Time such a Death Penalty has been hounded out handed out. Appeals to higher courts are planned. It appears the spies are headed along a oneway street. The hotel in paris is official headquarters for general dwight d. Eisenhower, commander of the atlantic treaty forces. A guard is always on duty outside the door of the commanders office. The defense of the west is formally undertaken by the man already amos in europe for his leadership in world war ii. General eisenhowers First Official act in his headquarters is a military formality, and order announcing his assumption of command. His Historic Task gains new momentum as he issues general order number one with this formal announcement. Today, another significant step was taken in this process of ensuring our collective security. This headquarters, formally and officially, assumed Operational Command of all forces allocated by are several countries to the defense of europe. The big town opens its heart to a visiting chief executive from
Artifacts reveal. Located in surry virginia, Bacons Castle is the oldest built dwelling in the u. S. Occupied by nathaniel bacons supporters. Built in 1665, we learned about the structure and some of the virginians who called it home. My name is jennifer hurstwender. I am the director of museum operations. This is Bacons Castle in surry virginia. It is one of preservation virginias historic sites. We are the oldest built dwelling in north america. The house boasts a rare architectural style. There are only three examples of this style of architecture in the western hemisphere. The other two are in barbados. This is the only one in the united states. We are in the tower. This room would have been directly above where you would have entered into Bacons Castle in 1665 until the 1864 aedddition was built and it was moved. It is a fantastic view of why this house is in this style of architecture. You can see these flemish cables. Gables. You can see the triple stack chimney. They are on a d
From 1855 to the present. What i thought would be useful backing up on the conversation this specifically with the context we have talked about, to reiterate the point on how important the American Civil War is and how monumental the event was in American History. I made the point last time we met that the American Civil War was from 18611865 the casualties were 2 of the population. If you all take that for two today, that would be the equivalent of the 19th century population 2 , how many fatalities today if the u. S. Was in a war . 6 million. Jennifer murray 6 million americans would be the rate if we had 2 of the population killed today in an american war. The American Civil War left no one untouched. The American Civil War became created suffering. It was no one was left untouched. What we want to look at for our conversation today is the legacy of the American Civil War. How northerners remember the civil war, how veterans commemorate it, how southerners deal with defeat. How x co
American history tv on cspan3. Up next, a discussion on naval navigation during the war of 1812. At the outset, the British Royal navy was far more sophisticated than the american navy. We will hear about the tools that sailors on both sides of the conflict used to dominate the sea. The Octagon House in washington, d. C. , where the treaty of ghent was signed 200 years ago, hosted this event. It is about 25 minutes. Kyle welcome. I am kyle dalton, the administrator. I am also the author of a blog. Today, i am going to be talking about the United States navy the war of 1812, and navigation. All three of these topics intersect at the Octagon House. The eldest son of the owners of the house, john tayloe iv, was enlisted in the navy in 1890 as a midshipman. It was his responsibility to learn the trade of sailors and officers, to learn how to command ships, and how to work them. The United States navy was surprisingly effective in the war of 1812. I say surprisingly because people did not r