Bill Clinton Historical lecture. I would like to thank our great trustee and benefactor, bernard schwartz, for his generosity and making this event and many of our Public Programs possible. [applause] i would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. One of our panelists. I would take this opportunity to say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at new York Historical. I want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our Frederick Douglass counsel. Of course, welcome all members who have joined up today. Joined usned us today. [applause] and i want to recognize a longstanding and very special friend of new York Historical, eric rudin, who has joined us this morning. Thank eric for all he and his family have done over a very long time at this institution. Thank you. [applause] this Mornings Program will last about an hour and a half and it will include a question and answer session. You should
I would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. One of our panelists. Opportunity tois say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at New York Historical. I want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our Frederick Douglass counsel. Of course, welcome all members who have joined up today. Who have joined up today. [applause] and i want to recognize a if not, my colleagues are going up and down the aisles with notecards and pencils. The notecards will be collected later on in the program. There will be a book signing following the program this morning. The book signing will take place right outside these central doors in the smith gallery. Copies of the books are available for purchase at our ny History Museum store, which is located to my left on the 77th street side. We are really, truly delighted to welcome our guest speakers. David blight, professor of American History and director of th
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Hopalong hi, there. Well, whatcha doing way back there . Come on up here. [laughs] ah, thats better. I am glad you dropped by. I have got a little story i think youll like. It is about a fourlegged friend of mine. No, i dont mean topper back there. This happened awhile back in the beautiful capitan Mountain Country of new mexico, on the Lincoln National forest. It was may time on the capitan, dry and hot but still nice and peaceful. All the animals in the forest were having a grand old time in the sunshine of spring. There was one little, threemonthold fella in particular who did not have a care in the world. He was spending his time having fun, agrowlin and aprowlin and ascratchin. Thats right. That bear cub did not have a care in the world, and somebody, a twolegged somebody, got careless. It took several hundred men five days to lick that fire. 17,000 acres of timber were destroyed, timber that could have been used for homes and furniture, along with the mills that could have turned