On sunday, book tv brings you the latest on nonfiction books. Funding comes from these Television Companies and more, including. Im a. D. And digger halperin, the senior mellon postdoctoral fellow in womens history public history at the New York Historical society. Tonights program, the chinese lady i am the senior mellon postdoctoral fellow in womens history and public history at the New York Historical society. Tonight program, the chinese lady, afong moy in early america, will last approximately 45 minutes, including 15 minutes for questions and answers. Now i am delighted to introduce the speakers tonight. Nancy davis is curator emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of american history. She works on exhibitions focusing on material culture, asian influence on American Culture, migration and immigration, and business history. For scholarly work focuses on womens history, asian influence on American Culture and trade. She has a phd in american studies from George Wa
Ladies and gentlemen, please recognize the color guards from each of the original 13 states at they are introduced in the order in which each state ratified the u. S. Constitution and entered the union. Delaware. First delaware regiment. Pennsylvania, first troop Philadelphia City cavalry. New jersey, old barracks museum. Georgia, sons of the revolution in the state of georgia. Connecticut, the governors foot and horse guard. Massachusetts, 54th massachusetts volunteer reje regiment. Maryland, Maryland Society sons of the American Revolution. South carolina, South Carolina national guard. New hampshire. First New Hampshire regiment. Virginia, the Virginia Military institute regimental color guard. New york, 9th new york field artillery, veteran corps of artillery of the state of new york. North carolina, the over mountain men. Rhode island, united train of artillery. And presenting the flag of the United States, the color guard of the 3rd u. S. Infantry regiment known as the old guard.
15 guys. They havent shaved in a month. They are dirtier than dogs. And they come walking out. And they meet with these guys, and they make each one of them an ice cream sundae, with soup to nuts, cherries, marachino cherry on top, nuts. They hand the stuff back. They put it all back, walk back into the dmz and the helicopter takes off. And my clunts again call me and say, sir, what did we just see . And i said i think it was an ice cream social. I really dont know, but all i know is where the order came from. So about five minutes later from his helicopter the ch46, sudden death 66 calls up, this is the way marines talk on the radio, they call you by your name instead of by your call sign, he said, ken, i wonder what we were doing . I said sir, we were curious. He said those guys have been in the dmz for a month and i figured they deserved an ice cream sundae, i said, sir, that was an excellent idea. But he said, in order to make that happen, i had to have absolute security of that dz
Ms. Mirrer good evening and welcome to the New York Historical society. Im louise mirrer, president and ceo, and i am thrilled to see you in our beautiful auditorium this evening. Tonights program, women in the white house, is part of our bernard and Irene Schwartz distinguished speaker series. I would like to thank mr. Schwartz for his support that has allowed us to bring many fine historians and writers to this stage. [applause] ms. Mirrer i would also like to thank and recognize members of the Chairmans Council in the audience and thank them for their generosity and all they do on our institutions behalf, and of course, my great and talented colleague, Vice President for Public Programs, dale gregory. [applause] ms. Mirrer tonights program is presented in collaboration with our brandnew center for womens history, and we are grateful to our partners at hogan lovells, who are the corporate sponsor for our womens history programming at New York Historical. Tonights program last about a
Ms. Mirrer good evening and welcome to the New York Historical society. Im louise mirrer, president and ceo, and i am thrilled to see you in our beautiful auditorium this evening. Tonights program, women in the white house, is part of our bernard and Irene Schwartz distinguished speaker series. I would like to thank mr. Schwartz for his support that has allowed us to bring many fine historians and writers to this stage. [applause] ms. Mirrer i would also like to thank and recognize members of the Chairmans Council in the audience and thank them for their generosity and all they do on our institutions behalf, and of course, my great and talented colleague, Vice President for Public Programs, dale gregory. [applause] ms. Mirrer tonights program is presented in collaboration with our brandnew center for womens history, and we are grateful to our partners at hogan lovells, who are the corporate sponsor for our womens history programming at New York Historical. Tonights program last about a