Everybody, and welcome to american history. My name is jonathan barth. You all know me as professor barth. And i am a history professor at Arizona State university in conjunction with two very stellar world class programs, and there they are on the screen. The school of historical, philosophical and religious studies, quite a mouthful. So we call this shippers, great program. And then also the center for political thought and leadership, or ptl, another stellar program. If this lecture intrigues you, you should check out our center, were doing some big things. And finally, if you are interested in learning more about yours truly, www. Professorbarth. Com, you can read about me on that website. Well, a generation of politicians has passed. Alexander hamilton dies in a duel in 1804. James madison pictured there on the right retires from politics and dies in 1836. John adams and Thomas Jefferson die on the same day, july 4th, 1826, 50 years to the day of the signing of the declaration of
Hes author of jacksons sword and peacekeepers and conquerors about the u. S. Armys Officers Corps on the borders and frontiers between the war of 1812 and the war with mexico. Which together won the distinguished book award from the society for military history. Incidentally cited military history of which we are a part. Professor watson is coeddy tore of the history of warfare which won the society for military history george c. Marshall Foundation Prize for the use of Digital Technology teaching military history. He is coeditor of the west point history of the civil war which won the distinguished writing award. And he is also a coauthor of the west point history of the american revolution. Forthcoming from simon shuster, this autumn. Professor watson teaches courses at westpoint on 19th century warfare and 19th Century America and about the american frontier. Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, sam watson. [ applause ] thank you. Bob. Thanks to all of you. Bob noted ive been teaching wes
That i love. I would like to start by saying thank you to chairman corker for your leadership in this endeavor and to senator cardin. Your leadership has been extraordinary, and i would like to say thank you to the rest of the committee that has supported this effort. This is a bipartisan effort, and in a country that is riddled with bipartisan separation on so many things, slavery seems to come up as one of these issues that we can all agree upon, and i applaud you for your agreement, and i believe in you and your leadership and your ability to take us out of it. I am here today to defend the right to pursue happiness. It is a simple notion. The right to pursue happiness is bestowed upon all of us by our constitution. Every citizen of this country has the right to pursue it, and i believe that it is incumbent upon us as citizens of this nation, as americans, to bestow that right upon others, upon each other, and upon the rest of the world, but the right to pursue happiness, for so man
Hes author of jacksons sword and peacekeepers and conquerors about the u. S. Armys Officers Corps on the borders and frontiers between the war of 1812 and the war with mexico. Which together won the distinguished book award from the society for military history. Incidentally cited military history of which we are a part. Professor watson is coeddy tore of the history of warfare which won the society for military history george c. Marshall Foundation Prize for the use of Digital Technology teaching military history. He is coeditor of the west point history of the civil war which won the distinguished writing award. And he is also a coauthor of the west point history of the american revolution. Forthcoming from simon shuster, this autumn. Professor watson teaches courses at westpoint on 19th century warfare and 19th Century America and about the american frontier. Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, sam watson. [ applause ] thank you. Bob. Thanks to all of you. Bob noted ive been teaching wes
American history. My name is jonathan barth. You all know me as professor barth. And i am a history professor at Arizona State university in conjunction with two very stellar world class programs, and there they are on the screen. The school of historical, philosophical and religious studies, quite a mouthful. So we call this shippers, great program. And then also the center for political thought and leadership, or ptl, another stellar program. If this lecture intrigues you, you should check out our center, were doing some big things. And finally, if you are interested in learning more about yours truly, www. Professorbarth. Com, you can read about me on that website. Well, a generation of politicians has passed. Alexander hamilton dies in a duel in 1804. James madison pictured there on the right retires from politics and dies in 1836. John adams and Thomas Jefferson die on the same day, july 4th, 1826, 50 years to the day of the signing of the declaration of independence. Pretty incre