While the cartoon implies that madison fled from the british in panic. In fact, he and most of the , including monroe, state on the field until the end. They narrowly avoided capture. The british moved on to washington, d. C. , where they burned many public buildings, including the white house. In the aftermath of this disaster, armstrong resigned as secretary of war. And monroe assumed the office while remaining secretary of state. All of the british departed fort departed washington and failed to take fort mchenry. The possibility of another attack on the capital was spurred. The war ended in february 1815 with the u. S. Ratification of the treaty of ghent. Monroe was elected president in 1816. A culmination of his Public Service career that had taken him through so many different offices and experiences, here and abroad. He and his wife elizabeth undertook the restoration and refurnishing of the white house process that would occur , a throughout his two terms in office. It cannot b
Good morning, everyone. I am the csc a director, the associate director, and it is my pleasure to introduce to you john marszalek. John marszalek is the distinguished professor at Mississippi State university, where he taught courses on the civil war, jacksonian america, and race relations. He earned his phd at notre dame and joined the faculty at Mississippi State in 1973. During his time at Mississippi State, he also served as the director and mentor of distinguished scholars and as the executive director and managing editor of the ulysses s. Grant association. Grant papers are now housed at Mississippi State university. He is the author and editor of more than a dozen books and 250 articles. Thats impressive. Including his important work, sherman. A finalist for the lincoln prize. Dr. Marszalek received the Richard Wright literary award for Lifetime Achievement from a mississippi author and the Historical Society presented him the highest award for National Distinction in history. H
Schedule and view all of our programs and their entirety. Carmichael hello again. I am pete carmichael, the director of the civil war institute. Our final speaker is lorien foote. Lorien foote is a professor of history at texas a m university. The aggies. Where she teaches courses on Civil War History and reconstruction, 19thcentury american, and reform movements. Lorien got her start at the university of kansas where you did your undergrad and got her phd at the university of oklahoma. Her second book published in 2010, the gentleman and the roughs manhood, honor, and violence in the union army is one of my favorites on the soldier experience. Did fantastic research. She dug into the National Archives and looked at courtmartial records which had really been underutilized until lorien got a hold of them. Superb book. And david brooks, a columnist for the New York Times you got a lot of praise from david brooks in his editorial. Well worth reading. Fantastic work. Her second book the ya
Winds have been onshore. Thats a west wind in San Francisco at 10. And then fluctuating west southwest at 14 in fairfield. Winds will be southwest and west later today 10 to 20. A slightly warmer day than yesterday from 60s at the beaches and yes, around that banana belt in pacifica, you will have some clearing. 60s, 70s and the lip of the bay, 70s and sites across the peninsula, 80s and 90s away from the bay. Another warmup. Well talk about that at 18 after the hour. Good morning, we are going to begin by checking out 280 at 101 the split in San Francisco, no delays. We have been tracking roadwork on the 280 extension but this morning all lanes are open and speeds are in the green so no delays heading into San Francisco there. And even looks good at 6th street. As you make your way out of tracy into livermore, 26minute ride between 205 and the dublin pleasanton interchange. No accidents, just a lot of people out there. Over at the bay bridge toll plaza, no problems just yet. But we ar
Hurricaneforced wind gusts across the Northern Tier of our viewing area as we get into the overnight hours tonight. Thats when the worst will appear later this afternoon and particularly during the nighttime hours tonight. 26 your most recent wind gusts here in washington, 18 in leonard county. Winds will be picking up, and itll be worse later this evening. Forecast, 54 today, chilly throughout, winds gusting to 70 Miles Per Hour, yes, 70 Miles Per Hour later this evening. As the storm makes land fall. Rain heavy at times and becoming very windy. We have a high wind warning in effect until 8 00 tomorrow night. I want to mention, its going to be very cool, in fact cold later tonight. Make sure you have plenty of blankets. If you lose electricity, not top of warm you. Thats a look at weather,ville more in a minute. Thanks. We have Live Team Coverage of the storm this morning, Lauren Demarco is live in ocean city. Holly morris is live in annapolis, and melanie is monitoring the situation