[inaudible conversations] hello, welcome to this afternoon session. I am matt holloway, director of collections at the Tennessee State museum. Its a pleasure to welcome you to the 29th annual southern festival of books. As you know, this all sessions in the entire program is free of charge. If youre interested in helping out in the future, you can make a donation to the Tennessee Humanities Council either facebook or on site here or on their web page. After this session is over, our authors will be at the signing table, and we invite you if you haventha already acquired a coy of their book to do so and be there where they can sign the books. My remarks here are going to be very brief because weve got a lot to cover in one hour. I will, first, introduce Kathy Farnell who is, grew up in montgomery, alabama. Actually, cloverdale, near montgomery. And her wonderful book is duck and cover a nuclear family, and its about that area in the 1950s and 1960s which was an time. And 1960s which was
Got from thece chief, mpd police chief who covered the last couple of inaugurations. Which is preparing for an inauguration to preparing for a super bowl which is what she is doing now with her job with the nfl. She says i am watching. I remember what its like to be out there trying to keep the peace in all of that turmoil. Super bowl planning is intense but much better, she says. I dont miss seeing and dealing with the violence. Good luck to all of you. We wish kathy good luck at the super bowl because that is no easy task either. Amy is out there on the street. What are you and what are you seeing . This is by Franklin Square park and seeing a huge crowd of people to protest donald trump. A lot of people out here in full force. Police are out here in riot gear and they are formed a line th have been using pepper spray as they told me earlier. People here seem to have come prepared for that scenario and seeing a lot of people wearing gas masks and goggles and things like that. They di
There will be some clouds around as well, but generally sunshine, 60s and 70s for bus stop buddy, who is back at the bus stop and we are looking at the rain just off shore from former her kaine hermine. A few of those showers could make it inland probably just, along the coast but those are hermine cloud. Please get out of here, hermine. 73 degrees. 15 miles an hour wind. Sunrise happening at 6 34. Seventytwo in allentown. Sixtyone in lancaster. 69 degrees in dover. Atlantic city interest that the has 73 degrees. The breezes oncoming out of the north at 14 in Atlantic City and dover and it is a day, there they are, there is no kid yet i guess. We will get the idea. High of 88 degrees. I noticed those school buses were driving with no drivers. Breezy with a high of 88. Bob kelly, it is tv land we can do whatever you want. New school buses. No drivers. Auto won. Heres something, every kids dream, disabled school bus on i95. Dont worry though, we will make sure you get pick up, and get ta
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