Tonight, we will be talking about the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. Tonight is also probably my farewell introduction, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, for the ongoing signature series with the History Department of the general staff college. The director of the command school, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you wave your arm . Thank you. [applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on in the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so, if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favori
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. This was day 1,054 of the trump administration. We have breaking news tonight about the news that is coming tomorrow morning. Both politico and the Washington Post were first to report that Committee Chairs plan to announce the articles of impeachment during a press conference in the morning. Politico reports democrats, quote, plan to unveil at least two articles of impeachment on tuesday, charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. The Judiciary Committee plans to vote on the articles on thursday. Nbc news has also confirmed these latest developments, and this comes after another marathon hearing on the hill in which democrats and republicans in the house Judiciary Committee faced off over the evidence compiled thus far against the president. During the hearing, republicans made a point of bringing up the repeatedly debunked theory of ukraine meddling in our 2016 election. As
Army heritage days is an annual event held in may at the u. S. Army heritage and Education Center in carlisle, pennsylvania. Hundreds of living history hobbyists are selected by the center to conduct demonstrations and talk to the public about things from the revolution to the war on terror. Next on american artifacts, we visit a medical tent set up as a world war ii u. S. Army battalion aid station, a mobile emergency room that would have been located close to the front li s lines. Hi, folks, im dr. Moody and this is battalion aid station. Were part of the 2nd battalion of the 506 airborne. Im a physician. Im a doctor that plays doctor. But, no, im an internal medicine physician in harrisb g harrisburg, pennsylvania. And this is this is my hobby. This is my i love it. I love the guys out here. I love speaking to the public. I love the educational factor that were trying to keep all this alive. And the kids really, they enjoy it, too. I try to make it enjoyable and let them know how im
Meriwether. So they werent aware that the spanish were after them but they they did learn later that the spanish had turned these other expeditions. Great question. Anything. Well, thanks for your attention. I hope you enjoyed this the Marshall Foundation was begun by president truman before left office. He declared general marshalls papers from his long should not be gathered at the National Archives as other government officials, but that should have a foundation in his name and the papers and memorabilia be gathered in something akin to a president ial library. How are you funded . Privately funded. We are a501c3. Were not associated with the state of virginia or, the National Park service. And although are surrounded by the vmi campus, were not part of the Virginia Military either. Tell us more about. The foundations work, its outreach of teachers and and the kinds of goals that you have. The foundation exists to tell the story specifically general marshall and others whom we hold
The Marshall Foundation was begun by president truman before left office. He declared general marshalls papers from his long should not be gathered at the National Archives as other government officials, but that should have a foundation in his name and the papers and memorabilia be gathered in something akin to a president ial library. How are you funded . Privately funded. We are a501c3. Were not associated with the state of virginia or, the National Park service. And although are surrounded by the vmi campus, were not part of the Virginia Military either. Tell us more about. The foundations work, its outreach of teachers and and the kinds of goals that you have. The foundation exists to tell the story specifically general marshall and others whom we hold collections for here. And we do this. We have researchers who come to the library. I have students working on history day reports in eighth grade. We a Teacher Education conference coming up this spring where teachers will spend a w