sites, history with the best-known writers, the presidency, lectures in history from top and our new essors-- "reel america" -- featuring historic films. c-span3, watches on tv, like us follow us on and twitter. up next, sam roberts, of new hor of a history york in 101 objects. a 1624 ects range from dutch document, which roberts calls the city's birth a jar of dust o gathered from the trade center remains in 2001. this program is about an hour. >> welcome, everybody.

lectures in history from top and our new essors, -- "reel america" -- featuring historic films. c-span3, watches on tv, like us follow us on and twitter. up next, sam roberts, of new hor of a history york in 101 objects. a 1624 ects range from dutch document, which roberts calls the city's birth a jar of dust o gathered from the trade center remains in 2001. this program is about an hour. >> welcome, everybody. it is so great to see the room full like this. i am the president of external brooklyn ere at the historical society. really, really excited about tonight's program. iliar with the am society, it was founded -- we were founded 151 years ago. it was the middle of the civil war. group of prominent they lynites realize that were witnessing history, and upon ed to take it themselves to found this organization in order to story.d that hi this building, actually, was built as the historical society. and was opened in 1881. like we have here tonight, it place of specific dialogue; in fact, back then, room had an auditorium. spoke, so, ere and right here, where we are president wo