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Next, the director of the Atchison County historical andety discusses his life explores the question of whether he should be recognized as the nations 12 president. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event and 2014 and provided the video. Chris taylor passed away in 2019. Mr. Taylor thank you. That was a grand introduction. If you just want the major a cop was means of David Rice Atchison, thank you, it has been a lovely evening. If you want his major accomplishments. Needless to say his administration is a little less impressive than maybe truman or anyone else who was ever president. Atchison isid rice someone you should know about. Inwas a significant player the days leading up to the civil war and the term what we call bleeding kansas. He was one of the people who really began the push to ge ....
It is a glorious service. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob lafollett is probably the most important political figure in Wisconsin History and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is pretty was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was United States senator who is ready nice by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i, stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all Bob Lafollett was about the people. After the civil war americ ....
Grant lotus indeed it is and im Vicki Liviakis thanks for joining us tonight governor newsome says that hes confident. The residents will abide by the order and that social pressure well encourage people to do the right thing, lets hope so the statewide shelter at home order is a directive. Many counties have of course already been following weve been doing in most of the bay area since monday night. Grocery stores statewide will remain open essential supplies will still be available per for people who need them food can be picked up take out style and restaurants. Kids can play outside, although youll see more and more playgrounds closing weve already seen that here in the bay. We have learned tonight that the National Guard will be delivering medical and other necessary supplies to make up for lost volunteers and anxiety issues that people are having folks some of them, esp ....
So thank you for supporting book passage. We are an independent bookstore one of the few remaining independent bookstores. [applause] thank you. We are very proud of that fact. Thanks for coming to our location. We also have a beautiful store in the building in San Francisco if youve never been there. Its a beautiful store. Go in by a few books and go have dinner in the city. Its a wonderful way to spend your evening. Remember book passage is so much more than just a bookstore. We bring to you probably a thousand author readings every year if you can believe that. In addition we also have all kinds of classes, language classes, writing classes. We have a group simply of childrens classes and finally im proud to say we are going green. We have been introducing a paper newsletter which i know some of the received in the mail starting in march. We are going to do email only so if we dont have your email and you arent getting our email ....
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