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[indistinct shouting] [bells clanging] good morning. Good morning. I am kirk cox, speaker of the Virginia House of delegates. Im delighted to welcome everyone here at jamestown settlement in the recreated church in james fort. And, those viewing these proceedings online or watching from beyond to the 400 anniversary today of the first and oldest continuous representative legislation body in the western hemisphere. As our forefathers did on this very day 400 years ago, we assemble here at the birthplace of american democracy, jamestown. Freedom in the form of Representative Democracy began here...

[background sounds] good evening ladies and gentlemen. My name is jasmine. It is an honor for me to what commute to our if it this evening. In celebration of constitution day, thank you for joining us for a debate on did american have a christian pounding. It is my pleasure to introduce the moderator for this evening his debate. Is the 24th Brandeis School of law at the university of law. Prior to coming to brandeis, Dean Crawford served as a professor of environmental law at the University Law school in new orleans louisiana. He was a tender member of the faculty at Georgia State University C...

One. First, madam president of the National Conference of state legislators representing illinois 47th district, senator torri hutchinson. [applause] former United States senator and former governor of the commonwealth of virginia, george allen. [applause] governor of South Carolina, jim hodges. [applause] former majority of the u. S. House of representatives, eric cantor. [applause] finally, a former advisor and deputy chief of staff to the white house to george w. Bush. [applause] thatnt it always seem the moment we are living in is the most chaotic, the most dysfunctional that we have ever ...

Well people he could if he wanted to or theres something going on between text and images albeit being a revolutionary jacobin symbol as well of this being that interpretation which is which. Are open to interpretation and certainly theyve been radical sentiments and there are radical present radical symbolism in sentiments in place and were going to be talking later in the program about a friend of. The Great British war hero. Hes a radical William Blake put at the same term theres a painting of nelson here a picture of nelson here showing less sympathy for radicalism argument really key exhi...

Kind of key exhibits. For the exhibition dealing with blakes one man show 1819 the key exhibits weve got here are allegorical paintings of admiral nelson and the Prime Minister pitt and theyre both shown as figures guiding biblical monsters and bring chaos on the and destruction to the world thats very true we know that blake was not a tory we know from voting records that he voted for the wake of the big opposition and 74 when he had the chance and he wasnt a fan of war he was a great pacifist and his opponent of war so these pictures are very intriguing quite complex and they seem to celebra...