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Thank you. [applause] mr. Holbrook howdy. Jfk emphasized the importance of the space race during a time of fear in the u. S. Incredible men and women took this challenge head on. Nasa became a beacon of hope for the nation. I am honored to introduce one of those legends. The man who pioneered apollo 11 and apollo 13. If you have ever heard the phrase houston, Tranquility Base is here, the eagle has landed. With great honor, i am here to introduce houston. Mr. Gene kranz. [applause] mr. Kranz thank you. It is a real privilege. I have a couple aggies in the family. To be introduced by an aggie. They told me i had three hours to speak, so we will have to be speaking through lunch here. But jared said no, he will give me a call when i have five minutes. So he is going to stand up and give me sort of a heads up. When i finish, i have a three minute video of the actual Lunar Landing ....
Dr. Gregory d. Smithers, an associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university, specializes in native American History, hes the author of several books including the cherokee diaspora an indigenous history of migration, resettlement and identity, about which greg spoke here a few years ago. And his newest book on the subject of todays lecture, native southerners indigenous history from origins to remov removal. So please give a warm welcome to our friend, greg smithers. [ applause ] let me first begin by acknowledging the traditional landowners of this region. Members of the powotan chiefdom and the chicohomonie people. Thank you to Graham Dozier who organized todays lecture. Thank you very much. Its much appreciated and its lovely to be back here at the Virginia Museum of history and culture. I hope i ....