The Kansas City Public Library hosted this onehour event. Jo ann im here to speak about the William Clark you may not know about. I am sure most of you have seen the billboard showing the William Clark that we think we know. The billboard is two or three blocks away at the corner of the i70 overpass. It is a mural on a brick wall and it is a large building, so it is quite a big mural. It shows lewis and clark and the lewis and clark expedition. I think that is the caption on it. It shows clark well, we think of him as stolid and stoic and basically simple. I dont mean intellectually challenged, but just as an uncomplicated individual. I think that is the understanding we have all been handed down. If we think who is the more complex of the two, we would probably vote for Meriwether Lewis who committed suicide in 1809. I think after what i present to you, after you are familiar with what i have to present, you might vote for clark because until now, we have not known about him. I want t
Scholars from the Old Dominion University department of history. On of hist and theyre going to reflect on exactly that question. War i wont bore you withon all the big ra fills of the panel members. Memb you can find that information for yourself there in the programs. He dr. William rodner, who is the only jentle man up here among the ladies. Dr. William robert will chair and moderate and i know hes looking forward to having a good discussion. Ssat at this point, dr. Rogers, its all yours. Thank you very much. Rodne r,i am here as sort of we he four odu professors. I guess its really three and a half. Im a professor at tcc. I am a specialist in british history. Histor but in culture history, i wear a hat at odu. Am an i am an editor of the journal scotia, which the journal of , scottish studies. Just to put a plug in for that, we are planning a future issue w on scotland and the First World War. Sc so if anybody has submissions, please see me after the presentation. Ybod we hope to m
I wont bore you with the biographies of the panel members. You can find the information for yourself there in the programs. Dr. William rodneer will chair and moderate this discussion. I know hes looking forward to having a good discussion with the audience. At this point, dr. Rodner, its all yours. Thank you very much. Welcome. Im here as sort of we have four odu professors. I guess its really 3 1 2. I am a professor at ttc, Tidewater Community college. Im a specialist in british history and british cultural history. I am i wear a hat at odu. I am an editor of the journal scotia, which is the journal of scottish studies at old dough minimum yan. To put a plug in for that we are planning a future issue on scotland and the First World War, so if anybody has submissions, please see me after the presentation. We hope to make this mostly q a and discussion between us and the audience or members of the audience. Ill start out with a general introduction. The legacies of the First World War
Captain William Presley screws, this is taken at the time of mobilization, was mustering officers for four regiments. He smoked cigars, tolerated profanity, but he was a very rigorous man and was committed to the task before him. Few companies were up to authorized strength when he mobilized them. They were at about 2600 men then. Rifle companies had three officers and 65 men. There was increased emphasis on the at the time of mobilization on physical fitness and on recognizing and controlling venereal disease. Battalion marches were practiced with 80 pounds of equipment. This is when they were on active duty for their first mour foss of basic training. Major general leonard wood, one of the armys most Senior Officers and commander of the department of the east, visited montgomery and inspected these men there. 21 men were courtmartialed and sentenced to hard labor for one or two days for being absent after taps. Discipline was more strictly enforced. Newspapers treated mobilization po
Why does this matter . How does this matter . How does this relate to what we see in headlines today. Its with that in mind and that spirit we decided to construct our final discussion which is a Panel Discussion of scholars from Old Dominion University department of history and theyll reflect on the legacy and impact of the First World War on today. I wont bore you with the biographies of the panel members. You can find the information for yourself there in the programs. Dr. William rodneer will chair and moderate this discussion. I know hes looking forward to having a good discussion with the audience. At this point, dr. Rodner, its all yours. Thank you very much. Welcome. Im here as sort of we have four odu professors. I guess its really 3 1 2. I am a professor at ttc, Tidewater Community college. Im a specialist in british history and british cultural history. I am i wear a hat at odu. I am an editor of the journal scotia, which is the journal of scottish studies at old dough minim