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O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Mark Clague will discuss the history of America’s national anthem, the stories of the song and the nation it represents, and its powerful meaning today.
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Liberty Tea! An Examination of the Act That Broke the Camel’s Back
After the American tea protests of 1773 and 1774, Mercy Otis Warren and Samuel Adams join Abigail Adams at tea time for coffee and conversation.
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Thomas Jefferson: Origins and Objectives of the Committees of Correspondence
An actor portraying Thomas Jefferson examines of the origins of the Committees of Correspondence and relates grievances that we will see again in the 1776 Declaration of Independence.
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'Let my people go!' Reflections by Phillis Wheatley (1772) and a Petition for Manumission from Felix (1773)
Actors portray two enslaved people in the early 1770s—Phillis Wheatley and a man named Felix—who imagine independence for people of color.
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'The Fatal 5th of March 1770, Can Never be Forgotten!' — Dr. Joseph Warren
On the second annual commemoration of the Boston Massacre, Dr. Joseph Warren speaks to the citizens of Boston, pointing out the injustices of British parliamentary laws.
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The Nixon Conspiracy: Watergate and the Plot to Remove the President
Geoff Shepard's most recent book, "The Nixon Conspiracy," is based on four caches of internal prosecutorial documents that have surfaced in the past eight years.
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2022 Annual WWII Emerging Scholars Symposium - Nataliia Zalietok
"Periodicals As a Source For the Research on the Women's Service in the Soviet Armed Forces (1941-1945)"
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2022 Annual WWII Emerging Scholars Symposium - Ryan Poff
"Unduly Harrowing": Film Media Portrayals of Combat in World War II"
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2022 Annual WWII Emerging Scholars Symposium - Tyler Bamford, Ph.D.
"The Spoils Of War: US Soldiers' Souvenirs of World War II in Wartime Reporting"
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2022 Annual WWII Emerging Scholars Symposium - Thomas Arnold
"Learning How to Love America in 1941: Building the US Army's WWII Public Relations Machine"