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>> if everyone would grab their seats. good morning. my name is jonathan white. i'm an assistant professor at american studies and a fellow at christopher newport university. it is a measure to welcome you to the mariners museum at newport news. i know many of you have come a long way to be here today at this wonderful event at this incredible museum. for our friends watching us on c-span, i'd like to say that if you have never been to newport news, i strongly recommend if for no other reason than to see this incredible museum, the mariners' museum. i would like to thank our sponsors...

this is just under an hour. good morning. my name is jonathan white. i'm an assistant professor at christopher newport university. it is a measure to welcome you to the mariners museum at newport news. >> if you have never been to newport news, i strongly recommend if for no other reason than to see this incredible museum, the mariners' museum. i would like to thank our sponsors and partners, without whom this conference would not be possible and the weekends events. our sponsors are bank of america, the virginia foundation for the humanities and southern structural steel. our part...