Of the Revolution Society this is a wonderful fellowship of people who are great supporters of the museum. We are very pleased to partner with Haverford Trust youll see them up on the screen here. I know tim glaspie but i can see is darkness out there, lets thank them for making read the revolutionary possible. [applause] now it is a real pleasure to be welcoming doctor vincent of brown evening. As is sometimes the case are also welcoming a good friend to the museum here this evening. Vince was one of the group of scholars who consulted with us during the development of the exhibition interactions for the museum here so long before the shovel was in the ground in the steel began rising here at third and chestnut in philadelphia, we were tapping vincents brain for exciting stories of the American Revolution, some which really turn it a great personal stories in our core exhibition here. This is a charles worn professor of American History and africanAmerican History at Harvard Universit
For a little bit of history in the late 1800s this area around the bookstore in Greenwich Village was the epicenter of publishers and book sellers. Charles scribners and son. Divine press, they all had editorial offices, and down below they all had bookstores to display their new books. Along 4th avjust around on that side was known as book row at its height there were 48 used book stores of which strand is the soul survivor. As the owner of the strand with its 18miles of books i am not easily phased by a thousand books, but james literary bucket list tonights featured book has stopped me in my tracks. [applause] his expansive scope is cup ltd with a delightful wit and a perfect eye for surprise detail. Never again would you have to wonder what to read next. 1,000 books to read before youy gift for anybody who likes books. And who doesnt like books. I have to say i could not think of a better person to have written a book like this than James Mustich printten grawt with a degree in lit
Im hopeful and sure that hes going to be fine hes strong man strong person today every patriotic american heart beats in solidarity with the incredible people of new york and new jersey theyve really become a very hot zone but some very good things are happening in new york the 1st time where the deaths were less from the previous day thats a 1st drop so far so maybe thats a good sign it could be in the hospital levels of story to. Perhaps decrease its been very short but perhaps decreased so we wish Governor Cuomo and. All of the people in new york great and new jersey governors doing a great too soon a great job in new jersey they got hit very hard. I just want to say that the full power of the American Government and American Enterprise is it really is this is an all out military operation that weve waged and especially over the last number of weeks 50 states and territories have now been approved for major disaster declarations which is very unusual thanks to the army corps of engi
We lived and what we have done. For me, as a boy growing up as a young boy in small towns in iowa, as a young man trying to get a start in the years of the great depression, and later in california, for most of my adult ife. I have seen america from the Stadium Press Box as sportscaster, actor, officer, soldier, officeholder and as both democrat and republican. I have lived in an america where those who have had too little to eat outnumbered those who had enough. There have been four wars in my lifetime, and i have seen our country face financial ruin in the depression. I have also seen the great strength of this nation as it pulled itself up from that ruin to become the dominant force in the world. To me, our country is a living, breathing presence, unimpressed by what others say is impossible, proud of its own success, generous, and yes, naive. Sometimes wrong, never mean. And always impatient to provide a better life for its people in a framework of basic fairness and freedom. Someo
Seen our country from a number of viewpoints depending on where we lived and what we have done. For me, as a boy growing up as a young boy in small towns in iowa, as a young man trying to get a start in the years of the great depression, and later in california, for most of my adult life. I have seen america from the Stadium Press Box as sportscaster, actor, officer, soldier, officeholder and as both democrat and republican. I have lived in an america where those who have had too little to eat outnumbered those who had enough. There have been four wars in my lifetime, and i have seen our country face financial ruin and the depression. I have also seen the great strength of this nation as it pulled itself up from that ruin to become the dominant force in the world. To me, our country is a living, breathing presence, unimpressed by what others say is impossible, proud of its own success, generous, and yes, naive. Sometimes wrong, never mean. And always impatient to provide a better life