Liberty, prisoners of war and the politics of vengeance in the American Revolution which has just come out from the university of pennsylvania press. We have known professor jones, cole, since 2010 when he received a society of the cincinnati scholars grant to conduct research in our library in support of his doctoral dissertation on enemy prisoners of war in revolutionary america. We have since followed his career and accomplishments with great interest and admiration. He received his ph. D. From Johns Hopkins in 2014, went on to hold post doctoral fellowships at the American Society and the New York Historical society and since 2015 he has been assistant professor of history at purdue university. Captives of liberty is an important and thought provoking book that examines how the founding generation of americans grappled with the problems of prisoner treatment during the eightyear conflict. American forces captured more than 17,000 british and allied germanic soldiers as well as thou
And neighbor, is associate professor of french and history at George Mason University. Her talk this evening, the American Revolution and the French Military enlightenment is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition, revolutionary reflections, french memories of the war for america. Which is on view in our gallery immediately behind this great fireplace. And will be open after the talk this evening. Dr. Pichichero will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this era, such as row shambeu considers themselves philosophers who brought enlightenment and spirit to their enterprises. Their experiences in america had a profound impact on the politics and world views when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of dr. Pichicheros book, the military enlightenment, war and culture in the french empire from louis xiv to napoleon, published by Cornell University
Both so i thank you so much for coming tonight. Thank you to everyone here at the lyceum. And then thank you for everyone on zoom and joining through cspan as well. Before we start i would like to inform everyone that this lecture will be recorded and available for later viewing. My name is Angelique Moss and im the chairwoman of the alexandria khan sister City Committee. We are a volunteer City Committee that promotes educational and Cultural Exchange between the city of kahn and normandy and the city of alexandria here in virginia. This is the first of two programs that we will be hosting this year for the 78th anniversary of dday. Tonight is my pleasure to welcome back dr. Holian. For our 12th annual dday commemoration lecture dr. Kim bernard holian was a professional historian with the us army for 34 years where he received commendations from the late John Marshall secretary of the army and president ronald reagan. He is the recipient of the 2008 joseph l harsh history award for th
Inform everyone that this lecture will be recorded and available for later viewing. My name is Angelique Moss and im the chairwoman of the alexandria khan sister City Committee. We are a volunteer City Committee that promotes educational and Cultural Exchange between the city of kahn and normandy and the city of alexandria here in virginia. This is the first of two programs that we will be hosting this year for the 78th anniversary of dday. Tonight is my pleasure to welcome back dr. Holian. For our 12th annual dday commemoration lecture dr. Kim bernard holian was a professional historian with the us army for 34 years where he received commendations from the late John Marshall secretary of the army and president ronald reagan. He is the recipient of the 2008 joseph l harsh history award for the Northern Virginia association of historians and the clover recipient of the 2016 T Michael Miller alexandria history award from the alexandria historical society. His father served in the Us Army
Good morning, everyone and welcome on the second day of the 2023 national convention. After last night, i hope youre all feeling half as engaged and inspired as i do. Im sure youre telling me the truth. You loved this program. Its marchous and we thank the speakers. As i and many other speakers last night talked about this, this country is facing a tremendous challenge in which a small group whose hands remain firmly on levers of institutional, economic and political power, and if you like the rules and the laws to maintain that policy, despite, really, a lack of real popular support, this manipulation of and sometimes outright disregard for the rule of law will have serious consequences unless we respond. You have to call it out for what it is. And we seek to shore up and reform and in some cases, transform our political, legal, and economic institutions. And if any of you have already heard, which were going to have a great presentation to kick us off on this this morning, but unfort