Was the anniversary of that and a lot of things were lost during that year because of a lot of things couldnt happen that i think really would have been wonderful as far as remembering the men in that generation, especially the ones who gave their all for us. Including me so this was my Little Family then and this was probably the last photo ever of us together. My my story could have ended when my fathers life ended. But it really didnt it went into kind of. Of a time of not much going on because i was a baby and my mother remarried soon after that, but i am not alone. Im one of about 183,000. Children who were left a fatherless. We were designated as war orphans the veterans administration. And like so many of the people who ive met in an Organization Called a1. Which our children of world war ii . Ive been on a journey of discovery my whole life and its been kind of an interesting one lately, too. So all of us have a different story the the only commonality we have of course is our
Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, and its my pleasure today to moderate this live stream host it and were gonna be talking with philip. Zisha whos the associate editor of the papers of Benjamin Franklin at Yale University and were really excited have philip on with us today. I love it when we have guests who are in documentary editing projects because they really have this extremely they have a very unique perspective on historical figures. They talk about that we discuss so philip welcome to a modichel live stream. Were glad you so much. Thank you for having me. Its good to be back at monticello at least in spirit. Thats right you have been before well, why have you been at monticello before . I was a fellow at the International Center for jefferson studies twice actually, but the second time was i was the guilder lerman Junior Research fellow in 2005 2006. And thats why i started writing. My book cosmopolitan patriots americans and paris in the age of revolution and i was just it was
Was the anniversary of that and a lot of things were lost during that year because of a lot of things couldnt happen that i think really would have been wonderful as far as remembering the men in that generation, especially the ones who gave their all for us. Including me so this was my Little Family then and this was probably the last photo ever of us together. My my story could have ended when my fathers life ended. But it really didnt it went into kind of. Of a time of not much going on because i was a baby and my mother remarried soon after that, but i am not alone. Im one of about 183,000. Children who were left a fatherless. We were designated as war orphans the veterans administration. And like so many of the people who ive met in an Organization Called a1. Which our children of world war ii . Ive been on a journey of discovery my whole life and its been kind of an interesting one lately, too. So all of us have a different story the the only commonality we have of course is our
And its my pleasure today to moderate this live stream host it and were gonna be talking with philip. Zisha whos the associate editor of the papers of Benjamin Franklin at Yale University and were really excited have philip on with us today. I love it when we have guests who are in documentary editing projects because they really have this extremely they have a very unique perspective on historical figures. They talk about that we discuss so philip welcome to a modichel live stream. Were glad you so much. Thank you for having me. Its good to be back at monticello at least in spirit. Thats right you have been before well, why have you been at monticello before . I was a fellow at the International Center for jefferson studies twice actually, but the second time was i was the guilder lerman Junior Research fellow in 2005 2006. And thats why i started writing. My book cosmopolitan patriots americans and paris in the age of revolution and i was just it was just one of my Favorite Places in
A lot of things were lost during that year. A lot of things could not happen that wouldve been wonderful in as far as remembering the men of that generation. Especially the ones who gave it all for us. Including me. So this was my Little Family then. And this was probably the last photo ever taken of us together. My story couldve ended when my fathers life ended, but it did nt. It went into a kind of not much going on, i was a baby, my mother remarried soon after that. I am not alone, i am one of about 183,000 children who were left fatherless. We were designated as war orphans by the veterans administration. And like so many of the people who i met which are children of world war ii, i have been on a journey of discovery my whole life and its been an interesting one lately. All of us have a different story. The only commonality we have is the loss of our fathers. But some of us have a lot of that we have and some of us have a lot of memories and wonderful things people have saved for