Provided the video. Mona siegel it is such a pleasure to collaborate with the world war i museum and i am particularly thankful to lora for making this program possible. I have about 45 minutes of stories and information i am excited to share with you. I feel that i hope you will pose any question you might have. I dont always have the answers but i will give it my best shot. The cover you are looking at there on your screen is the cover of my most recent book, peace on our terms. It is fundamentally tied to the history of world war i which makes this collaboration so important to me. My book is a snapshot of a singular moment in history. Almost exactly 100 years ago. As the world finally began exiting from the devastation of the First World War and was able to begin the dreaming and planning for the peace and the new world that would come afterwards. At this moment, i show in my book that women from farreaching and incredibly diverse parts of the world began stepping onto the global s
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Mike pence campaigning and i was spoke at a rally in carter lake, he told supporters to fight for the president s reelection. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. I think i will get rid of this, thank you so much. Wonderful to be here with the Vice President , the honorable david young who will be coming up after me, this whole concept of people coming along saying america was never great, i wonder where those people came from because today recognized this nation being defended by a ragtag bunch of militia men became the most powerful nation in the world in record time. That does not happen to a nation that is not great. What was the world like before the United States of america . Stop and think about what the world was like. There were despotic leaders just trampling over other people. They have to think twice about that now, think about the innovation, the entrepreneurship, the hard work that went into making america into a great place, that is what makes us the kind of place
I think ill get out of this. [cheering] thank you so much. Its wonderful to be here. The honorable david young whos going to come up after me. This whole concept of people coming along saying america was never great, i wonder where those people came from. They recognize nation being defended by militiamen came the most powerful nation in the world in record time, that does not happen to a nation thats not right. What was the world like before the United States of america . Stop and think about what the world was like. They were trampling over other people. They have to think twice about that now. Then think about the innovation, the entrepreneurship, the hard work that went into making america into a great place. Thats what makes us the place that works for everybody. Some say america was good for some groups but maybe not for other groups. Maybe they need a history lesson. The people who say nothing ever happens for africanamericans in this country and they didnt contribute, all you h
Followed by a brief q a should there be time for us to do that. I am so pleased tonight to introduce two of our friends and colleagues, the first being dr. Saje mathieu. Dr. Mathieu is an associate professor of history at the university of minnesota. She is just finishing a faculty fellowship at Harvard Universitys center for studies in American History. She earned a joint phd in history and africanamerican studies and specializes in 20th century american and africanAmerican History with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements and political resistance. She is the author of a number of books, one of which is available outside and i would encourage you to grab a copy while you can. An oncoming book as well, the glory of their deeds a global history of black soldiers in the great war era. And saje was working on that book as part of your work at the warren center. Are we close to publication . I started it when i was five. So it is almost done. Really saje i