on a day i1760, young thomas jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mountains, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. though he is critical of the government and the architecture in williamsburg, he will return here many times over the next 20 years to study and practice law... and eventually to take up residence with his family as the second governor of virginia. "i was bred to the law," he once reflected, "and that gave me a view of the dark side of humanity." "then i read poetry to qualify it with a gaze upon its bright side." the books he was purchasing in these years embraced the whole spectrum of 18th-century knowledge. none were more treasured than his books on architecture, and one man made a profound impression. andrea palladio had measured the ruins of ancient rome and re-created her buildings with his pen. from the books of robert morris and james gibbs, jefferson learns

if you were anyone in society, you came to williamsburg. her mother was in williamsburg society. when she came of age where she was being brought into society, she was being brought to the assemblies here. she was at the balls at the royal governor's palace. she was at the assemblies. when it was time to be brought out into polite society, williamsburg was the place to be because her mother knew williamsburg was where her daughter needed to be. martha falls in love with her first husband, daniel custis. she knows he is a farmer, a plantation owner, but what she does not know is daniel is the son of john custis, who owned several properties here in williamsburg, all the northern, most of the eastern shore, and she falls in love with his son, daniel, thinking it is just a man. when daniel says to his father, i want to marry martha, john says her family is not fortunate enough to marry into us. he said no. her family was well known. her father was a clerk. martha was well known for her amicable personality. people fell in love with her. they go to john on martha's behalf and say, if

if you were anyone in society, you came to williamsburg. her mother was in williamsburg society. when she came of age where she was being brought into society, she was being brought to the assemblies and balls here. she was at the balls at the royal governor's palace. she was at the assemblies at places like the raleigh tavern. when it was time to be brought out into polite society, williamsburg was the place to be because her mother knew williamsburg was where her daughter needed to be. martha falls in love with her first husband, daniel custis. she knows he is a farmer, a plantation owner, but what she does not know is daniel is the son of john custis, who owned several properties here in williamsburg, all the northern, -- the northern neck, most of the eastern shore, and she falls in love with his son, daniel, thinking it is just a man from new kent. when daniel says to his father, i want to marry martha, john says her family is not fortunate enough to marry into us. he said no. her family was well known. her father was a clerk. martha was well known for her amiable personalit

he is a colonial williamsburg historian. he is also an expert on the area where the tylers hail from. give us a sense of what kind of characteristics of a person of public life would bring from the office from having been there. >> i think when you are talking about virginia, you are getting over the american revolution, not letting go of thomas jefferson and the kind of revolutionary principles but are supposed to inform public conduct and public virtue, but by the time you get to john career, thoser -- things start to coalesce into notions about states' rights, notions about what is the proper use of the constitution, notions about the extent of authority. you hear them talk a great deal about the principles of 1798, about the kentucky resolution and the ability of the states to override a unconstitutional actions, so these principles of the american revolution are being fought over, but also the kinds of things that come from the expectation of a public leader. they need to be virtuous. that is the only way you can make a

i do a regular dj night in williamsburg and right before we got on the williamsburg bridge, we got pulled over. they walked up and asked to see license and registration. there were four of them with flashlights everywhere. i played a risky card. i was like, i pulled us out of my backseat and was like, this -- nine times out of 10 when i play that card, never works. >> showing your book, you mean. >> yeah. where ised to know, your new york taxi license? i have my own car and my own driver. by the questions they were asking, i knew they did not know who i was. to them it was like, why are you sitting in the backseat like a don and you had your driver up there? so i showed them the book and they looked and kind of had a meeting for five minutes. then like, ok, you can go. but this happens all the time. >> how many times would you say you have been stopped? >> in my lifetime? the memorable ones, probably six times. but it is definitely in the 20s and 30s. since 1994, probably 20s and 30s. the worst one was after super tuesday in orange county. campaigning for super tuesday -- >> for obama? af

on a day i1760, young thomas jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mounins, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. though he is critical of the government and the architecture in williamsburg, he will return here many times over the next 20 years to study and practice law... and eventually to take up residence with his family as the second governor of virginia. "i was bred to the law," he once reflected, "and that gave me a view of the dark side of humanity." "then i read poetry to qualify it with a gaze upon its bright side." the books he was purchasing in these years embraced the whole spectrum of 18th-century knowledge. none were more treasured than his books on architecture, and one man made a profound impression. andrea palladio had measured the ruins of ancient rome and re-created her buildings with his pen. from the books of robert morris and james gibbs, jefferson learns co

this is sort of the beating heart of williamsburg, even in the 1830's. all of the political activity, the social activity, they are really living at the center of it. nd this fantastic 18th-century house that they were living in, as john tyler was resurrecting his political year -- career. latisha was operating out of the house and running the various plantations all over the place. t is right here that she suffered a stroke in 1839 that partly paralyzed her, although she was still able to retain control on the family accounts, of all of the family business, while john tyler was actually getting involved again in the business. it was here that he learned he was elected vice president and also in the spring of night -- of 1841, it was here that he became the next president of the united states. and it was here that she was informed she was the next first lady of the united states. > julia tyler -- julia gardner as 30 years younger than him. >> when they got to for belvedere, they had put a barge in the bay. verybody was very pleased. he ship turned around

her mother was in a williamsburg society. when she became of age to be prodded to society, she was being brought to the balls and assemblies here. she was at the balls at the royal governor's palace. she was certainly at the assembly's, at places like the ;raleigh tavern. when it is time to be brought out into polite society, williamsburg was the place to be because her mother knew that williamsburg was where her daughter needed to be. martha falls in love with daniel kuster. us. he is a farmer, a plantation owner but she does not know that daniel custus the son of john theus who owns most of property around the area. she falls in love with his son daniel thinking he is a man from new can't. when daniel go to as father and says i want to mary mart dan says she is not fortunate enough to marry into the custus'. martha's father was a clerk of new kent and she had an amiable personality. that is the one notion that people fell in love with their. john blair and john proctor go to john custus on march the's behalf and tell him if

he is a colonial williamsburg historian. he is also an expert on the area where the tylers hail from. give us a sense of what kind of characteristics of a person of public life would bring from the office from having been there. >> i think when you are talking about virginia, you are getting over the american revolution, not letting go of thomas jefferson and the kind of revolutionary principles but are supposed to inform public conduct and public virtue, but by the time you get to john tyler's career, those things start to coalesce into notions about states' rights, notions about what is the proper use of the constitution, notions about the extent of authority. you hear them talk a great deal about the principles of 1798, about the kentucky resolution and the ability of the states to override a unconstitutional actions, so these principles of the american revolution are being fought over, but also the kinds of things that come from the expectation of a public leader. they need to be virtuous. that is the only way you can ma

this is short of the beating heart of williamsburgs. all of the political activity, the social activity, they're really living the center of it in this fantastic 18th century house that they were living in as john tyler is resurrecting his political career. they have they moved here when le tisha was running the household. she was running their various plantations. right here she suffered a stroke in 1839. that partly paralyzed her. although she was still able to retain control of the family account, of all the family business while john tyler was getting back involved in politics. it's right here in this space that john tyler learned that he was elected vice president to william henry harrison. it's also here in the spring of 1841 where he was informed that he became 10th president of the united states. it was here that le tisha tyler learned that she became the first lady of the united states. >> when her term was over, julia tyler and the president retired to their plantation along the james river. >> the tylers was born in charles c

maybe you live in larchmont, new york or manhattan or williamsburg and brooklyn and the peoples republic of brooklyn or rockland heights or park slope or maybe you live out in that and i went in new york city or long island, hempstead or great neck or little neck. i'm asking you to stick your neck out for link tv. , the dakotas.ka we are asking you to make the call. illinois is in the house. .hank you, archie, for calling susan from new york. thank you, susan. anywhere in rockland county? richard calls from inverness, california. nice to know houston is in the house. can we hear from dallas-fort worth? carson city. nancy from long beach, california. can we hear from long beach, new york? which is in queens. telephoneled from you. also, the great state of california -- i think new mexico should feel a little competitive here. represent uris eight. i took folks out last night from santa fe, new mexico. we had a fantastic dinner and we offer you that when you come to the show. did on the set, and then i get to personally host you for dinner. you have to make the pledge. we get these calls e

he addressed us at the crs seminar in williamsburg, virginia. this was a three-day seminar in williamsburg. we heard from top experts. i am grateful for having been invited. one of the top economic advisers for presidential contender john mccain. we absolutely cannot use the debt ceiling limit to argue about what goes in the budget. he says you cannot hold the debt ceiling hostage because you cannot shoot the hostage. the hostages be the american economy. that is what would happen. if we default on our obligations because of failing to raise the debt ceiling, we are going to suffer a further downgrade of the united states credit worthiness. interest rates will go up. think about what happens to our economy when interest rates go up. it means that companies have a harder time investing in capital equipment. business people have a harder time planning for the future. it would take a fragile recovery and jeopardize it. host: the next fight which president obama said he is open to talking about, more spending cuts and more tax revenue has to be on t

can we hear from the williamsburg in brooklyn? or port jefferson out in long the endor anywhere on of long island. maybe you hear it -- you live in southampton or east hampton. anywhere along the atlantic ocean. we ask your support. the riverlive along in the new york area, the hudson river, the great south bay, the connecticut river. we urge you to call in and let us know you're there. if you live and as -- minnesota or missouri or montana, go to the phone. maryland is in the house. arizona? wyoming, the dakotas, we ask you to call. carolinas, we ask for your support. can we get a few from georgia? portland oregon is in the house. a call from richmond, mississippi. and jonah's called in from st. louis, missouri. and how about moab, which i just visited. the amazing read city. we urge you to call. william kolding from forde city. dennis from philadelphia. can we hear from pittsburgh, which we also just visited? wayne called in from bremerton, washington. pedro,alling from san california. california is so at of everyone else, but y

he is a colonial williamsburg historian. he is also an expert on the area where the tylers hail from. give us a sense of what kind of characteristics of a person of public life would bring from the office from having been there. >> i think when you are talking about virginia, you are getting over the american revolution, not letting go of thomas jefferson and the kind of revolutionary principles but are supposed to inform public conduct and public virtue, but by the time you get to john tyler's career, those things start to coalesce into notions about states' rights, notions about what is the proper use of the constitution, notions about the extent of authority. you hear them talk a great deal about the principles of 1798, about the kentucky resolution and the ability of the states to override a unconstitutional actions, so these principles of the american revolution are being fought over, but also the kinds of things that come from the expectation of a public leader. they need to be virtuous. that is the only way you can ma

and what was interesting about that piece of clothing was when we had it conserved by the people of williamsburg virginia. they found that the tiny but tons on the front of the dress were filled with dried peas. so that's what her dress maker did for her with french fashion also as she grew older and her hair became very very thin, she did have some real human hair curls sewed into her turbins and put that on in the morning with her curls showing and she looked younger she thought. the way the greensboro historical museum came into possession of these wonderful items including beautiful silk shoes and carved ivory calling cases is they received it from some folks who brought a trunk at auction that was sort of a hidden treasure. and i want to know what these ladies know about the finding of that trunk that was hidden behind a wall. and i want to say it was in philadelphia. but i want to know how the person that had that hidden behind the wall got those very important things and had them? >> i'll answer quickly because i want to say this is happening in the 1950's and 1960's so not that long ago.

we will visit some places that influenced her life, colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge and philadelphia. be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts, live, monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c- span, c-span radio and c- span.org.this morning, michigan governor talks about gun laws affecting his state. affecting his state.

a historian for colonial williamsburg, steeped in first lady's history. welcome to the conversation. let us talk about the election. anybody who thinks there is hard knuckle politics today, look at the election of 1884 that brought grover cleveland into the white house. pretty rough stuff going on. what would you like? >> politics in the 1880's is brutal. we think about earlier elections where they are taking swings at each other like jefferson and adams. they be in the 1800 election. politics in the 1880's, you are he talks about newspapers, it is personal, it is visceral and because of the way political parties have developed, they are able to take these swipes at each other that really we would find surprising today. in 1884, all of these things would come out in the 1884 election. two candidates cannot be more different from each other. grover cleveland on the one hand who probably has very little political experience of this sort. he was mayor of buffalo in 1881. elected governor of new york in 1882. two years later, he is the democratic nominee for

this is sort of the beating heart of williamsburg even in the 1830s. and so all of the political activities, the social activity, they're really living at the center of it in this fantastic 18th century house that they were living in as john tyler is resurrecting his political career. after they move here when she is sort of running this household and running the entire tyler family she's going to be operating out of the house the business that is the tyler family running their various planttations all over the place. it's right here that she suffered a stroke in 1839 that partly paralyzed her although she was still able to retain control of the family accounts, of all the family business while john tyler was actually getting back involved in politics. it's right here in this phase that john tyler learned that he was elected as vice president to william henry harrison and it's also here in the spring of 18 41 where he was informed that he became tenth president of the united states. and here so she learned that she became the first lady of the united s

we will visit colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge, and philadelphia. become part of the conversation with your calls, tweets, and facebook host. life monday at 9:00 p.m. >> now new york chamber of commerce president thomas donohue. he talked about the federal budget, the economy, and immigration. his remarks are about an hour. >> it is my honor to introduce tom donohue, resident of the us chamber of commerce. [applause]it was in 1997 that tom donohue became president and ceo of the us chamber, and over the past 15 years, he has built it into an unparalleled lyrical powerhouse. he has more than quadrupled the budget and added hundreds of thousands of new members. airing his tenure, lobbyist, policy experts, and communicators help secure victories on the hill and in the court of public opinion and before governments around the world. one of his great abilities has been a knack to identify key issues well ahead of the curve. in an erroa of economic challenges, he has introduced growth, including rebuilding america's infrastructure, protecting intellectual

we haven't done appropriations bills with the sequester laws that were agreed at williamsburg to be offered. my own view that was being discussed at the budget conference, some of the things i unbalanced,s being unfair, irresponsible, and , and unless we have a balanced agreement, which in my view, should replace the a leader, because of indicates, it's not -- as the leader indicates, is not the right did -- rational way to go. not the way to go and ought to be replaced. i am hoping any agreement will sequester.lace the i am hopeful that we would get a little deal, not nibbling around the edges so what occurs as we do this every six and we never get to a stability that the majority leader believes and i believe would give confidence to our economy, to the business community and to our people if we got a beginning. deal, but unfortunately that does not seem to be, at least at this point in time, in the discussion. i'm hopeful that the

we will visit some of the places that influenced her life, including colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge, and philadelphia. be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts. monday night at 9:00 eastern. >> i think it is accurate they do not play by the rules. i think they bend the rules to fit their circumstance. think westerners tend to be a lot more legalistic, we want things on a contract. we think that is the be all and end all. the chinese will sign any contract or agree to any trade agreement and then they will try to figure out a way to interpret it to go out and get its requirements. it is just a relentless drive to try to get ahead. they see some of the coup scriptures that we put on them in terms of trade, in terms of these agreements. they see that as we are trying to hold chinatown. we basically operate in a role -- in a world without rules and now that we have gotten to the top we try to hamstring them are tied them up in a knot of rules and regulations the whole china down. >> former pop -- former washingto

we will visit colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge, and philadelphia. and be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, a tweet, and facebook posts, live tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c- span radio, and c-span.org. >> president obama met with u.s. governors earlier today at the white house. he called on congressional republicans to compromise to avoid across-the-board sequester cut scheduled to go no effect on friday. this is 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. i tell you what, i did not know jack was as good as he is. until i heard that rym last night. jack, if you had done that -- jack, if you had done that, i would be introducing you hear. thank you but all, very, very much. you are all much more disciplined than the place that i lived for 36 years up on the hill. you run ahead of schedule. the president is with me. thank you for being here. we have a lot to work on, from fixing a broken immigration system to rebuilding our nation's infrastructure to this new word everyone in america is learning abou

i presented it to all the house republicans at the retreat in williamsburg. let me say one thing i think is important -- because i heard a couple of questions for charles previously that i think was the wrong question to be asking. the three most poisonous words for this movement right now are, see can win. or the reverse, he can't win. it is sucking the lifeblood out of us. it presupposes what voters are going to do, two months, two years from now. who are we going to nominate in 2015? who cares? i do not want to name names, i want a job description. voters do not ask who can win, they asked who can lead. we have been told, bob dole can win, then he did not. but romney, he can win. how many times did you hear that? if you say it long enough, it must be true. i submit to you that george w. bush, who won two terms as a republican president, he was also told the same thing for 2.5 years. you can win. i would ask people politely, in 1997, who do you like in 2000? george w. bush, that is terrific. why? he can win. why do you think you can win? he is high in the p

will visit some of the places that influenced her life, including colonial was -- colonial williamsburg, valley forge, and philadelphia. the part of the conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts, live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> think it is pretty accurate that they do not play by the rules in most cases. i think they bend the rules to fit their circumstance. i think americans and westerners tend to be more legalistic. we want things on a contract. once we see things written down, that is the be all, and all, whereas the chinese will sign any contract or agree to any trade agreement, and the minute the ink is dry, they will figure out a way to interpret it to get around requirements. >> where does that come from? >> it is a relentless drive to try to get ahead. it has built the place over the last 30 years. the want to get better, to improve. they see some of the constraint -- some of the constructions we have put on them as trade. they see that as we are holding chinatown. we basically operate in a role -- in a world without rules. now that we have g

we will visit some of the places that influence your life, including wins perked -- williamsburg. the part of the conversation with your calls and tweeds and facebook posts. >> u.s. chamber of commerce ceo tom donahue on the economy and deficit reduction. he talked about immigration reform and the role of the private sector in promoting economic growth. the manhattan institute is the host of this hour-long program. >> president of the manhattan institute, it is my honor to introduce tom donohue, president of the u.s. chamber of commerce. [applause] it was in 1997 that tom donohue became president and ceo of the u.s. chamber, and he has built the chamber into an unparalleled lobbying and political powerhouse. has quadrupled the chambers' budget and added hundreds of thousands of new members during his tenure, policy experts and legal advocates have helped influence regulatory agencies and politics and in the court of public opinion and governments around the world. one of his credibility is is the neck to identify key issues will ahead of the curve. he has aggressively against amer

we will visit some places that influenced her life, colonial williamsburg, mount vernon, valley forge and philadelphia. be part of the conversation about martha washington with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook post live monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> the british house of commons was in recess last week so prime minister's questions will not be seen tonight. the japanese prime minister met friday with hobo at the white house. later that day -- president obama at the white house. later that day, he discussed his economic plan which has been called abenomics. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for coming. i am delighted to have you here. i am the president of css. i have to share with with you, this is a little story. the more important you are in washington, the worse you are treated when you come to a building. there were six elevators, you could take any one you wanted. you have to come on the trash elevator. we make you come down to reserve room. that is what it means when you are important. it is called security. we are de

and what was interesting about that piece of clothing was when we had it conserved by the people of williamsburg virginia. they found that the tiny but tons on the front of the dress were filled with dried peas. so that's what her dress maker did for her with french fashion also as she grew older and her hair became very very thin, she did have some real human hair curls sewed into her turbins and put that on in the morning with her curls showing and she looked younger she thought. the way the greensboro historical museum came into possession of these wonderful items including beautiful silk shoes and carved ivory calling cases is they received it from some folks who brought a trunk at auction that was sort of a hidden treasure. and i want to know what these ladies know about the finding of that trunk that was hidden behind a wall. and i want to say it was in philadelphia. but i want to know how the person that had that hidden behind the wall got those very important things and had them? >> thanks so much for the details. >> i'll answer quickly because i want to say this is happening in the 1950

this is the beating heart of williamsburg even in the 1830's. all the social activity, they are really living at the center of it in this fantastic 18th- century house. after they moved here, when letitia is running the going to behe is operating out of a house. she is running their various plantations all over the place. 1839.ffered a stroke and she is still able to retain control of the family at counts, of all the family business while john tyler was getting back involved. he went to was elected as vice president. it is here in the spring of 1841 when he was informed that he became 10 president of the united states. letitia tyler learned that she became the first lady of the united states. over,when her term was juliett tyler and the president retired to the plantation a long be james river. atte john tyler was born greenway. he purchased this house at the end of his presidential term. he came down here once before he was able to retire. he brought with him julia gardiner. she said the hand of god in nature have been counted to my sharewood f

the history of williamsburg, which is right up the river, and jamestown, it is really the founding location of our country is right here in virginia beach and this immediate area. if you are history buff, it's a fascinating place to be and a fascinating place to explore. the population of virginia beach is 450,000. we have crossed that this past year. tourism,industries are military, agriculture. most of the growth in this whole region has been through the department of defense, the military, defense contractors, shipbuilding, hundreds of years of history here building ships. we're the only place in the world that builds nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines and those kinds of vessels. the full range of maritime business. the report. hampton roads is probably the largest physical port. -- on the east coast of the u.s. the challenge is running a city like virginia beach are probably not a lot different than most every city in the country right now. that's all all changing relationships of federalism, the relationship between the state and federal government changing dramaticallymaking it

articleferring to this that in january, the house toublicans met, retreated williamsburg, virginia, and came up with a strategy. the first element of that strategy was a kind of legislative strike. all decided to boycott direct negotiations with president obama. subsequently extended that boycott to negotiations with the democratic senate, which only goes to prove why despite having passed a budget six months ago, each of the eight team times that senator murray has asked to go to a conference, which is a meeting of the house of representatives and the senate to work out their differences, there has been objections. when i read this article saying the house republicans decided to boycott all direct negotiations with president obama and with thethat boycott democratic senate, we are seeing the consequences of that strategy. today. this kind of refusal to even enter negotiations is highly unusual. the way to make sense of it is republicans have plan since january to force obama to exceed two large chunks of the republican agenda without republicans having to offer any policy concessions o

we will visit some of the places that influenced her life, including colonial williamsburg -- colonial williamsburg, philadelphia, and be part of a conversation with your phone calls, tweets, and facebook posts. live at monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> a group of african-american activists argued against stricter gun laws. we will hear from a father whose son was killed in a gang shooting, a former football player, and the former head of the national black chamber of commerce. >> good morning everyone. welcome members of the media. our distinguished guests and panelists here assembled this morning. in support of the second amendment. today, this morning, we have our speakers lined up and are going to be commenting on this important issue as it relates to their communities, as relates to our country, as relates to the policies and procedures in our nation. this morning, i'm going to speak for our chairman of the board for the center for urban renewal and education, kent blackwell who couldn't be here and i'll read his statement for you now, with a little help of technology. th

[laughter] so you do what i think the house members in their retreat in williamsburg very cleverly did. you pick your fights and you don't try to govern from one house. you get very small advances. i recommended last week, that in return for a temporary debt ceiling for three months, the the return to the senate and produce a budget. they adopted the idea and they have already succeeded. the senate will now produce a budget, which will allow the fight to be a fair fight between democrats and republicans on spending because the other side will finally have to show its cards. this is a fairly elementary step. that is how i think they ought to proceed. second, they have to understand that obama will try to use administrative actions because the house will block actions by legislation, which is why i am extremely encouraged by the ruling you may remain i've heard by the first circuit today, throwing out the nlrb appointment. [applause] i have been quite shocked by the of lawlessness of the administration by legislating around congress in a way that i think is clearly unconstitutional. for

fbi director robert mueller traveled to williamsburg, virginia in mid-may to deliver this years commencement address at the college of william and mary. former defense secretary robert gates is the chancellor of william and mary and introduced the fbi erector. he has been director for 12 years and will step down from that position in september. this is about 25 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, president. i have to say here at the outset that there are two disadvantages to being chancellor of the college. one is that i get to march in behind a senate -- seven foot tall rector. the other is the regalia. [laughter] as a i have described unique blending of academic medieval tradition and lady gaga. [laughter] [applause] as someone who has served as university president, i know very well the stresses and the man's of the position. the position. take it from me that we are fortunate that taylor took the jobs five years ago under difficult circumstances and then agreed to reenlist last year. [applause] to the class of 2013, having passed the last exam, turned in the last paper, and paid the last p

and what was interesting about that piece of clothing was when we had it conserved by the people of williamsburg irginia. they found that the tiny but tons on the front of the dress were filled with dried eas. so that's what her dress maker did for her with french fashion also as she grew older and her hair became very very thin, she did have some real human hair curls sewed into her turbins and put that on in the morning with her curls showing and she looked younger she thought. the way the greensboro historical museum came into possession of these wonderful items including beautiful silk shoes and carved ivory calling cases is they received it from some folks who brought a trunk at auction that was sort of a hidden treasure. and i want to know what these ladies know about the finding of that trunk that was hidden behind a wall. and i want to say it was in philadelphia. but i want to know how the person that had that hidden behind the wall got those very important things and had hem? >> i'll answer quickly because i want to say this is happening in the 1950's and 1960's so not that long ago. th