Historians, Mark Lawrence and lien hang nguyen on the legacy of the vietnam war. This is an hour and a half. Professor nguyen, looking back was it possible for the u. S. To win the war in vietnam . No. It wasnt a war for the United States to win or lose and by 1967 it definitely wasnt in the cards. Take us to the end of 1967 and politically that president ial elections are happening in 1968. Whats on the horizon . Lbj was there a fair amount of difficulty. The democrats had lost not control over congress, an important point but lbj had lost 47 democratic seats in the house and two in the senate. This was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity. I think what you see is a kind of breakup of that centrist coalition lbj had depended on and ridden so effectively in 1964 to one of the biggest landslides in american president ial history. You could see it was a thing of the past and that the coalition he had so effectively cobbled together was fracturing into any
Tammy welcome. My name is tammy myers. And i am the president here at the gettysburg heritage center. For those of you not familiar with the gettysburg heritage center, we are an interactive museum. We value education, community, and preservation. Based upon our value system, we have developed a museum that is a collaborative effort with the adams county historical society, civil war trust, land conservancy of adams county, and Evergreen Cemetery association and center for civil war photography. We officially opened in may of 2015, and we count the battle of gettysburg story from a new perspective, one that focuses on both the military aspects as well as the civilian perspective. Beyond the museum, we do offer additional programming focus to for both the general consumer and the scholar. In addition to book talks such as today, you can experience our living history programs every weekend. And we have a saturday spotlight series where we have Educational Programs in the evenings. When y
Ladies will be on to talk about the Womens Suffrage Movement and the obstacles to the right to vote. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal sunday morning. Join the discussion. War, authorhe civil Paul Bretzger talks about his book observing hancock at gettysburg the generals leadership through eyewitness accounts. Mr. Bretzger argues that general Winfield Scott hancock was one of the most important generals at the battle of gettysburg. The Gettysburg Heritage Center is the host of this 40 minute discussion. Tammy welcome. My name is tammy myers. I am the president here at the getty Gettysburg Heritage Center. We value education, community, and preservation. Based upon our value system, we have developed a museum that is a collaborative effort with the adams county Historical Society, civil war trust, land conservancy of adams county, and center for civil war photography. We officially opened in may 2015, and we count the battle of gettysburg stories from a new perspective, one tha
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Successful, crediting him with several key decisions and maneuvers that played a major role in the union victory. The Gettysburg Heritage Center is the host of this 40 minute discussion. Tammy welcome. My name is tammy myers. And i am the president here at the Gettysburg Heritage Center. For those of you not familiar with the Gettysburg Heritage Center, we are an interactive museum. We value education, community, and preservation. Based upon our value system, we have developed a museum that is a collaborative effort with the adams county historical society, civil war trust, land conservancy of adams county, and Evergreen Cemetery association and center for civil war photography. We officially opened in may of 2015, and we count the battle of gettysburg story from a new perspective, one that focuses on both the military aspects as well as the civilian perspective. Beyond the museum, we do offer additional programming focus to for both the general consumer and the scholar. In addition to