D he gives grant basically a twopart requirement, first to Bring Organization to the union war effort. And secondly to defeat the army of Northern Virginia. And grant goes about making it possible to carry out that charge with a vengeance. First he put together a Program Unlike any the war has yet seen. He realized up to this point battles would last a couple of days and armies would pull apart for months. Grant would not let that happen anymore. They would fight them until they were destroyed. He also realized the old goal of capturing territory didnt make sense anymore. Hence the goal would be to destroy them and only by doing that could the rebellion be brought to a close. And finally he realized they had to move together so the confederates couldnt shift from one theater to the other. We are going to see opening campaigns in the east grant riding with the army and in the west under the direction of grants close friend and subordinate general sherman and these will be bat thals will
We have got great videos as well. We want pictures, video, instagram, twitter. You were going to get your dad something with carse dont know. He has all of the arm orall in the world. Plenty of time for shopping. Now, it will be a damp shopping trip for you today or whatever you are doing, going to work and later in the day maybe your Weekend Getaway. Have the umbrella ready to day just like your pal bus stop buddy but you wont need it saturday and sunday. So one more day of the messy weather, so humid out, areas of fog, scattered showers and as you are standing outside waiting for the bus, in the 60s and 70s this morning. We have chosen a four, then are storms we will get this afternoon, after a break in the action in the middle of the day could be stronger then the once we have seen and that is because were experiencing some sunshine later on in the day. That is a plus which could turn in the minus later on, real quick look shows heavier rain heading toward Lehigh Valley and poconos
I appreciate it. As i told you folks i talked with his morning, it is an honor for me to be here. There is Something Special about the battlefield here at cold harbor. I came about my interest in the american civil war, im sure like most of you did. I got it from my father. My dad was born in 1901 and a little town on the tennesseealabama border that was only 35 years after the end of the american civil war. As you might imagine, most of those old men sitting around the Grocery Store were confederate veterans. He grew up listening to their tall tales and talking with them about their battles. I was born in 1945. When i grow up, what all of my friends were hearing fairy tales and stories from their parents, my dad was reading the books with names like lees lieutenants, stuff like that. We visited the battlefield. We did not make any trips to cold harbor, though, because there really was not that much here. The overland campaign, which is the campaign that brings grant and lead to where
By africanamerican troops. This is just over an hour. Good morning, and welcome to fort stevens. My name is kim elder and im the Program Manager for the National Park service for the civil war defenses of washington. Id like to welcome and thank each of you all for joining us this morning for the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the battle of fort stevens. Ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of colors and the singing of the National Anthem by anita frasier. O say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming . Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming . And the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say, does that starspangled banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave [ applause ] you may take your seats. The invocation will be delivered by
Today, we will be talking about the wars in korea and get numb from an environmental history perspective. About how nature is impacted by and shaped warfare. These are two very important wars in american history. Not how nature is impact and shaped by war for me. Enough, but also because it was the first hot war in the cold war in which the United States really did go to war with communist enemies, in this case north korea and the Peoples Volunteer army in china. And because it really does impact our world today. Korea is one of our most important allies, one of our most important trading partners. Our involvement in korea was a very important moment in u. S. History. Of course vietnam is very important for its role in activism and in getting many of the younger people in the United States involved in politics, involved in protests and demonstrating that the United States government is very much influenced by its constituents and response to have it. But were going to focus on the envi