Wonderful neighborhood. Primarily italian. With some jewish but primarily italian. Large families. We had lots of activity because of the abundance of males. All kinds of sports were involved. Softball, basketball, touch football. No baseball. No baseball fields. Professor han how many siblings . Mr. Conte two more. An older brother. They are both deceased. Professor han all boys . Mr. Conte yeah. Professor han what school did you go to in new york city . Mr. Conte ps 112 was my grammar school. Professor han ps 112 . Mr. Conte yeah. Professor han your grammar school. Mr. Conte in brooklyn. Junior high school was shallow Junior High School from the 9th to the 12th grade. No, the Junior High School was seventh until ninth. And high school was the 10th to the 12th. Professor han whats the name of it . Textile whats the name of it . Mr. Conte shallow was the Junior High School and then the high school was hi. It was a School Sponsored by some industrial, textile guy. Part of the curriculum
Different mindsets. Cornwallis had this mindset of move forward and hit hard and continually hit and continually march. General greene had a mindset of hit and backup or retreat hit and backup or retreat. He had by the time this battle came, general greene had raised an army to almost twice the size of the british army. He felt pretty good about his odds. First, general cornwallis was in encamped at deep river, which is high point, 10 miles from here. General greene brought all of his soldiers in militia here at guilford courthouse. Set his lines of defense to wait for cornwallis p general greene had thought about attacking general cornwallis on the march. That ended in disaster at the battle of camden in august 1780. He thought he better not with all the militia he had. He decided to make a stand that guilford courthouse. In the meantime, general cornwallis who had this mindset as he was going to smash the Continental Army, took out from presentday high point in marched from there to
Thank you very much. Im grateful to dale gregory and alex castle who did the logistical arrangements to be invited to the New York Historical society. This is a wonderful collection one of the great historical societies, one of the organizations that ive enjoyed a relationship with in the last 15 or so years thanks largely to you and trustees and former trustees like digg guilder. It has been wonderful to watch just how much it has progressed the amount of public programming. Im really envious and i looked at your catalog wishing i could come to many more of these events. It was also one of the highlights of my last year to win the American History book prize and come here to receive it. It was one of those moments in life where you wish you could just press the pause button. [applause] when i accepted the prize, i mentioned there were two covers and two titles of this book. One in the United States and one in britain. Im in the position today to be able to show you both covers. This i
Join the cspan conversation like us on facebook, follow us on twitter Andrew O Shaughnessy takes a look at the role British Military leaders played in the American Revolutionary war. Most notably, he discusses general Henry Clinton who served briefly as commanderinchief of the british army. His defeat at the battle of Sullivans Island in january, 1776 marked the first time during the war that american troops successfully defended against a british sea and land invasion. This event from the New York Historical society is about one hour and a half. Thank you very much, i am very grateful to gregory and alex castle who did the logistical arrangements to be invited to the New York Historical society. This is a wonderful collection one of the great historical societies, one of the organizations that ive enjoyed a relationship with in the last 15 or so years thanks largely to you and trustees and former trustees like digg guilder. It has been wonderful to watch just how much it has progresse
Washingtons confidant. She was absorbed and capable but she did not like that definition. She called herself a prisoner of state. Every step washington took, to find the office, washington took defined the office so, in a very real sense, can it be said that everything Martha Washington did likewise . It was a businesslike relationship but not without respect and affection. She owned most of this whole block going back a couple of acres which means she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. There was a lot of tragedy and Martha Washingtons life. She lost her husband. First she was raised a rich woman and what that meant in the 18th century is not what it means today. When she marries George Washington, she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. It took 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vernon in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her and this was a difficult journey. Her experience had prepared