Our way towards the 1960s and the cultural revolution. Since historians have recently paid more attention to the ways in which whats often recorded as the 60s cultural revolution really had its seeds planted in the 1950s. So i wanted to describe what the old culture was like. Sometimes referred to as victorian, sort of the shared Anglo American culture of the 19th and into the 20th centuries. The little piece that i gave you from william oneills book on america 1945, sort of describes some of the cultural assumptions of americans of this generation. And in a way, victorianism, which today is considered, you know, conservative. In ways, its a derogatory term, puritanical, oldfashioned and retrograde, but much like liberalism, victorianism was actually liberal in its day. In the 19th century, it was an advance upon earlier, premodern cultural patterns, much as liberalism in the 19th century was sort of a progressive, new thing, and the principles of classical liberalism of the 19th centu
Second world war that was fighting in korea and the u. S. And soviet union and they agreed to divide korea. Northern korea, that is what we call today north korea was very much communist influenced and southern korea which we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the u. N. They sponsored elections in south korea and the South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent insurgents to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then in january of 1950, the u. S. Secretary of state dean achsac atchison made a significant error. In a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the United States interest, he mentioned japan and the philippines and omitted south korea. The North Koreans interpreted that as a statement that the u. S. Wouldnt go to war to defend south korea. And so in june 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chin
Production of houses and the rise of automobiles helped create an alternative to urban living. His class is about an hour. So today we are talking about the suburbs. How many of you grew up in the suburbs . Okay. Almost all of you. And what kind of a. J. Adjectives would you use to describe the suburbs. I cant hear you . Proud. Proud. Okay. Perhaps an unusual choice. Nicolas. I would say its lying being from nowhere. Like being from nowhere. Good. Other descriptions . Characterization . Safe. Safe. Good. As lexi points out. Cassidy . Utopia. A utopia. Emily . Family oriented. Family oriented. Nicolas were you going to Say Something . No. Drew . I loved it. Okay. Good. I mean some people, utopia. Maybe this is a different generation. I thought people were going to say lame, and boring, which is why i picked this very lame typeface. And i thought wed start with an image of contemporary suburbia, which is this is an engagement shoot, a young couple who have taken to the suburban street fo
Get started, chairman of the friends of the National Memorial to say some things. [applause] our greatest ally and most famous ally during the Second World War was winston churchill. , succeedingsaid generations must not be allowed to forget their sacrifice and and, to me, the beauty and urgency of assemblies like this with people like this is in fulfillment of what sir winston urged us to do. Allt is a great honor for of us gentlemen, and we cannot wait to hear what you have to say. Thank you. [applause] so as we get underway, we would like to set a few goals to see what we would like to achieve by being together this morning because these gentlemen and another gentleman i will introduce you to in a minute are valuable resources and we need to soak up as much as we can because, boy, can they tell a story. We would foremost, like to try to learn as much as we can from this panel of heroes. What they have heard, phelps, experienced, and the lessons they have learned so we can share them
We are grateful for their sponsorship. Firstperson is a series of conversations with survivors of the holocaust, who share with us their firsthand accounts of their experience during the holocaust. Each of our first person guests serve as volunteers at the museum. The museums website provides information about each of our upcoming firstperson programs. We will have a Program Next Week and the following week. Josi will share her experience during the holocaust and as a survivor for about 45 minutes. If we have time toward the end of the program, we will have an opportunity for you to ask her some questions. The life stories of Holocaust Survivors transcend the decades, and what you are about to hear from josi is one individuals account of the holocaust. We have prepared a slideshow to help with her introduction. Josi was born in 1939 in belgium. The arrow points to brussels. The german army conquered and occupied belgium in 1940. Shortly before the occupation, josis father left to join