Well, good evening. Everybody. Welcome to tonights presentation on Charlie Chaplin who is known universally as an iconic comedian. What is not so generally known perhaps is the political impact of his humor. A subject about which we will learn more this evening. First let me thank our series sponsor Davenport Company not only for their support of tonights lecture, but for the support they have provided for the program over the years. The davenport farm was our very First Corporate sponsor and they have not only continued that support. But have been instrumental in securing additional benefactors as well. I cannot emphasize enough how much the generosity has meant to the development of our program . The university and its students as well as the larger Fredericksburg Community are deeply indebted to them for this. Now speak of this evening, dr. Steven j farnsworth received his ba in history from the university of missouri, kansas city and a ba in government from dartmouth. Followed by b
Of road trips throughout American History. They rise of the american suburbs the gilded age the role prohibition played in shaping the 1920s the history of food and dining in the us or like this one had the 1939 worlds fair in vision the future. Now alan will also be back with us on january 11th to discuss Kennedy Nixon in the debate of the century. We hope you will consider joining us. Now were so excited to have alan with us this. Things without any further ado. Please join me in welcoming alan pietro bun. Thank you for that generous introduction heather. I am dr. Alan pietro bond a professor of Global Affairs and modern American History at Trinity Washington University here in dc and i want to start tonight. By giving you a number 1939 its one of those years that stands out in history. For those who know their history, its a year that evokes a reaction much like 1776 with the American Revolution or perhaps 1989 with the fall of the berlin wall or 9 11. There are just some dates that
very happy or something like that. and of course, he s trying to manage expectations. because if he does that successfully and if people and the press and so forth buy it, yeah top three finishes a win for him and he finishes number two, you know. oh wow, that s great. you know he exceeded expectations. but on the other hand if he doesn t bother to manage expectations or if he s not successful at it doesn t get people to buy it then you know, he finished his second. oh, wow. what a loser. what a defeat for him. he finished second the thing with this campaign right here. what s called the overlyan campaign grands campaign up to the point that he gets to petersburg. is that promoting there. yeah the thing with this is that the guy who finishes first winds up being looked at as a loser because of expectations. now grant we ve already met grant before and we ve seen some of the reasons why expectations are high for him. so we saw his brilliant success at the battle of fort donald
about that. let s go back to 1942 roosevelt loved with a three presidential s in his times in the potomac. new book on the right is oakland california today. secure as hobbies it s a place to go get away from the white house helicopter squadron existed, that got to find somewhere drivable nearby. interestingly because of the new deal, bring us out of depression and part of the work projects are the progress administration on the conservation corps put money back into the country i rebuilt a lot of the roads and parks. you place in maryland, also known as camp number three. rose was given three sites nearby to visit. he went to all three when he came to camp number three he looked at it and said this is it. and here s the first and this is my shangri-la. joe roosevelt amended chandra law applying a utopian mysterious place of the mountain. he had that whimsical nature about naming things bridget that s what its name. as mail president eisenhower renamed after his grandson, c
research and teaching areas are modern us history in us foreign policy focusing on nuclear weapons policies and cold war diplomacy. but he also believes in making education more accessible to people outside of universities. so he works to give public presentations on wide ranging topics like the cultural impact of road trips throughout american history. they rise of the american suburbs the gilded age the role prohibition played in shaping the 1920s the history of food and dining in the us or like this one had the 1939 world s fair in vision the future. now alan will also be back with us on january 11th to discuss kennedy nixon in the debate of the century. we hope you will consider joining us. now we re so excited to have alan with us this. things without any further ado. please join me in welcoming alan pietro bun. thank you for that generous introduction heather. i am dr. alan pietro bond a professor of global affairs and modern american history at trinity washington unive