at martin luther king's national historic site in atlanta, at brown versus board of education, at tuskegee national historic site, at selmao birmingham, at harriet tubman and the underground railroad, all of us will be, in spirit and in strength, as we go forward. we are grateful to our many partners who have made this weekend possible, including the commonwealth of virginia, american revolution 2019, the city of hampton, the grassroots organization project 1619, and hampton roads community. the fort monroe authority and the united states armed forces who are supporting this event. i would like all representatives of the national park service who are here to please stand briefly. and then i would like superintendent jerry brown to remain standing. jerry, this is a hallmark day for the national park service. this is what our mission is about and you, as the superintendent for the fort monroe national monument, have brought us to this day and i commend you for your efforts and leadership to bring us where we are today. i salute you, superintendent brown. he represents the best of the national park service and governor, i wo