Thank you very much. Jordan thank. And to all the sponsors, cosponsors and guests who are here. You know, being here brings back, fond memories about, this great, beautiful state capital, you know ive never held but one elected Public Office in my career. And it was governor and i looked back today and i see legislators who i worked with and people on the staff and denmark great republicans. Theres so many fond memories in that one memory. Im glad that i dont have i dont have have a memory of the legislature ever overturning one of my vetoes. Not. Many can say that this is about politics. No, this is about books. And youll love this book because its a book about. An incredibly interesting in american history. My purpose is to introduce to an honorable christian gentleman, whom im proud to know and proud to have worked with, former president mike pence. Mike pence has served our country well because he takes it seriously to that. That is his job. The oath of office to him is what is it
Thank you very much. Jordan thank. And to all the sponsors, cosponsors and guests who are here. You know, being here brings back, fond memories about, this great, beautiful state capital, you know ive never held but one elected Public Office in my career. And it was governor and i looked back today and i see legislators who i worked with and people on the staff and denmark great republicans. Theres so many fond memories in that one memory. Im glad that i dont have i dont have have a memory of the legislature ever overturning one of my vetoes. Not. Many can say that this is about politics. No, this is about books. And youll love this book because its a book about. An incredibly interesting in american history. My purpose is to introduce to an honorable christian gentleman, whom im proud to know and proud to have worked with, former president mike pence. Mike pence has served our country well because he takes it seriously to that. That is his job. The oath of office to him is what is it
Thank you very much. Jordan thank. And to all the sponsors, cosponsors and guests who are here. You know, being here brings back, fond memories about, this great, beautiful state capital, you know ive never held but one elected Public Office in my career. And it was governor and i looked back today and i see legislators who i worked with and people on the staff and denmark great republicans. Theres so many fond memories in that one memory. Im glad that i dont have i dont have have a memory of the legislature ever overturning one of my vetoes. Not. Many can say that this is about politics. No, this is about books. And youll love this book because its a book about. An incredibly interesting in american history. My purpose is to introduce to an honorable christian gentleman, whom im proud to know and proud to have worked with, former president mike pence. Mike pence has served our country well because he takes it seriously to that. That is his job. The oath of office to him is what is it
Where else are you able to have face time with historians such as we have here . It is one of the great delights of such an experience, which leads me to the opportunity to introduce jennifer keene, not only a specialist in American Military history in world war i but extraordinary educator and lifetime friend of the museum and its mission. Jennifer spent some time in australia. She was reminiscing about being kangaroosy crowds of while she was there, so we have a lot in common. She has published widely on the american involvement in world ar i, including, doughboys world war i and the remaking of states, and the united and the first world war. She is also the lead author for an American History textbook, visions of america, that uses a visual approach to teaching students u. S. History. Jennifer has received numerous awards for her scholarships, including a fulbright to france and australia in the membership of the library of congress scholarships and international studies. Theres muc
And fought in the same Army Infantry unit. In our year of war, Daniel Bolger recounts their journeys from Middle America to vietnam at the right of the war and home again. As we observe the 50th anniversary of the war, we are privileged to hear from these two eyewitnesses. The author, daniel p. Bolger, served in the u. S. Army for 35 years, retiring as a lieutenant general. He commanded troops in afghanistan and iraq. Earning five bronze star medals. One for valor and the combat action badge. He is a contributing editor for Army Magazine and the author of eight other books. He currently teaches history at North Carolina state university. Chuck hagle has long served our country. He was the secretary of defense from 2013 to 2015, and before that a u. S. Senator from his home state nebraska. During the the vietnam war he served in combat and earned two purple hearts, the combat infantryman badge and the vietnamese cross of gallantry. After graduating from the university of nebraska at oma