Writers symposium in vermont, retired colonel Robert Dalessandro describes strategies countries developed during world war i. Good morning. Good morning. And for those of you new to the occasion for this session, welcome to the 22nd annual colby military write is sim bose yum. This year we embark on a multiyear discussion of world war i. As one continuous half century of hostility. We call this years installment, won the war, lost the war. Centennial legacy of world war i, to establish this symposium theme to suggest its direction. This morning it is my particular honor to introduce colonel Robert Dalessandro. Connell Robert Dalessandro, is among relatively small group of world war i historians in america today, having written extensively on American Expeditionary force in the great war. Currently, colonel dalessandro is acting secretary of the American Battle Monument Commission and former director of the United States army center of military history. Colonel dalessandros special inte
Court decisions. Number 759, earnest hernandez, petitioner vurz arizona. Number eight, rowe against wade. Quite often in many of our decisions are ones the court took they are quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believe theyre rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans new series, landmark cases. Tonight and for 11 weeks were going to be looking at 12 cases that affect the country and society. Tonight or case is marbury versus madison. It came about between two Founding Fathers who developed an imit inty. We have two gusts at the table to help us understand the story and importance of this case in our countrys history. Akhil reed amar is a Yale Law School professor. And also at the table, federal lit gator, cliff salone. The great six addison marshal and a battle for the Supreme Court. Gentlemen, to start were going to li
Court decisions. Number 759, earnest hernandez, petitioner vurz arizona. Number eight, rowe against wade. Quite often in many of our decisions are ones the court took they are quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believe theyre rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans new series, landmark cases. Tonight and for 11 weeks were going to be looking at 12 cases that affect the country and society. Tonight or case is marbury versus madison. It came about between two Founding Fathers who developed an imit inty. We have two gusts at the table to help us understand the story and importance of this case in our countrys history. Akhil reed amar is a Yale Law School professor. And also at the table, federal lit gator, cliff salone. The great six addison marshal and a battle for the Supreme Court. Gentlemen, to start were going to li
Court decisions. Number 759, earnest hernandez, petitioner vurz arizona. Number eight, rowe against wade. Quite often in many of our decisions are ones the court took they are quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believe theyre rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans new series, landmark cases. Tonight and for 11 weeks were going to be looking at 12 cases that affect the country and society. Tonight or case is marbury versus madison. It came about between two Founding Fathers who developed an imit inty. We have two gusts at the table to help us understand the story and importance of this case in our countrys history. Akhil reed amar is a Yale Law School professor. And also at the table, federal lit gator, cliff salone. The great six addison marshal and a battle for the Supreme Court. Gentlemen, to start were going to li
Been given so much . And from that spirit you will join the legions of optimists and idealist who are working toward a better future. What better place to draw on that spirit than here in colonial williamsburg, where a College Educated individual like Thomas Marshall John Marshall based on equality and justice and rule of law, their Political Institutions did not always live up to the grand aspirations expressed in their great documents. They and their endeavors were imperfect as are all human beings. They stumbled, sometimes they failed. But they kept going. And they left a legacy that allowed future generations descendents of the free, and descendents of slaves, to pick up the torch and walked toward the goal of we the people , making it a more inclusive concept. You now leave that very college, william and mary to join the ranks of the most privileged community, the community of the educated. It is a class you may never quit and from which you may never be expelled. But remember tha