[inaudible conversations] thank you all for joining us this evening. i m gavin kleespies, director of programs and communications for the massachusetts historical society. tonight on the very eve of the 250 anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor serena zabin on a great new book the boston massacre: a family history. as a regular guests know, , we very quickly pull together small exhibition from our collection that highlights the materials we have within our holdings that illuminate the evenings discussion. to date we entire expedition, so we didn t need a small exhibition this time. our exhibition features our speaker this evening so if you didn t see it she s on one of the video monitors upstairs and was also very generous with her time helping us planned exhibition and sitting for an interview. we couldn t have done our current exhibition without her help so our debt of gratitude. serena zabin is a professor early american history director the pr
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unfiltered at c-span.org/coronavirus. thank you for joining us this evening. i m gavin, the director of programs exhibitions and community partnerships for the massachusetts historical society. tonight on the very eve of the 250th anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor on her great new book, the boston massacre, family history. as our regular guests know we very frequently pulled together a small exhibition from our collection that highlights some material that we have within our holdings. that helps with evening discussions. today we have an entire exhibition. we did not need a small exhibition this time. not only that but our exhibition actually features our speaker this evening. so if you didn t see it she s on a video monitor upstairs and was also very generous with her time helping us plan the exhibition and sitting for an interview. we certainly cannot have done our current exhibition without her help. we owe her a debt of gratitude. is a pro
today we have the entire exhibition we did not need one this time that there are speaker this evening if you didn t see it is on one of the video monitors upstairs and very generous with her time also to give an interview we cannot do that without her help or a debt of gratitude. professor of early american history received her undergraduate degree in her phd from rutgers. her new book i guess that started a little early. [laughter] goes deeply into boston 1770 stationed here since the fall of 1768 but neighbors and customers or as people and increasing tensions that reached on marc march 5th boston residents and other soldiers married women from the community so not all interactions were negative. and extending the research for her book. [laughter] she did excessive research for her book and those such as the current show and the academic if you enjoy access to all of these resources. [applause] and people hear me? i know you don t know who i am. can you hear me? thank y