Smithsonian volunteers for being with us for this event. If you would be kind enough to turn off your cellphones and so forth. As a c. I. A. Officer who went through the church pike hearings, part of its will be by vince today houghton, attempted assassinations, none of which succeeded, which reflects incompetence or a lack of commitment. Looking back, the charges almost seem quaint because today there is little hesitation by successive administrations of both parties in knocking off the heads of terrorist groups and the leaders right and left. As you know, on a couple of occasions, taking out an american citizen. Looking back on that, it almost seems quaint. However, it will be fun to revisit with my colleague, vince houghton, who has a phd in diplomatic and military history. The area of his research with was scientific and technological issues or developments during the world war ii and the early part of the cold war. Vince also got a masters in relations between the soviet union and
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A state that accepted slavery was an issue Great Britain getting involved, kind of spurring the United States and the state of texas. Finally in 1844, it became a major issue and it gets revisited again. Andrew jackson writes to his old friend sam houston, basically saying it would really benefit the future prosperity of texas and the United States for this to happen, and he ends the letter saying, god get god bless you and yours may it great you prosperity in this life and the life to come, your friend, andrew jackson. The next item relates to the 1900 storm. The 1900 storm is a major event in the islands history. There has been a lot written about it and set about it, but it still lingers today, though it is still very much a part of galveston the in history and life today. This letter is a requested recent acquisition. It is from frances lister, who is a real estate agent. It is to his two sons. It starts out, dear boys. Basically it is what happened to him and his family during the
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