We are thrilled to welcome a claim historian mary beth norton. She is the author of five books and coeditor of several others at her textbook of people and a nation a survey of u. S. History. Her new book 1774 the long year of revolution is available per purchase following the program. Please join me in welcoming mary beth norton. [applause]. Its really nice to be here. I want to make sure the clicker is on. It doesnt seem to be. I dont want to show that one quite yet. I want to show you the cover of the book briefly because the little bottle on it is famous if youre colonial historian. Its in the collections of the map of the society and it claims on the label on it which is impossible to read alas that is contains t picked up from Boston Harbor or the day after the tea party. Its a quite wellknown object in the colonial america. I wanted to start with this verse from a poem i discovered in the new york journal which is a newspaper that coordinated with the sons of liberty in new york
Historian mary beth norton. She is the author of five books and coeditor of several others in your textbooks in a survey of u. S. History and been published in ten additions and sold more than 500,000 copies. Norton is a price finalist and. She is married professor of American History at cornell university. Her new book, 1774, year of revolution, available for purchase following the program. So now, please join me in welcoming mary beth norton. [applause]. Mary is really nice to be here. I want to make sure that the microphone is on. It does not seem to be. Hope there is pretty great. I want to show you the cover of the book because that little bottle on it, is famous here in colonial historian. I dont know if anybody recognizes this but it is in the collection of the massachusetts historical tidy. It claims on the label which is impossible read, that it contains t picked up from bostons harbor. The day after the tea party. So there is a quite wellknown object in the colonial america.
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The documentary tells the story of the early stages of the Aleutian Islands campaign during world war ii and depicts the harsh weather and Living Conditions faced by u. S. Forces. [ music playing ] Aleutian Islands are situated in the North Pacific ocean forming a chain which extends about 1,200 miles westsouthwest from Alaska Peninsula towards siberia to form the southern boundary of the bering sea. The aleutians compromised comprise four dprums and part of the territory of the alaska, usa. A volcanic origin, there are numerous cones on the chain, many of them still active. The coasts are rocky and terf rise immediately from the water in steep bold mountains the aleutians of the storm cloud of the western world, a permanent low pressure area prevails there. Cold air masses from the polar regions flow with the sheering effect against the warm, moistureladen air masses over the japanese current to form iconic disturbances. The cause of the earths rotation, these disturbances move from w
Aleutian islands are situated in the North Pacific ocean, forming a chain which extends about 1200 miles west, southwest of alaska toward siberia to form the southern boundary of the bering sea. The aleutians constitute part of a territory of alaska, usa. A volcanic origin, there are numerous cones on the chain, many of them still active. The coasts are rocky and rise immediately from the water in steep, bold mountains. The aleutians are the storm hub of the western world. A permanent low pressure area prevails there. Cold air masses from the polar regions flow with a shearing effect against the warm, moisture laden air masses over the japanese current to form cyclonic disturbances. T because of the earths rotation, the disturbances move from west to east and this phenomenon constitutes one of the most dangerous weapons in the arsenal of our unmeenemies, for it allo the japanese to move behind the curtain of a storm. In the early days of june, 1942, they employed this advantage to secu