the painting is being exhibited under stringent security measures, particularly temperature-controlled case. nearly 10,000 people filed by mona lisa the first day, making her by far the most popular hostess in washington. everybody wants to meet the new girl in town. next, stephen hood discusses his book on the military career, personal life, and legacy of general john bell hood. the author is a distant relative of the general. he analyzes his actions at divingauga and antietam, into records recently released by hood descendents. he said many controversial acts are clarified or redeemed through examination of the documents. atlantant is from the cyclorama museum. it is about an hour and ordered five minutes. 45 minutes. for coming. i was in atlanta in january. i am going to be able to vote down here if i keep showing up. in west virginia you could, probably. to mention a couple of people that are here. my beloved cousin, barbara hopkins, and her husband, mark, are here.
minutes. thank you all for coming. will beny mentioned, i able to vote down here if i keep showing up. [laughter] in west virginia, you could. mention a couple people who were here. my beloved cousin, barbara hopkins, and her husband mark are here. they are from huntington and moved to atlanta about 10 years ago. and general hood s great-granddaughter, mary hood perlman, and her husband skip from asheville, north carolina are here. i will embarrass her and make her raise her hand. [applause] her grandfather was oswald could hoodod, one of the 11 children who we will talk about later. as anthony mentioned, i wrote a was on hood, and it originally to be titled history vs. john bell hood.: what i did, and i will be talking about this in a few minutes, i was a little bit distressed at a lot of things that have been written about hood, especially around the 1970 s on. i decided to write a book that would really expose a lot of the myth and legends about him that you read about,
For nearly half a century, he led the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Regimental Band, a mainstay of celebrations including the presidential inaugural parade.
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