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Tribune printers low lit fest. The theme of this festival is whats your story and we encourage you to share on instagram or facebook using prlf16. You can keep the spoirt by downloading the printers row app where youll find all of the chicago tribunes premium books content, free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and the complete printers lit. Download today and get 5 off. Todays will be broadcast live. We ask you to use the microphone locate today your right so that the homeviewing audience can hear your question. We ask that you silence your microphones and turn off your camera flashlights. Please welcome elizabeth taylor. [applause] hi. So happy to be here, its an honor to be here with Sidney Blumenthal to talk about a good person from illinois, the great Abraham Lincoln and we were just chatting before coming on about another and that was scott circle, someone who ....
Across the tristate area. Im glad its over. Reporter well, she is glad its over but we know theres still much cleanup to be done. Now, pseg long island tells us at the height of the storm, more than 85,000 customers were without power as of last check just over 7,000 remaining without power this evening. And those power problems today did result in some School Closings nearby. Were live from great neck, long island, with the mobile weather lab, vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. The storm knocked down trees all over new jersey, as well. Cleanup began this morning in essex fells. Trees took down power lines overnight and large branches blocked some roads and in new milford more trouble when a giant tree snapped and crashed on a deck and part of a home. The homeowner says it sounded like the sky was falling. In queens the storm ripped off chunks of a building that crashed into the street and on parked cars below. The debris came from the ....
The curse continues in 1940, will that person also die in office, according to the curse . The first person who became a victim of the curse was William Henry harrison, who had been a military hero. Wellliked. He was elected in 1840. Before he was elected, and seven in92, lieutenant harrison 1792, lieutenant harrison served at the battle of Fallen Timbers. He was fighting against the miami native americans. It was about control over ohio. The treaty they have signed was being violated. By oup together a small a Small Coalition to do battle, they have been defeated. One of the shawnee leaders involved in the battle of Fallen Timbers was ironically, tecumseh , and would become the leader of a large band of shawnee. We have to individuals here whose path will cross in ....
Freedom, the Hidden History of the underground railroad. Uncoveredbout how he ,he story of Sidney Howard gay one of the key organizers behind helping escaped slaves in new york city. Good evening. I am happy to be here with my esteemed colleague and friend, eric phonfoner. Some years ago, i was doing some research and as i approached the library desk to retrieve archival material, i saw that the staff was animatedly whispering and pointing, because there had just been a celebrity sighting. Eric foner. [laughter] you when i asked you what are doing, i got a modest, oh just checking out some things about the underground railroad. Book,e have is gateways to freedom. I look forward to interacting with you later this evening. Eric, you tell your readers that the story of the underground railroad is a jigsaw puzzle with many pieces missing. Usually, historians think of a question an ....
Was animatedly whispering and pointing because there had been a celebrity sighting. Foner, of course. Doing,asked what you are i got a modest, checking things out about the underground railroad. Now of course, we have his magnificent book, gateway to freedom, about the underground railroad. You tell your readers of the story of the underground railroad, it is like a jigsaw puzzle with many pieces missing. Usually historians think of a question and go in search of documents to answer that question, but sometimes we find extraordinary documents and then left questions emerge from those documents. Why dont you tell us about the documents you found and the questions that it raised for you . Eric is this on . First of all, thank you to the museum for inviting me here. Thank you to martha for interrogating me. It is like being back in my oral exams from years ago. Yes, i have written a good number of books. Do you choosew what to write about . There is somet historical question that interest ....