Part, for the topic of her program today. As you can see, she has fully immersed herself in the history of mississippi where she let the Community Driven study of the mississippi confederate home. She recently launched the civil war governors project between the archives and history, the digital library, and urc of southern mississippi. Your attention to roleommon theme their as educators and mentors. She is the former president of the Mississippi Historical society and serves on the board of trustees of the society of military history. Too many mississippis and when introduction. [laughter] the academic journal of war and society, and the magazine civil war times. Expose thef her book intersection of military and social history. Her newest book, hoods texas is the basis of her program today, redefining unit history. Ladies and gentlemen, dr. Susannah ural. [applause] susannah thank you, john. Thank you for coming out. My thanks to the American Civil War museum and library of virginia.
This is nature, its mine, the mountains oppress me, and in austria there are gorgeous mountains, yes, and here this one is here, well, if i want a little hills, i ll drive 100 km to grodno, okay, uh, its all over, you know, thats why belarus , shes somehow so sincere, i can here. In the past hours, the noblemens memory was extremely masculine. The leather nobleman had a hat hanging from his belt , which is rightfully praised. Adnak, our slaychinnik proves that there is a force that is greater beyond the border. Law. Rod sapegay already y 16 for centuries we have known each other. Pavodle legends yon. The hell of prince gedymin himself. I will call the coat of arms lis because magchyma was of great character. The family grew up sick. Sapega occupied high gardens and gave way to entire deposits of maentka, their people and astroina in vitsebshchyna. On the 14th of karsavik, 1557 , the light of your robe flapper appeared there. Fathers, ivan and bagdan sapieha gave the pit a formidable na
In the fields of flanders, because of the munitions, and one presumes because of death, those grounds then were disturbed, and those poppies began to grow. And so, the poppies then grew in amongst what is the killing fields. And so, then the poem in flanders field, was written. It began popularity in 1919 after the war in britain and then soon in the United States. Poppies began being sold as remembrance to raise funds for wounded veterans. When you come into the National World war i museum and memorial, as you mentioned, theres a bridge that takes you into the main galleries under which this glass bridge is a beautiful field of poppies, red poppies of flanders field. There are 9,000 blooms, each representing 1,000 combatant deaths. Its really an architectural masterpiece, i think, of the museum, very striking for visitors. Whats interesting is to see how Different Countries respond to that. Americans, theyre moved by the poem, theyre moved by the experience. Europeans or people from t
Germany entering into world war i. More than 100,000 americans died in the conflict. The influx of u. S. Resources changed the tides of the global war bringing it to a close 18 months later on november 11th, 1918. To mark the 100th anniversary of what was then known as the great war, American History tv is live from the museum in kansas city, missouri. Well be here for the next two and a half hours. Well take you on a tour of some of the exhibits and involve you in conversations with top world war i historians. As we open our program were joined in the museum by the president and ceo of museum matthew naylor. You have a lot of resources to preserving the memory. Why is it important for people in 2017 to know this story . I dont think you can think of the last 100 years, particularly in the United States, without understanding the impact of world war i. Thats true of countries right across the globe. Im an australian. Im an american as well. For australia its the defining moment rather
To authors and historians to speak about what was then called the great war. We learn about the creation of the memorial to honor those who serveded and about artifacts in the museums collection. This is about two and a half hours. 100 years ago on april 6, 1917, president Woodrow Wilson signeded a declaration of war against germany, entering the United States into world war i. More than 4 million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform and more than 100,000 americans died in the conflict. The influx of u. S. Resources changed the tide of the years long global war bringing it to a close on november 11, 1918. To mark the 100th anniversary of what was then known as the great war, American History tv is live from the National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. Well be here for the next two and a half hours and well take you on a tour of the exhibits and involve you in conversations with top world war i historians as we learn about the history of the