To keep people vigilant in the case the United States entered world war i. The attack remains the worst act of terrorism in San Francisco history. This is about 50 minutes. Well, good morning thanks for coming. I appreciate you all being here on a drizzly day at providence college. Today i wanted to share with you i think a story and a moment in American History that is one of the, for me, more important moments of the late 19th and early 20th century. Holds a lot of significance in the period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be a the subject of my new book. I have been living and breathing in this period and in this moment. Dh is very significant for 1916 and really for the nation as i this ill try to make clear. So what ill do today is start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916 during the moment during this summer. And then ill spend time in really three parts talking about why its significant. And why its important to American History and
Moments of the late 19th and early 20th century. Holds a lot of significance in the period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be a the subject of my new book. I have been living and breathing in this period and in this moment. Dh is very significant for 1916 and really for the nation as i this ill try to make clear. So what ill do today is start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916 during the moment during this summer. And then ill spend time in really three parts talking about why its significant. And why its important to American History and our story. Let me begin by framing this story about this 1916 moment. Many of you have probably seen this character before. Mark twain. Of course the famous American Play write and he had many quips during his life. One of them that he said is he said the coldest winter i ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. One of his jokes. Of course if you have been to San Francisco you know this to be true. He sa
The attack remains the worst act of terrorism in San Francisco history. This is about 50 minutes. Well, good morning thanks for coming. I appreciate you all being here on a drizzly day at providence college. Today i wanted to share with you i think a story and a moment in American History that is one of the, for me, more important moments of the late 19th and early 20th century. Holds a lot of significance in the period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be a the subject of my new book. I have been living and breathing in this period and in this moment. Dh is very significant for 1916 and really for the nation as i this ill try to make clear. So what ill do today is start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916 during the moment during this summer. And then ill spend time in really three parts talking about why its significant. And why its important to American History and our story. Let me begin by framing this story about this 1916 moment. Many
It holds a lot of significance in this period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be the subject of my new book so ive been living and breathing in this period and in this moment which again i think is very, very significant for 1916 or for the nation, in ways i will try to make clear. So what ill do today is kind of start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916, during this moment, during this sunshine, and then ill spend some time in really three parts talking about why its significant and why its important to American History and our story. But let me begin by kind of framing this story about this 1916 moment. Many of you have probably seen this character before, mark twain, of course the famous American Play write and he had many quips during his life, but one of them that he said is the coldest winter i ever spend was a summer in San Francisco. This is one of his jokes. If you have ever been to San Francisco, you know this sometimes to be true
Being here on a drizzly day at providence college. Today i wanted to share with you, i think, a story and a moment in American History that is one of the, for me, more important moments of the late 19th and the early 20th century. It holds a lot of significance in this period of the guilded age and the progressive era. It also happens to be the subject of my new book so ive been living and breathing in this period and in this moment which again i think is very, very significant for 1916 or for the nation, in ways i will try to make clear. So what ill do today is kind of start by setting up the context of San Francisco in 1916, during this moment, during this sunshine, and then ill spend some time in really three parts talking about why its significant and why its important to American History and our story. But let me begin by kind of framing this story about this 1916 moment. Many of you have probably seen this character before, mark twain, of course the famous American Play write and