ms. miss sally about the judicial system to the lens of spring court chief justice. this is about an hour. >> i would like to start by thanking paul and in particular the virginia historical society for allowing us to be here today i i saw on the website that its mission connecting people through the unparalleled story of virginia and collecting, preserving, and interpreting the commonwealth's history is the core mission of the historical society and that in many ways it is the same mission for the united states district court for the historical society for the united states district court for the eastern district of virginia. our society -- and i we will tell you a little bit about it as part of the intro formed in 2,006 at the request of the court. we have a board of directors may of attorneys soothsayer on the board. if i tell tell you the story of the historical society it's a story of some very key people that help society get it start. i would like to thank those specific individuals. us district judge james r spencer chief judge for the eastern district in 200