Documents and the sketch of a test explosion. We will also see mr. Trumans recorded announcement of the hiroshima bomb and hear him explain years later why he used the new weapon. This is an hour. What i would like to do tonight is to show you a number of artifacts, objects, photographs, documents, related to the 75th anniversary of the atomic bomb. Each of those will be presented digitally and then we will have some questions in the chat box at the end. I hope you enjoy the presentation and i will go right in and look at our first artifact. Its actually not from july of 1945, but from april shortly after truman became president. Were going to look at some documents from july and you can see my timeline here of the first five documents we will show you. We will then have another five to finish off going into august of 1945. Even some from later on in the sixties that connect to this topic. So the first information the trump enhance about the Manhattan Project comes in april, just 12 da
The end. I hope you enjoyed the presentation and im going to go right in and look at our first artifact which is actually not from july of 1945, but from april shortly after truman became president. Then we are going to look at some documents from july. You can see my time laying here of the first five documents we were going to show you. Then we will have another five to finish off what we get into august of 1945. Even some from later into the sixties. They connect to this topic. The first information that truman has about the Manhattan Project comes in april just 12 days after he becomes president on april 12th. This very famous letter, some of you are familiar with it, is when henry stints in, the secretary of war, rights to truman to write tell him about this highly secret matter. He had mentioned this to truman after has not duration on april 12th after fdrs death. However, just in passing and that they needed to talk about it in the future. Just two weeks later, stints in sends t
Reforming the u. S. Criminal justice system. That includes his administrations move to shorten prison sentences for drug crimes. Now, the result is last year more than 6,000 inmates were released from prison early, and tens of thousands more may get out. Not all go home. About a third of the first 6,000 inmates whose sentences got shortened are not american citizens, and because of that, some released inmates were deported while others are now sitting in detention facilities while they await deportation hearings. The result is a messy collision of americas imperfect Immigration Laws with its changing criminal law, and thats turning what might have been joyous reunions for some immigrant families into a reality that is far more bittersweet. We have the story of one such family whose newly free father cannot live in the same country as his son, who is a u. S. Marine. A lot of my friends never knew this side of me. It was always us. Reporter they legally emigrated from the Dominican Repub
That includes his administrations move to shorten prison sentences for drug crimes. Now, the result is last year more than 6,000 inmates were released from prison early, and tens of thousands more may get out. Not all go home. About a third of the first 6,000 inmates whose sentences got shortened are not american citizens, and because of that, some released inmates were deported while others are now sitting in detention facilities while they await deportation hearings. The result is a messy collision of americas imperfect Immigration Laws with its changing criminal law, and thats turning what might have been joyous reunions for some immigrant families into a reality that is far more bittersweet. We have the story of one such family whose newly free father cannot live in the same country as his son, who is a u. S. Marine. A lot of my friends never knew this side of me. It was always us. Reporter they legally emigrated from the Dominican Republic in the 1980s. In this picture shes standi
Prison sentences for drug crimes. Now, the result is last year more than 6,000 inmates were released from prison early, and tens of thousands more may get out. Not all go home. About a third of the first 6,000 inmates whose sentences got shortened are not american citizens, and because of that, some released inmates were deported while others are now sitting in detention facilities while they await deportation hearings. The result is a messy collision of americas imperfect Immigration Laws with its changing criminal law, and thats turning what might have been joyous reunions for some immigrant families into a reality that is far more bittersweet. We have the story of one such family whose newly free father cannot live in the same country as his son, who is a u. S. Marine. A lot of my friends never knew this side of me. It was always us. Reporter they legally emigrated from the Dominican Republic in the 1980s. In this picture shes standing in between her parents. It made me a very reser