Smith is theglas author the book the forgotten job, the story of how the United States saved the soviet union from ruin. How did you come across these . It was luck. I was asked to go through the man huffs things before after they died. In the last room i went into i found these cardboard boxes and open them up and there i found these color slides, thousands of them literally, as well as these canisters of film. The first when i picked up had had written on it, stalins funeral. I started to shake i was so excited. What were you thinking . Dr. Smith i do not think this to be real, what i was seeing. I had to have it digitized because it was 60 millimeter film which i did not have a projector. I had to wait several weeks until it was finished. When i saw it i knew was a big historical discovery. The film is silent so you will walk us through it to explain what we are looking at. First, martin man half was an avid photographer. Dr. Smith this is in the spring of 1953 and he has standing o
Identify them. He is the author of a book, the forgotten story how the United States save the soviet union from ruin. Happen . This luck. They had no children, and i was called in, and pretty much everything in the house was of no value. They had collected a lot, and in the last room i went to, sure enough, i found these covered boxes, opened them up, and there i found the thousands of slides as well as the canisters of film, and the first one i had had written on it stalins funeral. What did you think . I did know. I had to have it digitized. It was 16mm film. I had to wait weeks before it was finished, and then i knew it was historic. Through andwalk us let us know, but man half was an avid photographer. Avidnhoff was an photographer. Standing on the street with his camera filming. Behind him is the ukraine hotel, which is under construction. This is him in uniform. Stationed ins he the soviet union . Donald he went to the university of washington. He was in rotc there. 4, and afterp
i m sorry to tell you. the average cost of gas now topping $5 a gallon this morning. this is not just everyday drivers, obviously, being impacted. how emergency crews now are trying to save as well. plus, a new saudi-backed golf league luring some big names and reportedly handing out even bigger payments. the controversy surrounding the new league. it is saturday, june 11th. good morning, christi. good morning, boris. let s talk about this national call for gun reform this morning. hundreds are marching for our lives rallies. they re planning nearly all 50 u.s. states today demanding lawmakers address the epidemic of gun violence in the country. series of high profile mass shootings from uvalde, texas, to buffalo, new york, have reignited outrage and put renewed pressure on lawmakers on capitol hill to take some form of action. washington, d.c., new york and parkland, florida, among the more than 300 cities where protests are going to be held. they, of course, follo
excitement actually at that point on both sides because people have anticipated this for so long. some people were itching for a fight. they think war is a glorious thing and let s go and do it. but in the spring lincoln s overeager young friend from springfield, elmer ellsworth, a short but very dashing commander of a drill team, would go with the lincoln boys to the roof of the white house and look out with a telescope. and over the river they saw a confederate flag flying from the top of a hotel. and ellsworth, for one, was offended. ellsworth led a band across the river to tear down the confederate flag. as he was walking down the stairs, the owner of the inn took his shotgun and shot him in the chest. he fell down the last few steps, clutching and wrapped in this increasingly blood-soaked flag. lincoln loved this young man, so the war came home really fast for lincoln. with the first cannon fired at ft. sumter in april 1861, the country is thrust into civil war
You may have noticed this event originally called for our speaker bill fowler to be here. He is my predecessor at the Historical Society, which many of you already know. He is a distinguished repressor of history at northeastern professor of history at northeastern. We realized that such a fundamental story of the irish in boston would benefit from additional perspectives. He suggested, i will give him credit, this conversation would have more depth if we invited others, leading subject experts on the irish famine in the american response. We are pleased bill is joined tonight by catherine shannon, the guest historian of exhibition at westfield state university. We have christine can nearly, author and founding director of irelands Great Hunger Institute at quinnipiac university. Please welcome me in joining join me in welcoming, bill, christine, and kathleen. [applause] thank you very much. Thank you to all of your staff and trustees for hosting this exhibit. Louder. Louder, ok. Close