Oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight in the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming in the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there jose does that starspangled danner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] allegiance] thank you to the 177th fire waiting from the new Jersey National guard for providing fire over coverage for this evening. To give tonights invitation, we are pleased to have barry c. Black. Chaplain black serve in the u. S. Navy and completed his distinguished military career as the chief of navy chaplains. Barry black was elected to serve as the 62nd chaplain of the United States senate and has been in that role ever since. To open tonights ceremony in prayer, here is chaplain black. You may be seated. Pray. Light of lights, how is your name in all the eart
A Firm Conviction that the world has room for us all as long as. Relations between countries and peoples are governed by the bendin ment of conflict peace making and building and International Cooperation in order to achieve development. Security and prosperity for both current and future generations so i thank you mr president. I have been listening to egyptian president a bill for a c. C. Speaking there addressing United Nations General Assembly spoke about libya in a return to the political process in that country of course egypt has been playing a role in libya the conflict there is really morphed into a proxy war that is drawn in regional Powers International powers as well spoke about the nile dam disputes of course that is a key issue in the region right now that is causing a great deal of tension and and then also he spoke about multilateralism and stability of the International System steven slush and to is a fellow at the Century Foundation joins us via skype from new york so
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[inaudible conversations] thank you all for joining us this evening. Im gavin kleespies, director of programs and communications for the massachusetts historical society. Tonight on the very eve of the 250 anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor serena zabin on a great new book the boston massacre a Family History. As a regular guests know, we very quickly pull together small exhibition from our collection that highlights the materials we have within our holdings that illuminate the evenings discussion. To date we entire expedition, so we didnt need a small exhibition this time. Our exhibition features our speaker this evening so if you didnt see it shes on one of the video monitors upstairs and was also very generous with her time helping us planned exhibition and sitting for an interview. We couldnt have done our current exhibition without her help so our debt of gratitude. Serena zabin is a professor Early American History director the programs american studie