Being regarded as key figures. In preserving cultural artifacts. The Wilson Center hosted this event. Its a little under 90 minutes. In recent years, scholars and the general public have learned about the exploits of american curators and Museum Officials in world war ii whos mission was to save the endangered art treasures in europe. I would note the work of the nicholas, robert edsalls remarkable efforts to recover the Monuments Foundation and of course the 2014 George Clooney film. All curators should want to be played by George Clooney. The Monuments Men and i should add monuments women, are compelling figures. They are celebrated for the role they played in wartime. Absent from this story of individual heroism is any analysis and assessment of the way that culture and knowledge mattered in world war ii. How winning the war became a reliant upon the accumulation of knowledge and included a commitment to the protection of culture. How the objectives of the American Government, the m
Find out where the cspan cities tour is going next online. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. Next, on American History tv, university of pennsylvania history professor, kathy peiss examines the evolution of library and Information Science during world war ii. She argues what she says is an outline of a shift in the 1940s from librarians being neglected to being regarded as key figures. Its a little under 90 minutes. In recent years, scholars and the general public have learned about the exploits of american curators and Museum Officials in world war ii whos mission was to save the endangered art treasures in europe. I would note the work of the nicholas, robert, remarkable efforts to recover the Monuments Foundation and of course the 2014 George Clooney film. I should add monuments women, are compelling togethers. They are straight celebrated for the role they played in wartime. Absent from this story of individual heroism is any analysis and
Lanes are shut down for 16 hours. If you are anywhere in that vicinity, you remember this well. They then reopened it yesterday afternoon and now, shut it down again. So right now you will not be able to drive between this section, this is southbound from mill brea avenue to poplar avenue. Christie smith is live in burling game. We are saying how erie it is to see 101 so completely dark. Reporter the freeway has been closed for about an hour now. It is backed up about a mile and a half each direction, which they say, isnt too bad. Work is moving along to replace the high voltage power lines that fell. The message to drivers tonight, avoid the area if you can. With highway 101 closed in the burling game area, crews are back to work on the next phase of the Emergency Repair work. We are spanning about 1500 feet of the power line that runs across the freeway to towers that are across the freeway adjacent from this work. They are replacing high voltage power lines that fell after the utili
Monday, Park City child care facilities closed their doors earlier than usual and encouraged parents to join them at Library Field to participate in the National Day Without Childcare.