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My name is Gavin Kleespies and i am the director of programs exhibitions and Community Partnerships for the massachusetts historical society, and im happy to welcome you to this evenings program. This is our second inperson Program Since march of 2020. Tonight well hear about one of the most consequential battles in american diplomatic history the struggle between president Woodrow Wilson and Senate Majority leader Henry Cabot Lodge over the league of nations our speaker this evening is patricia otoole. Im inso tool is a former professor in the school of arts at columbia university. She is a fellow of the society of american historians and a me ....
History doesnt work on the cable news cycle, it works on the cycle of generations. In her new book author Phyllis Lee Levin recounts the formative years of americas sixth president John Quincy Adams. Its next on booktv. Tonight its a great pleasure to welcome and mhs fellow, friend of institutions Phyllis Lee Levin. Shes a graduate of mt. Julio college. Shes been a reporter or editor and columnist for the New York Times as well as a writer and editor at vogue were among her many stories was inside the white house interview with a reclusive pat nixon. I would love to take a look at that at some point. Shes also the author of several books including Abigail Adams and edith and woodrow. She lives in manhat ....
So Winston Churchhill the greatest figure of the 20th century in my mind said it wasnt greeks that fight like heroes but heroes fight like greeks. And in 1943 again the German Military commander ordered the bishop and the mayor to prepare him a list of the Jewish Community on the island. His plan was to deport the entire Jewish Community to concentration camps in poland. The word went out any greek caught hiding a jew could be executed on the spot. Instead of preparing the list, the bishop and the mayor went to the Jewish Community on the island and sent them into hiding into the mountains or with christian friend in the country side. They returned to the military commander and presented him with a s ....