cabinet appointments. it is an insured and every circuit —— extraordinary circus, at least it is for the journalist out here! but appointments have been coming fast and quick, and also some stability, as we have been reflecting, in that quite a few of the top jobs are going to people in those top jobs under liz truss. going to people in those top 'obs under liz trussi going to people in those top 'obs under liz truss. yeah, and a certain element of — under liz truss. yeah, and a certain element of stability _ under liz truss. yeah, and a certain element of stability is _ under liz truss. yeah, and a certain element of stability is really - element of stability is really important because we hav

vernon, new york, christmas can't come earlier because it never ends. all year they prepare high-end holiday displays for clients in 30 states and some of new york city's most iconic spaces. >> we are doing radio city music hall, saks fifth avenue, cartier, macy's and many others. >> reporter: the ceo says these installations are so complex they can take weeks. and they have to start putting them up yes, before halloween. >> the decorating is happening right now. >> reporter: right now, everything on the floor is getting ready to go out. >> reporter: all across the country, it is beginning to look a lot like christmas earlier than ever this year. near los angeles, this outlet mall tree arrived in october. in houston bows are already wrapping buildings. >> my first reaction was wow it is early. >> i don't even have my pumpkins out. >> reporter: some experts say retailers are responsing to consumers who are starting holiday shopping now in part due to inflation. >> they are afraid as it gets closer to christmas it will cost just a little bit more. >> repo

vernon unsworth.unsworth helped save 12 boys in thailand after they were stranded inside a flooded cave for weeks on end. he's such a hero he's depicted in ron howard's new movie, 13 lives, about that incredible rescue. >> 12 boys and their coach are trapped in the flooded caves. >> hello? >> hi, we are here. >> now, at the time, elon musk try to get in on the rescue, offering him a mature summary, which unsworth called a pr stunt. and musk, he did not like that. he called that gave diver a, quote, beto guy. which unsworth and pretty much everyone else took to mean, pedophile. a hideous charts that musk doubled down on and tripled down on, and unsworth took musk to court for defamation. it's a case that unsworth lost. >> vernon went toe to toe with a billionaire bully, and not many people have the courage to do that. >> so, that was a quote ruled, legally protected speech by elon musk. but that does not make it right, which is the area in which we find ourselves in this debate. none of musk's bizarre

i am the executive of the washington library here at, mount vernon.elcome to our forward evening book talk. for the month of july on behalf of the mount vernon ladies association. of course, the ford motor company that's been funding these free and open to the public talks for quite some time. welcome. this is something that i am particularly excited to do because. i have i've known mark talbot some time and before

and vernon glenn has the red and gold report. >> reporter: back at practice , at least those healthyugh t practice . there is a lengthy injury report . >> at concussion and will not practice today. >> reporter: what are we talkin about? >> we are here talking about practice. >> samson a kaylee's with no practice . >> we are talking about practice. >> jimmie ward with hand is limited. >> reporter: with the red and gold report, i am vernon glen . >>> it is 5:44 >>> at nine restaurants in louisville, kentucky and the surrounding area . krispy kreme is on a mission to have 50,000 points of access to doughnuts globally. the mcdonald's is on step closer to the goal . that' a look at your headlines. yesterday was a hot one, how i it looking today ? >> everybody was pretty much 90 yesterday and even san francisco tied the record at 90 yesterday . today it will be 70 and a big turnaround . the onshore flow has returned with the implication this morning , we do have fog. with visibility low clouds in the bay and more in northbay. at santa rosa, 3/1 of a mile on the road . and gianna will have

my great pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mount vernon ladies

the first example of a woman in america as the leader of a major philanthropy, the women of mount vernon, the ladies society of mount vernon are often referred to as come this was the first major women's philanthropy, but bunker hill preceded it. and, in fact, a woman who spearheaded the mount vernon reconstruction was advised by hale and had a similar structure and how she went about raising the money. so she got into trouble over that, and trying to think if there's anything else. i can't remember anything else off the top of my head. >> thank you for bringing back the light of this great american -- >> can you make sure that on? sorry. >> oh, sorry. first, thank you for bringing back the life of this great american to readers today, and hope it gets wide attention. i wanted to ask come from their discussion it appears to me that when you say she would be canceled today, it sounds like she didn't push the quality in the kind of absolute terms that both suffrage and movements today would do it both gender-based and non-gender-based movements. but i wonder if, is the reason that she didn

he goes to mount vernon. the only times i have found accounts of washington getting drunken going around mount vernon late at night is with lafayette. >> yeah. [laughs] >> he's define, juan the good friend. and lafayette spent a lot of time talking to washington about slavery. this is at the forced labor camp. he owned hundreds of people. his longest occupation was being a master, almost his entire life. and lafayette would write to him and say, my dear friend, what if i go in with you and what it could look like for america if we had this example? maybe we will go hasse on some property and lieutenant farming. and washington writes, back you are so sweet, i love you, your such a good person, let's talk about this when you visit in the next five to ten years. >> totally. >> literally nothing happened. >> how did lafayette reconcile this great love and adoration he had for washington with what's john brown would call crippling disappointment? >> yeah. >> it wasn't a deal breaker. but how much did he struggle?

recently iwo jima, monticello, mount vernon as well. i try to fix buildings that are historic but do not have enough money from the government to make it as good as it should be. >> are you willing to tell us a successful investmentt yo may personally and one that was not successful? >> enough time to talk about all of the ones that were not successful. the ones i regret are the ones that i did not do. i did not invest in facebook. we were an early investor in amazon but we sold our stock too soon. carlisle has made thousands of investments over the years. we have been around for 35 years. if you do not have bad deals you are not doing good investing, because not everything works out even forewarn buffet. >> the governor of virginia, glenn youngkin. >> he was at our firm for about 25 years. it did a very good job for us. >> frank, daytona beach, florida. >> i am calling it because i went to ask you if you think that nonfiction or fiction literature is more important to society, and as a follow-up, what is your favorite fictional book? >

>> i think it ranks right up with washington's mount vernon or jefferson's monticello. in terms of impressiveness, it speaks of him of significant wealth. jackson is still considered to be one of our wealthiest presidents. it's an 8000 square foot house. if you were coming here, very impressed by a house of this magnitude. andrew jackson and rachel bought this property and 1804. originally it originally it was about 425 acres in size, and with log buildings on the property. over the next 41 years of jackson's life he added land to the property. he bought and sold property all around the edges. so by the time he died in 1845 the plantation was about 1050 acres. jackson understood clearly that part of your power derived from the states that you are on, and they were building a grand stage for him and for the family. the front of the house is very grand. it's the stuff is called greek revival which was the height of style in the united states in the 1830s. we know, think of jackson as representing the growing democracy of the country, and the greek revival style appeal to