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Hello. Im cant hate, the library of congress and welcome to our very First Virtual National Book festival presents. As with all collectively face the challenge of the pandemic, the safety of our staff members, our visitors, our scholars is our First Priority at the library of congress. And so were following this cdc recommendations and guidelines in all of our buildings are close to the public until further notice. However, it is the liberia submission to engage and connect with our users. And so we have been rolling out various programs virtually for parents and teachers, scholars, students and everyone who could benefit, we hope, from our resources online. And so please visit our website llc. Gov for more useful information, not only about was going on currently, but also things that you could use during this time. Now to our events. We will be joined by bestselling author john barry who will be discussing his book the great influenza the story of the deadliest pandemic in history. H
He is a guy looking for a Second Chance here in texas. He has been the governor of tennessee. Hes got military experience with the u. S. Army. He was an officer. Houston wanted to preserve himself in texas for a better day. Sam houston honorably led an started the process of the texa republic. Welcome to san antonio, texas. Behind your famous building bir that is the Church Inside the alamo were famous battle took place. We will talk about this battle in a way in which you never heard before. Before we do that, i want to flashback. Flashback to what texas was lik in 1920 when moses austin started bringing americans righ here. What brought americans to texas in 1820 . What was the attraction . People were on the move in there on the move because theres opportunity and theres also hardships to escape. What texas offers is both of those. You come to texas because the opportunity is the land and at that time, lee and his livelihood. If you dont have land, you cant make them living. Many pe
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