mr. jefferson. w often does he roll over in his grave as he tries to adjudicate between a reverend robertson and a reverend falwell, for example? isn't it funny between virginia and lynchburg, they buried thomas jefferson. [laughter] i think those bones must move quite a bit. but his work endures. his work endures. it has been a triumph in many ways in virginia history. it has been a model for the country as a whole and now it is fascinating to see this thing move in international law. thank you very much. [applause] now, there may be some questions. >> yes, sir. thank you very much. the statute was 1786 and shortly thereafter it was in the constitution. what were some of the sociological and economic factors that drove the nation toward this religious freedom? >> well, the religious freedom, it was not just the nation, i mean it wasn't just virginia. it was those colonies that had already had religious freedom, places like pennsylvania and rhode island. and there were other places where the churches

mr. jefferson, i want to free my slaves. and jefferson writes back, it would not be a good idea. coles gets an idea he needs to leave. he moves to the west. he becomes an early governor of illinois. but frees his slaves as they are crossing the ohio river. there were people that did it. here again, i think that letter of edward cole's is beautiful. he really understands that slaves are human beings and entitled to every right a human being has, every natural right, which in the declaration of independence is pretty well specified. it is funny. i think it was samuel johnson that said the people, in england during the revolution, the people most about liberty are the ones that have a width in the other hand and beat the slaves. something to that. >> last question. >> ok. >> what was your thought process collecting these advice letters? also getting the letters. >> you know, there are a lot of letters that should be in this. in fact, i think this could be several volumes. i think if the first one is perceived to have value, then maybe we will do another one. we have got lots and lot

i do need to really thank the jefferson community i feel so future to be part of if. we have curious students, supportive parents and as mr. pun mentioned a hard working staff it is collaborative a he supportive of everyone and me so i kind of feel this award is a little part of all those aspects of jefferson so again, thank you very much. i'm looking for a great school year thank you. (clapping.) >> so we also have someone else to be honored where the special services award i'm going to ask one of our superintendant in the division to present the award to benjamin. good evening. i'm bret stevens the assistant superintendent and i'm present on behalf of jose who is preparing on behalf of someone the reason ben the receipt was a take care and over the summer he was in a reading position at monroe let me their thrilled to have him and the gentleman caught the first bug of the year so i'm presenting on his behalf so ben lay is not a reading recovery take care this is a rave nomination who's child was in his classroom. ben lay is an exceptionally effective take care evidences by the visible i creativity in the classroom and a

mr. buckley focuses on virginia's groundbreaking statute on religious freedom authored by thomas jefferson and its role in bringing religious freedom to the newly formed united states. mr. buckley also describes how the statue's influence continues to modern-day. the virginia historical society hosted this event.

mr. witt. what are you try doing for the curriculum for ap history in jefferson county?> to be clear, gretchen, there's been no proposal in jeffco to modify the curriculum in ap history. this discussion stemmed from a proposal at the last board meeting to sit a committee that would help us review curriculum. in colorado, the constitution places the responsibility for curriculum on the local school boards. and to look at curriculum and make sure they are reviewing it and the reason ap history came up at all in that discussion is that it is timely. ap u.s. history was very recently completely rewritten, framework substantially changed and it is our responsibility to make certain we are reviewing new curriculum and determining whether or not it is appropriate. >> so i want a lightning round with you of some accusations and changes that things we just heard from student and all over social media right now. so, are you trying to censor the education and history of america. >> absolutely not. there has been no proposal to eliminate slavery or civil rights or any content from a

mr. kevin is out of the country at the moment, this is an 8,000 square foot cvs on the corner of jefferson and it is under construction right now and schedule to be completed in the fall and this is a convenience store only and not a pharmacy here. and one interesting thing about this item the alcohol use itself, the 8,000 square feet is the total retail area, and only 250 feet will be devoted to alcohol and it is a small component of the retail for this location. the license as would mention is being transferred from another location on polk street and not an increase in the district three number of licenses. our out reach consisted of fisherman's wharf and working closely with the merchant's association. and there are no residents nearby and no opposition to that we are aware of and we are in agreement with all of the conditions that have been proposed and happy to answer any questions that you have. >> thank you. >> supervisor mar? has a question? >> i just wanted to ask him, you mentioned that there is no pharmacy at this cvs, how many in the city don't have pharmacies? >> this actuall

mr. chenoweth has also visually recreate what had latrobe's first house would have been like had the architect not acquiesced to jefferson'sdesire for sky lights. it would have been lit by a cupola flooding the chamber with a large mass of central light. jefferson and latrobe were at odds about the choice of the ancient architectural order for the house chamber. members of congress were elected directly by the people, and thus in jefferson's view its chamber was the capitol's most important room deserving of the stateliest of the classical orders. jefferson preferred the corinthian. perhaps his choice was not just their beauty but the fact that the brothers castor and pollux were the sons of zeus, helen of troy their sister. because it was part of rome's foundation, jefferson may well have considered their temple's order an appropriate link to america's founding era which was so steeped in the ideals of roman republicanism. at first latrobe favored roman doric columns for the house chamber, but his next choice was the order of the winds -- order of the tower of the winds located in the roman forum on the athenian acropolis

mr. gonzales how are you feeling today. >> reporter: greg snyder is checking on patients at jefferson university hospital. he is finishing his fourth year of medical school. but it has been a difficult journey. >> greg's medical career could have ended in june of 2013, when he was paralyzed in a hiking accident. we talked to him last fall. >> i remember kind of approaching some large rocks, tying my dog up around a tree putting his leash around a tree and that is kind of where i lost consciousness. i don't remember what happened. >> reporter: after a year of therapy greg is back to his studies. >> i will help you sit forward to listen tour lungs a bit. >> reporter: greg says using a wheelchair comes with some limitations, but. >> it is an advantage for me because makes the patient feel like i'm on their level. i come up to them and we are looking at each other eye to eye. >> reporter: family and friend raised hundred you this dollars for greg's medical expenses true an organization called help hope live, a radnor none in profit that has helped more than 3,000 people with similar needs. executive director

albert galatin of pennsylvania, madison and jefferson's long time secretary of the treasury, wrote the following on the eve of madison's assumption of the presidency, mr. madison is as i always knew him slow in taking his ground, but firm when the storm arises. >> in his first inaugural address, march 1809, madison made sure everyone knew that he considered his election to have come at a critical historical moment. he was the first u.s. president to use the inaugural address for this purpose, the first to move beyond generalities. he was absent of political bromides, absent of platitudes. strong and direct. america faced, he said, global challenges without a parallel in history. he wanted no part of europe's bloody and wasteful wars. and that was jeffersonian language too. but he demanded of the smug power that was great britain one thing, the rights of neutrals. of course we all know what happened before his first term had ended, the u.s. declared war on britain, a war it was ill equipped to fund. also of critical interest to us as we attempt to get a clearer picture of the real madison, and what drove him, was a reference in that first inaugural add

mrs. madison intended to proceed with their plans. capricious stories had spread in invasion predicting an and destruction of the city. the butler, john freeman, was busy arranging the dining room. slave owned by thomas jefferson allowed to take a salary from madison to help buy his freedom. he was assisted by paul jennings, an african-american youth of maybe 15, owned by madison. jennings was the president's valet and especially skilled in the details of setting up a proper dining room. the two preparations, placed wines on the side board and boiled and scrubbed the chamber pots, a convenience for the gentleman after dinner when the ladies have left the room. the lamps and candles stood ready to light. everything in the dining room was about ready. inthe stone vaulted kitchen the basement was jefferson's up withon stove fired meats being prepared. the steward who supervised all of this was a serious man who was terrified of the british and what was going to happen. he referred constantly to his childhood memories of the bloody streets of revolutionary paris where he was raised. mrs. madison, about as nervous as her steward, and her made stood in the room would call the blue room looking with a telescope to th

mrs. madison as president of s. >> developing criticism of madison, wasn't it simply the unfortunate circumstance of seceding thomas +++p[z victors, which is in-fighting. with thomas jeffersonrt of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were on their way out and they were going to let go without a fight and they were still on their way out. instead of holding together and katherine mitchell said, why do they keep fighting, they are just trying to pull and splinter with them. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. [ okay. our next speaker this morning's session will be talking about dolly madison and the british invasion of washington, d.c. in the war of 1812. we have heard some things about dolly madison's role in the war of 1812. now,

it's important to look at jefferson years as not a stand-in first lady but she's building a power base. no wonder when james madison is elected, people are very happy to have mrsmadison at presidentess. i think we can have one more twe to stay on time. >> wasn't it the unfortunate circumstance of succeeding him, more colorful. like truman succeeding fdr. people who liked fdr -- they would say toerr is human. >> james madison suffering compared to tall red headed thomas jefferson. i really think, although i'm certain it's that, in this millieu, i think anybody would have gotten it. the republican party was suffering the disease of the victors, which is in-fighting. with thomas jefferson sort of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were on their way out. they weren't going to let go without a fight but they were still on the way out. instead of holding together, the wife of mitchell from new york said why do they keep fighting. they are trying to pull and splinter with him. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. >>> we're back live at the decatur house as the conference commemorating war of 1812 a

mrs. madison as president of s. >> developing criticism of madison, wasn't it simply the unfortunate circumstance of seceding thomas +++p[z victors, which is in-fighting. with thomas jeffersonrt of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were on their way out and they were going to let go without a fight and they were still on their way out. instead of holding together and katherine mitchell said, why do they keep fighting, they are just trying to pull and splinter with them. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. [ applause ]oubózj-n9$ >> that was wonderful. thank you. it's good to hear the other part of the story. wb farmer visited a spring. he noticed a group of slaves already there. and so the farmer hid behind a tree and he overheard, quote, the negros belonging to the different british admiral two days later, those slaves fled to the warships. now, the argument that i want to make today is that by their enthusiasm for the british as potential liberators, the enslaved people of the chesapeake made it so. flocking to them in unanticipated numbers that would, by early 1814, compelling major rethinking of bri

mrs. madison as president of s. >> developing criticism of madison, wasn't it simply the unfortunate circumstance of seceding thomas +++p[z victors, which is in-fighting. with thomas jeffersonrt of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were on their way out and they were going to let go without a fight and they were still on their way out. instead of holding together and katherine mitchell said, why do they keep fighting, they are just trying to pull and splinter with them. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. [ >> you're watching american history tv. 48 hours programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. forow us on twitter information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. >> you are looking at archival footage released by the kennedy library this summer of president kennedy vacationing in his family home in massachusetts. we are joined on american history tv by lawrence knutson, author of "away from the white house: presidential escapes, retreats, and vacations." you covered the white house and washington for many years. it's a president every really a

mrs. madison as president of s. >> developing criticism of madison, wasn't it simply the unfortunate circumstance of seceding thomas +++p[z victors, which is in-fighting. with thomas jeffersonrt of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were on their way out and they were going to let go without a fight and they were still on their way out. instead of holding together and katherine mitchell said, why do they keep fighting, they are just trying to pull and splinter with them. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. [ >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. returningngress monday, here is a message to congress from one of the student cap competition winners. >> water. it makes up 75% of our bodies. take water away and humanity would perish within a week. water is the most vital substance to a human body and it is because of us humans that nearly 50% of all lakes and estuaries are unsuitable for use due to pollution. in the u.s., we have learned to take water for granted. bottles, bottled water, and flush toilets reinforce the s

and isabel spent august of 1917 at the naval base at port jefferson, long island, isabel's fiance, adolf, was stationed there. we know that a mr lambson was so offended by carrie phillips' pro-german talk that he reported on her in september of 1917 to the justice department. and that report went out to military and naval intelligence. for me the most astonishing documents is the 1917 exchange between the head of military intelligence with then-senator harding. carrie phillips had reportedly called senator harding her friend, so the spotlight was on harding. how well did he know these women, and could he testify to their loyalty? kind of creepy. harding responded with a three-page handwritten letter, isabel is golden. but carrie, she's intelligent, proud, imprudent in the expression of her opinions. and in his words, quote, the very openness of it would seem to establish its innocuous character, end quote. in other words, if she were a spy, why would she talk this way? even though this relationship would seem to have been a dangerous liability for a u.s. senator, he never backed away from her. but now it's time for me to back

jefferson years as not a stand-in first lady but she's building a power base. no wonder when james madison is elected, people of the town say they're very happy to have mrs. madison as presidentess. i think we can have one more question so we can stay on time. does anyone -- yes, sir? >> wasn't it simply the unfortunate circumstance of succeeding thomas jefferson who was certainly more colorful and more authoritative? something like truman succeeding fdr. that people who liked fdr looked at this -- would say to err is truman because he seemed colorless in relation to his predecessor. >> right. so the we is about poor james madison suffering comparison to the tall redheaded thomas jefferson. i really actually think -- i'm sure there's always something that -- in this, it could have been anybody i think who would have gotten it. the republican party was suffering the disease of the victors, which is infighting. with thomas jefferson sort of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were on their way out. they weren't going to let go without a fight but they were still on the way out. instead of holding together, the wife of mitchell from new yo

mrs. madison as presidentess. okay, i think we have one more question so we can stay on time. does anyone, yes, sir. >> wasn't it simply be unfortunate circumstance of succeeding thomas jeffersonwho was certainly more colorful and more authoritative. like truman succeeding fdr. people looked that the, like say truman because he seemed colorless in relation to his predecessor. >> right, so the question is about poor james madison suffering comparison to the thomas jefferson. i really actually think, i'm sure there's always something that. this view could have been anybody who would have gotten it. . republican party was suffering what, suffering the disease of the victors. which is in fight bpg thomas jefferson, sort of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were really on their way out and they were going to let go without a fight, but they were on their way out, and so, instead of holding together and katherine mitchell who is the wife of mitchell from new york said why do they keep fighting? they're just trying to pull in splinter with him because i have to tell you james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. [ appla

albert galatin of pennsylvania, madison and jefferson's long time secretary of the treasury, wrote the following on the eve of madison's assumption of the presidency, mradison is as i always knew him slow in taking his ground, but firm when the storm arises. >> in his first inaugural address, march 1809, madison made sure everyone knew that he considered his election to have come at a critical historical moment. he was the first u.s. president to use the inaugural address for this purpose, the first to move beyond generalities. he was absent of political bromides, absent of platitudes. strong and direct. america faced, he said, global challenges without a parallel in history. he wanted no part of europe's bloody and wasteful wars. and that was jeffersonian language too. but he demanded of the smug power that was great britain one thing, the rights of neutrals. of course we all know what happened before his first term had ended, the u.s. declared war on britain, a war it was ill equipped to fund. also of critical interest to us

mr. chenoweth has also visually recreate what had latrobe's first house would have been like had the architect not acquiesced to jefferson'sdesire for sky lights. it would have been lit by a cupola flooding the chamber with a large mass of central light. jefferson and latrobe were at odds about the choice of the ancient architectural order for the house chamber. members of congress were elected directly by the people, and thus in jefferson's view its chamber was the capitol's most important room deserving of the stateliest of the classical orders. jefferson preferred the corinthian. perhaps his choice was not just their beauty but the fact that the brothers castor and pollux were the sons of zeus, helen of troy their sister. because it was part of rome's foundation, jefferson may well have considered their temple's order an appropriate link to america's founding era which was so steeped in the ideals of roman republicanism. at first latrobe favored roman doric columns for the house chamber, but his next choice was the order of the winds -- order of the tower of the winds located in the roman forum on the athenian acropolis

located at 1335 jefferson road in rochester, new york, as the specialist theodore matthew glende post office. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins, and the gentleman from nevada, mr. horsford, each will control 20 minutes. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. collins: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. collins: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. collins: madam speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 5019, which was introduced by representative louise slaughter of new york. this bill would designate the postal facility located at 1335 jefferson road in rochester, new york, as the specialist theodore matthew glende post office. specialist glende died in afghanistan. he was killed in afghanistan on july 27, 2012. when his unit was in the field and came under enemy fire. during the attack, specialist glende helped the medic get his wounded comrades to take sh

mrs. madison as president. i think one more question so we can stay on time. yes, sir? >> the criticism of madison, wasn't it simply the unfortunate circumstance of succeeding thomas jefferson who was certainly more colorful and more authoritative. so something like truman succeeding fdr that people who liked fdr looked at -- like because he seems colorless in relation to his predecessor. >> right. so the question is about poor james madison suffering comparison to the tall, redheaded thomas jefferson. i really, actually, think though i'm sure there's always something that in this milieu, it could have been anybody that would've gotten it. the republican party at that time was suffering what -- suffering the decision of the victors. which is infighting. with thomas jefferson sort of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were really on their way out and they were going to let go without a fight, but they were on their way out. so instead of kind of holding together and katherine mitchell, the wife of samuel latham mitchell say why do they keep fighting? they're trying to pull and splinter with him. james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republican

mrs. madison as presidentess. okay, i think we have one more question so we can stay on time. does anyone, yes, sir. >> wasn't it simply be unfortunate circumstance of succeeding thomas jeffersonho was certainly more colorful and more authoritative. like truman succeeding fdr. people looked that the, like say truman because he seemed colorless in relation to his predecessor. >> right, so the question is about poor james madison suffering comparison to the thomas jefferson. i really actually think, i'm sure there's always something that. this view could have been anybody who would have gotten it. . republican party was suffering what, suffering the disease of the victors. which is in fight bpg thomas jefferson, sort of sweeping into town with this new party, the federalists were really on their way out and they were going to let go without a fight, but they were on their way out, and so, instead of holding together and katherine mitchell who is the wife of mitchell from new york said why do they keep fighting? they're just trying to pull in splinter with him because i have to tell you james madison's greatest enemies were his fellow republicans. so thank you very much. [ applau