It was a decade before that shot heard around the world. Museum is inside the its president and ceo, Michael Quinn. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for allowing cspan into the museum. It is a pleasure to be with you. Youre welcome any time, as is anyone watching. Is, howening question did this project come about and why . It came about out of the decision that we needed to reserve and tell the story of americas founding, not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who thought up these ideals of equality and liberty and selfgovernment. And then how that spread and inspired a nation to achieve it. It is the most important event in our nations history. It not only gave birth to our nation, but it gave us the values that made us a people. So it is more than just artifacts . It is far more than artifacts. One of the more comprehensive collections of artifacts of the revolution that has probably ever been assembled. How did these people who were citizens of
Quinn. Thanks for being with us and for allowing cspan inside the museum. Its a pleasure to be with you and were honored to have o cspan in the museum. You with are welcome anytime as is anybody watching. We were there for Opening Night of the museum. W but my opening question is how this project came about and why. Well it came about out of a decision that we need to preserve and tell the story of americas founding. S tu and not just as a series of events, but as people who actually achieved it, who fought off these soaring ideals of equality and how that inspired a nation, people in our nation to achieve it. It is the most important event in our nations history. It not only gave birth to our nation but it really gave us the values that make us a people. Everything that we cherish and hold dear. So its more than just e artifacts . Its more more than artifacts. Our museum is founded on artifacts. In fact when you come to the en museum you will see one of the more comprehensive collecti
The Smithsonian Associates and the International Spy museum cohosted this 80 minute event. Good to see all of you here. I am a historian and curator. Some of you i know, some of you i am meeting for the first time. I would like to welcome all of you to the spy museum and spy seminar, where we focus on the spies of the American Revolution. The first two weeks centered on wellknown personalities. You have the , which has an entire tv show dedicated to it now, and ben franklin is of course ben franklin. Next week, we will look at the most infamous spy in u. S. History, Benedict Arnold. The relative obscurity of James Lafayette is what will make this morning so interesting. He is someone we should know more about. His impact on World History is well known. Historians are just now beginning to piece it together to find out new information and understand his impact on the revolution and figure out how he sits among the great heroes and villains of american intelligence history. Katherine egn
Support and being able to invite so many people. I would also like to thank our trustees. Who if they are not here that i do they plan on coming. All of the chairs and Council Members who have put forth rework. One hour welasts will have a question and answer session, following that a book signing. Welcome theled to distinguished professor of Mississippi State university. He is the gentleman on your right. We are thrilled to welcome him back to the historical society. Hit he is the management director of the ulysses s. Grant foundation. The Mississippi Historical society presented him with the whale award for the National Distinction in history. Welcomelso pleased to the man in the center who has his sunglasses on the Professor Emeritus at the Naval Academy where he taught for more than 30 years and served in the History Department chair. He is the author and editor of many books. The lifetime get Achievement Award from the naval historian foundation. James mcpherson was supposed to be
Hosted by the Plymouth Center in austin, texas. Im a professor here at the lbj School University of texas. Its a great pleasure to welcome you all here. Its my pleasure to moderate this panel. I will introduce the panelist really because you have their bios. I wont go through their bios in my introduction. Its an interesting time to be talking about europe. Period in which the attention of the world shifted away from europe, we tended to take for granted the achievement of a more united europe. Now that assumption is being called into question. The achievement of a more united europe, including Eastern Europe and western europe, is one of the most monumental achievements of my lifetime. I wouldnt say its under threat, but it is facing numerous challenges from russia, from the greek debt crisis, from immigration, from brexit, and from the president elect of United States. All the things conspired to make europe more interesting. Lets put it this way. The period, the Reagan Administratio