Today we have the entire exhibition we did not need one this time that there are speaker this evening if you didnt see it is on one of the video monitors upstairs and very generous with her time also to give an interview we cannot do that without her help or a debt of gratitude. Professor of Early American History received her undergraduate degree in her phd from rutgers. Her new book i guess that started a little early. [laughter] goes deeply into boston 1770 stationed here since the fall of 1768 but neighbors and customers or as people and increasing tensions that reached on marc march 5th boston residents and other soldiers married women from the community so not all interactions were negative. And extending the research for her book. [laughter] she did Excessive Research for her book and those such as the current show and the academic if you enjoy access to all of these resources. [applause] and people hear me . I know you dont know who i am. Can you hear me . Thank you all for com
Community partnerships for the massachusetts historical society. Tonight on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor serena zabin on her great new book, the boston massacre a Family History. As a recast snow, we very frequently pull together a small exhibition from the collection of highlights material that we have within our holding and eliminate the evenings discussions. Today we have an entire exhibition. Not only do they have a whole exhibition but it features our speaker this evening so if you didnt see it, shes on one of the video monitors upstairs and also very generous with her time. Has been planning the exhibition in setting for an interview. We certainly couldnt have gone on without her help so we overrated of gratitude. Serena zabin professor of Early American History and director of the program of american studies at college. She received her undergraduate from putin college and phd from rutgers university. Her new book letting pe
I am very pleased to welcome cspan. While this is their very first time at hillwood, it is not the first time that our lectures are accessible to folks at home. Many of our fantastic programs are available on the Hillwood Museum youtube channel, so check that out in case you missed something or want to see something again. Before we continue, i know you know what i am going to say next please be sure that you have silenced anything that chirps or barks or beeps. You may know that hillwoods founder, Marjorie Merriweather post, began her russian collection while she was posted to soviet era moscow in 19371938. Over the next 30 years, she was dedicated to building the most comprehensive collection of russian imperial art outside of russia. She realized, as the collection grew, that her personal passion could inspire and educate the public and made plans for hillwood to become a museum. Posts lasting legacies, public service, family, and lush gardens, as well as Marjorie Merriweather post
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Hello and welcome to the programme. We start this hour with Breaking News a Military Coup appears to be underway in myanmar. The countrys De Facto Leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the president win myint, and other Senior Party Leaders have all been detained in a series of Early Morning raids. Phone and Internet Connections have been cut and soldiers are on the streets of the Capital Naypyidaw and the main city yangon. The move comes after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the powerful military that stirred fears of a coup. All this in the aftermath of an election the army says was fraudulent thats been rejected by observers. State tv in myanmar has released a statement saying its having technical errors and is unable to broadcast. 0ur South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head is in bangkok. He says facts are difficult to confirm at this stage. Well, its not that clear from here in bangkok we are getting a lot of reports from contacts inside myanmar. It does appe