Dear QC History community, See below for a free event at the New-York Historical Society on Saturday, May 16. Could be interesting, especially to U.S. or Legal history concentrators. Best, Prof. Allen ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hannah Donoghue <hannah.donoghue@nyhistory.org> Date: Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:04 AM Subject: Free Event 5/16 at N-Y Historical Society for Students and Faculty To: Hello, Please see the announcement below about the upcoming program *The Heart Mountain Draft Resisters: A Trial Reenactment* with *Judge Denny Chin*, a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The New-York Historical Society would be pleased to have students and faculty attend this event *free-of-charge*. Please share this email with faculty and students. A PDF of the announcement has also been included should you wish to print out fliers. Please call me at 212-485-9205 if you have any questions. All the best, Hannah Donoghue -- Hannah Donoghue Assistant Manager of Public Programs New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West New York, NY 10024 Tel: (212) 485-9205 Fax: (212) 595-5707 *SPECIAL FREE ADMISSION FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY: * *The Heart Mountain Draft Resisters* *The New-York Historical Society is offering students and faculty FREE tickets to the trial reenactment and discussion **featuring * *JUDGE DENNY CHIN,* * a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit!* *When: **Saturday, May 16, 9:00 AM -- Registration and Continental Breakfast; 9:30 AM -- Program* *Where:* New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street), New York, NY *Event Details:* When the U.S. government began drafting interned Japanese-American citizens for military service in 1944, a group of men confined in Wyoming's Heart Mountain Relocation Center protested their loss of freedom through a mass draft evasion. *Judge Denny Chin* and members of the *Asian American Board Association of New York* lead a trial reenactment of the legal proceedings that followed and share the draft resisters' story through narration, discussion, and historic photographs. This program is presented as part of the *Bernard and Irene Schwartz Distinguished Speakers Series* at the New-York Historical Society. TO RESERVE YOUR COMPLIMENTARY TICKET please use the discount code *HEART515 *when reserving your tickets (regular price $44). Contact New-York Historical’s in-house call center at (212) 485-9268 or visit www.nyhistory.org to guarantee your seat. <http://www.nyhistory.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions> -- Joel Allen Associate Professor and Chair History Department, Queens College Flushing, NY 11367 office: 718-997-5350 fax: 718-997-5359