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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information call: Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745
The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
presents a conversation with
Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel
and Editor and Publisher of The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel
on the Ambassador's new book
HOPE AND HISTORY:
A MEMOIR OF TUMULTUOUS TIMES
Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will present a conversation with
Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel
and Editor and Publisher of
The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel
-- on the Ambassador's new book
HOPE AND HISTORY: A MEMOIR OF TUMULTUOUS TIMES
-- Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. This event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. Copies of the Ambassador's book will be for sale in the New Deal Store located in the Wallace Center.
This is a free public event but registration is required.
Synopsis:
HOPE AND HISTORY
is both a memoir and a call-to-action for the renewal of faith in democracy and America. U.S. Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel presents his most important public speeches and writings, compiled and presented over eight decades of adventure and public service, woven together with anecdotes of his colorful life as a second-generation American, a soldier, a lawyer, a political activist, and a diplomat. He touches upon themes that resonate as much today as they did when he first encountered them: the impact of heroes and mentors; the tragedy of the Vietnam War; the problems of racism and desegregation in America; tackling the crisis in America's prisons; America and the Holocaust; and the plight and promise of the United Nations. Along the way, he allows us to share his journey with some of the great characters of American history: Eleanor Roosevelt, William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan, John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, and Jimmy Carter.
Throughout, vanden Heuvel persuades us that there is still room for optimism in public life. He shows how individuals, himself among them, have tackled some of America's most intractable domestic and foreign policy issues with ingenuity and goodwill, particularly under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and those who sought and still seek to follow in his footsteps. He is not afraid to challenge the hatred and bigotry that are an unfortunate but undeniable part of the American fabric. He exhorts us to embrace all the challenges and opportunities that life in the United States can offer.
William J. vanden Heuvel
served as Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations. A former president of the International Rescue Committee, he was Executive Assistant to General William J. Donovan, Special Counsel to Governor Averell Harriman, and Assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. He is the founder of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Ambassador vanden Heuvel is an international attorney and investment banker.
Katrina vanden Heuvel is Editor and Publisher of
The Nation
, and the daughter of Ambassador vanden Heuvel. She is a frequent commentator on American and international politics for ABC, MSNBC, CNN and PBS. Her articles have appeared in
The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Foreign Policy
, and
The Boston Globe
. She writes a weekly web column for
The Washington Post
. Her blog "Editor's Cut" appears at
thenation.com
. She is the author of THE CHANGE I BELIEVE IN: FIGHTING FOR PROGRESS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA, the editor of MELTDOWN: HOW GREED AND CORRUPTION SHATTERED OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND HOW WE CAN RECOVER and co-editor of TAKING BACK AMERICA -- AND TAKING DOWN THE RADICAL RIGHT.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit
www.fdrlibrary.org.
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