The i forgot to tell you who i am. I am joe kelly, the chapter president. Chapter president of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society of the state of pennsylvania. And i was very proud tonight to i was about to introduce our president , but a special guest has asked if they may say a few words. Ladies and gentlemen, i have been given the honor tonight and the privilege of introducing our distinguished and special guest. He prefers to call himself a farmer. His accomplishments go far beyond the tilling of the earth. He has served as a member of the house of burgess in virginia and as a delegate to the Continental Congress. He has received an Honorary Degree of doctors of law from harvard university, yale college and other renowned institutions. He is a member of the american philosophical society, and the president general of the society of cincinnati. In the french and indian war he served as as commander of the virginia militia. Our guest served also as the commander in chief of the
Good morning. Im thrilled to welcome the fifth grade teachers and students and also stubts from Palm Beach Atlantic University and faculty. Thanks for being with us. Dr. Cheney has focused much of her life on teaching children American History so that the next generation can learn from the past. But before i introduce her, we had a surprise guest fly in from wyoming last night. And i would like dr. Cheneys husband of 52 years, dick cheney to please stand up. Vice president cheney. [ applause ] thank you so much for coming. It means a lot to me and a lot to lynne. Well, im honored to introduce this mornings distinguished speaker. And when i called her last year to invite her she said, am i the only speaker to hasnt won a pulitser prize, i said yes, but youre the only speaker who was second lady of the United States of america for eight years. If you google dr. Cheney, you will be blown away by all of her awards and accomplishments. But as always im not going to list all of that. I expec
Substance of his arab spring lecture to the Wisconsin Historical society as part of their lecture series. This talk is just over one hour. It is a pleasure for us to welcome professor wood to madison. It has been 40 years since professor wood has been here. Every 40 years, we are going to have him back. Gordon wood is recognized as the premier historian of the early american era in when i say that, i do not mean only active historians, i mean of all historians. He is recognized as at the top of his profession. It is an honor to have him here in madison. Professor wood went to tufts and harvard and studied under bernard bailey. It is pretty difficult to top that. Just marvelous. Professor wood is noted for his productivity and the quality of his work. I had lunch with him today and i asked him how many books he had published. I told him, i counted 26. He said, that is far too many. He has so many books, he doesnt know how many that he has. Three of them stand out. The creation of the am
This talk with questions from the audience is just over one hour. [applause] it has been 40 years since professor wood has been here. Every 40 years, we are going to have him back. Gordon wood is recognized as the premier historian of the early American Revolutionary era. When i say that, i do not mean only active historians, i mean of all historians of all time. He is recognized as at the top of his profession. It is truly an honor to have him here in madison. It is an honor to be associated with him. Ood went to tufts and harvard and studied under bernard bailey. It is pretty difficult to top that. Just marvelous. Professor wood is noted for his productivity and the quality of his work. I had lunch with him today and i asked him how many books he had published. He was not quite sure. I told him, i counted 26. He said, that is far too many. He has so many books, he doesnt know how many that he has. [laughter] he has at least 26 books. Three of them stand out. The creation of the ameri
It has been 40 years since he has been here. He was here in 1976. Every 40 years, we are going to have him back. Gordon wood is recognized as the premier historian of the early od, then peri revolutionary era. When i say that, i do not mean only active historians, i mean of all historians, for all time. He is recognized as at the top of his profession. It is truly an honor to have him here in madison. Its an honor to be associated with him. Professor wood went to tufts and went to harvard for masters and phd and studied under bernard bailey. It is pretty difficult to top that. Just marvelous. Professor wood is noted for his productivity and the quality of his work. I had lunch with him today and i asked him how many books he had published. He wasnt quite sure. I told him, i counted 26. He said, no that is far too , many. He has so many books, he doesnt know how many that he has. [laughter] ande has at least 26 books, three of them them stand out. The creation of the american republic,