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Thursday 11:30am–12:15 pm
Rancho Mirage Library & Observatory The Murder of the Romanovs in
Ekaterinberg, July 1918
Dr. Helen Rappaport
America Today Thursday 11:30 am–12:15 pm
Honorable Barbara Boxer, Honorable Gray Davis, Jon Meacham and Tim Miller Jack London Room
Thursday 11:30 am–12:15 pm The brutal murder of the Russian Imperial family on
John Steinbeck Room July 17, 1918, has long been a defining moment in
No small topic and no small nation, we seem to be in the midst of a philosophical civil war with a remarkably world history. One hundred years later we continue
uncivil tone to it all. Our panelists Honorable Barbara Boxer, Honorable Gray Davis, Jon Meacham and Tim to be fascinated with Czar Nicolas and his family:
Miller and moderator Geoff Cowan, will bring experience, intelligence, and carefully delivered analysis to the his English wife Alexandra, their four beautiful and
overarching battle of ideas that frames America today. captivating daughters, and the tragic end to the 300
year-old Romanov dynasty. Join historian Dr. Helen
Rappaport as she discusses the long history of the
Imperial Family and the events leading to that night
in 1918.
LUNCH
12:15 pm
Join us outside for a
delicious boxed lunch
of your choice
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