In 2011, he deployed to the republic of korea and commanded a tank company and a batallian Headquarters Company on the Demilitarized Zone between north and south korea. In 2014, he was selected for advanced civil schooling at Georgetown University in washington, d. C. He graduated with a masters degree in history in 2016, and assumed the position as an instructor in the department of history at the United States military academy. At usma, he taught courses in both military and United States history, and currently directs the Academy Course civil war america, which studies americas society, politics, economy, and military from 1816 to 1877. Hes joined tonight by his wife, shannon, and together theyve got three kids, nate, liam, and elizabeth, 12, 2 and 1yearold. Turn over things to major lambert. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you so much mr. Rowan for the introduction, and thank you all for being here tonight to learn a bit about civil war gunpowder and logistics. As always, although i
And even better good to have those spectacular authors like David Mccullough sitting on this stage right here with all of us. [applause] i dont have to say this the most celebrated living historian of the american. [applause] and to take us through the ogermantown the building of panama canal truman or adams and the americans then has been given the president ial medal of freedom which is even better than honor. Excuse me and you have been writing about america. Your trajectory of 150 years since the revolution to Charles Lindbergh and to be on. Is there a theme quick. Yes. I now see it and some things you do gain as time goes thousand now see almost all of my books of americans who set out to accomplish Something Worthy that they knew would be difficult and going to be more difficult than they expected and who did not give up and learned from their mistakes and to achieve their purpose in the first place. But that is to increase our whpacity for gratitude for those who went before us
Refugee but my parents were refugees. Theres a fracturing of the share experience. Me life was different in the United States, the life was different in canada, my sisters life is different in england. Did all right relatively speaking but that vastly overlambingers and yep oliving together in the same language and the same cultural context, the same as it were social abilities, we share that experience, unity of time and place and experience that we shared, and then gets fractured and get bren up. Even if we had moved to the same place, there would have been a fracture because i spoke english better, was not a professional who lost his job to migrate. Had not lost my social contact and so on. So what happen is this fracturing of a shared experience within the family and one of the ways again to agree with reyna is to tell stories or write to build the bridges, theres something about building a bridge between the new country and old country within this community, within a family, multi
Stage right here with all of us. Thank you. Thank you. With the applause most celebrated living historian in the United States of america of the American Experience which is even greater. Hes been called dean of americana and reason why hes taken pus down the georgetown shroud and building of the canal the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, Harriet Truman john adams, the americans in paris. The wright brother and sister. And this fabulous new book to talk about a little bit later, the pioneer. So won the Pulitzer Prize twice, the National Award twice and been given the medal or freedom of honor even better than honor and youve been writing, david, about america the trajectory has been 150 years since lets say the revolution to charlesmanburg and beyond. Is there a scene here . Yes. I now see it as i have not some things you gain from time going by. I would see now that almost all of my books are about americans who set out to accomplish Something Worthy that would they knew would be diff
I was so worried. [applause] i was so worried. It was ringing. I thought are going to want to stay in bed and read. Here you are. Thank you and good morning. Welcome to the 2017th National Book festival. I am carla hayden. I am so honored to be able to say im the 14th librarian of congress. As you can see pretty excited to open this event. Our 17th consecutive celebration of books and reading. It is wonderful to see a full house here. Not only will we have a full house here at the convention center, but we have millions and millions of people joining us live on facebook. Thanks to everyone for joining us. Now, we have a fantastic lineup of mainstage authors this year. What better way to kick off a festival than with one of our nations most beloved historian historians, mr. David mcculloug mccullough. [applause] he is here for his sixth National Book festival appearance, and we hope you will continue to make this a habit. He will be followed by diana. [applause] she is the author of the