Covid19. This is an hour 25 minutes. Life from the misery theater in columbia. This is the 2020 missouri forum. If the senate by the Missouri Press association. By now youre taking a look outside this historic missouri theater on this friday afternoon. We are hosting todays missouri forum. An afternoon everyone im with newsprint on in the Missouri School of journalism, welcome to the missouri session association governors forum. This is an event the press association sponsored every four years and we are pleased that the university of missouri has partnered with us to broadcast this years event. From the historic missouri theater. Like everything, in 2020 things are a little different that your beginning with the fact that the theater today is not open to the public. Our massive stage does allow everyone to stay physically separated so that is why am not wearing a mask this afternoon. A few Campaign Staffers and members of the media are joining us today the auditorium for you but i do
Appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science and mens journal. He has been a featured speaker and has appeared on Numerous National tv stations including cnbc, msnbc and in various documentary, films and tv shows. Is a significant amount of research. We have an archive, 15 million , oldents, crackerjack research team, he is compliment three of the Truman Library. Credit and the praise we can get very we are grateful for aj for doing that. I like the dedication he put into this book and for those of us who have photographs and portraits of harry truman in our offices kind of resonates. He dedicated this book to his father as follows. To my father who has kept a portrait of harry truman on his wall for more than 40 years, which i think is a wonderful testament to our president we love so much. That is it for me. Please join me in welcoming aj baime to the podium to talk about our favorite president. [applause] thank you, everybody. Can you hear me . I want to start by saying this is a
I hope you have time to walk around the library if you havent had a chance to see what we done. By the end of this year we have brought 15 authors to toledo and thats made possible through generous support to the robert legacy foundation. It allows to not only bring world renowned authors but helps us be a catalyst for positive change in toledo county. And that includes homework helpers, the ready to reprogram in the summary. And speaking of summer read we will be announcing a winter read. Keep an eye out will try to get the Community Reading just like the summer the month of january. In addition to the foundation we always have gratitude to the media sponsors, buckeye broadband and the supporting sponsor in our Community Sponsor friends of the library. As i mentioned weve had a great year and we are not done yet. I hope youll join us later this month as we wrap up the 2019 series we have authors with kevin wilson on november 14 at 7 00 p. M. Downstairs and tickets are free but registr
House, now that we been able to reopen and have you all here. I hope you take time afterward to walk around if you have another chance to see what weve done. By the end of this year we will have brought over 15 authors to toledo and thats made possible through generous report of the Library Legacy foundation and gifts will allow us to not only bring world are nine authors to toledo but also help the library to be at abthat includes things like homework helpers, the ready to read program and our summer read. Speaking of summer read, we will soon be announcing a winter read so keep an eye out for that we will try to get our Community Reading just like we do in the summer through the month of january. In addition to the Library Legacy foundation we owe a debt of gratitude to our presenting media sponsor. Buckeye broadband and the blade supporting sponsors peer group and hcr manor care. And Community Sponsors runs of the library. As i mentioned, weve had a great year of authors so far and
My names alex, im the executie director of the Truman Library institute, the nonprofit partner of the harry s. Truman Library Museum in independence. Welcome to a Wonderful Program tonight, thanks for coming. And i want to thank Vivian Jennings and rainy day books for copresenting tonights lecture with a. J. Baime. And we are in for a great story. If you havent read the book, i highly encourage it. Itll be available for sale. And just a couple of words, i cant resist the opportunity to plug the Truman Library. Its not too far away, about 25 minutes directly that way. If you havent been there recently, i encourage you to visit it. Weve got a fantastic special exhibit there right now on trumans renovation of the white house. Great story, many of you probably dont know that. A couple of other plugs, weve got several Upcoming Events including on december 6th a program called nato truman to trump, presented with our partner, the American Public square. On december 14th, the faith of a first