Unfiltered at cspan. Org coronavirus. Thank you for joining us this evening. Im gavin, the director of programs exhibitions and Community Partnerships for the massachusetts historical society. Tonight on the very eve of the 250th anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor on her great new book, the boston massacre, Family History. As our regular guests know we very frequently pulled together a small exhibition from our collection that highlights some material that we have within our holdings. That helps with evening discussions. Today we have an entire exhibition. We did not need a small exhibition this time. Not only that but our exhibition actually features our speaker this evening. So if you didnt see it shes on a video monitor upstairs and was also very generous with her time helping us plan the exhibition and sitting for an interview. We certainly cannot have done our current exhibition without her help. We owe her a debt of gratitude. Is a professor of Early A
Massachusetts General Hospital and m. I. T. Her first book is called cured, the people who defeated hiv. She has been published in the new york times, Los Angeles Times and time magazine. In 2016 she published the work that is the basic of her talk tonight, entitled rise of the rocket girls the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to mars. That work was a bestseller and was widely praised by critics, including one who described it as immersive, evocative, and superbly written. Her narrative should be required reading. Another commented that when Neil Armstrong made his giant leap for mankind, there was womankind in the control room. It is a pleasure to welcome to the university of Mary Washington nathalia holt. [applause] thank you so much. I really appreciate you having me here tonight and i am excited to talk to you about rocket girls. This is a group of pioneers whose careers shaped nasa and really made it what it is today. Before i get into their history, i want to sha
Community partnerships for the massachusetts historical society. Tonight on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor serena zabin on her great new book, the boston massacre a Family History. As a recast snow, we very frequently pull together a small exhibition from the collection of highlights material that we have within our holding and eliminate the evenings discussions. Today we have an entire exhibition. Not only do they have a whole exhibition but it features our speaker this evening so if you didnt see it, shes on one of the video monitors upstairs and also very generous with her time. Has been planning the exhibition in setting for an interview. We certainly couldnt have gone on without her help so we overrated of gratitude. Serena zabin professor of Early American History and director of the program of american studies at college. She received her undergraduate from putin college and phd from rutgers university. Her new book letting pe
Today we have an entire explanation so we didnt need a small one this time. Not only do we have a whole exhibition that features the speakers this evening so if you didnt see shes on one of the video monitors upstairs and is also very generous with her ti time. We certainly couldnt have done the exhibition without her help so we owe her a bit of gratitude. Serena zabin professor of Early American History and director of the program of american studies at carleton college. Received her undergraduate from those in college and phd from rutgers university. Her new book, we will let people get settled in here. I guess we got started a little early. Her new book goes deeply into boston 1770. Looking at how the soldiers that have been stationed here since the fall of 1768 were not just a seen as an Occupying Force but the neighbors and customers and competitors or in other words as people. And often repeated narrative of increasing tensions that reached a boiling point on march 5. Some soldie
Later on this afternoon. Clear skies this morning. A live look with our Treasure Island camera. The temperatures are running in the 40s and in the 50s. So a cool start. Not as chilly as yesterday morning. And and as we head through the afternoon, San Francisco, upper 70s later on today. Oakland, 72. Looking at 70 for san jose and 75 for concord. So highs running about 8 to 12 degrees above average for this time of year and we will talk about the rest of the workweek and send changes for the weekend. Details on that coming up. Gianna . All right, take me out look at your roadways, so far, were off to a really good start. We have one snag to report in San Francisco. We have reports of a broken down vehicle. Looks like it is not causing a lot of delays right now, traffic is in the green as you work your way in and out of the city. South of there, if youre commuting out of san jose early this morning, now is a great time to be on the roadways. We are seeing a lot of green along the 101, wh