Welcome to all of you. The asking is who are so generous to make this program partial. Marcia, barney and lee, welcome to all of you. Thank you for being here and welcome to all our young visitors from Washington Area schools. So nice to have you here. And welcome of course to the cspan audience that will be watching this in the future. Who among you has never been in this library . Ok, quite a few of you. Well in the event you have not been in this building before, welcome to the Worlds Largest live every. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed as it carried out duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was housed in the u. S. Capitol which sits across the street from here. I hope he sought when you arrive
His time in wyoming. The library of congress is the host of this event. Welcome to the eskin family. To all of you, the eskins who are so generous to make this program possible. Marsha, barney, and lee. Welcome to all of you. Thank you for being here. And welcome to all our young visitors from Washington Area schools. So nice to have you here. And welcome, of course, to the cspan audience that is will be watching this in the future. Who among you has never been in this library . Okay. Quite a few of you. Well, in the event you havent been in this building before, welcome to the Worlds Largest library. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed as it carried out its duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was
Who among you has never been in this library . Ok. Quite a few. In the event you have not been in this building before, welcome to the World Largest library. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. Your very own library of congress. It was founded in 1800s, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information it needed is a carried out its duties representing all of us. Tially, the library in 1813, the british army invaded washington in the Capital Building caught fire. It was engulfed in flames. All of the libraries books were burned to ashes. Thomas jefferson, who owned the largest collection of books in the country at the time, almost 7000 volumes in his house, offered to sell his books to the u. S. Government to refill the library. Congress trump. That chance, and now you can see jeffersons own books, original volumes, sitting at the very heart of this buildi
To the Worlds Largest live every. The greatest and most extensive Cultural Institution on the planet. The nations very own, your very own library of congress. Founded in 1800, not long after the founding of this country. It was conceived as a place that would furnish congress and the American Government with the information and need as it carried out duties of representing all of us. Initially the library was housed in the u. S. Capitol which sits across the street from here. In 1813, the british army invaded washington and the Capital Building caught fire. It was engulfed in the flames. All the libraries books were burned to ashes. Thomas jefferson who owned the largest collection of books in the country at the ate, 7000 volumes sitting his house, offered to sell the books to refill the library shelves. Congress jumped at the chance and now you can see jeffersons own book, those original volumes, sitting at the heart of this building. Since the arrival of those books , 6487 of them, t
Al the same area of low pressure some of our nemesis the last several days, lifting northward, still getting snow showers in the mountains. The wind is still howling, 40 Miles Per Hour and with temperatures in the 20s, that is a perfect recipe for schools to be delayed. Winter weather advisory in effect, ashe county, watauga, avery, mitchell, yancey until 7 00. That is a chance it could be extended the snow will likely keep on for a while this morning and of course the winds will be very slow to abate as well. That is king street in boone from resortcams. Com, i have been watching the snow fall. 27 in boone, 37 hickory, salisbury, 36 charlotte, 35 rock hill, 32 lancaster and 36 around wadesboro. For today, outside of the mountains, a pretty day but chilly day, 36 at 8 00, 47 lunch time, getting back to 51 this afternoon, despite almost total sunshine. The problem is we dont warm up very much. Well do that by the weekend and then some. So stick around if you like warmer conditions. Your