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
Welcome to everybody. Im the director of the david National Center for white house history. Im conkrncurrently the senior e president for Educational Resources and i would like contexturely to put this in a nice picture, share background of the association and that places tonight was talk if to a proper context. Were private, nonprofit ed Educational Organization and the mission of the place is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of the executive mansion and that means 56 years at this point. Its 1961. This is during the Kennedy Administration and first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy founded the ass association and its purpose was to help the white house collect an exhibit, the absolute very best of American History and culture but underscoring all of that to inform and excite the public about the hist raeof the executive mansion. So today were still doing this. Acquisition, preservation, research continue through the sale of our books, our products. The official white house orname
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
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 west point for 18 years and gave
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