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Historic mission. As all of you know we were founded by 1961 by first Lady Jacqueline kennedy who had a vision in such a young age as first lady to create an organization to give nonprofit, nonpartisan support to the work of maintaining the Museum Standard of the white house but also an Education Mission to teach and to tell stories of the white house and history going back to 1792 when George Washington who were talking about today actually selected that piece of land and hired the young irish architect james hogan to build the white house. Well, creating educational materials and content is ...

I want to talk about that. As i tried to communicate last week, the drafting of our institution, the history of its formation is extraordinary to say the least. It is remarkable moment in all of world history. We are here at 233 years later and our constitution is in the news daily, being referred to as we almost speak here tonight, again and again. One particular aspect, but it is alive and well. To think about the fact this came together from a period of midmay until midseptember of 1787 is remarkable. We recall that we said the revolutionary war, and a lot of folks are not clear on the sequ...

Montpelier president s day celebration. We have a tradition of hosting speakers for a special president s day weekend program. And this year, we thought it would be a nice change and important, and also fun to feature our own amazing staff, to feature their research and just the way things were thinking about currently at montpelier. So, it is my pleasure to introduce our first speaker, emily voss. Emily is the director of education at the robert h. Smith center for the constitution, which is where we are gathered today, in claude moore hall, the home of the robert h. Smith center for the cons...

Constitution. I want to just recap that quickly tonight as we start. As i tried to communicate last week, the drafting of our constitution, the history of its formation, is extraordinary to say the least. It is a remarkable moment in all of world history. We are here at 233 years later and our constitution is in the news daily, being referred to as we almost speak here tonight, again and again. In reference to one particular aspect of the constitution, but again, it is alive and well. To think about the fact this came together from a period of midmay until midseptember of 1787 is remarkable. W...

Feature our own amazing staff. To feature the research and just the way the things were thinking about things currently at montpelier. So its my pleasure to introduce our first speaker, emily voss. Emily is the director of education at the robert h. Smith center for the constitution, which is where we are gathered today, in the home of the robert h. Smith center for the constitution. Emily has been at montpelier for six years. And she is responsible for all of the programming of the center, which involves programs for teachers, programs for police officers, programs for International Groups vi...