thanks so much mike. the role of the national press club s is the legacy of the clubs 112 your history as well the history of journalism. especially in washington. we are pleased that on april 27, a new book called tales from the national press club is set to be published. it explores events that happened at the club that have had an impact on american and world history. this event tonight was proposed by our moderator, - - was part of the great washington journalism growth in her family. for generations, they have published national geographic magazine, founded by ed s great-grandfather, graham bell. who by the way, invented the telephone. ed is now editor and publisher of the american heritage magazine. a magazine that has inspired generations of young historians. ed is also the publisher of 13 history - - excuse me, ed is also the author and editor of 13 history books. and he s a third-generation club member. ed will introduce our distinguished panel. who not only were o
nors donors. we make history available through our library that provides access to our amazing collection which includes close to 14 million manuscript pages and among other things the papers of three of the first six u.s. presidents. we also do this through programs for educators, programs for academics and through our public programs. we also host exhibitions and tonight s talk really kochtails with our current show which is title fire, voices from the boston massacre. this ex-legislation is looks out he residents of boston experienced the events and ramifications march 5, 1770 and tried hard in this presentation not only to talk about john adams and thomas hutchinson and the regular citizen of boston and how this moment of violence impacted their lives. our speaker,. h. breen is doing the same thing but for the entire american revolution this. book the will of the people explores role of citizens and cities throughout the 13 colonies during the war and looks at the s