Kathleen rooney and miles harvey talk about how they approach Historical Research for fiction and nonfiction work, at 6 00 p. M. On the civil war, scott hartwig, discussing his research on the battle of antietam. At 8 00 p. M. , Patrick Allitt discusses richard nixon, his National Security adviser henry kissinger, and their key Foreign Policy initiatives. And former u. S. Senator sam nun, watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History Tv University of minnesota professor sage matthew discusses how world war i affected africanamericans. She says that the promise of a better life because of military service in the war was largely denied by the reality of jim crow america. The National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri hosted this talk. It lasts about an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, good afternoon, thank you for coming to this session. My name is chad williams. It is my great pleasure and honor to serve as chair for
Some years ago war reached into the American Home and the fair wells were everywhere. The farms, the shanty on the tracks, the lavish apartments, the uptown flats, the shrubbed estates, the modest houses of the suburban streets. Everywhere the men were borrowed or taken for keeps. The youngest, the cleanest, the best. Each man went into battle in his own way, to do his own job. More than half of them saw combat service. A small percentage of these, not nearly as many as you may imagine, were in the front lines and in shell range of the enemy. For anyone in this latter group, a very special experience. He was at any moment, expendable. For him, the baseball parks were full of late, exciting rallies. For him, the beach parties were not as pleasant as they had been a few summers before. For him, the rivers ran high. And the boating was not so good. For him, the flight decks were not as wide as the fields of texas. For the rest, there were 10,รท nonmilitary jobs, each dependent on the othe
Personnel assigned to okinawa today will find a modern community. They will find a place where they can settle their families and live as americans and Good Neighbors in this community. There is industry and commerce on the island now. Many small plants and factories manufacture products that have become important to the economy. The ancient art of the glass blower is one of the many ski s skills. Products from these small cities are used locally. Restaurants like the famous tea house are a booming business. The movies have become popular with american and japanese products shown. Today there is a native press, and outside of the building they keep up with the press. Here they have installed the highest office, that of chief executive while high ranking look on. Some sections of the island are reminiscent of any part of the island. There are ultramodern department stores. And here halfway around the world are all of the products necessary to satisfy an american family. These stores do
Today is november 11th, 2019, which marks the 100th anniversary of veterans day in america. Originally known as armsist day, this is a day when we recognize the service of all u. S. Military veterans. Were delighted to mark this important day with a special event designed to salute americas veterans. Im especially pleased that our guest this evening include a fellow north carolinian who is the nations secretary of veteran affairs, the honorable robert wilky. The society of the cincinnati was our countrys first veterans group. Its particularly fitting that the secretary will be providing remarks. Youll hear a little more about that in just a moment. Were gathered here tonight to listen to a distinguished panel of noted historians who will be discussing the experience of American Veterans since the revolutionary generation more than 240 years ago. I also want to encourage you to return to Anderson House and visit us again and look at our very special museum exhibition, americas first vet
Increasingly crowded areas they think will be safe. But a need live nowhere is safe almost 50000 sheltering under trees or in other open spaces im getting daily reports of babies and other Young Children dying in the cold imagine the grief of a parent who escaped a war zone with their child only to watch that child freeze to death well the u. N. Says its hopeful that talks aimed at a ceasefire in libya will resume the negotiations were suspended by the internationally recognized government after 3 people were killed in an attack on the port in tripoli libyas Prime Minister says hes fed up with discussions and that he must 1st defend his people. A diplomatic editor james bays has more. The un has been talking all day to those representatives from the g. A we believe got some salami the u. N. Envoy has been chatting to them has been meeting but also talking to their bosses Prime Ministers iraj and others in tripoli to try and keep them engaged in this process and remember that we have th