Television for serious readers. Im now happy to introduce you to tonights guest speaker. Robert house has been a visiting professor at, among other institutions harvard law school, tel aviv university, the Hebrew University of jerusalem and the university of paris. His books include the regulation of international trade, the wto system law, politics and legitimacy and outline of a femmenology of rights. Professor house has been a frequent consultant or adviser to agencies including the Interamerican Development bank. Professor house is also a member of the board of advisers of the nyu center for law and philosophy. He serves on the editorial Advisory Boards of the london review of International Law, the journal of World Investment and trade, transnational legal theory and legal issues of economic integration. He is cofounder of the new york City Working Group on International Economic law and is a former ihouse resident. Please join me in welcoming him to international house. [applause
For preservation was initiated in the 1880s and 1890s when the veterans were at the height of their power in government and Industry Leaders and all of them. It was because battlefields ironically these places of conflict could become places of comfort. So americans always put tremendous emphasis on these places as a tool of reconciliation. The key part of the battlefield that came from the sons of confederate veterans stipulated the government would care for this battlefield and not detract from the glory. The dedication speech i helped managed. 1927, said the keynote speaker said we do more than dedicate these fields in memory of things that have passed. We consecrate them in the spirit of lee and lincoln to a more perfect understanding to south and north. For the next 50 years or so would faithfully carry out that charge. Where americans can come together and understand the war in a very human level. Just to give you a sense of how deep this tradition is and how its perceived by the
Exists than the rest of the world combined than all. Society thinks of itself as being nonmilitaristic and i think in our essence we are. Preserves battlefield land to such a degree. Now our traditional view of the civil war was born on the postwar period. The reunification of our nation. Think about the fact in United States capital today are seven statutes to man supporting the rebellion against the federal government during the American Civil War. They dont do that in syria, libya. They do it here. Thats remarkable. Now there are lots of ways and the reconciliation scholars have shone is buried and incomplete in some areas and in some ways. How did that come to pass . Part of the answer is when you want to make up with somebody you find Common Ground. Place where you can both be comfortable. To some degree we did it on a national level. In the aftermath of the civil war few things everybody could agree with or most people and that was that the american soldier be he dressed in gray
Americas meandering Journey Towards freedom justice and equality. Its the foundation from which our nation emerged on to the world stage as a world power. Its the greatest demonstration of both the failure and durability of democracy. It is perhaps the vivid reflection of our virtues, successes and failures all wrapped up into one. These are all things that have shaped the lives of every american and millions and millions of people beyond our nations boundaries have lasted 150 years. In our relentless quest for simplicity an our selective memory that exists on history that flatters or inspires us Many Americans and maybe america at large today fail to see the immense legacy of the civil war in our lives and in our culture. Too many people are interested if the civil war. Problem is not enough are interested in the civil war. Every american should be able to find a gateway into this story for engaging the civil war as part of not only the National Experience but the frame work of their
I still remember like it was yesterday. Amazing feeling and achievement. I was dreaming about all these. I was next to you down. I hold it is that youre holding a baby. Youre not scared to drop the baby. Know how to read something special. Its been a great night to celebrate the arrival of the welcome prophy. The question is now whos in a winning on december 18th . We shall see ah, this is al serra and these, the top stories. Now ukraines president has accused russia of committing hundreds of war crimes and killing civilians in the southern hassan region. Parts of it were retaken by Ukrainian Forces last week, after Russian Troops retreated. Sleeps moser. Investigators have already documented more than 400. 00 russian brewer crimes and bodies of both civilians and military are being found in the, her son, regent. The russian army left this same savagery behind as in other regions of our country where it managed to invade. We will find and bring to justice every murderer without any dou