Like as possible. To those of you joining us the first time putting a work in welcome and an invitation to explore the wide range of programs we have available here. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phones or anything else thatt might make noise during the program. Take you for doing that. We are thrilled tonight to welcome a claimed historian mary beth norton. Author of five books and coeditor of several others and her textbook, a people and nation, survey of u. S. History has been published in ten additions and is sold more than 500,000 copies. Norton is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and was a 2018 president of the american historical association. She is the mary [inaudible] Professor Emeritus at cornell university. Her new book, 1774, is available for purchase and signing following the program. So now, please join me in welcoming marybeth norton. [applause] it is nice to be here. I want to make sure that the quicker is the clicker on . It doesnt seem to be. Oh, there is spi
Books on the u. S. Economy. Find more information in your program guide. Student good evening. I am Lauren Rosenberg and i would like to welcome you to tonights program. To our members im so glad youreth here its your ongoing support that make events like this possible. Into that many of you joining us and equally warm welcome and an open invitation to view the wide range of programs we have at the smithsonian institute. Now is a perfect time to turn off yourself once or anything else that might make noise or in the program, thank you for doing that. Were thrilled tonight to welcome a claim historian mary beth norton. She is the author of five books and coeditor of five others in her textbook of u. S. History has been published in ten additions and has sold more than 5000 copies. Norton is a Pulitzer Prize winning finalist and was a 28 teen finalist. She is a effexor emerita of American History at cornell university. Her new book, 1774 the long year of revolution is available for purch
We are thrilled to welcome a claim historian mary beth norton. She is the author of five books and coeditor of several others at her textbook of people and a nation a survey of u. S. History. Her new book 1774 the long year of revolution is available per purchase following the program. Please join me in welcoming mary beth norton. [applause]. Its really nice to be here. I want to make sure the clicker is on. It doesnt seem to be. I dont want to show that one quite yet. I want to show you the cover of the book briefly because the little bottle on it is famous if youre colonial historian. Its in the collections of the map of the society and it claims on the label on it which is impossible to read alas that is contains t picked up from Boston Harbor or the day after the tea party. Its a quite wellknown object in the colonial america. I wanted to start with this verse from a poem i discovered in the new york journal which is a newspaper that coordinated with the sons of liberty in new york