Your friends so they can join, too. Tonights meet the author Event Features a great friend of the museum, someone whos become very involved with us in the last year or so, james holland, who, last week, published the second book in his trilogy on world war ii in the west, the allies strike back. Before i get to the introductions, i do want to follow a tradition we have here at the museum. I dont know if we have any world war ii veterans with us tonight that i can recognize. If not, id like to recognize veterans from all eras of service. [applause] thank you for your service and sacrifices. This evening, well have on stage together two of the biggest names and most prolific writers in the world war ii field. I was just thinking to myself this afternoon, if this was like boxing or something, this would be like a payperview match or something that we would have on this stage tonight. So we have our own senior historian, rob citino, who published his 10th book this month and hell be interv
Features a great friend. Someone is become very involved with us in the last year or so. James holland. Who last week published the second book in his trilogy. Before i get into the introductions, i want to follow a tradition we have here. I dont know if we have any world war ii veterans here with us tonight that i can recognize, do we have any veterans . If not i would like to recognize veterans from all eras of service. [applause] thank you for your service and sacrifice. This evening come we will have on stage together, two of the biggest names and most prolific writers in the world war ii field, i was just thinking to myself this afternoon, if this was like boxing, this ability paper view match we would have on the stage tonight. Historianr own senior who publishes his book this month and he will be interviewing james holland, a ,istorian, broadcaster, author he is written 19 books on world war ii. Mostly nonfiction but also historical novels and young adult titles. You probably re
Historical society. I would dont extend a special welcome to anyone who might be takenning a Virtual Program for the first time. Considering the side of the virtual crowd and the geographic spread im sure there are here for the fir time. Youre not familiar with us were the oldest Historical Society in the america. Funned in 1791 and have been an independent Nonprofit Institution defend indicated to collecting, preserving, publishing and sharing our states and nations history for the past 229 year. In these days of social distancing we are taking to hosting Virtual Event and we have Online Events planned for every week through june. We have a virtual tour of plymouth, massachusetts, this year i the 400th motorcycle of arrival of pilgrims so join us for that program. You can fine additional detail notices program on our website, mass history. Org. Today we eave a great from. Joined by abram van engen, aen so professor oft english at Washington University in st. Louis. He received his ma
Historical society has had in sanford disco in the unseeded territory. Its our job here to not only remember this but also to make california possible rich, complicated, and diverse past a meaningful part of contemporary life. We do that through Public Programs like this one, through the Research Library collections and by hosting exhibitions. We currently have two exhibitions on view. Chinese politics chinese pioneers and from the gold rush to the earthquake. Our galleries at Mission Street are open wednesday through saturday, please visit us. We have a San Francisco bay author area and journalist, hes a former punk wrestler peep show mc. From 2015 to 2000 19 he recounted San Francisco past most gruesome and lurid events in his regular weekly column yesterdays rhymes, which led to his latest book, the murders that made us, how vigilantes, hoodlums, mob bosses and cult leaders the San Francisco bay area. His punk wrestling memoir is a national asked seller that wired called breezy and
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