Officials, discusses the rising number of cases in several states. Nicole clowers discusses her ys reports of how relief funds from congress are being spent. The u. S. Supreme court is wrapping up its term this week, issuing decisions in cases heard earlier in the term. One of those decisions upholds the Electoral College, by saying electorsfaithless defy the will of the voters. Welcome to the washington journal. It is four months until election day. We will start asking you about the Electoral College. Should the Electoral College be abolished . Isyou think so, that line 202 7488000. If that answer is no, the line is 202 7488001. We welcome your comments on text. The line 202 7488003. We are on twitter. Facebook. Com cspan. Is expected to issue more decisions this week, wrapping up its term. A little Electoral College oneonone from the national archives. A little Electoral College 101 from the national archives. The number of electors is equal to the number of members in the congressi
Oppression of certain peoples by federal troops. Wounded knee occurred in 1890, and the trueblue saloon we will encounter today, it is the name whicharticular bar at american soldiers were assaulted hile, at antry of c major port along the coast. I want us to consider the ways in which the u. S. Army and navy were envisioning their future. Considering the past presentations the ways in which the armed forces, especially certain elements of the officer corps, were anticipating great power conflict. Infusedegree of anxiety their beliefs. Historians dont have any radically or persuasively clear understanding of exactly why americans of this age were so , and at the same time there was a lot of optimism about prosperity and increasing productivity and benefits for american power. There were other americans who that thely worried extension of American Interest globally would implement the for regional aspirants for power such as japan. Presented opportunity the world at the end of the long
, ranger at Petersburg National battlefield, where we first met as park rangers many, many years ago. He is worked in manassas, vicksburg, and gettysburg. He will tackle the elephant in the room about gettysburg versus vicksburg, which one of these two battles he considers being a native mississippian and having worked at both parks, which he considers to be the biggest turning point. Gettysburg or vicksburg . I will let matt get up here and explain. Matt atkinson. [applause] matt thats what it is. I understand you all had a row last night about something. Right there, right . The most important battle, a top the top 10 battles in the american civil war, and gettysburg was left off. Can you believe that . I want to tell you a quick story. I was invited down to a richmond roundtable. We were at the willow oaks country club. We had virginia ham. That is the only time they go out there. Anyway, i was having a great time. I was in richmond and the man who did the top 10 last night lives th
Pigeons and horses. We will go to the first slide on mules. Although they are often looked down upon because of their stubborn natures, the phrase tough as a government mule is one we are probably familiar with. They are hardworking and widely used in the military was before world war ii and during the war. They really did prove vital in some areas. Why use mules . They have a sturdy nature and are very surefooted. They were vital on some of the rugged terrains and by military vehicles. They require less grain than horses and are a more dependable work animal. They are quite intelligent, which is contrary to popular belief. It is there intelligence that helps them recognize their own limits of strength and endurance. The quality sometimes read as stubbornness is a form of selfpreservation. Ike horses, deals will not mules will not work themselves to death. During world war i, the army used mules by the hundreds of thousands and cap nearly 80,000 could ld war i after world war i. The u.
Home on the livestream, we welcome you. My name is martin. And executive director of the institute of war and democracy. We are the humble group of scholars that bring you programs such as this, and its our absolute pleasure to have paul with us tonight. The institute, what do we do . Apologize to the veterans. They hear this every few weeks. The institute serves as a Research Corps and the Higher Education center of the museum. We like to call or sells a community of scholars. Our job is to build bridges to academics and other experts around the world to make them part of the family and plug them into programs such as this. To produce scholarship of our own, as our multiple senior awardwinning historian has done with all 10 of his books. We also offer a wonderful new service, the world war ii veteran Research Project and service, which you can find on the website. You can trace the individual history of world war ii participants throughout the war, put that package together through ar