And one of the things i try to get across whenever i am talking about washington, is that washington is a bit of an enigma to a modern audience. Why . Because we dont really know who he was, how he was, how he looked. I mean, when i show you these images here, these images are of three of our noteworthy president s. Every 10 years or so, about 700 political scientists and historians across the country, they rank our president s. Now who knows how our current president is going to rank, but nonetheless, whenever those rankings come out, generally these three guys here rank at the top. Sometimes it will be lincoln. Sometimes it will be washington. Sometimes it will be fdr, but the interesting thing about this is we do not know what george really looked like. We have images of lincoln. Photographed images. And you can follow those photographs over time and see how he changed, how he aged. Of course we have images of fdr. We even have images of him in his wheelchair. Generally the press di
Welcome, everyone, to another exciting adventure in the history of war. Today, we have gotten to the army, so welcome to all of you and welcome to many of our new students watching from who knows where. Today, we are going to focus on the Continental Army. We are situating this very much in the broad history of war and the military. The Continental Army is different from other parties that preceded it. Largely because it is one that is very much based on ideal and certain concepts and beliefs rather than your traditional army. So, what is the Continental Army . Anyone . America. America, ok. The Continental Army base in america. It will become the First United States Army but before it is the u. S. Army, it is the army of america. What elements of america . Certainly, part of the American Revolution. The united colonies. So, when does the Continental Army begin . It is not necessarily the start of the revolution. A couple classes ago, we were talking about the french and indian or. Tha
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] welcome to many of our new students. Happy 40th birthday, cspan. We will focus on the Continental Army and were situating this very much in the broad history of war and the military and the Continental Army is different from other armies that preceded it, largely because its one thats very much based on ideals and certain concepts and beliefs, rather than your sort of traditional army. So, what is the Continental Army . Where is it, first of all . America. America ok. It will become the first United States army. But before it is the u. S. Army, it is the army of . America, yes. About what element of america but element of america . When does the Continental Army begin . Its not necessarily with the start of the revolution, but we will pick up with the beginning of the war. A couple classes ago, we were talking about the french and indian war and that
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Fighting spirit and effectiveness is widely known, but few are aware the cause, Humble Beginnings and its achievements during the early years of the revolution through successes and failures and down the eastern seaboard, the opening years of the war saw the American Military develop. The continental marines as an effective force in service support, naval vessels and amphibious operations, and in support the army in land warfare. Washingtons marines is the First Complete study to entwined together the men strategy perform myths and personalities of the marines formative years into a single study. Todays knows the marine corps inside majorgeneral jason cuba is a marine with more than 30 years of service. An infantry man by trade. He is commanded at every level from commander to commanding general. Jason has also served in several key staff positions, including as a strategic planner with the joint chiefs of staff, the director of the marine calls Expeditionary Warfare School marine corp