The Smithsonian Associates and the International Spy museum cohosted this 80 minute event. Good to see all of you here. I am a historian and curator. Some of you i know, some of you i am meeting for the first time. I would like to welcome all of you to the spy museum and spy seminar, where we focus on the spies of the American Revolution. The first two weeks centered on wellknown personalities. You have the , which has an entire tv show dedicated to it now, and ben franklin is of course ben franklin. Next week, we will look at the most infamous spy in u. S. History, Benedict Arnold. The relative obscurity of James Lafayette is what will make this morning so interesting. He is someone we should know more about. His impact on World History is well known. Historians are just now beginning to piece it together to find out new information and understand his impact on the revolution and figure out how he sits among the great heroes and villains of american intelligence history. Katherine egn
Well have plenty of sunshine this st. Patricks day. Plenty o sunshine, yes, you are, irishman vai sikahema. Osikahema. It is cold this morning. Well see sunshine and pretty nice last friday of winter. Philadelphia, 28 right now. Bundle up if youre in the Lehigh Valley. Itted to 19 degrees but will be a quick warmup. 29 at 9 00 and 34 at lunchtime. We were in the 30s yesterday. Look at the warmup for. Philadelphia, suburbs, new jersey, all into the 40s this afternoon. And looking good at the shore. 4 degrees with sunny skies. For delaware and the high valley into the 40s. So, melting will happen during the day. And the warming trend continues a little bit tomorrow. This is the last weekend winter. It will come with wintry weather. Im expecting rain and snow this weekend before we get warmer temperatures and start to dry out on monday for the first day of spring. A look at that snow potential for our area. Come back in ten minutes. Dont go anywhere. First, Jessica Boyington has your firs
Women had the right to vote nationally. She is a bridge from the to womenmovement attaining full political rights. In a National Womens suffrage organization. She helped women get the right to vote, not only in montana, that a couple of states left in mississippi. She runs in 1916, she is elected to one of montanas two atlarge districts. Part of her platform is that she is a pacifist. On is sworn into the house april 2, 1917. Speciale has come into session, extraordinary session because the president , that delivers arow wilson message to Congress Asking for a declaration of war against germany. It was the u. S. Entry into world war i. Rankin is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u. S. Intervention in world war i. House,ved a term and a she was on the womens suffrage committee. She was on the public lands committee, which was an important assignment for a woman from montana, with much of the land teen held by the federal government. It was an important position. She s
Women had the right to vote nationally. She is a bridge from the to womenmovement attaining full political rights. In a National Womens suffrage organization. She helped women get the right to vote, not only in montana, that a couple of states left in mississippi. She runs in 1916, she is elected to one of montanas two atlarge districts. Part of her platform is that she is a pacifist. On is sworn into the house april 2, 1917. Speciale has come into session, extraordinary session because the president , that delivers arow wilson message to Congress Asking for a declaration of war against germany. It was the u. S. Entry into world war i. Rankin is one of a group of about 50 members who votes against u. S. Intervention in world war i. House,ved a term and a she was on the womens suffrage committee. She was on the public lands committee, which was an important assignment for a woman from montana, with much of the land teen held by the federal government. It was an important position. She s
Immigrant experience affected his political views. They also explain how hamilton have helped shift washingtons opinion of slavery. The New York Historical society hosted this hourlong event. [applause] tonights program is a lecture in american history. We think carl for his wonderful support, and it was like to recognize a few other people in the auditorium cured the heart of our public programs, as i think you all know, is the bernard and Irene Schwartz distinguished speaker series. Mr. Swartz also helped start the classic film series, now in its fifth year. It is growing and growing. Esther schwartz mr. Swartz, thank you so much. Lets give him a hand. [applause] i also want to recognize joel pickett, david, and the trustees and chairmans counsel for all the great work. Lets give them a hand, as well. [applause] the program will last one hour. We will have a question and answer session. We are doing the questions on cards, it works better and everyone gets a chance to ask questions a