First time. We are the oldest Historical Society in america dating back to 1791, independent Nonprofit Institution dedicating to publishing and sharing our nations history for the past 221 years, and amazing collection including papers of other us president s. We are working on a covid19 initiative to record the experience of a Diverse Group of people who live through these unusual times and make it available to future generations of researchers which weve taken hosting virtual programs, programs plan through the summer. Next week we will be hosting a talk on the allocation on 19thcentury you can find more information on this program and our other programs, consider joining us. We are looking at a new book, laid waste which examines the mobilizing process in america and europe that puts together science and technology, political democracy and Competitive Capitalism and produced unimaginable wealth to material comfort to some but also brought the environment to a Tipping Point. A timely
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The cold war the headquarters of east germanys secret police. Hello h israel and hezbollah have exchanged fire along a disputed strip of land. Two Israeli Soldiers were killed and another injured when hezbollah fire. One u. N. Peace keeper was killed in that exchange. The area lies on an disputed track of land. First this report from Nicole Johnston in southern lebanon. Reporter this is moments after an antitank missile hit near the board are seriea and lebanon. Israel deployed soldiers in the area. The armed Group Hezbollah claimed responsibility. It says its in response to an Israeli Attack last week against its fight necessary syria. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of a swift and powerful retaliation. At this moment to everyone who is challenging us, i advise that what happened in gaza, im asked to look at the hardest hit since its formation and well react strongly on all fronts. A high. A high ranking iranian was killed the son of a hezbollah founder was killed,. Hezbo
Of washington. More than anything, the waterway really to find the attack on washington come on the ultimate attack on baltimore. The british were really making good use of the waterways, Chesapeake Bay, and all of the rivers that feed into the bay, including the potomac. By 1813, the chesapeake had pretty much turned into a british lake. The real navy squadron, under the command of her admiral George Cockburn had established domain over the water. George cockburn was a very effective officer, who served under nelson in the wars with france. He had been sent over here to pep things up. He was a very capable officer, ruthless without being vicious. He pretty quickly determines that the americans are not capable of providing much in the way of a real defense. From the start, he sees washington as being vulnerable. Very quickly, as he spreads his terror up and down the bay, he becomes not only the most feared man in america, but also the most hated. He is compared to a till of the han and
Of the arapahoe, the native americans who lived here prior to white settlement. This exhibit really tells that story. On the second floor of the story it is called makers. It is about the early settlers to the boulder area, why they came here, how they made a living, and what life was like in the early years of older. The chief was one of our most notable historic figures in boulders history. An arapahoewas chief who was here in the mid1850s at the time when gold was discovered and there was a lot of movement to the west, a lot of whites came out in search of gold and really changed the life of the indians who had been living here. Niwot was an interesting man. He spoke english, which he learned from his sisters husband, who was a for trader a fur trader. That ended up being important to the arapahoe at the time. White goldgroup of seekers came out and camp at the base of the mountains in boulder. Them to leave. This land was given to the indians from the treaty of fort laramie in 1851