As we face a president ial Election Year and prepare for it, it will be an insight all of us can benefit from. The second is the speaker umwelf, our esteemed Professor Emeritus of history william b. Crawley william b. Crawley , he has just completed 50 years on the faculty of university of the Mary Washington he has compete he has contributed in numerous ways. Our Historic Preservation program in the creation of this great life series among them. It is for his excellence in teaching his perhaps best known. And to thousands of our students who have come through our halls. He has received our institution highest honors in teaching from his colleagues and his students. Many of whom through the years have voted him as the faculty member who has made the greatest impact upon their lives. Dr. Crawley through these years has become a true icon of this community. So, it is with great pleasure that i introduce Professor William b crawley, who, drawing upon his 50 years of teaching political his
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Tokyo. It is a great book. Bookshe author of many and came to us about 10 years ago. He came and visited the museum, gave a presentation on his book, and we have not managed to get him back here. We tried, he was going to come in april of this year, but of course things got out of hand, and we had to postpone that event indefinitely to talk on one of his other books. Im sure most of our viewers today know many of johns books. Help from the heroes hell from the heavens, for crew and country, and tin can tightens, which one the Elliott Morrison naval litter chief naval literacy award. It was awarded regarded naval history. So congratulations on that. Many years belated. As i mentioned, john was supposed to come in april, and we were able to work in the Distance Learning team to bring these programs to you all. This one specifically has to do with our theme of the end of the war, the 75th in a verse or he of the end of the war. We will get right do it so we many of theet as audience quest
Than 200 communities across the nation. Like many americans, our staff is paying close to home due to coronavirus. Next, look at one of our cities tour city tour visits. We all know that our grandmother loved taking pictures. We saw the scrapbook she would keep and in the more recent years, i didnt realize how much she kept from her entire life until i was starting research for my book and was able to go down to College Station and they have the archives there. My coauthor and i were like we are here for a day and a half, lets do it. The first day we walk in and mary says where do you want to start and shes like millions and millions of books and tapes started in her scrapbooks. My grandmother heads had kept scrapbooks of every part of their life together. While at the George H W Bush museum, warren finch showed us one of our brother bushs many scrapbooks, containing mementos of their life together. Here is the research room. We are going to look at one of about 120 scrapbooks misses b
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