[inaudible conversations] thank you all for joining us this evening. Im gavin kleespies, director of programs and communications for the massachusetts historical society. Tonight on the very eve of the 250 anniversary of the boston massacre we will hear from professor serena zabin on a great new book the boston massacre a Family History. As a regular guests know, we very quickly pull together small exhibition from our collection that highlights the materials we have within our holdings that illuminate the evenings discussion. To date we entire expedition, so we didnt need a small exhibition this time. Our exhibition features our speaker this evening so if you didnt see it shes on one of the video monitors upstairs and was also very generous with her time helping us planned exhibition and sitting for an interview. We couldnt have done our current exhibition without her help so our debt of gratitude. Serena zabin is a professor Early American History director the programs american studie