Because we were the first to lose our jobs when old man depression came along, and the last to get them back. We struggled vainly to regain our bearings while depression, fear and failure took stock of the nation. A 10th of the population of the United States one 6th of the unemployed. One out of every four of us was on relief. In vain, we looked for something to restore our confidence and hope and our courage. Without jobs we had no money and without money we could not purchase food for the hungry mouths at home. Our only hope lay in charity. Hunger drove people to the bread lines, anxiously waiting for a sign of better days. Then came the federal governments work program. One by one, it took us out of the bread line and gave us a new chance to take a normal place in the life of our community. It made us selfsupporting. It changed the haggard hopeless faces of the bread line to the faces filled with hope and happiness. For now, we work again unskilled laborers, the forgotten men of pa
Part of your week. Think derek like to harris excuse me, jared harris excuse me, hardisty. I would like to thank cspan for filming us so that others who cannot be with us tonight can see it at a later date. And thank you to the Abigail Adams Historical Society and their board of directors, who offered us this wonderful opportunity to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker, edith gillis. Abigails rich history in this us every day. S thank you. The hingham Historical Society is focused like never before on his history, to understand all voices. We currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house, which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero. Benjamin lincoln received the british sort of surrender at yorktown, or as we like to tell schoolchildren, that is Benjamin Lincoln on the white horse. Featured so prominently in the rotunda of the u. S. Capitol. Benjamin lincoln served hingham as a clerk, constable, and
Educational institutions designed to mold the minds and bodies of italys children between the ages five and 11 undertook a mission to rejuvenate the italian race and create a second roman empire. This project depended on the twin beliefs that the italian population did, indeed, constitute a distinct race and that certain aspects of its moral and physical makeup could be influenced during childhood. The book released last year is the work of our visiting author, dr. Eden maclean. Dr. Mclean is a historian of 20thcentury europe with a focus on italy in the interwar period. She joined auburn Universitys Department of history in 2012 after teaching for two years at western connecticut state university. She earned her ph. D. In history from Yale University and a ba in history from university of virginia. She is joined on stage tonight by museum advisor, partner, and friend, dr. Gunter bischof. The marshal plan chair of history and director of our partner for tonights program,. Enter austria
Congress, the play was directed by or sun wells. On the Opening Night in 1936, 10,000 people crowded the streets of harlem in preferred to score a ticket. We were a discouraged people. Because we were the first to lose our jobs when the old man depression came along. The struggle while depression fear and failure stop the nation. A tenth of the population of the United States went out of every four of us was in vain we sought for something to restore our confidence, our whole our courage. Without jobs we had no money. Without money if we could not purchase food for the hungry mouths at home. Our only hope late and charity. It youll wear people to the bread lines. We waited for some sign of better days. Then came the federal governments work program. One by one, it took us out of the bread land and gave us a new chance to take a normal place in the life of our community. It made a self supportive. It changed the haggard hopeless faces of the bread line into face is filled with hope and
Nation. A 10th of the population of the united states. One out of every four of us was on relief. Looked for something to restore our confidence and hope. Without jobs we had no money and without money we could not purchase food for the hungry mouths at home. Our only hope laid in charity. As bread lines were built up people anxiously waited for a sign of better days. And then came the work program. One by one, it took us out of the bread line and gave us a new chance to take our place in the normal life of our community. It seems the haggard hopeless faces of the bread line to the faces filled with hope and happiness. We work again unskilled laborers, the forgotten men of past generations now worked steadily at decent wages. They are building and repairing schools, Public Holdings to meet the changing needs of our modern world. In one project in the nations capital, 1200 men are employed grading and constructing runways. In addition to the hundreds of unskilled laborers removed from t