with us. he will discuss his enthusiastic book the churchill factor. the writing and publication was meant to coincide with the 50th anniversary of clutch s death which will be marked in january of this coming year. the anniversary gave our author to opportunity to introduce winston clutch to a younger generation that had no personal experience of one of the 20th century s most important political figures. that might be surprising given that i think there are about 100 books that have been written about chump. mr. mayor, you were brave to jump into the fray. if you have not read it already, you will find it is a really lively edition to the chump canon. it is conversational and at advertisements contemplative and at teammates funny and a defense of the man boris johnson refers to as the finest statesman britain ever produced. while he proufrd difficult for many to categorize the mayor says that churchill had a very clear political identity and i m sure we will get a sense of
past beginnings of how this park came into ebeing. ancient history. i would like to share with you - the sense of what was involved and to what extent it was a huge collaborative effort. so, first slide. we have the first slide? there we go. great. ok. this lovely building was the inspiration for what we have today as the the manhattan project national historical park. i wanted to give you a little bit of background. you will see this picture again. career. own eclectic i started out as a history major. this is the thing that is tied has tied my life together. it s basically the level of history.. the basso continuo. but, when i came to washington, i started working in a congressional office and became a legislative assistant. this is another theme working on legislation. was on the environmental protection agency and had responsibility to get a second piece of legislation passed for the then toxic substances control act. that took a couple of years but it did pass, and i
you ll find a kaleidoscope of voices which makes this a very rich tapestry. each of us experience the same event in a different way, so each of these individuals experienced the manhattan project in their own, unique way. cynthia kelly with the atomic heritage foundation. thank you for joining us on american history tv. cindy: thank you very much. something about your background, where you re born, education? benjamin: my parents who were russian-jewish immigrants who came to america just before world war i and just after world war i. they met at night school, a very romantic setting. they lived in the lower east side. they were very poor. my father worked as a restaurant worker all of his life. i grew up mainly in the bronx and partly in brighton beach in brooklyn. one of the great things about new york is that it had city college. city college was a defining event in my life because he gave me a completely free education, the exact subject that i wanted, which is physic
On Friday, May 3, Madisonville Community College celebrated the achievements of its Spring 2024 graduates during commencement exercises held on campus at the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts. Over
Madisonville Community College is proud to announce its recipients of the annual NISOD Excellence Awards. The 2024 honorees include Janet Railey and Savanna Garrity.