[laughter] guest i think we have so little perspective on this moment that it is quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and, of course, also around the world have that this is an extraordinary uni shall time is something that we are in a time out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that very sense i think it is kind of an interesting phenomenon. I think that will be studied. Host when you think about today, do you compare it to any other period in history . Guest no, you know, as a historian, im interested in analogies. I think we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find one thing to be like another, all the time, just in the same way, you know, im the kind of person that sees likenesses in family members. I look at a new baby and say oh that looks just like great grandma so and so. But at the same time, even as i say that, i recognize that a lot of that is my need for familiarity.
Radical influence of a moderate founding father, recently published by the university of harvard press. Brooke barbier is a public historian who holds a ph. D. American history from boston college. In addition to king hancock, she is the author of boston and the American Revolution a town versus an empire, published by the unit excuse me, the History Press in 2017, which focuses on prerevolutionary boston and its during the American Revolution. In addition to her scholarship, she is also the founder of yield tavern tours, a popular guided outing along bostons renowned freedom, and that was founded in 2013. But before i hand over to dr. Barber, however, the usual housekeeping items are in order for our friends tuning in with us on zoom this evening following tonights authors talk there will be a question and answer session. So please feel free to submit your questions at any point. The presentation by using the q a that can be found at the bottom of your screen. And we will do our best
Good. What do we document to. The suns of liberty speak tonight. Hey, hey. The town is getting real. Well, we got. The suns. The big welcome to the 249th anniversary. Boston tea party reenactments. Tonight, we relive meeting of the body of the people whose vigorous debates led to the destruction of the tea or what became known as the Boston Tea Party revolutionary spaces. Welcome to you into the room where the meeting occurred right here at Old South Meeting House. My name is j. L. Bell. I write about revolutionary boston, and tonight im to be one of the revolutionary spaces helping to bring you event. Now, i would like introduce the president and ceo revolutionary spaces, ladies and, gentlemen, dr. Nathaniel sheidley, you. Thank you, john. Good evening, everybody, and welcome to old south meeting for the 249th anniversary of the boston party. So here at revolution spaces, our mission is to bring people together in order to explore our nations unfinished struggle, to create and sustain
Good. What do we document to. The suns of liberty speak tonight. Hey, hey. The town is getting real. Well, we got. The suns. The big welcome to the 249th anniversary. Boston tea party reenactments. Tonight, we relive meeting of the body of the people whose vigorous debates led to the destruction of the tea or what became known as the Boston Tea Party revolutionary spaces. Welcome to you into the room where the meeting occurred right here at Old South Meeting House. My name is j. L. Bell. I write about revolutionary boston, and tonight im to be one of the revolutionary spaces helping to bring you event. Now, i would like introduce the president and ceo revolutionary spaces, ladies and, gentlemen, dr. Nathaniel sheidley, you. Thank you, john. Good evening, everybody, and welcome to old south meeting for the 249th anniversary of the boston party. So here at revolution spaces, our mission is to bring people together in order to explore our nations unfinished struggle, to create and sustain
That is made possible in part from a generous gift from massachusetts of the cincinnati features. Dr. Brooke barbier discussing her new book, king hancock the radical influence of a moderate founding father, recently published by the university of harvard press. Brooke barbier is a public historian who holds a ph. D. American history from boston college. In addition to king hancock, she is the author of boston and the American Revolution a town versus an empire, published by the unit excuse me, the History Press in 2017, which focuses on prerevolutionary boston and its during the American Revolution. In addition to her scholarship, she is also the founder of yield tavern tours, a popular guided outing along bostons renowned freedom, and that was founded in 2013. But before i hand over to dr. Barber, however, the usual housekeeping items are in order for our friends tuning in with us on zoom this evening following tonights authors talk there will be a question and answer session. So ple