it was the african american interpretive group at colonial williamsburg. i welcome that opportunity to work with them to better explain the story and an act the story of our history. monte cello had embarked at the same time upon speaking on slavery and continues as many other living history museums and national historic sites across our country do. we continue to speak about this more and more, engage this, but what's particularly important is to acknowledge it. to acknowledge it. and struggle with it. we need to struggle with this. >> first person interpreter is limited to the character and time period that they must portray. and conversations preparing for this, one of the things you and i discussed is a great example. juneteenth is something that thomas jefferson would know nothing about during his life. can you talk just a minute about the challenges of staying in character when talking about slavery in particular? >> the big challenge in interpreting thomas jefferson would be for a visitor to say, mr. jefferson, what do you think about juneteenth? an

i was practicing law and williamsburg. in fact, general, i do not know whether you remember, but when i was a young man of 25 years of age, i had already become a devotedly of theater. i never missed an opportunity when the virginia company would be performing in williamsburg at that old theater across from candles. in fact, i believe mrs. campbell's was quite the destination for you. you enjoyed her fine seafood. they're the two of us, if i remember well, attended a production of the virginia company. i was only about, oh, i would venture 25 years of age. it was in the spring of 68. i remembered that you are quite a devoted of the theater. >> i am. i must confess to you that at this age i do not actually remember meeting you. but it is possible. >> i was hardly drive behind the ears in those early years, general. >> like i said, you are younger than myself. >> speaking of the virginia house of burgesses, we were both members in the years leading up to the american revolution, what were some of the issues that arose and ho

, william and mary and george whiff and practicing law in williamsburg. in fact, general, i do not know whether you remember, but when i was a young man, a good 25 years of age, i had already become a de devote of theater and never missed an opportunity when virginia burg performed in the theater and i believe mrs. campbell was quite the destiny for you. you enjoyed her ocean repair. that is her fine seafood. there, the two of us, if i remember well, attended a production of the virginia company. i was only, i would venture, 25 years of age, in the spring of '68. i remember you as well are quite a devote of the theater. >> i am and i did attend theater in the old capitol. i must confess to you at this age i do not actually remember meeting you at one of those but it is very possible. >> i was hardly dry behind the ears in those early years, general. >> like i said, you're younger than myself. >> speaking of the virginia house of burgesss, what are some of the issues that arose and how did they lead with america's break with england? >> if you will allow m

i started on my way to williamsburg. from williamsburg i was then going to journey to philadelphia for the second continental congress. i had been very much, at that time, and the spring of 75, considering to remain an englishman. i was proud of it. i did not care for independency. i desire to continue dependency. great britain provided us safety and defensive, particularly on the frontier. but, it was that day in april of 1775 which i will never forget. you cut all the sense and the concerns for reconciliation and in its place caused a frenzy of revenge which was seized by all ranks of the people. that was the day, if you will, that i decided to cross the rubicon. i think so many of us as well decided here in virginia we would ally ourselves further with massachusetts. you next question, mr. light. >> yes. mister president. some may not realize that more than a year past me between the opening shots ... (inaudible) >> you ask me why did it take so long for us to begin to react, if you will, to what occurred in massachus

stewart goes to the peninsula and fights in the battle of williamsburg. he is helping to cover parts of the confederate movement in that an insula campaign. after robert e. lee takes command, he asks stuart to go scouting. this will be the first ride around mcclellan also called the chickahominy raid. stir and as cavalry get more experience in the second bull run campaign skirmishing in northern virginia and then the invasion of northern maryland in the autumn of 1862. let us change the slides here and on the screen hopefully you are able to see that to the left we have a map of stewards chickahominy raid, on the right we have the chambersburg raid. are around mcclellan's army. it helps us to know little about the chickahominy raid when we consider the planning of the chambersburg raid. the chickahominy raid occurs between june 12 and --, 1862. .tewart takes about 1200 men they ride approximately 150 soldiers ande 165 various supplies. most importantly, they are able to confirm the information that lee wanted to know. that mcclellan's right flank was vuln

host: let's go to randy, calling from williamsburg, virginia. he is a supporter of president trump. good morning. caller: good morning, america. i have a question, since you say you are a republican against donald trump. that is great for you, not for anybody else. i am glad that you have come to that decision. but just to compare, in virginia, you know our governor, governor northam, a democrat, had every single democrat in the state legislature, local, politician mark warner, tim kaine, tell our governor to resign for six months. and six months after that, a year later, all those same people were taking his campaign donations. so, you and your group are not unlike that. we that support america, we want change. donald trump is the tip of that spear. you have a great day. aest: the reason you have democratic majority in virginia is because of donald trump, because he is a political poison. the reason there are democrats and majority situations, the virginia legislature right now, donald trump. the governor's office, donald trump. enjoy the illusion you are at the tip of change, but

his second or third call as a firefighter from williamsburg was 9/11 a lot of time has passed a lot ofighters made that sacrifice on 9/11. putting that aside and making a hard shift to peloton, i'm a huge fan of this company i think it has penetflix like potential. i think they will launch six or seven producting there are two that a super obvious. that is a rowing machine, it is an easy acquisition for them to make, but they will probably just build their own, it will be easy to build, and then there is a unit called tonal. also i'm not an investor in that company, but i'm addicted to that product they represent essentially the end of a company like equinox or any of the gyms. they made a product that is such a valuable pros suggestion it is a peter product and experience but also a value. they're all in the $1,000 or the $1500 range. i had the original tread 2 but at $2000 to $1500. they will have a weight system, and they will have like a mirror type por grant panel we'll see them go to ten million. i have not personally bought peloton has a stock, but i am going to start buying it

yes, the same name applied to that principal route in the city of williamsburg but you know so very well. >> the street that was named after the eldest son of the queen, and william duke of glossed, or who regrettably passed away before he could ever become monarch. >> indeed, my friend. this was the brother of george the third, the king of england, and we soon discover that he was rather sympathetic to the american cause. in fact, many were of the opinion that he thought america should be free and independent, so we all listened in on what he had to say. we spoke of the fighting at lexington, and of concord, of your brand congress in philadelphia and of course of the great man himself, that of general washington. so, it was by the conclusion of this meeting that i told the officers that i was ready and willing to find and if need be, die for this cause. now i know many have said well, but, why mr. markey, why would you want to go and fight and perhaps die in another land -- in another man's war? well, i felt this was a war like none other in the history of manned, was it not? a war of g

. >> this is a copy of general pickett's report of the battle of williamsburg, may 1862. >> look at the handwriting. >> it's a lost art, i think. >> fabulous. what else? >> and that's george pickett's hair. >> would you ever sell that? >> this right here? no. not anymore. >> this is quite a section of your family history. what are you gonna do with it now? >> um... i'll probably give it to my children. we don't really get to choose our names when we're born. and we have to do whatever we can or live up to it. i've, to some extent, ducked that legacy, but also honored it in the same way. >> ed is not done fighting the battle over his strange inheritance. for one thing, he thinks there should be a statue right here at gettysburg honoring his great-great grandfather and his men. in other ways, george edward pickett v feels it's time to move on. when his own son was born, he and his wife chose the name doug. perhaps some names just need to rest in peace. i'm jamie colby for "strange inheritance." thanks so much for watching. and remember -- you can't take it with you. >> do you have a "stra

we are now crossing the williamsburg bridge heading back into brooklyn. you'll remember we began the night at barclays center in brooklyn, crossed across the manhattan bridge, through lower manhattan and now we're heading back into brooklyn. this has been, again, a peaceful crowd, high energy. all of the usual protests, "say her name, breonna taylor." but increasing in in the last half hour or so we're standing near a group that is holding a banner saying "trump/pence out." there has been a lot of talk, hey, look, you got to vote, but we can't rely on that. we got to stay out in the streets because it's important to make people understand, the whole society, the whole country understand what we want to see, which is accountability for black lives lost at the hands of police. respect for black lives. so that is the message that we're seeing here today. entirely peaceful from what we've observed. but we're talking about hundreds and hundreds if not more than 1,000 or so people out in the streets. it's a festive atmosphere. there is -- there has been drum. t

officials are demanding the cancellation of trump's planned friday eveningng rally at the newport news/williamsburg international airport, warning of a severe public health threat if the rally is allowed to proceed. an executive order by virginia governor ralph northam banans gathererings of f more than 250 people. inin iowa, the trumpmp administration has finined the operators of a beef $957hterhouse plant just after they failed to protect workers from contracting coronavirus on the job. 338 workers got sick during a major outbreak at the iowa premium beef plant. this week the occupational health and safety administration $1400 fine for record-keeping violations, and agreed to cut it in have after negotiations with executives. the associated press reports four other meat plants in iowa with major outbreaks received no fines at all despite hundreds of covidd cases and nine deaths at the plants. at the uniteted nations generarl assembly, secretary-general and chinook iterisis warned the antonio gutteres said thursday t the coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly a million people, infected 30 million,

important and a real shoutout to justice o'connor for what she's done i worked for her at the williamsburg the view that they are not acting as partisans, that they are acting according to the law, perhaps because of some of their decisions in the last session. >> interestingly, we think that when you have a defection, when people's expectations, when a justice has been nominated, for example, by a republican, votes in a way that's consistent with justices nominated by democrats, the public says, ah, the justices are responding to the law and the constitution it's not simply a matter of partisan politics. and that's really important because judicial independence is basically the bulwark that protects the basic constitutional rights of the american citizenry so if the public's trust in the court's impartiality is higher, the court's capacity to help us guide through difficult times is enhanced and we remember it in the electoral context of 2000. it's the supreme court that ultimately guide the nation through that difficult decision process. so i was really heartened to see that uptick in pe

in the debate if somebody makes -- i happen to be around in 1976 as a youngster when in williamsburg,t domination. he tried to clean it up. it caused a stop in the campaign. his momentum was halted and some people credited with his narrow loss to jimmy carter that year. >> trace: great to see you. thank you. >> thank you, trace. >> sandra: private security guards hired to protect cal anderson park in seattle say they left during the first part of their shift after a group of people threatened them and verbally harassed them. the security firm says the group was armed with poles and sticks. seattle police then tweeted this photo of weapons recovered from the park. security firm says it is working with the city on a plan to safely return. meanwhile hilton pulling the plug on its property in time square as the 44 story hotel announced it plans to close its doors for good with business frozen by the coronavirus pandemic. tourism is down sharply in the big apple. the chain facing competition with several big hotels under construction just blocks away. >> trace: a pet adoption rates surge d

host: jorge in williamsburg, virginia.e have set a line aside for if you are active or retired and onld like to put in -- input president trump or a future biden administration, you can call that line, (202) 748-8000. a supporter of trump in washington dc, anita. let me make sure i push the right button. can you hear me? host: yes, go ahead. caller: i am so embarrassed by our president. i did not vote for him. it is an embarrassment to the world how we let -- this president has compromised our safety, our integrity. get hit bywed us to germ warfare. he has allowed us to get attacked. he needs to be removed. all those who support him are not dealing with reality. host: when it comes to matters of the military, why joe biden yucca -- why joe biden? caller: he has experienced. he has worked with the government, he has worked with the military, they are familiar with him, we know we can trust him. we don't know who the hell donald trump is. grabow after " don't be a full, vote biden -- fool, vote biden." military to his own ad

brooklyn, on top of amazon making an announcement that we're moving into 40,000 feet of space and williamsburginto brooklyn, and we're seeing really positive signs and activity continue to grow. we're building -- we own a building right behind you at 3 times square we're in the midst of that starting a major buildingwide renovation. we're seeing very strong activity we have some announcements we'll make in the next couple of weeks about some renewals and other deals. so there are positive things going on, but we have to remain vigilant, there's no question about it >> hey, bill, covid is one thing. let's say that there is a therapeutic or a vaccine are you convinced that some of these other issues in new york city and big cities around and for lack of term i'll call them quality of life issues, and i'm referencing that letter that the ceo sent to mayor de blasio, is that going to be an issue after we are through this pandemic in your view? >> i think we're already seeing quality of life issues get better in the city the mayor and the governor over a month ago allowed restaurants to have outdoo

host: let's go to randy, calling from williamsburg, virginia. he is a supporter of president trump.rning. caller: good morning, america. i have a question, since you say you are a republican against donald trump. that is great for you, not for anybody else. i am glad that you have come to that decision. but just to compare, in virginia, you know our governor, governor northam, a democrat, had every single democrat in the state legislature, local, politician mark warner, tim kaine, tell our governor to resign for six months. and six months after that, a year later, all those same people were taking his campaign donations. so, you and your group are not unlike that. we that support america, we want change. donald trump is the tip of that spear. you have a great day. aest: the reason you have democratic majority in virginia is because of donald trump, because he is a political poison. the reason there are democrats and majority situations, the virginia legislature right now, donald trump. the governor's office, donald trump. enjoy the illusion you are at the tip of change, but you are