Acknowledging any World War Two veterans, homefront workers or Holocaust Survivors that we may in person or watching online another online. So lets give them a round of applause. You know, next as part of our tradition, if you know, id like to acknowledge any veterans of any era or any active duty service members, if you would please stand to be recognized for your service to our country. And ive got ive got a little adjustment here, too. And then any veteran of military spouses, would you stand to so we can say thank you to you for what youve done as well. You know, probably the one of the toughest jobs out there, the so so this Evening Service to our country is definitely one of the themes of this focused on general william h. Preparedness and those of you familiar with the museum are are aware that we we try to track anniversaries as they come up. 80 years ago the First Marine Division was completing training in the u. S. Down in north carolina, preparing to deploy to the pacific be
So, you know, its going to be great. Now, id like to carry on the museum tradition first by acknowledging any World War Two veterans, homefront workers or Holocaust Survivors that we may in person or watching online another online. So lets give them a round of applause. You know, next as part of our tradition, if you know, id like to acknowledge any veterans of any era or any active duty service members, if you would please stand to be recognized for your service to our country. And ive got ive got a little adjustment here, too. And then any veteran of military spouses, would you stand to so we can say thank you to you for what youve done as well. You know, probably the one of the toughest jobs out there, the so so this Evening Service to our country is definitely one of the themes of this focused on general william h. Preparedness and those of you familiar with the museum are are aware that we we try to track anniversaries as they come up. 80 years ago the First Marine Division was co
Another online. So lets give them a round of applause. You know, next as part of our tradition, if you know, id like to acknowledge any veterans of any era or any active duty service members, if you would please stand to be recognized for your service to our country. And ive got ive got a little adjustment here, too. And then any veteran of military spouses, would you stand to so we can say thank you to you for what youve done as well. You know, probably the one of the toughest jobs out there, the so so this Evening Service to our country is definitely one of the themes of this focused on general william h. Preparedness and those of you familiar with the museum are are aware that we we try to track anniversaries as they come up. 80 years ago the First Marine Division was completing training in the u. S. Down in north carolina, preparing to deploy to the pacific because this august will be the 80th anniversary of the start of the battle of guadalcanal, which turned into a Grueling Campa
I want to thank quail ridge books for inviting me back and all you people coming out to hear about general Phil Sheridan, who, of the leaders at the war, he i the least know, the others being uhis see s. Grant and william, tecumseh, sherman. These generals appeared on postage stamps honoring great commanders. Sheridan is on grants left. This is appropriate because, by the time the civil war ended, sheridan was sometimes referred as to the left hand of grant. He was ten years younger than grant and sherman. He was a dynamo. Inspired his men with his intensity and by his personal leadership. He led from the front but he was also a careful planner. Yet he was the one who promptly acted on a plan, and once it was made, and was willing to change it if the conditions changed on the battlefield. But during the war, sheridan became a household name because of his great victories in the Shenandoah Valley, especially at cedar creek, and for waging what was called a total war there he was one of
I have been paying back through my writing, throughout the work that i do. So i want to see that happen for them. Host and we have been talking with reyna grande, the distance between us a memoir, a Simon Schuster title. You are watching booktv on cspan 2. Joseph wheelan recounts the life of general sure didnt who forced the surrender of robert e. Lee at appomattox courthouse. The author recalls general sure didnt postwar career, which included command of the u. S. Army. Its about 45 minutes. I want to thank quiller ridge books for inviting me back and all of you people for coming out to hear about general Bill Sheridan, who out of the triumvirate of Union Generals credited with winning Civil War Companies probably the least known of them. The others being ulysses s. Grant and William Tecumseh sherman. 1937, the three generals appear together in a commemorative postage stamp. As part of a series with great u. S. Military commanders. And to his right is sherman and sheridan is on grants