That all roads lead to rome. If that is true, the United States army had taken the longest and toughest road. Arriving on the fourth of june, 1944, two years and six months after pearl harbor americas entrance into the war. Two days after general mark pratss fifth army captured the eternal city, dwight d. Eisenhowers envision forces hit the normandie beaches in a massive am amphibious assault. Despite bitter german resistance, we built up an enormous beachhead and finally broke through. Our seventh army commanded by general Alexander Patch landed in Southern France and pushed northward along the roanne river valley. Ten days later, paris is liberated. The army clipped on. In the pacific. General macarthurs forces invaded the island in a giant amphibious lead that put them within 300 miles of the philippines. The general was making progress in berma with his mixed command of hand picked american infantrymen and british and chinese units. The tide of war was turning against the aggressor
[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
Readers. [inaudible conversations] okay. Thank you all for joining us. Im Gavin Kleespies for the massachusetts historic al society. Tonight on the very eve of the 250th anniversary of the boston massacre well hear from professor serena zabin on her book, the boston massacre, Family History. We very frequently pull together a small exhibition from our collection that highlights some material we have within our holdings that illuminate the evenings discussion. Today we have an entire exhibition, so we didnt need a small exhibition weapon have a whole exhibition but our exhibition features or speaker this evening so if you didnt see he it, shes on one over video monitors and very generous with her time help us plan the exhibition and sitting for an interview. We couldnt have done our current exbig without her help so we oher a debt of gratitude. She director of the programs of american studies at carlton college. Received thunder undergreat degree from bodden college and ph. D from rutge
Association of American Railroad president on Railroad Freight and passenger travel during coronavirus. President trump is expected to name a commission on reopening the u. S. As the coronavirus abates. Plans are in place to coordinate reopening. Good morning. Welcome to washington journal. Who should take the lead in the reopening of the u. S. Here are the lines. Mountain and pacific, send us the reporting this morning of the wall street the two groups of governors said they would coordinate efforts to gradually sociald as this is andes distancing. President trump said he had authority on restarting the economy. This comes after a decline in daily infection rates, propped officials to express cautious optimism. The same reporting in the Washington Times. Control of the reopening. West coast box trumps claim of ultimate authority. They are crafting plans for reopening schools and businesses in their state, putting them on a collision course with President Trump. He said he had the ulti
Guest good morning, sir. Host tell us about on the ground in new orleans and louisiana, very hard hit by the coronavirus. How do you view things there . Guest well, it is kind of a study state the last couple of days, but we still have a lot of people who are losing their lives from the coronavirus. Ofhave the capacity in terms hospital beds, but it is still a challenge for the medical people to continue to operate at this high rate of operations, and the concentration is in new orleans with some increase in baton rouge. But the largest loss appear to be in the vulnerable populations, a disproportionate amount in our Nursing Homes and our Veterans Home to that vulnerable population. Host numbers from Johns Hopkins on that from this morning, confirmed cases in orleans 244 deaths. With do you think new orleans in particular, louisiana, has been so hard hit . Guest well, it is the concentration of people. I think most people agreed to the fact that mardi gras brought a lot of people toget