Eats 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Every weekend, book tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Heres whats coming up this weekend. Saturday at 5 45 p. M. Eastern, photographer Matthew Christopher tells the stories behind his series of photos of abandoned schools, factories, zoos and Beach Front Properties across the u. S. Abandoned america, dismantling the dream. At 8 00 p. M. Joseph book talks about his book, my father and attius finch. About 1930s alabama. He spoke at the 28th southern festival of books in nashville. At 10 00 p. M. , professor ellen silvergeld looks at farming methods and technology and the impact on the environment and workers on her latest book chickenizing farms and food how industrial meat production endangers workers, animals and consumers. Professor silvergeld is interviewed by former u. S. Secretary of agriculture dan glickman. Most people in america havent really been on a farm. Maybe they go to the county fair but they dont know what it is to
Tonight we are delighted to have derek beck presented the war before independence 1775. Derek has always had a passion for military history which inspired him to start his career in the u. S. Air force, he has served as an officer on active duty and science roles and in space operations. In 2005 he earned a master of science degree at m. I. T. Where he also fell in love with bostons revolutionary past. To more fully pursue writing, he later transitioned to the air force reserves, though he still remains quite active, presently holding the rank of major. Dereks first book igniting the American Revolution, 1773 to 1775 received an Honorable Mention here at the Fraunces Tavern museum book award in april. Dereks second book, the sequel, the war before independence and that was released in may. I would now like to welcome derek to the lectern. [ applause ] thank you all for coming. Its an honor to be here at the Fraunces Tavern. Its exciting to give a historic lecture at a historic site. I
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Swift and sure has been u. S. Retaliation for communists attacks on the high seas. This is the maddux, one of the two destroyers attacked in the gulf of tonkin near North Vietnam. War planes from two carriers, the ticonderoga and the avenge the assault with 64 surtees to North Vietnam pt base s. North vietnam oil reserves were badly depleted. 10 went up in flames after direct hits. Pilot foron said two lost. One was reported to be a prisoner. The u. S. Sorties were launched ar one purpose, as warning that unprovoked attacks will bring prompt response. Burned all night in the white house of president johnson conferred with his advisers and he went before the nation to report on the crisis. Thi acte larger sense, of aggressions new aimed directly at our own forces again brings home to all of us in the United States th importancee of t struggle for peace and securityhe in Southeast Asia. Against they terror peaceful villagers of South Vietnam has now been joined by open aggression from th
Opened up the queens head tavern. And being down here in lower manhattan, you were at the center of commerce. So it was location, location, location. It was a very popular tavern. Soon, the politics of the times started really kicking up and Samuel Fraunces was a patriot, so having a tavern named after your king and queen was not a good idea, so people referred to it as sam Fraunces Tavern, which is what its known as today. The tavern was very popular. He had two kitchens, he had a savory kitchen and a sweet kitchen, which was very uncommon for the time. In the late 1760s, when the turmoil of the politics were happening, many different types of people would meet here at sam Fraunces Tavern, including the sons of liberty. So the upstairs second floor Fraunces Tavern was a private room referred to as the long room for private rentals, and women were not traditional a allowed in taverns, but if you rented a room you could have female guests. So there were certain types of things you would