[inaudible conversations] good evening. welcome to the sylvan historical society. i am mark wetherington and i thank you for joining us for i know what will be a interesting program thomas nast the father of modern political cartoons with dr. fiona deans halloran. and i want to thank you for being here. i was remarking this was the first time i can embed in a while that we had sunshine only started this evening s program so i appreciate you coming in and being with us. our mission is to tell the significant story of the ohio valley region and culture in a part of that culture and political culture are cartoons. we have a really nice cartoon collection here. we have one example of a nascar sand that cartoon better speaker might have time to point to later and we will see and we have any additional questions are curator of the special collections can bring you up to speed. if you are not a member of the filter and we would love to have you join us. wherever private nonpro