On his undergraduate course on the topic of ordinary lives in the American Revolution. And his book, stolen five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their journey home, which tells the true story of five boys kidnapped in the north and sold into slavery in the deep south and that during attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, is being published by Simon Schuster in october. Thank you once again for joining us this evening, and without any further ado, please join me in welcoming dr. Rick bell. [applause] dr. Bell thanks to heather, thanks to cspan for covering this. Those of you who might have been to the Smithsonian Associates before and heard me give other programs wont be surprised to hear my strange accent, which is not exactly a maryland natives accent. I was raised in england yet find myself teaching about the American Revolution as part of my job, which let me tell you is a blessing and a curse, an undergraduate classroom to teach with an accent like this. Im very
If there are, stand or wave, wherever you might be. And if we do not have any veterans, that is a shame. We would love to have them as always. Anybody working on the home front that is here . Theres somebody. Dont be bashful. I thought so. [applause] i saw them earlier. Holocaustors of the who might be here, i would like to recognize them as well. And veterans of any period of time wherever you are in the audience, would you please stand and raise your hand . Thank you. [applause] service. All for your and thank you again for being here. In the Early Morning hours of may 7, 1945, and a Little Red Schoolhouse in france in a Little Red Schoolhouse in france, world war ii officially came to an end in europe with the surrender of German Military alfred jodel. It is the anniversary date of ve day, the 72nd anniversary of that event, which celebrates the allied defeat of the nazis. 72 years ago, the west was facing a new beginning, a Herculean Task to ensure that another war would not break
The whole thing i was saying went right over the head and you prove my case again. All that was missing was another cheap shot or a bucket of chicken. Back. D the gentleman yields. The question occurs on the amendment. Im sorry. Thewhat purpose does gentleman from california seek recognition . The gentleman is recognized. Chairman, 13 years ago i partnered with the California State Senate democrats in advocating for an open records act for complaints against Police Officers. Five years ago i cosponsored Hank Johnsons stop military rising the police act militarizing the police act. If you are seeking bipartisan support for police reform, you would have it. If you had sought consultation and compromise and cooperation, if you reached across the aisle, you would have found many sincere allies. Not only did you not offer republicans a seat at the table, you have not offered her publicans seats in the committee room, disenfranchising many of us who thought this issue was too important to ph
I wont president ial history because the presidency is especially built around who everybody pressured into it. Its important that everyone understand him and the presidency. But i think the biographies are alienating in the ways that the visual presentations and the way that they are written. So i really wanted the reader to feel as if they had never read a president ial biography. That they had everything they needed the beginning of the book to feel as though they were the experts. So that was part of it. I really did think think a lott my reader and the other part was thought washington has been called by president ial editors to edit the paper called him an vanilla wants to my face. [laughter] they are too much fun. Thats why the fighters survived. But the thing is he is, you can break him out and it can be interesting but you have to have fun with him. I think that its a whole different thing. But a lot of it is the way that i organize the material in my head when i was trying to
The World War Ii Alliance between Winston Churchills Great Britain and the leaders of european nations who fled to london following the nazi occupation of their countries. She details how the british and their exiled allies helped one another to combat the germans prior to u. S. Entry into the war. The National World War Ii Museum hosted and recorded this event in may 2017. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. I am president and ceo of the National Civil war museum. I think a lot of familiar people are out there. Fors great to see you all our distinguished speaker. Share her latest work with us. Before we get started, is always our tradition to recognize any world war ii veterans who may be with us. If there are, stand or wave. Anyone from working on the home front . Dont be bashful. [applause] i saw them earlier. Any survivors of the holocaust to might be here . We like to recognize them as well. Veterans of any time, will you still stand. [applause] thank you