American history tv in prime time focusing on the American West and cowboy culture. Up next how president Dwight Eisenhowers west upbringing noounsed his personal code of behavior and his actions as a military and political leader. We are pleased to have our own tim reaves here. He is our Deputy Director and our super vizry archivest. He is my goto guy for all archives and administrative records questions. I rely on him greatly. Hes here to speak to you today on the western influences on our dwight eisenhower. Hes a graduate of Wichita State and served in the United States army for five years. Thank you for your service. Tim is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. These include eisenhower, of course, the presidency of ulysses s. Grant and prison baseball. Of course. So i hope that you enjoy our program today. Please welcome with me tim reaves. [ applause ] well, thanks everybody. And great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week, and really appreciate
Hes a graduate of Wichita State and served in the United States army for five years. Thank you for your service. Tim is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. These include eisenhower, of course, the presidency of ulysses s. Grant and prison baseball. Of course. So i hope that you enjoy our program today. Please welcome with me tim reaves. [ applause ] well, thanks everybody. And great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week, and really appreciate it again. We know that the food has a large part in the attraction of these events, not just the speakers we attract. So again thanks to the foundation and the miller nickels trust. All this started with my interest in ike and the old west the 125th anniversary of ikes birth, and 1890 the year ike was born was also the year it was closed. So we did a lot of programs looking at ike, and i did one on the influence of his political thinking and imagination. Ill include a little built of that today, but i want to h
History is full of narratives and even those narratives have a history. As a high school history teacher, I went into my Neville-Pribram Mid-Career Educator fellowship with a motivation to help my students better understand where popular history narratives come from so they can better predict where they are going. Look to the past to predict the future? Easy peasy, right?