Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the New York Historical society. Im louis mirrer, the im thrilled to see you this evening in our beautiful robert h. Smith odd terrorism tonight. s prom give me liberty a history of americas exceptional used i part of the distinguished Speaker Series and as always id like to thank mr. Swartz for his great generosity which has enabled to us bring so many fine speakers to the stage. I also want to thank all of your Chairmans Council members in attendance this evening and to thank you for your great support i tonights program will last an hour and it will include a question and answer session. You should have received a note card and pencil as you entered the auditorium this afternoon, this evening, and if not, my colleagues will go up and down the aisles with note cards and pencils. The note cards will be clerked later on in the program with you questions. Following the program there will be a book signing in the ny history store and copies of the b
Elected president Franklin Roosevelt declared that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. And the longest serving president us history is the this week on our special series speeches that defined the presidency we will see that first and inaugural address its entirety and thats the Great Depression that gave way to world war he delivers 30 plus fireside chats and declares december 7th, 1941, as a day infamy. Now fdr doesnt live long enough to see the wars end dying just a few months before, so will conclude this of speeches that defined a presidency with Harry Trumans of the dropping of the atomic bomb on hiroshima, japan, in august of 1945. This cspan American History tv series speeches that defined a presidency. And here it is the beginning of a greatest drama in american affairs, the creation of a new chief executive. According to time honored custom the retiring president and the president like ride together from the white house with congressional escort down long and proud
And thanks for joining us on. C span. American history tv well, it was at his 1933 inaugural in that elected president Franklin Roosevelt declared that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. And the longest serving president us history is the this week on our special series speeches that defined the presidency we will see that first and inaugural address its entirety and thats the Great Depression that gave way to world war he delivers 30 plus fireside chats and declares december 7th, 1941, as a day infamy. Now fdr doesnt live long enough to see the wars end dying just a few months before, so will conclude this of speeches that defined a presidency with Harry Trumans of the dropping of the atomic bomb on hiroshima, japan, in august of 1945. This cspan American History tv series speeches that defined a presidency. And here it is the beginning of a greatest drama in american affairs, the creation of a new chief executive. According to time honored custom the retiring president an
Lecturers, retired u. S. Army historian dr. Speaking on the womens spies of dday. Well have the lecture. Well have time for q a. And then we invite all of you to join dr. Holden and Committee Members downstairs for a reception and that, my friends, is more than enough for me. So, dr. Holden, the floor is yours. Good evening. Thank you very much. Its nice to see all of you here this evening. Were going to take a journey and time. But not that long ago when i first started with this program for the 75th anniversary, four years ago, we actually had some fellow citizens here from normandy who as children had lived through the bombardment on june 5th and june six. And it was incredible to hear their stories. I will attempt to give you an overview. Please understand i cannot touch on every hero. But what i would like to do is to give you a survey tonight and give you some pointers for a future Reference Research on your own. Its like the old library of Congress Series from the 1980s, and at
And then we invite all of you to join dr. Holden and Committee Members downstairs for a reception and that, my friends, is more than enough for me. So, dr. Holden, the floor is yours. Good evening. Thank you very much. Its nice to see all of you here this evening. Were going to take a journey and time. But not that long ago when i first started with this program for the 75th anniversary, four years ago, we actually had some fellow citizens here from normandy who as children had lived through the bombardment on june 5th and june six. And it was incredible to hear their stories. I will attempt to give you an overview. Please understand i cannot touch on every hero. But what i would like to do is to give you a survey tonight and give you some pointers for a future Reference Research on your own. Its like the old library of Congress Series from the 1980s, and at the end of their hour long special would say and the library of congress recommends the following books, and theyd give you two o