I am so glad you posted this. I just visited Williamsburg and had the destinct pleasure of bearing witness to this very important debate. what a treat it was and I am glad to be able to hear it again.
Jefferson commended "A New World Order", as he offered what seemed an appeal to conscience, but actually hindered individual liberty more than helped it, methinks. 10:21
this was great- maybe Im missing something here but were the debate lines taken from a particular well known debate between the two or was this a local reenactment? Some very important stuff being said. More info is good info and thank you for posting!
+John Doddridge These two portray the characters full-time, so they spend their entire lives doing nothing but studying everything written by and about their characters (by their contemporaries, as well as historians.) They script themselves, and for the most part everything that comes out of their mouths is nearly verbatim, which just the necessary "filler" to glue things together in a cogent manner. They work for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, but they do occasionally travel about the country as ambassadors and perform similar programs. And in actuality, the debate over the assessment bill took place between Henry and James Madison, because Jefferson was still the ambassador to France at them time, but he WAS corresponding with Madison and advising him on the fight that was taking place, so it works to have Jefferson engage in the debate too. If you ever have the opportunity to make it to WIlliamsburg, I HIGHLY recommend attending audiences with both of these men!
I am so glad you posted this. I just visited Williamsburg and had the destinct pleasure of bearing witness to this very important debate. what a treat it was and I am glad to be able to hear it again.
I'll let them know you enjoyed it. They are both exceptional men.
Jefferson commended "A New World Order", as he offered what seemed an appeal to conscience, but actually hindered individual liberty more than helped it, methinks. 10:21
this was great- maybe Im missing something here but were the debate lines taken
from a particular well known debate between the two or was
this a local reenactment? Some very important stuff being said. More info is good info and
thank you for posting!
+John Doddridge These two portray the characters full-time, so they spend their entire lives doing nothing but studying everything written by and about their characters (by their contemporaries, as well as historians.) They script themselves, and for the most part everything that comes out of their mouths is nearly verbatim, which just the necessary "filler" to glue things together in a cogent manner. They work for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, but they do occasionally travel about the country as ambassadors and perform similar programs. And in actuality, the debate over the assessment bill took place between Henry and James Madison, because Jefferson was still the ambassador to France at them time, but he WAS corresponding with Madison and advising him on the fight that was taking place, so it works to have Jefferson engage in the debate too.
If you ever have the opportunity to make it to WIlliamsburg, I HIGHLY recommend attending audiences with both of these men!
+Tami M thank you for the information! Never been to Williamsburg :-)