Mir yen, littlejohn, fryer tuck, henry the viii, shakespeare, costume and architecture and in music. I grew up with the belief that the sun never sets on the british empire. I collected stamps from all over the british empire. All americans knew george washington, john jay, sam adams, all the Founding Fathers were english men. Alexander hamilton was a scott born in the caribbean. As they came, so did settlers from germany, austria, hungary, polands, swiss, russians, chinese and all the countries came to the melting pot of america over the past 400 years since the founding of jamestown in 1607. My parents took me to the new york worlds fair in 1940 just seven years old to see many of the countrys exhibitions and among them, for the first time i saw magna carta at the british exhibition. The 1215 lincoln cathedral magna carta. On my first visit to britain as a serving officer in dwrupt states army, in 1957 i was returning to america to be discharged after serving in korea, my tour of dut
Good morning. I propose to cover three things in my brief opening remarks this morning. Why me . Why now . Why are you here . Magna cartas relevance today. From an early age growing up in america, it was good king john the lion heart, bad King John Lachlan and robin hood and his merry men, not to forget maid mir yen, littlejohn, fryer tuck, henry the viii, shakespeare, costume and architecture and in music. I grew up with the belief that the sun never sets on the british empire. I collected stamps from all over the british empire. All americans knew george washington, john jay, sam adams, all the Founding Fathers were english men. Alexander hamilton was a scott born in the caribbean. As they came, so did settlers from germany, austria, hungary, polands, swiss, russians, chinese and all the countries came to the melting pot of america over the past 400 years since the founding of jamestown in 1607. My parents took me to the new york worlds fair in 1940 just seven years old to see many o
And took command of his own ranger battalion. In the unit gained notoriety for its raids behind union lines. This talk was part of a daylong seminar on civil war leadership posted by Longwood University in farmville, virginia, at Appomattox Court House National historical park. It is just under one hour. The first speaker today is mr. Eric buckland, the author of five books about the men who rode with john mosby during the civil war, his first one is mosbys rangers, which deal with the men from bmi who served with mosby, and who has subsequently done four more books, which tell the story of 110 more men who served with mosby and i am told there is a fifth volume at press right now with will probably be the final volume in that series. Hes received the Jefferson Davis historical gold medal. Mr. Buckland is a graduate of the university of kansas and had a 22 year career in the u. S. Army in which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, slightly higher than i got to when i was in the a
Building, arch street Meeting House, a quaker place of worship, also a little bit about quakers. A lot of our visitors dont know much about the religion before they get here, which is an interesting issue. You go on a tour of perhaps the catholic church, one of those historic cathedrals, people usually have sort of background knowledge. And we have found our visitors dont. We answer a lot of questions about whether or not quakers are puritans so we do basic education. The arch street Meeting House is the largest quaker Meeting House in the United States and maybe the world. We are looking into it. The land that the properties built on seeded in 1701 by william penn. The property outside his first fairground in pennsylvania. Im sure we will get to that later. At the beginning of our tours that we normally do with visitors and school groups, we have them look around the space. It is outside the norm. We have people look around and let us know what is different here versus other historic
Street meetinghouse, constructed in 1804 to learn the story of philadelphias society of friends, and to learn about the history and practices of quakers. Welcome to arch street meetinghouse. Im the director here. Today, i will talk a little lid about the building we are standing in, arch street meetinghouse, a quaker place of worship, and also a bit about quakers. A lot of our visitors do not know much about the religion before they get here, which is an interesting issue. When you go to caps on the , oneof the Catholic Church of those historic cathedrals, people usually have background knowledge. We answer a lot of questions about whether quakers are honest people, puritans amish people, puritans, a thick education. This is a good place to have that basic education about quakers. The arch street Meeting House is the largest quaker Meeting House in the United States and maybe the world, but we are looking into it. It was built in 1804, and the land that the property is built ceeded in