And it was apparently this particular definition that led hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of us citizens across the country from michigan and minnesota down to texas and up to colorado to throw down their face masks and rubber gloves and take to their streets their capitol buildings and their governors residences in protest of the social distancing policies and stay at home borders that have affectively closed businesses both large and small across the country since the start of the code 19 pandemic us President Donald Trump triumphantly egged those protesters on tweeting proudly liberate michigan liberate minnesota and liberate virginia yes it was our undying need for liberty and freedom because these protests to take place much like the Boston Tea Party of old. Or at least thats the bill of goods that was sold to these poor souls who are out there like lemmings putting themselves and their families a risk they have been sold but their lives are only worth the work that they do f
And to you joining us for the first time and with the wide range of programs please turn off your cell phones during the program. Mary beth norton the author of five books and cowat it one call author several others and it has been published ten additions over 500,000 copies. As a Pulitzer Prize finalist and present of the Historical Association she is a professor america of American History at cornell and her new book it is available for purchase following the program please join me to welcome mary beth norton. [applause]. I want to show you the cover briefly because if you are a colonial historian on dash i dont know if anybody recognizes it but in the Massachusetts Historical Society the claims on the label but it contains t from the Boston Harbor the day after the party this is quite well known object in colonial america. Now i want to start with this verse from a poem that i discovered in the new york journal that coordinated with the sons of liberty in new york. That this is the
Good good evening. I would like to welcome you to todays program to our members glad you are here with that ongoing support to make thiss possible and to you joining us for the first time an open invitation to explore the wide range of programs announce the perfect time to turn off your phones. And Mary Beth Norton is the author of five books and coordinate one dash co editor of a survey of history has been published in ten additions with the 20 president of the american historical association. Contact cornell university. 1774 and like the following program please help us welcome Mary Beth Norton. [applause] its nice to be here. Is the clicker on . So the cover of the book because that little bottle is famous if you are a colonial historian if anybody recognizes it in the Massachusetts Historical Society and the claims on the label that its even possible to read and to pick up from Boston Harbor. And it is a well known object in colonial america. With the new york journal which is a ne
I would like to welcome you to tonights program. To our members we are so glad that you are here. And to you joining us for the first time and with the wide range of programs please turn off your cell phones during the program. Mary beth norton the author of five books and cowat it one call author several others and it has been published ten additions over 500,000 copies. As a Pulitzer Prize finalist and present of the Historical Association she is a professor america of American History at cornell and her new book it is available for purchase following the program please join me to welcome mary beth norton. [applause]. I want to show you the cover briefly because if you are a colonial historian on dash i dont know if anybody recognizes it but in the Massachusetts Historical Society the claims on the label but it contains t from the Boston Harbor the day after the party this is quite well known object in colonial america. Now i want to start with this verse from a poem that i discovere
On tweeting proudly liberate michigan liberate minnesota and liberate virginia yes it was our undying need for liberty and freedom that caused these protests to take place much like the Boston Tea Party of old or at least thats the bill of goods that was sold to these poor souls who are out there like lemmings putting themselves and their families a risk they have been sold that their lives are only worth the work that they do for the corporations that own them and that not being able to go to applebees or great clips or wrestling matches means that somehow the constitution or bill of rights no longer exists here in the United States but do not blame these poor souls out there protesting they are clearly going through the denial and anger phases of the 7 stages of coronavirus grief and they are being taken advantage of. By these people. Save your blame for the ghouls that fan the flames of fear paranoia and the rejection of common medical sense ghouls like these 2 we have people dying