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To begin our program, please welcome the honorable donnie artech, mayor of the city of hampton. [applause] please take your seats. Good morning and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. It is my honor to welcome Governor Ralph Northam and first lady pamela northam, Lieutenant Governor justin fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine. U. S. Representative bobby scott and representative elaine luria of virginia. Representative karen bass of california, and representative william clay of missouri, speaker of t...

Rooted in the simultaneous pursuit of liberty and enslavement. Because just a few weeks after that first General Assembly in 1619, ship over arrived carrying stolen African People taken from angola. Here, they were sold and sold again. The first enslaved African People who were not granted the same freedoms that would be given to white landowning columnists they joined the thousands of virginias first people, the members of the Virginian Indian tribes who would also wait centuries to have the same freedoms. Hold so today as we hold these commemorations of the First Representative Assembly in t...

Pursuit of both liberty and enslavement. Because just a few weeks after that first General Assembly in 1619, a ship arrived carrying stolen African People taken from angola. Here, they were sold and sold again. The first enslaved African People who were not granted the same freedoms that would be given to white land owning colonists. And here those enslaved africans joined the thousands of virginias first people, the members of the Virginian Indian tribes who would also wait centuries to have the same freedoms. So today as we hold these commemorations of the First Representative Assembly in th...

Get lost on he spent. You ando welcome all of let you know how much we appreciate you being here tonight. Knowing that the Democratic Party has done a little counter programming. [laughter] plusve another 15 months to get our fill of 2020 president ial campaigning. Will take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988. A president , who seemed the longer he lived, the more loved and appreciated became. I was struck like many others i think by this national outpouring of respect in the days leading up to and through the funeral of George Herbert walker bush. The funeral of his wife barba...

Tonight, please use the microphones that we will place, one there and one to the side. That is so your question doesnt get lost on cspan. I want to welcome all of you and let you know how much we appreciate you being here tonight. Especially knowing that the Democratic Party has done a little counter programming. [laughter] we have another 15 months plus to get our fill of 2020 president ial campaigning. Here we will take a few moments to remember a man who won it in 1988. A president , who seemed the longer he lived, the more loved and appreciated became. I was struck like many others i think...