Channel 9 here in washington, d. C. And the gold of this discussion is to hopefully share some of their most personal stories from our greatest generation. The thought being their emotional firstperson accounts can help galvanize the stories of worlder war two for you as teachers and students head back to the classroom and you can enhance your lessons, hopefully, and had a more personal understanding of what these gentlemen and their come patriots have gone through to make it here today. We know that the gentlemen sitting here in front of us and the is other events we do honoring world war ii veterans, we have a short time to connect with them and understand they made it through one of the most horrific experiences in the world history. Its amazing that theyre sitting here with us today. We also want to make sure that everyone in the audience has a chance to participate and ask questions of their own, that youll find valuable in your classrooms and for your. And when you ask them, i wi
Tonight we are delighted to have derek beck presented the war before independence 1775. Derek has always had a passion for military history which inspired him to start his career in the u. S. Air force, he has served as an officer on active duty and science roles and in space operations. In 2005 he earned a master of science degree at m. I. T. Where he also fell in love with bostons revolutionary past. To more fully pursue writing, he later transitioned to the air force reserves, though he still remains quite active, presently holding the rank of major. Dereks first book igniting the American Revolution, 1773 to 1775 received an Honorable Mention here at the Fraunces Tavern museum book award in april. Dereks second book, the sequel, the war before independence and that was released in may. I would now like to welcome derek to the lectern. [ applause ] thank you all for coming. Its an honor to be here at the Fraunces Tavern. Its exciting to give a historic lecture at a historic site. I
Sps sds came here to write what would be called the port huron statement. The students for a Democratic Society were a group formed in ann arbor michigan. They wanted to bring about a more Democratic Society. They figured that they needed a manifesto to bring that about. Here to write their manifesto. Sds was a student group. They wanted to sort of building more Democratic Society. They looked at the laws of the United States and they said, these come about because of a lack of democracy. Here,ey came together working on an original draft by tom hayden. , andbroken up into pieces worked on each of the sections for four or five days. Tom hayden worked on the draft. He brought here and they divided. P each group worked on a. Articular section and looked around america they saw the problems of racism and poverty and political apathy. They thought that the best way to address those problems were to get students involved. They believed College Students should be change agents. Universities
To further pursue writing, he transferred to the air force reserve. Ignitingrst book, the American Revolution, review75 earned a great was released in april. His second book was released in may. Derek thank you all for coming. It is an honor to be here. A very Historic Site so it is pretty cool to give a historic lecture at an Historic Site. I have two books and they together tell the entire boston campaign. The first covers from the start of the war which i describe the start of the action at the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Then the first shots are fired and it ends with the siege of boston just beginning. It is kind of how book two starts. Both books are standalone, they can be read independently, but together they tell the entire boston campaign. Little bit more of who i am and the reason behind this book. I already kind of describe the details. When i joined the air force, i was stationed at Los Angeles Air force base and i started working on some short films on the weekend, took som
Public school choice, to send their kids to a safe school. When you do make education the number one priority in our country antiqu and treat teachers like the professionals they are. Also this weekend at 8 00 eastern, cspan series the contenders, key figures who ran for the presidency and lost but changed political history. Tonight, the 1972 democratic nominee in former u. S. Senator from south dakota george mcgovern. We will come to admire this country not simply because we were born here, but because of the kind of great and good land that you and i want it to be and that together we have made it. That is my goal. That is my reason for seeking the presidency of the united states. Sunday, former texas businessman ross perot, who ran as an independent in both the 1992 and 1996 races. We must set the highest ethical and moral standards for the people who serve in our government. All that has got to be changed from rules of law in the next four years or we will stand at the gates and ke