U. S. Marine veteran alan clark on serving two tours in cory ko between 1950 and 1953. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Shes probably the most tragic of all the first ladies. Hated politics with a passion. This couch is one piece they took to the white house. They had eight rooms they had to furnish with their personal furniture. When she did arrive, she basically holed up and spent much of her time writing letters to her great son. She calls him my precious child, i must write to you even though you are never to see it or know it. A very pointed letter by a grieving mother. They were on a train from boston and there was a terrible accident. The train ride was very devastating for the family. Axel rod broke onkaqa the train he did not survive the crash. She concluded this was god gods that the loss of her son was gods punishment. The house was too much for jane to take care of. I dont think she was interested in housekeeping. She wasnt cap
Publishing in august 2017, and he also he and his son, lee, are editing an autobiography written by his father and lees grandfather. With that, i would like to introduce mr. Robert k. Sutton. [ applause ]. Goblod morning. Good morning. I cant tell you how excited i am to be here. This is i mean, im sitting here with goose bumps while im hearing the names of the victims of kwantrels raid because i just wrote about many of them, and you actually hear their names in this setting. Its really quite moving. Before i get going here, my wife and my son came with me. Theyre in the back row. And two of my oldest, oldest, oldest friends from california. And im going to tell you, we were all like 5 years old when we got acquainted sit ong the second row, nick and harry so, this is a really special day for me. One of the things that interested me in this topic was that my great i have to say sometimes you have trouble keeping track of the great great great greats, but any great great great grandmot
Civil war. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the watkins, its my distinct pleasure and honor to welcome our speaker today, mr. Robert k. Sutton. Mr. Sutton retired from the National Parks service after serving for nine years. He became the superintendent of the National Battlefield park. He has published a number of articles and reviews on various history topics. As a part of his job was leading the emphasize on expanding the currently serving as a consultant to the American Battle monuments commission, assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i, and hes currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. Dr. Sutton has continued teaching, he teaches courses in the Johns Hopkins program on the civil war in the American West. Dr. Sutton also has written a book on the civil war era in kansas, published in august of 2017. He and his son lee are editing an auto biography written by his father and
The National Battlefield park. He has published a number of articles and reviews on various history topics. One of his primary interests as chief historian and as superintendent at mannasas was leading the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for assessment. Dr. Sutton is currently serving as a consultant to the American Battle monuments commission, assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i, and hes currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. Dr. Sutton has continued teaching, he teaches courses in the Johns Hopkins program on the Senior Adult Program on civil war in the american west. He will be the resident historian for viking Ocean Cruises as well. Dr. Sutton also has written a book on the civil war era in kansas published by sky horse publishing in august 2017, and he and his son lee are editing an autobiography written by his father and lees grandfather. With tha
Abolitionists immigrated to kansas and their efforts to make kansas a free state and their impact on the civil war. Good morning, everyone and welcome to the watkins. Its my distinct pleasure and honor to welcome our keynote speaker today. Mr. Robert k. Sutton. Mr. Sutton retired as chief historian of the National Park service in 2016, after serving in the position for nearly nine years. He came here after being superintendent of the manassas state park for 12 useful years and published articles and reviews on various history topics. One of his primary interests as chief historian and superintendent at manassas was heeding the emphasis on expanding the interpretation of the civil war for the centennial. He is assisting Commission Staff in developing interpretive programs to commemorate the centennial of world war i and currently working on a book on world war i aimed at middle school children. He has continued teaching and teaches courses in the john hopkins Senior Adult Program on the