The conflict that took place in and around boston, massachusetts prior to the declaration of independence. Tonight, we are delighted to have derek back presenting the war of independence, 17 751776. Easily set a passion for military history which inspired him to start a career in the air force. In served as an officer and 2005, he earned a science degree from m. I. T. Where he fell in love with bostons revolutionary past. He later transitioned to the air force reserve and still remains quite active, presently holding the rank of major. His book received an Honorable Mention here in april. Wassecond book, the sequel released in may. I would now like to welcome derek to the lectern. [applause] thank you all for coming. Its an honor to be here come a very Historic Site and its cool to give a historic lecture at a i have twote stop books that tell the story of the entire boston campaign. The first covers from the start of the war, which i describe as the start of the action at the Boston T
To further pursue writing, he transferred to the air force reserve. Ignitingrst book, the American Revolution, review75 earned a great was released in april. His second book was released in may. Derek thank you all for coming. It is an honor to be here. A very Historic Site so it is pretty cool to give a historic lecture at an Historic Site. I have two books and they together tell the entire boston campaign. The first covers from the start of the war which i describe the start of the action at the Boston Tea Party in 1773. Then the first shots are fired and it ends with the siege of boston just beginning. It is kind of how book two starts. Both books are standalone, they can be read independently, but together they tell the entire boston campaign. Little bit more of who i am and the reason behind this book. I already kind of describe the details. When i joined the air force, i was stationed at Los Angeles Air force base and i started working on some short films on the weekend, took som
Streamingllantly and the rockets red glare bursting in air nightroof through the that our flag was still there starspangledat banner yet wave oer the land of the free the brave . [applause] please welcome to the stage from the great state of tennessee, representative marsha blackburn. epresentative blackburn good morning. I am absolutely thrilled to be here with you this morning. How wonderful to see how many ready to bes to get equipped and get ready for the battle. This is a fight that we have to win. Being here, you were laying the foundation for going out there and being the first soldiers. We are conservatives. We know if we focus on personalities, you lose every time. If you focus on the issues and the constitution, we win. We want to bring you uptodate on what would were doing in the house of representatives. Everybody remembers the videos that came out last year. With every video, we got a withe bit more insight abortion. We got a view of doctors who are willing to sell body pa
Public school choice, to send their kids to a safe school. When you do make education the number one priority in our country antiqu and treat teachers like the professionals they are. Also this weekend at 8 00 eastern, cspan series the contenders, key figures who ran for the presidency and lost but changed political history. Tonight, the 1972 democratic nominee in former u. S. Senator from south dakota george mcgovern. We will come to admire this country not simply because we were born here, but because of the kind of great and good land that you and i want it to be and that together we have made it. That is my goal. That is my reason for seeking the presidency of the united states. Sunday, former texas businessman ross perot, who ran as an independent in both the 1992 and 1996 races. We must set the highest ethical and moral standards for the people who serve in our government. All that has got to be changed from rules of law in the next four years or we will stand at the gates and ke
March the 125th anniversary of the daughters of the revolution. sxt on american artifacts, visit to the dar museum in washington, d. C. To learn about their anniversary exhibit, remembering the American Revolution. This is part one of a twopart program. Campbell, is heidi am the Museum Director and chief curator of the museum. The curators and i were talking about what we should be doing for this anniversary. We started looking at the objects in our collection and how many of the objects that came into the collection in the first years of the organization had strong connections to the American Revolution. Then we started talking about, why is that the case . Obviously it has to do with the members being descendents of people who supported the American Revolution, but they survived until they were given to us in the late 19th and early 20th century. Then we started talking about how the American Revolution was remembered. Thats why we came up with the title, and the theme of the exhibit