Venice reopens its canals and landmarks to International Tourism but in spite of the sharp drop off and terse cash after months of lockdowns not everyone is welcoming their return. Im brian thomas protesting with us today u. S. President dollar trump says the u. S. Is cutting the number of american troops in germany by nearly 10000 from current levels of about 35000 he added that the decision was a consequence for berlin failing to meet its nato spending commitments the move has shaken the military alliance and germany which serves as home to many of the us troops deployed to iraq and afghanistan. It had been the subject of speculation since plans were leaked to the media earlier in the month and on monday President Trump made it official he announced the u. S. Would be withdrawing thousands of troops from germany bringing the number of u. S. Soldiers stationed in the country down 225000. He blamed berlins reluctance to meet its nato spending commitments so germany is delinquent theyve
Here, and after, shell answer all of your questions after this presentation and well have a little table set up for her here to answer more questions or even sign one of the books if you purchase one here today. All right. Well, were going to go ahead and get started here. Again, thank you for coming and thank you, charlotte wasteman f for being here today. [ applause ] its great to be with all of you and thanks for many of you who nn coming. Its great to have that smiling audience right in front of you. I was asked to talk about women of the west and i was told, you know, to talk 45 minutes and take 15 minutes of questions. So i have a timer for myself, and i will start it. And i will stick to a script so that i can stick to time, because those of you who know me know that i also could just talk forever and i dont want to do that. Now, since you probably have other things to do as well today, we are having this filmed, so its very exciting. It will be on cspan3, i think. Yes, yes . Cs
Part of your week. Think derek like to harris excuse me, jared harris excuse me, hardisty. I would like to thank cspan for filming us so that others who cannot be with us tonight can see it at a later date. And thank you to the Abigail Adams Historical Society and their board of directors, who offered us this wonderful opportunity to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker, edith gillis. Abigails rich history in this us every day. S thank you. The hingham Historical Society is focused like never before on his history, to understand all voices. We currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house, which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero. Benjamin lincoln received the british sort of surrender at yorktown, or as we like to tell schoolchildren, that is Benjamin Lincoln on the white horse. Featured so prominently in the rotunda of the u. S. Capitol. Benjamin lincoln served hingham as a clerk, constable, and
Wellthumbed on my shelf. I have assigned it to hundreds, maybe thousands of undergraduates over the years, one of the best books of historywriting ive ever read. His most recent book and the one on which he will be speaking tonight is the kremlin letters stalins wartime correspondence with churchill and roosevelt. From 2018. He collaborated on this book with professor vladimir and im sure will have some more information on that. The book includes the principle messages between the big three, and its not so much of a commentary that provides an analytical narrative as a triangular relationship throughout the war. A book of correspondence with letters from one to the other is very valuable, but it is the commentary, i think, that really sets it apart. It is based on a wide array of material from russian, british, and american sources. I might also add a few things, professor reynolds won a prize for history in 2004, was elected a fellow of the British Academy in 2005. We have been fortun
Eric they originally opened in 1880s. They built this building in the 1900. Story a misses alan mrs. Allen. She started a private school directly behind us in the 1880s. Allen called the institute. Before the emancipation proclamation, it was against the law for africanamericans to be educated. After the emancipation proclamation, still schools started opening everywhere. She opened one to educate young africanamerican. Came toily actually mobile, virginia. Home near Dolphin Island and they had a big home in the city. 1890s, that and was the way it was. They had a lot of friends. A lot of friends were people like booker t. Washington. Of ellensle they would go fishing. Because of that relationship, a lot of her students got to go to tuskegee institute. That meant that when they graduated, they became entrepreneurs. They became teachers, business people, doctors and very successful, throughout the country. Greatelationship was a bonding that they had during that time. Closed a fewome ye