Shakespeare theatre company. Thank you for joining us. [applause] thank you for joining us for tonights Barn Association discussion. Tonights discussion is shakespeare and the rules of war from athens to aleppo. Now, at this point i would like to remind everyone to silence their Electronic Devices and video and photography of this to start. At this point it is my honor to introduce tonight moderate steven and ryan. Hes a member of our board of trustees as well as the Bar Association and has led our annual fundraiser for many years. Hes the head of Government Strategy at mcdermitt and previously served as the general counsel to the u. S. Senate committee on Governmental Affairs alongside the honorable. In addition, he has served as Deputy Council of the president s commission on organized crime, and directing investigations and other criminals during the reagan administration. As part of his deep commitment to pro bono work, he he has representative operation hope, a Financial Literacy
We will be discussing shakespeare and the rules of war. At this point i just want to remind everybody to please hold your Electronic Devices and to let you know that video and photography are forbidden. It is my honor to introduce tonights moderator. Is a member of our board of trustees. He has chaired our annual fundraiser for many years. He is the head of Government Strategies at mcdermott will. He served as general counsel to the Senate Committee on International Affairs alongside others. He has served as deputy counsel for organized crime, directing investigations. Other criminals during the reagan administration. Represented a Financial Literacy group over the past decade. It is my honor to welcome him. [applause] thank you very much. Honor toleasure and bring this group of speakers to you. Youre going to have a great evening tonight, it is a part of our classical theater where we tried to relate Current Events while thinking about the rules of war. For being a part of our group.
Is my pleasure to introduce it is my pleasure to introduce our friend lee white. He has been with the park Service Since 2000. Lee hasiterally say spent his whole life on the battlefield because he was born in a hospital that sits on the battlefield grounds. This is a man who is deeply rooted in that part. He also has a passion for parks that reach that reach beyond the boundaries of his daily work life. He is finishing up work on a book for the emerging civil war series. Earlier this afternoon, davis talked about the rise of John Bell Hood and we will talk about the beginning of the fall of that very same army. What is and gentlemen, mr. Lee white ladies and gentlemen, mr. Lee white. [applause] white i have a special connection there and it is one ie reasons why i did tell that story. Familiar with general patrick labor. My first really big civil war biography was on patrick labor and. Claybourne. His story inset franklin. I have been interested in it one of the top experiences of my
Abigail adams wrote to her husband about this time. She said, future generations who will reap the blessings will scarcely know the hardships and suffering we have endured on their behalf, and we do not. We do not sufficiently know. Wrote that, and when i read that, it reminded me that these people knew they were making history. Absolutely. They knew they were being called upon to play a part in one of the great historical dramas of all time and they would be judged by how they played their parts, each individually. Wonderful, young henry knox, one ,f the most admirable people aid to George Washington, former boston bookseller, knew nothing more about the military than what he read in books. 25 years old. The very day the text of the declaration of independence arrives in new york from washington from philadelphia, he writes, as we play our parts, history will thes ill or favorably future will judge us ill or favorably. They know they are part of history. That is extremely important to
One of the reasons i wanted to write a book was a line Abigail Adams wrote to her husband about this time. She said, future generations who will reap the blessings will scarcely know the hardships and sufferings we have endured on their behalf. And we dont. We do not sufficiently no. Mr. Rose i knew she wrote that. When i read that, it reminded me that these people knew they were making history. Mr. Mccullough absolutely. Absolutely. They knew they were being called upon to play a part in one of the great historical dramas of all time, and that they would be judged by how they played their parts, each individually. Henry knox, wonderful, young henry knox, was one of the most admirable people in the whole world. Mr. Rose aid to George Washington. Mr. Mccullough commander of artillery. A former boston bookseller who knew nothing more about the military then he read in books. 25 years old. He writes the very day the text of the independence declaration arrives from philadelphia, he writes