A dramatic collapse of kabul. The longest war of american history. The taliban controls afghan. Earlier today a chaotic scene a the airport. The only safe way out of kabul. Evacuation flights are underway. In the last few hours, u. S. Troops vaccinating. President biden monitoring all of this at camp david. He ordered 1,000 troops into afghanistan to help with the withdrawal. The indian government is providing refuge to afghan. Most commercial flights from the capitol did not make it out as the taliban took over kabul. The woman at the airport is scared the friend she left behind. I cant believe the world abandon afghanistan. Women are not going to have any more rights. A sharp increase for requests for visas in kabul. For families watching this has been especially difficult. Here is Nbc Bay areas sergio quintana. Because of all the efforts and support, the training they provided the afghan army, it just seems like it is just taken away. Her son was killed in an ambush in afghanistan i
Reception when they returned home. This event was hosted by the massachusetts historical society, which provided the video. So today we have a great program which well explore one of the most popular topics in boston, which is the Boston Red sox. Specifically this evening well be looking at the Boston Red sox and World War ii. We will be joined by a great panel, which will be led by a good friend, gordon eads. This is his fifth program in the last couple of years. So hes been doing a lot of work supporting our organization. Gordon is the official historian of the Boston Red sox, he has been a Team Historian since 2015, and before that covered the team for 18 years for the Boston Globe and espn. Before we begin, ill let you know a couple of protocols that we use with zoom. There will be a program that will run about 45, 50 minutes, with our panelist speaking. We will then open it up to the audience for q a. If you would like to participate in the q a, you can use the q a function at the
Gordon is the official historian of the Boston Red sox, he has been a Team Historian since 2015, and before that covered the team for 18 years for the Boston Globe and espn. Before we begin, ill let you know a couple of protocols that we use with zoom. There will be a program that will run about 45, 50 minutes, with our panelist speaking. We will then open it up to the audience for q a. If you would like to participate in the q a, you can use the q a function at the bottom of your Screen And Type in your question. And we should be able to read the questions and get to as many of them as we possibly can. Well try to get through as many as are possible, but with over 150 people attending the webinar, we may not be able to get to all of them. So thank you all for joining us. Without further, adieu, i will toss this off to gordon. Hi, gordon. Thank you so much. Welcome, everyone. Catherine told me just before we started that if i do one more presentation at mass historical, ill be eligible
2015, and before that covered the team for 18 years for the Boston Globe and espn. Before we begin, ill let you know a couple of protocols that we use with zoom. There will be a program that will run about 45, 50 minutes, with our panelist speaking. We will then open it up to the audience for q a. If you would like to participate in the q a, you can use the q a function at the bottom of your Screen And Type in your question. And we should be able to read the questions and get to as many of them as we possibly can. Well try to get through as many as are possible, but with over 150 people attending the webinar, we may not be able to get to all of them. So thank you all for joining us. Without further, adieu, i will toss this off to gordon. Hi, gordon. Thank you so much. Welcome, everyone. Catherine told me just before we started that if i do one more presentation at mass historical, ill be eligible for health insurance. So im hoping to stick around for six next year. Needless to say, i w
So hes been doing a lot of work supporting our organization. Gordon is the official historian of the Boston Red sox, he has been a Team Historian since 2015, and before that covered the team for 18 years for the Boston Globe and espn. Before we begin, ill let you know a couple of protocols that we use with zoom. There will be a program that will run about 45, 50 minutes, with our panelist speaking. We will then open it up to the audience for q a. If you would like to participate in the q a, you can use the q a function at the bottom of your Screen And Type in your question. And we should be able to read the questions and get to as many of them as we possibly can. Well try to get through as many as are possible, but with over 150 people attending the webinar, we may not be able to get to all of them. So thank you all for joining us. Without further, adieu, i will toss this off to gordon. Hi, gordon. Thank you so much. Welcome, everyone. Catherine told me just before we started that if i