I want to thank you so much for joining me here today. It was real pleasure talking with you about. Today we have the privilege of being joined by marie arana, the author of this new book, latinoland latinos a portrait of americas largest and least understood minority. So its a fantastic book that hes just coming out with simon and schuster, and were going to be discussing it today. Is that is a thick book find full of exciting stories new information overviews of the different latino populations that live in the United States of america. So we are not going to be able to cover it all today. But i want to scratch the surface and ask some questions to the author about this fascinating new book. So, first of all, congratulations, mary, on on this great endeavor, these great, accomplished. And i have enjoyed very much reading the book. Its very accessible, very easy to read. Its hard to stop reading a page turner so that it might be accomplished because it also goes over a lot of history,
Today we have the privilege of being joined by marie arana, the author of this new book, latinola latinos a portrait of americas largest and least understood minority. So its a fantastic book that hes just coming out with simon and schuster, and were going to be discussing it today. Is that is a thick book find full of exciting stories new information overviews of the different latino populations that live in the United States of america. So we are not going to be able to cover it all today. But i want to scratch the surface and ask some questions to the author about this fascinating new book. So, first of all, congratulations, mary, on on this great endeavor, these great, accomplished. And i have enjoyed very much reading the book. Its very accessible, very easy to read. Its hard to stop reading a page turner so that it might be accomplished because it also goes over a lot of history, demographics, facts, definitions in a way that is very illuminating for for scholars, students and th
Today we have the privilege of being joined by marie arana, the author of this new book, latinoland latinos a portrait of americas largest and least understood minority. So its a fantastic book that hes just coming out with simon and schuster, and were going to be discussing it today. Is that is a thick book find full of exciting stories new information overviews of the different latino populations that live in the United States of america. So we are not going to be able to cover it all today. But i want to scratch the surface and ask some questions to the author about this fascinating new book. So, first of all, congratulations, mary, on on this great endeavor, these great, accomplished. And i have enjoyed very much reading the book. Its very accessible, very easy to read. Its hard to stop reading a page turner so that it might be accomplished because it also goes over a lot of history, demographics, facts, definitions in a way that is very illuminating for for scholars, students and
The battle of mobile bay in august of 1864, and the leadership roles of Union Rear Admiral David Farragut and confederate admiral Franklin Buchanan. It closed one of the last major ports. The victory, coupled with the gave a boost to president abraham lincolns bid for reelection just a couple of months later. The Mariners Museum host this 45 minute event. [applause] john there is an unseen battlefield in every human breast where to opposing forces me to and where they seldom rest. The battle of mobile bay is actually the story of a contest between the two highest ranking naval officers in the civil war, and franklint buchanan. If you think of two opposing wills, that is what you have the battle of mobile bay. First, i want to talk about who these characters are. Start with Franklin Buchanan, since he was on one of our ironclads here in Hampton Roads. Franklin buchanan was born on seven on september 17, 1800 in baltimore, maryland. His father was founder of the Maryland Medical Society
Each week, American History tv sits in on a lecture. You can watch classes here at 8 00 and midnight eastern. Next, Donald Miller talks about what daily life was like for british and american airmen during world war ii and how their experiences differed from infantrymen. Hours. Ass is two prof. Miller im going to show you some slides. T is not a pro forma lecture ,f you have questions observations, let me know. Where we are at the 1943. We have invaded sicily, we have invaded italy. We are beginning to win the title of the atlantic. An enormous russian victory at stalingrad. Hurting, now the war is beginning to reverse itself. We are going to turn back a little bit to the beginning of the american participation and take that through dday. Next up we will do the dday invasion. Ok. There is the basis, east anglia. I have been there a lot. Englandbackward area of , only 60 miles from london but it might as well be six centuries away. As i say, it is shaped like a giant hachette aimed at n