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The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day | Boston Symphony Hall

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November 1918: The Great War & The Great Gatsby | On Stage at Carnegie Hall

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November 1918: The Great War & The Great Gatsby | Behind the Scenes at Carnegie Hall

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On Stage

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    The overture at Carnegie Hall begins. The 58-piece Orchestra of St. Luke’s is conducted by Ian Weinberger, the current conductor of Broadway’s “Hamilton.” Note the quote from Ernest Hemingway, who, in 1937, warned Americans of the threat of fascism from the very same stage.

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    The diverse and talented cast of acclaimed Broadway vocalists performs.

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    The diverse and talented cast of acclaimed Broadway vocalists performs.

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    John Monsky discusses the flag – that landed on Utah Beach on D-Day – that inspired his research and is the locus of the multi-media lecture.

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    After describing a young soldier who lost his leg in the Hurtgen Forest, saved by the skill and commitment of medics, John Monsky reveals the injured solder is the grandfather of conductor Ian Weinberger.

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    Private Cresencia Garcia in 1944.

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    John Monsky opens the July 16, 2019 Carnegie Hall premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon, with a personal, childhood memory of watching an Apollo liftoff with his father.

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    Award-winning journalist Katie Couric welcomes the audience to the July 16, 2019 Carnegie Hall premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon. She recalls that an entry in her journal on that night, 50 years earlier, was one of her first acts of journalism and became a defining moment in her life, as it remains with so many others.

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    Neil Armstrong’s son Mark and granddaughter Kali perform the former’s original song “Flight of Fancy” at the July 2016 Carnegie Hall premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon. The powerful song, which received a standing ovation, recounts how the first man to walk on the moon would later escape the demands of earth by soaring in a glider.

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    The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, conducted by To Kill a Mockingbird’s Kimberly Grigsby, performs the overture at the 2019 Carnegie Hall premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon.

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    David St. Louis (Side Show) and Shonika Gooden (Hamilton) perform at the 2019 Carnegie Hall premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon.

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    NASA’s incredible “hidden figures” are highlighted in the July 16, 2019 premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon at Carnegie Hall.

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    Adam Kantor (The Band’s Visit) performs in the premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon at Carnegie Hall, July 16, 2019, the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

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    The cast of We Chose to Go to the Moon performs in the July 16, 2019 premiere at Carnegie Hall. (L to R): Elana Shaddow (The Bridges of Madison County), David St. Louis (Side Show), Shonika Gooden (Hamilton), Adam Kantor (The Band’s Visit).

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    The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, conducted by To Kill a Mockingbird’s Kimberly Grigsby, performs at the 2019 Carnegie Hall premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon.

Behind the Scenes

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    Carnegie Hall, November 10, 2021, the eve of Veterans Day.

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    The National Association of Black Military Women arrive at Carnegie Hall for “The Eyes of the Word.” Their President is slated to serve as an advisor to the multi-media lecture.

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    Young West Point Cadets, the legacy of the heroes of WWII, arrive at Carnegie Hall to be recognized for their service.

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    Private Cresencia Garcia arrives at Carnegie Hall. 101-years-old, she was a member of the 6888, Postal Directory Battalion. The contributions of this all-Black WAC unit have been largely ignored in the history books, and they were denied benefits that male service members enjoyed.

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    Private Cresencia Garcia takes a bow, receiving a standing ovation from the audience of 2700. Although frustrated that the 6888 never received proper recognition, and having served in a segregated army, she remained a great patriot, raising children who would also go on to serve.

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    Private Cresencia Garcia’s standing ovation continues.

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    John Monsky, Linda Hope and Andrew Roberts celebrate their New-York Historical Society Makers Awards on October 29, 2019 at Cipriani in New York City. (L to R): John Monsky, Linda Hope (Chair and CEO, The Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation), Dr. Louise Mirrer (President and CEO, New-York Historical Society), Andrew Roberts, (historian and author, Churchill, Walking with Destiny) and Pam B. Schafler, Chair, New-York Historical Society Board of Trustees).

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    John Monsky (R) presents a replica of the flag Neil Armstrong planted on the moon to the astronaut’s son Mark, and granddaughter Kali, following a standing ovation for their performance of Mark’s original song, “Flight of Fancy,” at Carnegie Hall, June 16, 2019, the 50th anniversary of that “giant leap for mankind.”

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    Frances “Poppy” Northcutt (the first female engineer to work in NASA’s mission control, including Apollo 11), who received a standing ovation at the July 16, 2019 Carnegie Hall performance of We Chose to Go to the Moon, shares a moment with award-winning journalist Katie Couric. A friend to American History Unbound, Katie introduced the lecture and shared her childhood memories of the moonwalk from the storied stage.

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    Neil Armstrong’s son Mark and granddaughter Kali celebrate their performance of “Flight of Fancy” at the reception following the Carnegie Hall premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon.

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    (L to R): Mark Armstrong, Kali Armstrong, Katie Couric and Poppy Northcutt.

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    Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director, Carnegie Hall, joins John Monsky after the July 16, 2019 Carnegie Hall premiere of We Chose to Go to the Moon.

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    We Chose to Go to the Moon poster outside Carnegie Hall.

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    The We Chose to Go to the Moon July 2019 Playbill.

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    Frances “Poppy” Northcutt (the first female engineer to work in NASA’s mission control, including Apollo 11), who received a standing ovation at the July 16, 2019 performance of We Chose to Go to the Moon, brought her NASA badge to Carnegie Hall, half a century after she played a key role in one of America’s greatest accomplishments – the first moon landing.

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    John Monsky and the cast of the 2018 Carnegie Hall performance of The Vietnam War: At Home and Abroad.

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    The cast of Vietnam: At Home and Abroad rehearsing for their 2018 Carnegie Hall performance.

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    Author and The Eyes of the World advisor Ami Bouhasane, granddaughter of Lee Miller and Director of Farleys House & Gallery, which maintains the photojournalist’s archives, loads up on research about her grandmother’s wartime experience at the New-York Historical Society.

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    Former American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) Secretary William M. Matz, Jr., American History Unbound military advisor Craig Nannos and ABMC Deputy Secretary Robert J. Dalessandro review an historic flag highlighted in The Eyes of the World.

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    The late Nick Cordero (A Bronx Tale, Bullets Over Broadway) performs in a 2015 workshop of The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day at the New-York Historical Society. The Broadway great had been scheduled to star in the fully developed version of the June 2020 lecture at Carnegie Hall.

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    The cast of The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day in a 2015 workshop at the New-York Historical Society. (L to R): Anne Brummel (Wicked), Robert Lenzi (Tuck Everlasting), the late Nick Cordero (A Bronx Tale, Bullets Over Broadway), and Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls).

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    Kate Rockwell (Mean Girls) (L) and Anne Brummel (Wicked) perform in a 2015 workshop of The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day at the New-York Historical Society.

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