them many of them were there houseguests on occasion and some of us were the recollections of rosen graham the period of american life when all of these people were active was a remarkable time and it was a time and i am speaking of the years in the 1900 to 1914 or so. when many people believed that the world could be changed in the new and more just society was in some undefined way, just around the corner. but then something happened that shattered those dreams. the first world war. which not only killed some 9 million soldiers and untold millions of civilians, it is also sheltered the radical dream of working class is a different countries would never fight each other. so when the world began, the united states was not part of it read and americans and other radicals agitated very strongly for the u.s. to stay out of the war. rose emma goldman and many other friends to join called the women's peace party and took part in demonstrations like this one. then of course, in april of 1917, woodrow wilson will before congress and asked congress to declare war. and by the next year, large numbe

in 1906, the year after they married, rosen graham both joined the group that the thought had the best solution to these problems. to the injustices of the time. the socialist party. and the time, the parties leader as he was for many years, was eugene, and noble man charismatic, much be limited, five times a candidate for president. he had began life as a railway worker and then became head of the raleigh workers union. and when he campaign for president in 1908, he traveled around the country in a special train old the red special. [laughter]. and a few red flags and was draped with red bunting and engineers of passing locomotives on the next track always recognized when they came along and gave loan toots and the whistles when they saw the red special ruling by. when he came to new york, graham stokes was on the platform with him because graham was running as a socialist candidate for the new york state legislature from the lower east side. and rose went out and campaigned for both of them. neither graham nor eugene one their elections. but people remained fascinated by this couple.