another story that britannia recalled or another information that britannia recalled to her grandchildren was her role as a "bridesmaid" in the june 30, 1831 wedding to a young army officer named robert e lee. she talked how the minister got caught in a summer rainstorm and arrived at arlington house soaking wet. he ended up having to borrow a pair of trousers, the reverend was tall and lanky and uncle custis was short and stout. this gave the minister a comical appearance in the trousers whose hem was a couple inches above his boots. another fascinating person who whom britannia interacted was elizabeth schuyler hamilton. more tumultuous memories are also described in her recollections like her decision to take on union officers as boarders during the civil war in an effort to prevent tudor place to be seized by the federal government. another instance she recalled was the hanging of her cousin and nephew after they were captured and accused of being confederate spies in tennessee in 1863. this image of their execution actually made the front page of harper's weekly on july 4 of 1863. in

now an auction is taking place celebrating seventy years of so—called cool britannia.isplay and soon to be on sale. part of a major auction highlighting what a cultural powerhouse the uk was and still is. the sale, overall, is a celebration of british creativity from 1950 until now and the idea is we are celebrating all aspects of creativity, so notjust the fine arts, but photography, fashion, entertainment memorabilia and also prints and multiples. some of those prints are by the notorious street artist banksy and include this one, girl with balloon, expected to sell up to anything up to £150,000. hopefully it won't share the same fate as the original which was famously shredded moments after selling at auction in 2018. and you will hardly have a display celebrating cool britannia without celebrating the coolest of it girls. this fantastic piece titled kate moss, she is light, pure, has been donated to the sale by chris levine and the supermodel kate moss, very generously, and the estimate on the work is between 20 and £30,000 and all proceeds from the sale will go to

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aboard a boat called britannia, ben ainslie had hoped to rule the waves in auckland.e first—to—seven prada cup, the british group lost the first race meaning they could not afford any more slip ups. the boats cost tens of millions of dollars, designed by f1 engineers. for all that, the problem for ineos, it wasn't windy enough. luna rossa had the advantage. it kept growing and growing. beaten 7—1, this was never close. no british crew has ever won the america's cup. ainslie isn't going to stop trying. that's a huge motivator for the team and myself included. we set out to achieve a target. we will keep going until we get there. despite comments accusing the italians of machiavellian behaviour for refusing to push back racing due to a local lockdown, there was mutual respect on show. 21 years after losing their first america's cup, luna rossa will face new zealand next month, hoping the tides and winds have turned in their favour. now before we go a reminder that the welsh open snooker final is reaching its climax at celtic manor. ronnie o'sullivan is aiming to win the

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britannia was the great-granddaughter of martha washington. throughout her life was connected to the important people and events of 19th century washington dc in two hours, stanford professor -- talks about civil rights leader martin luther king jr.'s upbringing and chronicles his early career. >> i look forward to sharing this with all of you tonight. this is an exciting topic. my name is dr. caroline newhall, postdoctoral fellow at the center for civil war studies along with the director paul quigley and i would like to introduce, without further ado, our speaker for tonight. dr. adam zombie. he is an award-winning historian on the civil war, reconstruction and the american south. he is also research director at the college of charles

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