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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...

The program. Mary beth norton the author of five books and cowat it one call author several others and it has been published ten additions over 500,000 copies. As a Pulitzer Prize finalist and present of the Historical Association she is a professor america of American History at cornell and her new book it is available for purchase following the program please join me to welcome mary beth norton. [applause]. I want to show you the cover briefly because if you are a colonial historian on dash i ...

You see my hand, raise your hand please if you can see my hand raise your hand. See my hand, raise your hand. There we go. That was my k through 12 persona. Terrific, we are going to get started for our afternoon session. We were founded by the Colonial Assembly in the colony of massachusetts, they passed authority to the State Government at the time of writing of the state constitution so harvard is in the massachusetts state constitution. People have come to think its a private university. Go ...

There we go. That was my k through 12 persona. Terrific, we are going to get started for our afternoon session. We were founded by the Colonial Assembly in the colony of massachusetts, they passed authority to the State Government at the time of writing of the state constitution so harvard is in the massachusetts state constitution. People have come to think its a private university. Go figure how that transpired, but Public University. Pleasure to be here and we are here also as one of coauthor...

Good evening and welcome to tonights lecture. After the lecture, there will be a q a and book signing. The views of the author do not viewsarily represent the of the museum or the state of new york. We present Glenn Williams tonight who will present dunmores war the last conflict of the colonial american area. Aboutthe author of a book the campaign against the air courier and holds a phd from the university of michigan. I would now like to welcome him. Glenn thank you for that kind introduction....

Patrick henry. If you didnt get a chance to buy the book they will be available afterwards. He will be signing them at the table out front. If you are members or donors, thank you for that support it is how we are able to bring you this program and so many others which i hope you have seen in the august issue of the associates. If you are here because you are interested in colonial history, let me point you to a program on october 30 about espionage and thats coming up monday octobe october 30. ...

White folks to and understand in a lot of ways that in slave africanamericans were people. A Bruce Vaughan as property. For her to a humanize and make them people and for her readers to understand that this is wrong, the breaking up of human families is morally wrong and unchristian was the goals she set for herself in showing the wrongs of slavery in uncle toms cabin. For more information on booktvs recent visit to hartford and many other destinations on our citys toward go to cspan. Org cities...

Well, thank you very much indeed. Now, normally when i give a talk of any description, and ive given quite a number in the last week while ive been in america, i usually have a little repertory of anecdotes with which i commence, and i had one prepared this evening. But strangely enough, something happened to me on the way here which meant that i decided to scrap it and talk about Something Else entirely. I took the subway to congress circle, and i walked up Central Park West towards the histori...

Its meaning, and ive always liked to write about real people who are in a situation whether it be averill hairman after world war ii and you have a create a new world ordinary like nato and the world bank and the Marshall Plan 0 steve jobs who says were now in a digital revolution, we have to make it personal. These are people who to use steve jobs words, were able to think different, think out of the box. I want to try to explore the creative mind and how it works. Host one of them themes theme...

Off russia and china to create a triangular diplomacy where opening to china and a detente with russia as we pulled out of vietnam, preserves the United States influence and power in the world after a retreat from vietnam by doing this tray triangular balance with russia, china, and to me that was a Creative Leap that even the bright people the best and the brightest, the mcgeorge bundies hat not thought spoof that helped preserve ore influence in the world. Host the wise men, six friends and th...