i'm so thrilled to be back here in fredericksburg, which i'm just going to kick off and say fredericksburg. you might be surprised to know had quite its own little dabbling in prohibition. and i found a couple really fun articles about fredericksburg contributions to probit in that i think i'll start the evening off with one is titled peddlers liquor and playing a flying bootlegger finds ready customers around fredericksburg. this from the washington post of fredericksburg. oh, sorry. this is from the the washington post. january 26, 1920. and it is dateline fredericksburg, virginia. a bootlegger and flying machine landed on fall hill on the courthouse road in spotsylvania county a few days ago, carrying a number of gallons of moonshine, liquor. it is said that the aviator ready customers for contraband and a short while after he made his getaway in the skies moonshine seen by airplane is the latest mode of delivery in the forbidden liquid to the thirsty of the vicinity. so fredericksburg definitely pioneering the airplane liquor business and also a little bit of scandalous activity on col

she fled fredericksburg for washington, d.c., where she declared publicly that she was going to fileor divorce over his inability to quit the morphine. in a rare letter describing opiate addiction. from her perspective, from the perspective of addictive veteran's wife fanny wrote that john quote will beg and implore not to do this. but i must. i for i can bear neither for myself or our children. this life any longer. and so ultimately, the family the goodrich family stepped in to talk. fanny down from the ledge, but that raised the question what to do with with john goldrick, this addicted civil war veterans, families that had the means financially typically opted for what was called home care. again, because they're trying keep this addiction secret. and so for months, the war took john out into the countryside of fredericksburg to his brother's farmhouse, and literally locked him in a room in the dark to force him to detox turkey. and they hired nurses and even armed guards to keep him there. and keep others from, you know, following the sounds to to hear what was going on in the h

and our returning champion, a health care i.t. analyst from fredericksburg, virginia... ...whose 1-dayw here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome to "jeopardy!" for the second time in as many games, we have a new returning champion-- in matt brooks, who came up with the correct response in final yesterday and pulled off a come-from-behind win. today, matt's joined by new challengers chris and kelly. good luck to all three of you. here are the categories in play for you three in the jeopardy! round. first off, we are... then we have... some... followed by... and finally... - matt, start us off. - landmark for $800. answer there is a daily double. [applause] you can see the scores, matt. we have a 3-way tie at the moment.

the veterans from fredericksburg virginia at the phoenix, arizona whose razors can keep up with 30 percent40% increases in gas. the retirees from roanoke, virginia torino, nevada whose fixed income has been crushed by the silent feat of inflation unleashed by joe biden and kamala harris. tonight, america, the land of opportunity, just doesn't feel like that anymore. but eight years ago, eight years ago, there was an outsider. a businessman, who stepped out of his career to rebuild a great nation with the strongest economy, the mightiest military, energy independence, unlimited opportunity lifting up every american. that outsider businessman was donald j. trump, and he will do it again! [cheering and applause] i'm proud to be a homegrown virginian from a family, like a lot of families, with ups and downs and highs and lows. my mom was a nurse. and she was my hero. she pulled our family together after my dad lost his job at 15, washing dishes and flipping eggs, i learned that there is dignity in wo work. at the height of the pandemic four years ago, i asked my amazing wife, suzanne, go on a

a health care i.t. analyst from fredericksburg, virginia...york, new york... ...whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings. [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome to "jeopardy!" on friday, our 6-foot-6-inch-tall 7-game champion, drew basile, was defeated by our new champ, cat pisacano. cat, you are truly a giant killer. [laughs] and she's back today to defend against matt and zoe. best of luck to all three of you. let's take a look at what your categories are going to be in the jeopardy! round. first up, we have some very... then it's... we have... then... and... cat, you start the game. uh, let's do rhyme time for $200. cat. what is a...lean queen?

in the aftermath of 1862 winter battles at fredericksburg virginia and stones river, tennessee in preparation for the spring summer 1863 campaign season led to increased resistance. when this people's war of resistance erupted statewide in the spring of 63, it led to military countermeasures and increased restriction of liberties within the state as well. the confederacy could ill afford the loss of any troops to a home conflict, especially as confederate armies tried to rebuild from devastating losses. later that and summer at gettysburg and, chattanooga in the summer and fall 1863, the losses grew. the aftermath of these saw high rates of desertion in north carolina regiments and in effect the conscription effort and communities resisted evolved into a purely orchestra aided counter irregular war designed to reestablish complete command and control at the local level. the confederates found that they did not have the same level of control that they had had in 1861. now, by early 1865, confederates no longer could operate effective local governments in a large section of north carolina, whil

and we talked with gary richard, an english professor at the university of mary washington in fredericksburgginia. here's a little of what he had to say about the life of zora neale hurston. >> she, at least from the academic perspective, will continue to be taught in the foreseeable future. because of that energy, because of documenting a certain type of black voice and she has a dialogue often so in contrasting ways with her fellow writers is a person who teaches southern literature and u.s. literature, african-american literature to put hurston and write in dialogue, to have students way out when is it advantageous to be overly political, when is it to not be over political? how does one draw attention to racial injustice,ender injustice and other things like that, how does one do it and what are the trade-offs, those are issues that i think we face in a range of ways in 2023 just as they are doing that back in the 30s. so i think that they remain pertinent and timely and she's just an amazing writer. >> host: now we want to have joined the program carla kaplan with northeastern universit

fredericksburg, virginia, five freight train cars carrying dangerous substances came off the tracks nextur of them per day on average and continues, while instead of supporting its own economy, america harms other people's economies, the washington post today published an interesting article, which, well , in general it is called that... the presidents of the united states have unleashed an economic war around the world, it turns out that the last four presidents have placed a third of the globe, a third of the countries of the globe under sanctions, the population could be much larger, especially considering the fact that they are now threatening to sanction india for supporting trade and economic relations with russia, well... essentially a unipolar unfair world, this system is bursting at the seams and the whole question is which of the american politicians will be the first to realize the impossibility of maintaining the dominant position in politics that the united states of america has always had , well, now some experts are addressing this logic a little too boldly, in my opinion.

the veterans from fredericksburg, regina to phoenix, arizona, whose raises cannot keep up with increases has been crushed by the silent thief of inflation unleashed by joe biden and kamala harris. tonight, america, the land of opportunity, just doesn't feel like that anymore. but eight years ago there was an outsider, a businessman who stepped out of his career to rebuild a great nation, with the strongest economy, the mightiest military, energy independence, unlimited opportunity, lifting up every american. that outsider businessman was donald j. trump, and he will do it again! [applause] i am proud to be a homegrown virginian from a family like a lot of families, with ups and downs and highs and lows. my mom was a nurse and she was my hero. she pulled our family together after my dad lost his job at 15 washing the issues and flipping eggs. i learned that there is dignity in work. at the height of the pandemic four years ago, i asked my amazing wife suzanne to go on a walk with me i told her i planned quit my job and run for governor. she looked at me with tears in her eyes and a quiver

the veterans from fredericksburg, virginia to phoenix arizona, whose raises can't keep up with 30% increases in grocery prices and 40% increases in gas they're retirees from roanoke, virginia to reno, nevada, whose fixed income as been crushed by the silent beef of inflation unleashed by joe biden and camila harris tonight, america, the land of opportunity just doesn't feel like that anymore. but eight years ago, eight years ago, there was an outsider businessman who stepped out of his career to rebuild a great nation with the strongest economy the mightiest military energy independence unlimited opportunity lifting up every american that outsider businessman was donald j. trump and he will do it again i'm proud to be a homegrown virginia from a family like a lot of families with ups and downs and highs and lows my mom was a nurse and she was my hero. she pulled our family together after my dad lost his job at 15, washing dishes and flipping eggs. i learned that there is dignity in work at the height of the pandemic four years ago i asked my amazing wife, suzanne to go on a walk with me i to

host: and last call is tonya, fredericksburg, virginia, independent. caller: good morning.er pro tempore: good morning, tonya. caller: thank you so much for taking my call. i am just appalled listening to many man. i watch thesis people, i watched that event all day long, these people are guilty of going to the capitol and trying to kill our vice president. they put a noose up on the capitol grounds. they wanted to hang the vice president. they wanted to hurt nancy pelosi. i mean, the republican party, this is not the republican party that we have known in our lifetime. this is a trump republican party, and trump brought this issue on himself, because the republican party has tried to block all efforts to stop the gun violence in this country. a thousand people were almost killed. a thousand people were hurt and killed in las vegas, nothing was done. children in connecticut were murdered, nothing was done. children were murdered in texas, nothing was done. i am going to vote for joe biden. i would never vote for donald trump, a man who also has a -- and that's all i have to

the veterans from fredericksburg, regina to phoenix, arizona, whose raises cannot keep up with increases in grocery prices and gas. the retirees from roanoke virginia to reno, nevada, whose fixed income has been crushed by the silent thief of inflation unleashed by joe biden and kamala harris. tonight, america, the land of opportunity, just doesn't feel like that anymore. but eight years ago there was an outsider, a businessman who stepped out of his career to rebuild a great nation, with the strongest economy, the mightiest military, energy independence, unlimited opportunity, lifting up every american. that outsider businessman was donald j. trump, and he will do it again! [applause] i am proud to be a homegrown virginian from a family like a lot of families, with ups and downs and highs and lows. my mom was a nurse and she was my hero. she pulled our family together after my dad lost his job at 15 washing the issues and flipping eggs. i learned that there is dignity in work. at the height of the pandemic four years ago, i asked my amazing wife suzanne to go on a walk with me i told he