Programming exploring our nations past. Next, historian Nancy Bristow talks about the 1918 influenza pandemic and how it devastated american civilians and soldiers during the final year of world war i and beyond. She also explains why the epidemic is not memorialized like the war itself, despite causing a higher number of deaths. Ms. Bristow is the author of american pandemic. Museumional world war i and memorial in kansas city, missouri, hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium. I do believe that is my cue and getthis direction our introduction for our next speaker. Also, i would like to say before that, here is a little Public Service announcement. I will be stealing this line from dr. Nyberg. Potentially, there is only one thing you can learn from the world war. That thing would be dont forget to get your flu shot. [laughter] gentlemen, do remember that. We did get that wonderful thing called daylight savings time because of world war i in the United States and other count
Having, and i feel like this is one of those so im excited for him to speak about it. Im going to give you a little kind of overview. If a cell phone, please take photos, but dont make the flash happen. We are filming tonight, as you probably can see. Its a little distracting. We will have the books for sale. We have them for sale currently and if you would like to, i really implore you to look through it and have alan sign it. Hell be signing afterwards as well. We have a wonderful server in the room. She will be here all night. So please take care of her as she will take care of you. I will now turn it on over to alan for the talk of ghosts of Sheridan Circle. Thanks. [ applause ] thank you very much, olivia. Thank you to busboys and poets for hosting this. I also want to thank my publisher for putting this together, the two institutions who made this book happen in washington. Im so happy to be presenting this in washington which is, you know, literally the scene of this crime. The
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The prime minister, winston churchill, replied, study history. Study history. In it lie all the secrets of statecraft. You heard of great praise. There is nothing you can do about having a 20 or 22yearold body, but there is no excuse for not having a 5000yearold mind. It is at your fingertips. But let us continue to look back so that we can see forward. Im pleased to introduce you pat lock, who will moderate the next panel. Locke is the first African American woman to graduate from the United States naval academy, in 1980. She will bring forth a group of women that have an unheard story, Unsung Heroes that played an Important Role in americas history. I am pleased to introduce pat locke. [applause] major locke good morning, everyone. Good morning. Major locke i know i have a lot of friends at the naval academy, but i am not the first african woman to graduate from the naval academy. I am the first African American woman to graduate from the United States military academy. So i just wan
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