Hall. Also, a fun program is a joint program between our Clements Center for southwest studies. Always exciting when the two History Centers here at smu can come together. It is really wonderful for us. It is chronologically the younger partners. The center has been the leading center for software studies for at least a generation. We, still in our toddler phase, look up to them. They also babysit us. It works out nicely. I am really thrilled to have you all here tonight for our continuing series of looking at president ial history. This one in particular has such a dallas flair to it. One might say it is fundamentally a dallas story. We all know, especially having gone through the last 50th anniversary of the fateful day in 1963, how much dallas is continuing to wrestle with this. I want to take a moment and point out one of our good friends who is here from the museum. I said this in front of her before so i am not embarrassed to say it again. She is this it is the single best Public
This 90minute event. Good evening, everyone. Welcome back to the hilltop. Welcome back to smu, to dallas hall. And also, a joint program tonight between our center for president ial history and our klemmant center for southwest studies. Always exciting when the two History Centers here can come together and its really wonderful for us, chronologically at least, the younger partner, you will, the klemmant center, has been the leading center for southwest studies for at least a generation, so we are still in our toddler phase, look up to them, and they also baby sit us, so it works out really quite nicely. Im really thrilled to have you all here tonight for our continuing series looking at history and president ial history, especially since this one in particular, our talk tonight, has of course such a dallas flare to it. One might even say its fundamentally a dallas story. Of course, we all know, especially having gone through the last 50th anniversary of the fateful day in 1963, how mu
Is a joint program tonight between our center for president ial history and our Clement Center for southwest studies. Always exciting when the two History Centers here at smu can come together and its wonderful for us, the younger partner, the Clement Center has been the leading center for southwest studies at least a generation. So we as still in our toddler phase, look up to them and they also babysit us. It works out really quite nicely. Im really thrilled to have you all here tonight for our continuing series looking at history and president ial history especially since this one in particular our talk tonight has of course a dallas flair to it, its fundamentally a dallas story and we all know especially having gone through the last 50th anniversary of the fateful day in 1963 how much dallas is continuing to wrestle with what happened here, how much dallas is coming to terms with it and i want to take a moment and point out one of our good friends who is from the sixth floor museum
Welcome back to the hilltop, welcome back to smu to dallas hall and also a fun program that is a joint program tonight between our center for president ial history and our Clement Center for southwest studies. Always exciting when the two History Centers here at smu can come together and its wonderful for us, the younger partner, the Clement Center has been the leading center for southwest studies at least a generation. So we as still in our toddler phase, look up to them and they also babysit us. It works out really quite nicely. Im really thrilled to have you all here tonight for our continuing series looking at history and president ial history especially since this one in particular our talk tonight has of course a dallas flair to it, its fundamentally a dallas story and we all know especially having gone through the last 50th anniversary of the fateful day in 1963 how much dallas is continuing to wrestle with what happened here, how much dallas is coming to terms with it and i wan
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