Tract, which was given to lord fairfax and the borden track south of that. But huge holdings. And then those members of the aristocrats that owned those lands were to settle it within a certain number of people within a certain number of years. So there was a lot of finangling of land and difficulties in people acquiring title. But meeting with the surveyor and finding a vacant piece of land and coming back with the guide and seeing if that property was available for purchase. And then prices of course varied depending on whether it was good bottom land or upland or whatever. But there were problems many times in acquiring final title. There were overlapping claims an you read about somebody might improve a piece of property and then some years later find it is claimed by somebody else. That was not infrequent. At that time, in the 18th century, north of us, what is Rockingham County and north, would have had a larger number of folks from germany, which this area which is now augusta c
In this case were looking at a couple of objects that relate to the president s use of the house as his office. This is a side chair, called the gothic style, was made in 1845 probably. It was purchased in 1845 anyhow. It wasnt especially made for the white house, it was a style of chair that was made by many cabinetmakers and could be purchased on the general market. What made these interesting was that there were 24 of these black walnut side chairs that were purchased by the white house for use around the president s office table, the cabinet table, on the second floor of the house. There was no west wing until 1902. The president occupied the rooms on the second floor, both for his family and for his offices. So this chair would have seen was purchased under president james k. Polk so it would have been occupied by members of his cabinet during the next can american war and all the activities that went on then. It would have been used throughout the 1850s, was still in use in the 1
Thats a big word. 3d stereo lit graphic prints of soldiers injured in the war in iraq. These 3d casts were done at what was then still Walter Reed Medical Center and if you can imagine taking cat scan data and pushing those through a 3d printer, they provide the surgeon a real world model of that soldiers injuries. These were soldiers injured in the war, survived their injuries, were recovering at walter reed and the surgeons used these models to help plan future injuries. So learn what gone could be recovered or discarded, to plan for the prosthetic that might be used to reshape and protect that soldiers skull and then also found themselves limiting the number of surgeries and decreasing the chances of infection and haste thing the recovery of that Service Member and restoring some measure of the quality of life that they deserved. The last feature in the exhibit on innovations in military medicine focuses on walter reed, major walter reed. Walter reed who is known for his work in the
Yearold Catherine Hoggle and her two young children, 2year old jacob and 3yearold sarah, all three were reported missing late monday. Nikki burdine joins us live from Montgomery County Police Headquarters in gaithersburg with the surprising developments that happened in just the last hour. Reporter just within the last hour, police wrapped up its press conference and left to immediately go file charges against the missing childrens mother, catherine. What those charges are, however, its not yet clear. Police said they will release those this afternoon. In the meantime their main focus is to find these missing children and their mother. So lets get right to the picture of those kids and their mother. We have 2yearold jacob. He is missing as well as 3year old sarah. Jacob is described as biracial. Hes 3 feet tall, 25 pounds with brown eyes and curly blond hair. Sarah is 3 feet 6 inches tall with brown hair, brown eyes. Their mother catherine is 56, 160 pounds with long, black hair. Kathe
Low 70s outside the beltway. Quiet on doppler this morning although i want to point out in the chicago area, for anybody who may have travel plannings today, this is a big hub. I know its not our neck of the woods but a lot of folks go through chi. Our temperatures in the 50s in the mountains. Most areas in the 60s. We have 70 in fredericksburg, 71 washington. This afternoon partly to mostly sunny and comfortably warm with your highs in the low 80s. Andrea and mike, take it away. Heres whats in the news right now. Tonight president obama lays out his plan for taking on isis militants in iraq and syria. Yesterday congressional leaders got a preview of the plan from the president but he told lawmakers he already has the authority he needs to launch a broader military campaign against isis. Secretary of state john kerry is in iraq trying to form an International Coalition to tackle the terrorist group. The World Health Organization says the ebola virus has now killed 2,288 people, nearly