Pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for this iconic street which is home to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner but his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Fort totten, fort reno, fort dupont. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surprised to learn about their civil war history. The civil war was a milestone in the nations history. The role of famous battlefields like gettysburg and antietam are wellknown to all of us. Today we are going to learn about another important albeit less wellknown battle that took place not far from where we are today. Were it not for the defenses built to protect washington, d. C. The battle of fort stevens, the city of washington, d. C. Could be in a different place today. Today we will learn about
Parks. The Planning Commission recently celebrated 90 years since our organization was chartered by congress. One note is that one of our early responsibilities involved acquiring the property that has become fort circle parks. In terms of what we do, i would like to mention one project, one relevant to the National Archives. We started work on the pennsylvania avenue initiative. We are working with the General Services administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for this iconic street which is home to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner but his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Fort totten, fort reno, for dupont. Fort dupont. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations
The generalng with Services Administration and the National Park service to study the near and longterm need for pennsylvania avenue between the white house and the capitol. We will develop a vision for which is homereet to so Many National treasures, including this building. I want to send a thanks to the National Parks service and recognize peter may. He is a fellow ncpc commissioner bud his day job is associate director for lands, resources, and planning. Locals may recognize these names as parks, neighborhoods, even metro stations but many are surprised to learn about their civil war history. The civil war was a milestone in the nations history. Arerole of gettysburg wellknown to all of us. Today we are going to learn about another important albeit less wellknown battle that took place not far from where we are today. Defense is for the built to protect washington,. C. The battle of fort stevens the city of washington, d. C. Could be in a different place today. Today we will learn
America. He discusses the way britains frenchl victory impacted holdings and settlers who remained after the war ended. The college of william and mary in virginia. The class is about an hour. Were going to talk about the seven years war. It is often known as the first global war. It is a war that in the United States is often called the french and indian war. Beck, it is the war of conquest. It is the world conquest. The name is important. The civil war is one interpretation, but calling it the war of northern aggression means you have a different interpretation. Uebec, the war of the conquest has a really heavy political implication because they see this as the moment French Society was taken over, concorde by the british, and therefore, the moment conquered by the british, and therefore, the moment that you start to see them sees french canada with a long and brutal struggle for attending. Autonomy. The name the french and indian war comes from the british themselves. This is who th
Daniel Smith decided to call his memoir "Son of a Slave" because, remarkably, that description fit him. His father was born into slavery in Virginia in 1863.