So include us too t. Happy birthday, madam mayor. It is my great honor to introduce the conference leadership, Vice President of Steve Benjamin of colombia south carolina. Brian, of row chester hills, and executive director tom coke ran, thank you so much. We have with us in the audience, the past president s, president mccormack, thank you for your leadership. Elizabeth and several former mayors who have served in the audience today and many newly elected mayors who are with us for the first time. New mayors, we are thrilled to have you. Thank you. Wee look forward to it, thank you. And to those mayors joining us in washington, d. C. From canada, germany, ireland, italy and the united kingdom, welcome to our meeting and thank you for being here m im going to introduce our speakers as we move through todayess agenda. Our recessions are live streamed and available at usmayors. Org and the you tube channel. Use our hashtag, uscmwinter 18 which posting about it or gathering. Download and
I have been the director since 2015, january. What is the value of an oral history . Well, for us we try to make it accessible to the cadets so they can use it for their research but all of our videos and interviews are open source so anyone in america can get online and look at our interviews and hopefully learn something about our history from them. As an historian what is the place oral history holds in the overall study of history . Oral historyies help add detail. If you are writing a paper or book about something and you find oral histories you can pull information from that to add a little bit of color or nuance to what you are writing about. It gives you have the experience of the people that lived through it. It is interesting because memories are different. People remember things differently and they change a little bit over time. So, it is good to add to some of the research you are doing but of course you want to back it up with good primary source documents. Who are you ca
For oral history, but first, we learn about this collection from the Center Project executive director. At theeaches History Academy at west point and is the director of west points Oral History Center. How long has the Oral History Center been associated with the academy . Its been associated with the academy since about 2007. Ive been the director since 2015, january. What is the value of an oral history . Well, for us, we try to make it accessible to the cadets say so they can use it for their research. But really all of our videos, all of our interviews, are open sourced so anyone in america can get online, look at our interviews, and hopefully learn something about our history from them. Well, as a historian, as a professional historian, whats the place that oral histories hold in the overall study of history . Well, oral histories help add a lot of detail. For example, if youre writing a paper, a book about something, and you find some oral histories, that you can pull informatio
That take fantastic books. No new york publisher would publish them. Regnery would publish them and they would become massive bestsellers. My favorite of that trend is leo damores senatorial template about senator kennedy and how he drowned that girl. The truth is leo damore got one of the cousins to talk to him. He was kicked off the candidate candidate. Could you say you were driving . Years later its all on the record. No new york publisher would publish it. Regnery publishes the, 27 weeks on the news York Times Bestsellers list. It was not flags of our mothers. Publishers turned it down and published at 44 weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list. The way things are going in the trumpcare theres a hysteria and im not sure if you were still reading but its everyday a Facebook Page that they think russia was behind. If youve visited america in 2016 you would notice the major cities. You couldnt drive a mile without seeing it sixfoot tall trump signed but im sure its on the Facebo
We have three in the general Public Comment any general Public Comment at this time . Hearing none we will move the agenda. We have the employee of the month, and recognize lisa leui. From the office of adult protective services. Come forth. [applause] so sorry, so lisa you are being honored today from your colleagues in adult protective services. But the truth is that i had the privilege of working with lisa on the fifth floor sharing space with adriana, and making sure that the folks that came through the door were welcomed. But in addition to this this is what i remember lisa would come to me and she would say is there anything i can do for you. Are you sure there isnt something i can do for you. You know i actually like the fax machine because i can make it work. And i would head to the fax and no i can do that for you. It was extended yourself to me who is busy but not as busy as some other people in this room. To make sure that i had the tools and the things that i needed to make