Weve got a great speech for our second session this morning. Dr. Timothy smith is a veteran of the National Parks service and currently teaches history at the university of tennessee. In addition to numerous articles and essays, he is the coeditor of 18 books, including Champion Hill, decisive battle of vicksburg, which won the Nonfiction Book award from the mississippi arts and letters. You can buy a copy in our bookstore. I am pleased to introduce dr. Timothy smith. [applause] thank you. Appreciate that. Appreciate the opportunity to be here. This is my first time to be here. I am a believer now. You have got a great place here. We are going to talk about the western theater here. Vicksburg, Champion Hill. How many of you have been to vicksburg . I figured that. A good number of you. Champion hill is one of those great battlefields, if you have been watching the news, listening to the American Battlefield trust, they are doing a lot of work there. The state of mississippi has just tu
He earned his phd in military history from kansas state university. He retired to tucson in 2015. He is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for in theam blacks frontier army. It is in sale in our gift shop following the lecture. We are excited to welcome dr. John langellier. Join me in a round of supplies round of applause as we welcome him to the podium. [applause] john i feel like a telemarketer. [laughter] i will send you every month a book that i have written that no now. Ants if you sign up thank you for allowing me to be here. It is a wonderful opportunity to come back to what we at kansas. Tate call western kansas some of you call it colorado. It has been a pleasure. This is a magnificent facility. We certainly want you, if you are not members, before you leave, the doors will not be join. Ed until you there is no such thing as a free lunch. I will attempt to make 21stcentury Technology Work for a fellow that still lives in the 19th century. My topic is the Buffalo
New vitality to a strange subject, emphasizing the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in opening the west. We are so fortunate to have him here from our neighbor to the southwest arizona. ,dr. Langellier earned his ba in history and historical archaeology, his ma in history with a concentration on the American West and spanish borderlands, as well as a emphasis on film history from second the university of san diego. He later went on to earn his phd in military history from kansas state university. Career in public history he retired to tucson in , 2015. He is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for uncle sam, blacks in the frontier army, which is for sale in the gift shop following the lecture. We are excited to welcome dr. John langellier. Join me in a round of applause as we welcome him to the podium. [applause] John Langellier i feel like a telemarketer. [laughter] John Langellier i will send you every month a book that i have written that no one wants if you sign up now. [
FORT SILL, OK — The Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum will continue the tradition of the annual Candlelight Stroll around Fort Sill’s Old Post Quadrangle from 5:30 p.m.
Since statehood, and even before, Illinois has been well-represented in American wars. In many cases, Illinois was among national leaders in the number of men and women supplied to the service.