Negro soldier toca the film was directed by arguably the top director in hollywood at the time. In the film they covered africanamerican military service in this country from the 1770s to world war ii. There was no mention, no image of a single soldier or sailor. 10 of the union army. African made of 1 of the northern population. Highest awarded but not a single mention. Why . The story was indeed a lost story. There was active suppression of the story. When we talk about who suppress the story he will hear it was the lost cause. Theres a southern Propaganda Campaign but sought to make it appear that the war was not fought over slavery and a part of it was suppressing the africanamerican story. If it was the southerners and the lost cause, i do not think they could cap get out of that. Ar Department Film this is from our elite universities. A lost story. They were suppressing the story. It was won by a union, a team of persons of africanamerican descent. Theres a plus, not an or. Thats
The british. On the other side unionists will say George Washington in his farewell address said the price the union of any allegiance. Actually robert e. Lee is reading a biography of George Washington in the months before the civil war and he is hearing these arguments and he concludes that he basically agrees with the unionist position. He believes George Washington would have opposed secession. So what else does lee say to Francis Blair . He says he would would gladly washes hands of slavery. He would gladly get rid of all slavery if it would avoid war rate but then he says how can i raise my sword against my native state . Here the blair family position says lee hesitated that is lee told the story he gave the answer once, no biggie turned down the command though he did not turn his commission to the army surfer more than three decades. He returns to arlington house. He soon learns that virginia in fact has voted to secede from the union and there on april 20 the writes a letter r
What advice would you give to the next veteran or Family Member . Our phone lines are a bit different this morning, veterans from Family Members from world war ii and the korean war, that number is 202 7488000. Veterans from iraq and afghanistan, 202 7488002. All others can call in that 202 7488003. You can catch up with us on twitter or facebook. It is memorial day in washington dc and we want to hear from our viewers this morning. That question, tell us about your transition from military to civilian life. First, the numbers on veterans making that transition. From the Washington Post. About 2. 4 million active and river and reserve members left the u. S. Forces and returned to life. Another one million, most of whom are post9 11 veterans, will have made the transition from 2014 to 2019. In 2009, Veterans Affairs implemented the new post 9 11 g. I. Bill which has resulted in more than one million veterans going back to school. In response to legislation in 2011, the pentagon of Veter
Jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and bbc radio. Is writing has appeared in the new york times, the Weekly Standard and other outlets. During his time at the white house johnson served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush, a graduate of yale university, and we welcome him to Filson Historical Society. [applause] thank you so much for the lovely introduction, judy. As was mentioned used to work as a president ial speechwriter before start writing this book, so you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book didnt much care for my old occupation. In fact, robert e. Lee was so offended when he heard George Washington might accused a ghostwriter to pin his famous farewell address that he refused to believe it. He said that anyone who said George Washington is a ghostwriter was quote injudicious. So if ive learned nothing else from writing this biography, its that i should say a little bit less about my own biography. Im so p
Next Jonathan Horn recounts robert e. Lees decision to join the Confederate Army after being sought by the north and the south. From louisville kentucky, its about an hour. Its my pleasure to introduce dr. Horn. He is an author and former white house president ial speechmaker who spent years researching and writing his robert e. Lee biography the man who would not be washington published in january of this year. Jonathan has appeared as a commentator on msnbc and nbc radio. His writing has appeared in the New York Times the Weekly Standard and other outlets. During his time the white house jonathan served as a speechwriter and special assistant to president george bush and as a graduate of io university and we welcome him to louisville university. [applause] thank you so much for that lovely introduction judy. As was mentioned i used to work as a president ial speechwriter before i started writing this book. So you can imagine my shock when i learned that the subject of my new book did