Well, good evening, everyone. Welcome. One of the countrys most noted, perhaps, maybe say noted for the wrong reasons. For generations the name Benedict Arnold has almost universally illicited a one elicited a oneword descriptor traitor. Today were here to hear the rest the story. The program would not exist today without the extreme generosity so were delighted they join us tonight as it give us the opportunity to express our deep appreciation of all they have done with our program. Not just for tonight in particular, but everyone. Please stand. [ applause ] todays speaker earned her degree from in comparative history. She is published widely including essays in the wall street journal, financial times, usa today and other news groups. Ladies and gentlemen, its a pleasure to welcome to the podium, j. Joyce. Dr. Joyce. Thank you very much. A pleasure to be here. I want to thank the professor and the sponsors for inviting me. Its a real treat for me to be able to talk about this subject
Perhaps, maybe say noted for the wrong reasons. For generations the name Benedict Arnold has almost universally illicited a one elicited a oneword descriptor traitor. Today were here to hear the rest the story. The program would not exist today without the extreme generosity so were delighted they join us tonight as it give us the opportunity to express our deep appreciation of all they have done with our program. Not just for tonight in particular, but everyone. Please stand. [ applause ] todays speaker earned her degree from in comparative history. She is published widely including essays in the wall street journal, financial times, usa today and other news groups. Ladies and gentlemen, its a pleasure to welcome to the podium, j. Joyce. Dr. Joyce. Thank you very much. A pleasure to be here. I want to thank the professor and the sponsors for inviting me. Its a real treat for me to be able to talk about this subject. The state of the union at Benedict Arnolds time was not good. [ laugh
The thing that amused and entertained our boys who were stationed all over england was westminster abbey, and there were quite a few americans who came there to see the sites and see westminster abbey, and these are the scenes that i wanted to photograph on one sunday afternoon. Another area that intrigued me was marble arch. The marble arch on one sunday afternoon was full of people. You must remember that london was being bombed almost every night in this particular time, and i was photographing these speakers that were addressing the crowds. Every speaker was speaking on a different assumptiosubject, but police stood around and watched, and as long as there was no arguments, nobody was hurt, and the people in the audience were arguing back with the speakers, but these were just typical shots of how we passed the time waiting for dday. Most of the children who lived in england or a great may i should say were sent out of the city, but a lot of them had to remain behind, but in spite
Hearse corporation newsreel. He created a traveling film and lecture program, the National Archives restored the film together with a recording of his original narration. This is 45 minutes. The one place that intrigued me was my first trip to london, and the house of parliament and big ben. Now these pictures you must remember are more than a quarter of a century old. The thing that amused and entertained our boys who were stationed all over england was westminster abbey, and there were quite a few americans who came there to see the sites and see westminster abbey, and these are the scenes that i wanted to photograph on one sunday afternoon. Another area that intrigued me was marble arch. The marble arch on one sunday afternoon was full of people. You must remember that london was being bombed almost every night in this particular time, and i was photographing these speakers that were addressing the crowds. Every speaker was speaking on a different assumptiosubject, but police stood
Final lecture he gave before he passed away. The one place that intrigued me was my first trip to london and the health of parliament and big ben. Now these pictures, you must remember, are more than a quarter of a century old. The thing that entertained our boys stationed in england was westminster abbey. Quite a few americans stationed there came to see westminster abbey. These are the photographs i took on a sunday afternoon. Another thing that intrigued me was marble arch. Marble arch, on one sunday afternoon, it was filled with people. You must remember that london was being bombed almost every night during this particular time. I was photographing these speakers that were addressing the crowds. Every speaker was speaking on a different subject, but the police stood around and watched and as long as there were no strong arguments, nobody was hurt. The people in the argument in the audience were arguing back with the speakers, but these were typical shots of how we pass the time wa