Americas road to work, 19141917. Author as well. This is about one hour. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Morning, my name is matt naylor. I serve as a president and ceo at the National World war i museum and memorial and we are delighted to welcome you. , 1917 americaum joins the fight. Thank you for taking time out of your schedules to be at this important event. Thank you to all of the presenters for the work you have team who haver brought their skills to create what is going to be i think, another remarkable symposium. We are so grateful for the rising tide of interest that there seems to be across the United States to match the energy we are seeing from so many other countries. In thinking about and remembering the great war and its enduring impact. What i have observed is that since the commemoration began in 2014, is that there really has been a genuine increase in attention to the conversation. Here at the National World war i museum and memorial, for the period, late 13 to
The general assembly, distinguished guests and members of the media, welcome. To the members of our national guard, our servicemen and women and our veterans, thank you on behalf of of the most grateful state. [applause] god bless you. To the citizens, the taxpayers of illinois, it is an honor to serve you. My report on the state of the state, this bicentennial year, begins with a reflection on what has been born, built and grown in illinois. Our history is rich. We were the first state to ratify the constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. President lincoln, grant, reagan and obama called illinois home. We taught the world to rebuild the city when we scraped the sky after the chicago fire. We invented the 20 and started the First Nuclear chain reactor. With 36 fortune 500 companies, one point to million Small Businesses and 72000 of the nations greatest farms we are the worlds 17th largest economy. We are a top signed the Medical Center and 82 foreign consulates help connect us to
Tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History tv douglas wrinkly, author of the wilderness warrior recounts Theodore Roosevelts time in the west and how his experience there shaped his presidency. We also hear about roosevelts charge of San Juan Hill in the spanishamerican war and how his conservation efforts led to the protection of over 150 thousand acres 150 million acres of american land. This is about two hours. Doug good evening. It is an honor to be here at the New York Historical society and try to shed some light on one of my heroes, Theodore Roosevelt, and why hes considered a great leader. When the schwartzes wanted to make this series go, they really want us to focus on leadership qualities. And im telling you theres no president quite like t. R. To get to talk about that. I wanted to begin thinking about roosevelt being new york citys president. Being born here in 1858. Because in his household growing up in new york, he had a father who was a dutch
Century, transformations that changed the country from being one country distant from the center of International Conflict and activities into becoming a central actor. Not the most dominant, most powerful. A country to be reckoned with. One way to think about this is the u. S. Goes from being a continental power after the civil war to being a power now with International Range it did not have before with a whole new set of problems related but also different from the issues of the postcivil war decades we dealt with before. In the first proposition central to the way we think about American History is the u. S. Is always an international society. International in the obvious ways but also in the sense the u. S. Has always depended upon the movement of people, goods finance from far away. There was never a time when americans living in the u. S. Were isolated from the rest of the world. Never a time when they were an island without connections elsewhere. Our ideas of governance, the pe
James what is next from spokane, washington. His book restless buyers is about the life of john near and why hes considered one of the nations most significant environmental leaders and father of the National Park system. John near was probably one of the most significant environmental thinkers, leaders. Hes basically a protagonist for the National Park system. Helped to bring about the creation of yosemite at the National Park. It was a state park for his work. He was instrumental in glacier bay National Park and also had influence in the formation of olympic National Park and mont rainier National Park. For a long time ive been introduced in the impact of travel in a leadership formation in young adults. I donts work on Frederick Douglass in on john c adams and aunt jane adams. All of them with significant travel experience for the impact on their careers. In the case of john, he found his career through his travel and he kept as many of the others did journals of his experience. It