Lecturers, retired u. S. Army historian dr. Speaking on the womens spies of dday. Well have the lecture. Well have time for q a. And then we invite all of you to join dr. Holden and Committee Members downstairs for a reception and that, my friends, is more than enough for me. So, dr. Holden, the floor is yours. Good evening. Thank you very much. Its nice to see all of you here this evening. Were going to take a journey and time. But not that long ago when i first started with this program for the 75th anniversary, four years ago, we actually had some fellow citizens here from normandy who as children had lived through the bombardment on june 5th and june six. And it was incredible to hear their stories. I will attempt to give you an overview. Please understand i cannot touch on every hero. But what i would like to do is to give you a survey tonight and give you some pointers for a future Reference Research on your own. Its like the old library of Congress Series from the 1980s, and at
And then we invite all of you to join dr. Holden and Committee Members downstairs for a reception and that, my friends, is more than enough for me. So, dr. Holden, the floor is yours. Good evening. Thank you very much. Its nice to see all of you here this evening. Were going to take a journey and time. But not that long ago when i first started with this program for the 75th anniversary, four years ago, we actually had some fellow citizens here from normandy who as children had lived through the bombardment on june 5th and june six. And it was incredible to hear their stories. I will attempt to give you an overview. Please understand i cannot touch on every hero. But what i would like to do is to give you a survey tonight and give you some pointers for a future Reference Research on your own. Its like the old library of Congress Series from the 1980s, and at the end of their hour long special would say and the library of congress recommends the following books, and theyd give you two o
And then we invite all of you to join dr. Holden and Committee Members downstairs for a reception and that, my friends, is more than enough for me. So, dr. Holden, the floor is yours. Good evening. Thank you very much. Its nice to see all of you here this evening. Were going to take a journey and time. But not that long ago when i first started with this program for the 75th anniversary, four years ago, we actually had some fellow citizens here from normandy who as children had lived through the bombardment on june 5th and june six. And it was incredible to hear their stories. I will attempt to give you an overview. Please understand i cannot touch on every hero. But what i would like to do is to give you a survey tonight and give you some pointers for a future Reference Research on your own. Its like the old library of Congress Series from the 1980s, and at the end of their hour long special would say and the library of congress recommends the following books, and theyd give you two o
Good evening, everyone. Before we get started, e wanted to go over a couple of very quick housekeeping details. Please silence your cell phones. And if you have or just to let you know, theres no recording, no photos allowed during our programs. And thanks. However, you will get a chance to see all of this, because cspan is here tonight taping. So brush your hair, straighten your collars [laughter] you may be on tv very soon. Sally quinn is a longtime Washington Post journalist, columnist, Television Commentator and one of the capitols renowned social hostesses, also the founder of the religious web site on faith for the Washington Post. She writes for various publications and has in order several books including the party, happy endings, and were going to make you a star about her experience as the first female Network Anchor in the u. S. Sally is in conversation tonight with two good friends who are also authors. Elsa walsh is the author of divided lives the public and private strugg
Good evening. It is a pleasurepl to welcome you here tonight please silence your cellphone no recording more photos allowed during the program. But cspan is here tonight so brush your hair you could be on tv. [laughter] sally quinn founder of the religious websites on a for the washingtonn post did has authored several books including the top party and happy endings. She is it in conversation with two good friends or also authors, elsa walsh the private and public struggles of three women and a staff writer at the new yorker in for the Washington Post for shee was a finalist for the of Pulitzer Prize for chrome associate editor of the Washington Post, bob woodard has worked there since a 19,711th 1973 with the97 coverage of watergate with Carl Bernstein hesse of coverage o for the 9 11 terrorist attack. He has authored or coauthored 18 books with the most recent is the last of the president s men. Please join me with a warm welcome sally quinn, bob woodard, elsa walsh. [applause] i get