Obscurity. Which seems strange knowing his name is on the marquis of the broadway show. I thought he was far and away the most dramatic story of the founding fathers. He was the only one not born in the original 13 colonies, the story of a penniless, orphaned, immigrant kid who comes out of nowhere and sets the world on fire and his achievements were monumental. Charlie before his achievements he came out of nowhere, where is nowhere . He spent his adolescence on st. Croix and he had this ghastly, dickensian childhood. His father left at 11, his mother died when he was 13 and he was farmed out to a first cousin who committed suicide a year later and he was working as an impoverished clerk in st. Croix when the hurricane hit the island. He published a description of it in the local paper that was brilliant. They realized they had a prodigy among the pentagon the collection to go to north america. He came to north america and did not know a soul. He came with a few letters of introductio
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Next from American History tv from the u. S. Naval academy and annapolis, marginalized aspects of the american revolution. Includes covered africanamerican, disabled soldiers, and combat metal character does 90minute Program Includes many anecdotes and illustrations of what life was like during the revolutionary war for these marginalized groups. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the third panel today of the naval history symposium for 2015. My name is lee pennington. I am an associate professor of history here the naval academy. My field of research is japanese history, but what i specifically write about is Japanese Military medicine and the experiences of japanese Wounded Soldiers and disabled veterans. Our panel today has two papers about medicine, another paper about experiences of African Americans in naval affairs, and the panels title is from the margins, africanamericans, disabled soldiers, and combat medical care. We have three presenters today, topher mckee our first
I am an associate professor of history here the naval academy. My field of research is japanese history, but what i specifically write about is Japanese Military medicine and the experiences of japanese Wounded Soldiers and disabled veterans. Our panel today has two papers about medicine, another paper about experiences of African Americans in naval affairs, and the panels title is from the , africanamericans, disabled soldiers, and combat medical care. We have three presenters today, our first presentation will be christopher, who is giving a presentation titled no arms, no problem, the surprising and somewhat scandalous life of a disabled 19thcentury soldier a sailor. Emeritus andfessor since 2012 has been a scholar in residence at the Newberry Library located in chicago. He is the author of a number of books, including a naval biography, which first appeared in 1972, a gentlemanly and honorable profession, the creation of the u. S. Naval officer for, which was sailored in 1991, and
Daughter about the shooters motive. He would ask them and if you are a christian stand up and they would stand up and he said, good. Because youre a christian, youre going to see god in just about one second. And then he shot and killed them. Reporter shock waves of grief are being felt from the picturesque logging community to the halls of congress and the white house. Our thoughts and prayers are not enough. Reporter president obama expressing anger over the last mass shooting. Somehow this has become routine. The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up being routine. With yet another shooting like this attention is back on washington and what lawmakers will or wont do about gun violence. Its the slaughtering of over 20 children back in 2012 if that couldnt get congress to act, i dont know what will. Now we are starting to get conditioned to this just being part of your daily american life. I hope that we act before we really, you know, start to see, um, daily m