About world war ii soviet soldiers. My name is kim mccarty. Im a curator here at Washington Crossing historic park in pennsylvania. Today is a very exciting day. We are doing a reenactment of George Washingtons crossing of the Delaware River on christmas night 1776. Well, what happened here is one of the most unexpected and daring military maneuvers of the American Revolution. And the story is washington and the Continental Army after having lost battles in new york and retreating across new jersey came into bucks county in the beginning of december 17, 1776. They encamped in several locations around this area including the Thompson Neely house which is also part of our park. And things were pretty desperate at this point for washington and the patriot cause. The Continental Army really needed a win. Washington was afraid about the british were going to invade philadelphia and take over the capitol. And he really knew that what he needed was a bold bold action. And after meeting with h
Like as possible. To those of you joining us the first time putting a work in welcome and an invitation to explore the wide range of programs we have available here. Now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phones or anything else thatt might make noise during the program. Take you for doing that. We are thrilled tonight to welcome a claimed historian mary beth norton. Author of five books and coeditor of several others and her textbook, a people and nation, survey of u. S. History has been published in ten additions and is sold more than 500,000 copies. Norton is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and was a 2018 president of the american historical association. She is the mary [inaudible] Professor Emeritus at cornell university. Her new book, 1774, is available for purchase and signing following the program. So now, please join me in welcoming marybeth norton. [applause] it is nice to be here. I want to make sure that the quicker is the clicker on . It doesnt seem to be. Oh, there is spi
Books on the u. S. Economy. Find more information in your program guide. Student good evening. I am Lauren Rosenberg and i would like to welcome you to tonights program. To our members im so glad youreth here its your ongoing support that make events like this possible. Into that many of you joining us and equally warm welcome and an open invitation to view the wide range of programs we have at the smithsonian institute. Now is a perfect time to turn off yourself once or anything else that might make noise or in the program, thank you for doing that. Were thrilled tonight to welcome a claim historian mary beth norton. She is the author of five books and coeditor of five others in her textbook of u. S. History has been published in ten additions and has sold more than 5000 copies. Norton is a Pulitzer Prize winning finalist and was a 28 teen finalist. She is a effexor emerita of American History at cornell university. Her new book, 1774 the long year of revolution is available for purch
Images here, these images are of three of our noteworthy president s. Every ten years or so, about 700 political scientists and historians across the country rank our president s. Now, who knows how our current president is going to rank . Nonetheless, whenever those rankings come out, generally these three guys here rank at the top. Sometimes itll be lincoln, sometimes washington, sometimes f. D. R. But the interesting thing about this is that we do not know what george really looked like. We have images of lincoln. We have photograph images. And you can follow those photographs over time and see how he changed, how he aged. And of course we have images of f. D. R. We even have some images of him in his wheelchair. And generally the press did not take images of him in his wheelchair. But with George Washington, he was there before photography so we dont have photographs of him. What we have instead are artists representations and those are not always very accurate. I mean, you look at
And it was fitting and proper that we come together to commemorate the life and legacy of abraham lincoln. Our first speaker is peter carr michael. I have seen cwi hats around this morning and it is wonderful to see youpjz here. He has a ph. D where he had the good fortune to study under gary gallagher. It was published by unc press in 2005. He is also one of the series editors of unc presses civil war america series, and i know him best through this capacity. He was my editor for midnight in america, and his thoughtfulness, careful attention to detail, and his generosity resources made my book a better bood. Today he will tell us about the war for the common soldier that was released in 2018 as part of the prestigious little field series. A review in the journal concl e concluded it is a poignant book. It brilliantly communities civil war combatants. It will be a valuable work for anyone with a lived experience of the civil war soldier. Please welcome peter carmichael. Good morning. E