No, your friend. Sidney crawford. She was the first fight i ever had in grade school. I was 10 years old and we started throwing rocks at each other. And i called him a sissy and thats when the fight turned on. Why . We learned at an early age that the worst thing you can be called as a boy, is a girl. I just came from Catholic School and here we were, fighting for dominance on the playground. As soon as i evoked gender in the conversation, that from the fight happened. Why did that incident that was you so much that you left it in your book . Because it was, going back to fundamentally how boys learn what it means to be a man and how we learn to juxtapose girls are in our lives. It was that moment. That thing that happened at a very early age. My will is i dont Like Fighting number one. And number two, what me to 10yearold boys start rolling in the gravel, fighting because one of them questions the others masculinity. In your book, you write, we do not raise boys to be men. We raised
She is the associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view behind this fireplace. Dr. Pichichero will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this ,ra, such as rochambeau consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their enterprises. Profounderiences had a impact on their experiences and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of her book military enlightenment war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon. Published by Cornell University press in 2017. She has a bachelor of arts in comparative literature from musicton, a bachelor of from the Eastman School of music, and a phd and french studies. She has been a membe
Programs youll see today. You can check your Program Guide or visit our website booktv. Org who a full schedule. And joining harris is the author of this book information wars. We lost the global battle against this information and what we can do about it. Information about the u. S. To the world track is yes. In olden days during the cold war we used to say telling americas story to the world. And how did you do your job, its funny, took me a while to figure out the parameters of the job what are the things i came to the conclusion was the way we tell our story is will be to our store to ourselves with american media, newspapers, magazines, tv. Rather than produce content ourselves i used to do during the cold war i thought lets show people how they cover ourselves. That was one part of it. The other part was the more strictly Public Affairs things where people are standing in front and you have to have the government line. Its safe use of your stance on issues, heres our policy, make
Manned mission to land on the moon. Next, a documentary telling the story of the mission, beginning with a Lightning Strike to the launch vehicle 26 36 seconds after liftoff. 1967, surveyor three landed on the moon, in a crater of oceanas of the ocean of storms. With surveyors electronic eye, we viewed the lunar surface. With its mechanical arm, we dug a small, shallow trench in the lunar soil. 1969, 31ovember 14, months after surveyors landing, men were leaving the earth to land on the ocean of storms. Charles pete conrad. Richard gordon. Alan bean. The crew of apollo 12. The second manned landing on the face of the moon. Their target, the site of surveyor 3. Ignition sequence start. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 0. All engines running. Commence liftoff. Apollo 12 lifted off in the driving rain. Pete conrad reports that the program is in. Tower clear. Going. Baby is really 36 seconds later, lightning struck the spacecraft. I dont know what happened here. We had everything in the world dropout. Yo
It has been another type of cabinet meeting, mr. President. We appreciate you allowing us to do that and the blessings you give us to participate in that cabinet bible study. If you would, lets bow our heads. Father, we thank you for the stable. Everyone is here because you have ordained it to be so. The importance of what we are about, the issues of which we get the responsibility and privilege to deal with it is your call. Today, we are lifting up a special group of men and women who have really been at the core of why this country has been that is our veterans; people who have sacrificed greatly, who held their hand up me,said, here am i, send when it would have maybe been easier for them, certainly less stressful for them to have not answered that call. We lift them up. You give us the opportunity. Secretary wilkie has the agency that directly deals with that. So many of us have the opportunity to assist and be a part of that. We thank you for that great privilege to serve them aft