A Nonprofit Organization that knowledgeromote the and appreciation of the achievement of american independence by supporting advanced studies, presenting exhibitions, Public Programs, advocating preservation, and writing resources to students and teachers. During the siege of charleston in 1780, British Forces captured nearly 6000 men, seven of whom were generals. This was the largest number of prisoners taken during a single occupy charlestown became the key prisoner depot for the british in the south create what were the dates of these captured men . South. Eased what would the fates of these captured men . I am pleased to introduce carl borick to answer these questions. He is director of the Charleston Museum in chow said, South Carolina, the author of two books on the revolutionary war in South Carolina. Charleston, s. C. , the author of two books on the revolutionary war in South Carolina. Won the 2003ense roger award from the South Carolina Historical Society for the years best b
Every building, every street, with just 100 robots in a matter of about two weeks and theres not a human being driving them. All they are doing is wandering around and mapping and this is assuming they are not being run over by cabbies or. The switchblade is a fire and forget weapon. This is where were going in terms of shooting and then not thinking about it anymore, and one of the problems of this is who is responsible . If this thing makes a strike on a target that we would consider to be illegal, who do you blame. You cant punish a robot or at least you cant pun tish in any way that it will consider punishment for violating the laws of war. You cant force a robot to feel bad about what its done. You know, in theyre you can punish the commander who released the weapon. You could punish whoever made the decision to ship it to the theater. Could you punish whoever wrote the software for it, but the history of military prugsz would indicate thats not going to happen. Even the perpetrat
Carl borick talks about his book. 1780 to 1782. The book looks at the period when British Forces actively campaigning in the south and fought a series of battles with continental forces. Mr. Borick addresses in charleston. The most of any engagement during a war. This is about an hour. So good evening, my name is Kendall Casey and the Museum Education manager for the American Revolution institute. I welcome you to our lecture tonight. For those of you who are new to us at the society of cincinnati, it is a Nonprofit Organization that works to promote the knowledge and appreciation of the achievement of american independence by supporting a study presenting exhibitions and Public Programs and advocating preservations and providing resources to teachers and students. During this speech of charleston in 1780, British Force captured nearly 6,000 men. Seven of whom were general. They were taken during a single operations and charleston became the key prisoner place for the british in the so
Together was trying to focus on finding objects, documents, printed matter that bring u. S. Close to we can to the contemporary events that are described and i encourage you all to have a look after the event to look at these incredible documents spanning from ambassadors from the congo in 1608 who died two days after arriving in rome to the first printing of the u. S. Constitution and so forth. It is an opportunity to get close to history through interaction with documents, and i think what is exciting about this evening is we not only have this documentation but we also have living witnesses to history as well to deepen our understanding of these events. From the archives, we decided to expand the event from just an exhibition following might introduction to a woman who i met on the antiques roadshow in spokane and was a member of the Kennedy Administration. She was on her way there this evening, and was important in organizing this event to introduce me to the other panelists but un
The Charleston Museum, known as America s first museum, is expanding its curatorial timeline with a new exhibit spanning from post-Civil War through today.