fiona dean's holler in, and cartoonist pat baggily, talk about the life and work, of harper's weekly political cartoonist, thomas nast. they talk about the symbols he popularized, like the democratic stomping donkey, santa claus, and the republican debate elephant. the massachusetts historical event hosted this event and provided the video. >> >> the program tonight is very much directly related to our online exhibition and i hope you will all check out and if you've not done so already it's a great show and incredibly relevant these days. this was planned to be a physical show and as a part of that physical show we had intended to dedicate one room to the father of modern political cartoons that's thomas nast but we did build an online exhibition which explores the life of thomas nast. many of the depictions were done by local artists. i hope you check it out if you're interested in this program. that brings us to this evening's program, which will include fiona deans halloran and pat baggily. they will be speaking on a life of thomas nast. he created or popularized the democratic d

fiona dean's holler in, and cartoonist pat baggily, talk about the life and work, of harper's weeklypolitical cartoonist, thomas nast. they talk about the symbols he popularized, like the democratic stomping donkey, santa claus, and the republican debate elephant. the massachusetts historical event hosted this event and provided the video. >> >> the program tonight is very much directly related to our online exhibition and i hope you will all check out and if you've not done so already it's a great show and incredibly relevant these days. this was planned to be a physal