First Lady Laura Bush along with then library of librarian of congress and the current librarian of congress has continued. Carla it is so delightful to see people line up outside waiting to hear authors and get their books signed and all of these things. There is just so much excitement. After two years of being virtual, that was good for when we all had to hunker down, but being in person is just delightful. What is your role today . Carla my role is head cheerleader, and also to open up the main stage to actually get a chance to moderate a panel of young adult authors. This year we are having a stage for the young and young at heart, teenagers, specifically. The interesting part is we had a Youth Advisory Committee which could all happen during a pandemic, and they zoomed in through the country and gave us advice about authors they would like to hear from. They recommended the books and so i am just being led on to the stage but young people will be interviewing some of their favori
South floridas ecosystem, focusing on, birds other wildlife and their habitats. We are proud to be south floridas voice of conservation and this year we are celebrating our 75th anniversary as an audubon chapter, being established in 1947. We have fought against development in the everglades, cypress bay. Over the years we have continued to do so as we do today. So, ive been a member of the Tropical Audubon Society for over 30 years and found it just a great way, as i moved to miami to learn about our local region and the natural areas around here. So, i encourage everyone to go to our website at tropical audubon dot org and look at our events. We have seal trips every weekend throughout the year. Bird trips, mostly. Oftentimes you can go see eagles. Because, of course, as burgers we do see eagles regularly. Few people really have recognized that florida has one of the largest concentrations of bald eagles in the United States, we have over 1500 nesting pairs. Audubon in general has a
Then library of librarian of congress and the current librarian of congress has continued. Carla it is so delightful to see people line up outside waiting to hear authors and get their books signed and all of these things. There is just so much excitement. After two years of being virtual, that was good for when we all had to hunker down, but being in person is just delightful. What is your role today . Carla my role is head cheerleader, and also to open up the main stage to actually get a chance to moderate a panel of young adult authors. This year we are having a stage for the young and young at heart, teenagers, specifically. The interesting part is we had a Youth Advisory Committee which could all happen during a pandemic, and they zoomed in through the country and gave us advice about authors they would like to hear from. They recommended the books and so i am just being led on to the stage but young people will be interviewing some of their favorite authors. How many authors are
The u. S. Has no National Bird. Congress has never designated a National Bird as it has a national mammal, the bison, and a National Tree at a national flower. The bald eagle has been an emblem of the country since 1782 when we put it on the front of the great seal of the United States. And a very popular one. Peter why a National Symbol but not a National Bird . Jack congress has never designated a National Bird. Tomorrow congress could technically designate the sidewalk pigeon as the National Bird. Lets hope they dont do that. But, i am part of a group that is going to launch a campaign to have the bald eagle officially named by congress as the National Bird. Stay tuned. Peter there is a story we have all heard for years about Benjamin Franklin and the turkey and wanting that to be a National Bird or the National Symbol. Jack that story is somewhat apocryphal. Then franklin did compare the moral values of the bald eagle with that of the wild turkey intending that the wild turkey was
There have been conspiracies wrapped around. Today, we are here to discuss the struggles that have been dealt to our nation. Joining us today is the professor of history at Boston University and the author of the book the brethren a story of faith and conspiracy in revolutionary america. [applause] joining him is New York Times writer and the author of the new book sandy hook an american tragedy elizabeth williamson. [applause] welcome to both of you. A couple of weeks ago, the verdict for alex jones came down. Have you spoken to the families and how are they reacting . I did almost immediately and throughout the trial which i was covering for the New York Times, they were weighing in. They were particularly gratified by the confrontation in the courtroom that Scarlett Lewis whose son jesse lewis died at sandy hook had with alex jones. For 90 minutes, she was on the stand and she addressed her responses to every question to him personally and she held him to account. That was something