Laudi degree he joined the air force. During the training he found out that his eyes werent good enough so he was sent off to japan to be a photo intelligence officer. When he arrived to his dismay he found out he was made a Personnel Officer because his boss was lazy and didnt want to get up in the morning. When lieutenant wood arrived in the orderly room at 7 30, he had nothing to do. So he spent his time reading history books. Thankfully for all of us, for his students and for america, he completed his rotc requirement, didnt think the military had treated him well and went off to study history. He earned his m. A. And ph. D. At harvard studying under the famous bernard bailin. He once wrote in a quote, history may be kept alive and made vivid and make constantly relevant and urgent by the living memory of it. Which is exactly what were trying to do here. He was the great and friendly rival of ed morgan who taught joe ellis. Teachers matter. In 1969, wood joined the faculty of Brown
Revolution. Period. Im not going to read off all the long list of the books and publications hes written or the awards and medals and honors hes received. But all of you go home and google him for a mindblowing experience. I just want to mention a few things that he and i discussed. After receiving his suma cu suma cum laude degree from tufts, he joined the air force. During the training he found out that his eyes werent good enough so he was sent off to japan to be a photo intelligence officer. When he arrived, to his dismay, he found out he was made a Personnel Officer because his boss was lazy and didnt want to get up in the morning. When lieutenant wood arrived in the orderly room at 7 30, he had nothing to do. So he spent his time reading history books. Thankfully for all of us, for his students and for america, he completed his rotc requirement, didnt think the military had treated him well and went off to study history. He earned his m. A. And ph. D. At harvard studying under be
Revolution. Period. Im not going to read off all the long list of the books and publications hes written or the awards and medals and honors hes received. But all of you go home and google him for a mindblowing experience. I just want to mention a few things that he and i discussed. After receiving his suma cu suma cum laude degree from tufts, he joined the air force. During the training he found out that his eyes werent good enough so he was sent off to japan to be a photo intelligence officer. When he arrived, to his dismay, he found out he was made a Personnel Officer because his boss was lazy and didnt want to get up in the morning. When lieutenant wood arrived in the orderly room at 7 30, he had nothing to do. So he spent his time reading history books. Thankfully for all of us, for his students and for america, he completed his rotc requirement, didnt think the military had treated him well and went off to study history. He earned his m. A. And ph. D. At harvard studying under be
Revolution. Period. Im not going to read off all the long list of the books and publications hes written or the awards and medals and honors hes received. But all of you go home and google him for a mindblowing experience. I just want to mention a few things that he and i discussed. After receiving his suma cu suma cum laude degree from tufts, he joined the air force. During the training he found out that his eyes werent good enough so he was sent off to japan to be a photo intelligence officer. When he arrived, to his dismay, he found out he was made a Personnel Officer because his boss was lazy and didnt want to get up in the morning. When lieutenant wood arrived in the orderly room at 7 30, he had nothing to do. So he spent his time reading history books. Thankfully for all of us, for his students and for america, he completed his rotc requirement, didnt think the military had treated him well and went off to study history. He earned his m. A. And ph. D. At harvard studying under be
Because its on the back of the nickel. Monticello right . Thats correct. As we speak were driving towards monticello. It is that rise right there, the Little Mountain and Thomas Jefferson was born here on apri. His father had moved out here to the west to get land and his father Peter Jefferson was a surveyor. He actually coauthored, in 175d what was the official new map of virginia. At that time it was nothing like it was the best map of virginia. So, little tommy was raised on stories by this man who would go out and explore and make maps and discover. If you think about it Peter Jefferson was using scientific experiments to make the unknown, known. To create maps of what was to them, wilderness. And to carve out of this unknown backcountry of Beautiful Image of a map. It is very poetic. Its a metaphor for jeffersons mind of the guy whos constantly learning combine science and knowledge with discovery. So we are going to the top of the hill now. Were climbing monticello. At one time