Good evening, everyone. This is where you say good evening back. That is good. I want to thank you for joining us this evening. I am the president of George Washington mount vernon. It is my pleasure to welcome you for this installment, we are honored to have flora fraser with us this evening, she will discuss her book the washingtons, george and martha joined by french yet, crowned by love. Is a fullscale portraits of the marriage of the father and mother of our country and of the struggle for independence that he lead. Already the book has been hailed as a major work on American History, an important contribution to understanding the julies, complexitie , comp, intricacies of the union, this bill is the anniversary of the lecture series. [applause] how about that . [applause] established in 2006, the eighteenth region of the mount vernon ladies association. Gay and her husband stanley are with us, many of you know gay well but i would like you to ask you to stand and be recognized. [
Historian Lady Antonia Fraser has called on the King to do something which the late Queen would never countenance - sanction DNA testing of the bones in Westminster Abbey
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