Welcome news good evening, everyone. Welcome to the New York Historical society. Im the manager of Public Programs here and is always its a thrill to welcome you to our robert h net auditorium. Tonights program is part of our bernard and Irene Schwartz distinguished Speaker Series and is always the would like to thank mr. Swartz for his support, which has enabled us to invite so many scholars here to New York Historical. I would like to recognize and thank our trustees, as well as all of out chairmans councilmembers who were with us for their great work and support. Tonights program will last one hour and include a q a session, a question and answer. As you came in, some of our volunteers in the audience were handing out cards and. If you didnt get one, Staff Members will be circulating through the auditorium in giving goes out and we will collect those later on and hand them off to the moderator so they can answer some of your questions later on. And also, there will also be able to s