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Also at the site is an active gunnery range. Early in 1955 by president ial order, 60 square miles of this prohibited area were set aside for a special purpose, as a narrow air corridor to reach the spot on the map. Air charge ordered crews, except on orders from the chief of staff from the u. S. Air force. The name of the isolated spot in nevada is watertown and its very isolation is the greatest importance. The specialists that come up this transport are handpicked. They are checked every time they arrived at watertown. Overall security in the area is the highest yet to be maintained in this country, even higher than that of the manhattan project. Selection of watertown was dictated by several unique considerations. The area is isolated from prying eyes by the aec range with lethal reminders of past atomic explosions. Guards maintain regular patrols. Supplies destined for watertown channel into the area through regular aec routes. Watertown communications referred to as an article. T ....
Hilary and for now i am pleased to introduce tonights author and his new book the fever of 1721. Stephen coss has a bachelors degree in journalism. He has worked as an Advertising Agency copywriter and served wisconsin Election Officials when he is not working or writing. The fever of 1721 tells the history of the worst smallpox epidemic to hit boston. It set the stage for scientific advancement including the controversial but effective smallpox inoculation. The pittsburgh gazette calls this book solidly told and the wall street journal called it a deeply researched account. Please join me in welcoming stephen coss. [applause] stephen i am a wisconsin election official. I am not in wisconsin. They are having an election. I had to vote absentee. I would rather be here right now. The line of fire. Stephen exactly. That is a nonpartisan position. It is a fancy phrase for ....
Who and where were those who once had said the american was no soldier, that he would not fight . World, events were swiftly gaining momentum. Army dropped armydays later, the first occupied cologne. That, 300 of our fortresses of our forces lasted tokyo. Blasted tokyo. By the 17th of the same month, general Pattons Third Army had taken. The next day, and half a world away, our troops invaded the island in the central philippines. That, the third army crossed the rhine. Four days later, the eighth army was landing in the philippines. [explosions] less than a week after that, on april 1, 1945, the u. S. 10th army invaded okinawa. On the 11th of the same month, the Second Armored Division of the night army reached 63 miles from berlin. Thir on the 12th of april, president Franklin Delano roosevelt had yet to ....
So that we can acknowledge them. Where are you . Another yorkshire. I know you are here. [applause] also, a special group tonight that i would like to acknowledge, that is the simpson circle. That is a group composed of former Mary Washington b. O. D. Members. We are here tonight and we would like to have them stand so we can acknowledge them. [applause] in introducing tonights speaker, dr. Joanne freeman, i would like to mention at the outset that one of her most commendable qualifications is that she received her phd from the university. Thats right, u. V. A. [laughter] in any case, not long after receiving that degree, she was recognized already as one of the nations top young historians. She has subsequently has achieved widespread recognition as a scholar of the revolutionary and Early National periods of American Hi ....
Anna san antonio is here because of these missions. What is really kind of wonderful is that a lot of people who this their call parish home and come here can trace their ancestry to the colonial period, the people who build these mission buildings and built these churches. The missions are about the start of the city of san antonio. We are at the entrance. This is a part of San Antonio MissionsNational Historic park. This is a unit of the National Park service. There are more than 400 National Park sites around the country. Each of these 419 help to tell 419 plus units help to tell some part of the american story, the part of the american story that we tell here at the San Antonio Mission is the < ....