Onely to see you all today this day. My name is donnas the dark, chair of the History Department here at salem state university. Thank you all for coming today. We are all here, obviously, the of Bridget Bishop long hot summer and thaw of 1962. This is the 325th anniversary of those events. As a history professor, i am sometimes reticent to indulge in what i called anniversary history, because i like my students to think every single day is historic. Take adoes feel right to moment, take a day, and really think about what happened during that year. So that is what we are doing today. That is what the city of salem is going to be doing probably all summer long. Before i introduce our distinguished guest, who will open up our symposium, the mayor of salem, kimberly jusco driscoll, i want to say thanks. At the end of the day, i will think all of the presenters, but right now, i want to thank my little committee, because we have been working on this for a year. And that would include the t
I thank you all for coming today. We are all here, obviously, because of rigid ship. The long hot summer and early fall of 1692. As a history professor, i am inetimes reticent to indulge anniversary history because i like my students to think that every single day is historic. To take as feel right moment, take it day and really think about what happened. That is what we are doing today. That is with the city of salem is going to be doing all summer long. Before i introduce our distinguished guest who will , i want to symposium say thanks before i forget to thank everybody. While we are wrapping up this day am going to think all of the presenters contributions. Right now i want to thank my Little Committee because we have been working on this for a year. And that would include the two women downstairs who are not going to hear my thanks. Also from the Salem Award Foundation we have shelby, who has a brief announcement to make about our special feature. [indiscernible] and would like to
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Consider them to be both wilson experts. To my mind, professor knock has done more than anything totle us what Woodrow Wilson had to deal with, and kell us the history and moments of Woodrow Wilson, to tell us what he confronted and how he confronted it and the development of his own thinking in the world he lived inch professor tony smith is the other side of the coin. Has done more than anyone to tell us why this matters, because frankly, everybody president since wilson its not been a question whether or not they are wilsonian but how much. Still continue to guide American Foreign pop si today or might say coin to haunt American Foreign policy. What Woodrow Wilson said and what professor something i win help us understand in a more forwardgoing way helps drive america today, which is why im particularly pleased to have the author of this book why wilson matters which is a darn good book, to come here and to explain it to us, and then you can go buyure own copy. So, without further a
Consider them to be both wilson experts. To my mind, professor knock has done more than anything totle us what Woodrow Wilson had to deal with, and kell us the history and moments of Woodrow Wilson, to tell us what he confronted and how he confronted it and the development of his own thinking in the world he lived inch professor tony smith is the other side of the coin. Has done more than anyone to tell us why this matters, because frankly, everybody president since wilson its not been a question whether or not they are wilsonian but how much. Still continue to guide American Foreign pop si today or might say coin to haunt American Foreign policy. What Woodrow Wilson said and what professor something i win help us understand in a more forwardgoing way helps drive america today, which is why im particularly pleased to have the author of this book why wilson matters which is a darn good book, to come here and to explain it to us, and then you can go buyure own copy. So, without further a