Taking time to be here we are so delighted to have professor Margaret Mcmillon with us today. It really is a delight. Thank you so much for traveling to be with us on this important conversation and who will help us with that is better equipped than Margaret Mcmillon, americas Professor International history at oxford, professor of history at the university of toronto, she serves in a many and varied roles. Trustee of the Central European university and more recently, at the Imperial War Museum. We are second only here at the National World War One Museum and memorial to the Imperial War Museum in terms of history. They began collecting a 1917 and we began collecting in 1920. We are further delighted that they are having their world war ii gatherings reinstalled by the gallery designs over the World War One Museum so they are very wise, i might say. Margarets research specializes in British Imperial history and the International History of the 19th and 20th centuries and she is written
And i know that theres a lot of excitement as there ought be for this evenings conversations so thank you for taking time to be here. Were so delighted to have professor margaret macmillen with us today. Thank you for traveling to be a part of this important conversation, and who else to help us with that is better equipped than margaret macmillen and a professor of history at oxford, at the university of toronto. Serves in many varied roles. A trustee of the university and more recently at the Imperial War Museum. Might i offer that we are second only here at the National World war i museum and memorial to the Imperial War Museum in terms of history. They began collecting in 1917 and we began collecting in 1920. And were further delighted that theyre having their world war ii galleries reinstalled by the gallery designers of the National World war i museum and memorial. So theyre very wise i might say. Shes written many publications and books. I dont want to list those. One of which i
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. What a day. A terrific event that weve had so far and thank you for being with us and i know theres a lot of excitement and thank you for taking time to be here. We are so delighted to have professor Margaret Mcmillin with us, and it really is a delight. Thank you so much for traveling to be with us in this important conversation and who else but to help us with that is better equipped than Margaret Mcmillin an emeritus professor at oxford and professor of history in toronto. She serves in a varied role and more recently at the Imperial War Museum. May i offer that we are second only here at the National World war i museum to the Imperial War Museum in terms of history they began collecting in 1917 and we began collecting in 1920, and we are furthy delighted that theyre having their world war ii galleries reinstalled by the gallery designers of the National World war i museum and memorial. So they are very wise, i might say. Margarets research specia
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Programs. In 1982 he appeared on book notes to talk about his biography of president truman it won the Pulitzer Prize for biography and to help change the view of the truman presidency. Here he is from 1992. Cspan you start off by saying as far back as he could remember truman held onto the mythical roman heroes. What is that all about . The mythical hero who left in time of war with the great general and was victorious and renounced all of his power and returned to the farm. Thats a theme the country was founded on. If you are at the capital with the great painting of George Washington turning over his powers as commanderinchief of the Continental Army to congress the symbols earth all throughout that painting because they believe this is what democracy entailed that any citizen should be called upon at any time to serve b ultheir country in any capacity and the power belong to the people and would bepo returned to those who held it. He like to say i never forget who i was, where i ca