Hello. Im cant hate, the library of congress and welcome to our very First Virtual National Book festival presents. As with all collectively face the challenge of the pandemic, the safety of our staff members, our visitors, our scholars is our First Priority at the library of congress. And so were following this cdc recommendations and guidelines in all of our buildings are close to the public until further notice. However, it is the liberia submission to engage and connect with our users. And so we have been rolling out various programs virtually for parents and teachers, scholars, students and everyone who could benefit, we hope, from our resources online. And so please visit our website llc. Gov for more useful information, not only about was going on currently, but also things that you could use during this time. Now to our events. We will be joined by bestselling author john barry who will be discussing his book the great influenza the story of the deadliest pandemic in history. H
They jumped from animals to humans, spread rapidly around the world. Both are pretty lethal. Fortunately, this is much less lethal than the 1918 pandemic. However, considerably more contagious than the 1918 pandemic. Virulence, itless will still kill a lot of people. Steve how did the country react . Of course, a different time in terms of news, and how his word spread about how to protect yourself from what at the time was called the spanish flu . John it was a completely different situation because we were at war. Woodrow wilson created an , designed to win the war, with a Propaganda Machine and the architect of that Propaganda Machine wrote and false are just terms, all that matters is what the impact is. That was one thing when you are trying to keep morel up during the war, it was another thing when you are fighting and infectious disease. And because of that infrastructure when the pandemic arrived, National Public Health Leaders or outright lying about it there was no tony fauci
First National Book festival event. As we all collectively face the challenge of the pandemic the safety of our staff members, visitors scholars is our First Priority at the library of congress. We are following the cdc recommendations and guidelines and all of our buildings are closed to the public until further notice. However, it is the librarys mission to engage and connect with our users. So we been rolling out various programs virtually for parents and teachers, scholars, students, and everyone who could benefit, we hope, from our resources online. So please visit our website llc. Gov for more useful information not only about whats going on currently, but also things you could use during this time. Now to our events, we will be joined by bestselling author john m berry who will be discussing his book, the great influenza, the epic story of the deadliest plague in history. He will be joined in conversation by mr. David rubenstein, cochair of the National Book festival and author
Were going to be looking at snow changing to sleet. And a quick coating is going to be possible. This will create icy roads and walkways. We have the radar showing nothing in the radar. Clouds have moved in. Its still making their way out of the plains in our direction. So lets walk you through tomorrow morning. Watch what happens. And this pink line is the freezing rain and sleet. Thats crossing philadelphia and northern parts of south jersey. Along that i95 corridor, by 7 00 in the morning, just good old snow is going to be across portions of the suburbs all the way up into the Lehigh Valley. When i come back in a few minutes, ill walk you through the rest of your day and were going to be talking about the weekend ahead. But before we get there, glenn hurricane schwartz will be up to tell you all about the parade day forecast. Thank you. And we are learning more about that parade to celebrate the super bowl champs. The eagles this thursday begins at 11 00 a. M. Thursday at broad and
Would say Historical Perspectives are important and policymaking. But there is much less understanding about how to actually link perspectives to policymaking a when, where, and what context it is appropriate. A series of panels about history and policy with federal historians who are often those closest to policymaking and might have some valuable thoughts to offer. We all appreciate that inside. My name is claire altman, i am the directory of the federal Judicial Center in washington, d c. It is the research and Education Agency and the History Office is responsible to promote programs and work to preserve the history of the judiciary. I am honored to be joined by four other historians. I will introduce them now and will assume since there biographies are relevant that they will fill in if i have missed any key points. Each will speak 57 minutes and then you will have a moderated discussion. I will start to my immediate right. A historian at the state Department Responsible for the F