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interning with the first federal congress project a long time ago. he is not sensitive about his age. he is too young to be that it seems like it was a long time ago and we were able to see him take some of these the he some of the stuff he worked within our office, develop that and work it into his phd dissertation, which is the basis for his first book. a well grounded hope, abolishing slavery and racial inequality in early america. he teaches at the university of mississippi, now we are really fortunate to have him come all the way up here to d.c. i want to thank the other people who made this a truly national event, with a scope that goes beyond this area code. we have a visitor from the west coast, from california, a good friend of ours. and another wonderful friend from new york city. for some reason, i am forgetting your name. i am sorry, john. maurice represents the harvard conservancy. who is developing the federal hall site of where the first federal congres ....
today, the journey of the st. louis, how jewish refugees nazi regime were turned away by the u.s. government. recognizedtionally day to remember holocaust victims is this monday. we are grateful to be joined today by two accomplished historians with the u.s. holocaust memorial museum. the horrors of the holocaust and the terror visited on the jewish other, along with several targeted groups should never be forgotten. a painful reality is hostility to choose because they are hostility to jews because they are jewish existed and that is a chapter in that odious tail. today, we honor the memory of those who perished in the holocaust by hearing about the journey of the st. louis, and we also honor them by insuring such horrors do not continue today. media reports abound with devastating images and videos, , theks on civilians chemical bombing in syria. the plight of those fleeing the war in syria weighed heavy on many minds and rightfully so. i would like to express my gr ....
with slavery and the definition of a citizen set the tone for race in america for the next seven decades. the u.s. capitol society posted hosted this event. it s about one hour. today, we are going to start with paul polgar, who is a longtime colleague of mine. he started interning with the first federal congress project a long time ago. he is not sensitive about his age. he is too young to be that. what it seems like it was a long time ago and we were able to see him take some of the things and develop it and work it into his phd dissertation, which is the basis for his first book. a well grounded hope. he teaches at the university of mississippi. we are fortunate to have him coming all the way up here to th d.c. i want to thank the other people who made this a truly national event with a scope that goes beyond this area code. we have a visitor from california, a good friend of ours, and another wonderful friend from new york city. for some reason, i m forgetting ....
ago and we were able to see him take some of the things and things he worked within our , develop that and work it into his phd dissertation, which is the basis for his first book. a well grounded hope, abolishing and racial inequality in america. he teaches at the university of reallyippi, now we are fortunate to have him come all the way up here to from d.c. i want to thank the other people who made this a truly national event with a scope that goes beyond this area code. we have a visitor from the west coast, from california , a good friend of ours. and another wonderful friend from new york city. for some reason i am forgetting your name. i am sorry john. who represents the harvard conservancy. who is developing the federal hall site of where the first federal congress met into a going thing. destination in lower manhattan for studies of the early congresses. welcome to everybody, whether you came from near or far. let s welcome paul polgar. [applause] professor ....
new museum of the american revolution. a few yards over on this side is independence hall, which everyone knows. between these historic buildings is carpenter s hall which is less well known but also a structure of significance to all americans because it was here that the continental congress met for the first time and made the decision that eventually led to the open revolution and the declaration of independence. we re on the first floor of carpenter s hall and you ll remember from your perhaps grade school history lessons that in 1773 a group of supposedly indians, at least they were dressed up that way, threw a lot of chests of tea in the boston harbor in protest of taxes levy by the crown in parliament, along with imports to america. the british had a strange idea that maybe the columnists ought to pay for some of the defenses that they are providing against the french and other people who have interest in north america. at any rate, the crown was furious and as a ....