Where at the museum in Northern New York on lake champlain. Today, ive got something to show you that is very rare. The militia had deployed from the state of new york, and there were 2500 asked to come to fight the british as they crossed the border, but only 700 showed up. Captain martin bacon, the son of a colonel in the militia, had decided that he had all these weapons and know when to use them. Since the arsenal for the militia was in the basement of st. Johns academy, he went upstairs to see the reverend, and he asked to address the class. The class consists of boys and girls, of course, teenagers. He said to the boys, your s have all gone forward to fight the british, and you are here. You could really help out. I got plenty of weapons down stairs. If you volunteer to come with me and come downstairs and get these weapons, i will show you how to shoot them and how to do the military drill, and this afternoon, we will go out and join the militia, and we will defend these girls a
Made america rich. Museumhe cochair of the and serves on the smithsonian council. An advisory he has been the museums president and ceo since 2009. He has established several new initiatives including the center for Financial Education and Museum Finance academy. He has curated and worked on over half a dozen exhibits and displays including our current exhibit commemorating the Centennial Anniversary of the federal reserve. Today, david will explore how one of the treasurys greatest leaders help fight the war of 1812. I will now turn the program over to david cowen. [applause] thank you. I appreciate the opportunity to talk about the war of 1812. We are in the bicentennial of the events of the war of 1812. We will break it down into three different sections. We will have the background of what led us into the war. We will then do the war itself capable to the first two parts quickly. And we will get into the main event of what we will discuss today, the financing of the war of 1812. Us
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Is my pleasure to be here. When i was invited to come here about eight months ago, i could not give a definitive answer whether i could make it or not. There was a chance i would be invited to ground zero up in new york or back to shanksville, pennsylvania, or maybe even participate in some of the memorial ceremonies over at the pentagon. Ill tell you the decision i made to come here to be part of this service in this college with this group of students was the best decision i ever made. Having walked around this campus today, meeting many of you, visiting classrooms and seeing this college campus, theres no doubt im going to bring my wife and my family back sometime in the future. And thats a real testament to you. Once again, i am very honored and pleased to be here. September 11, two thousand one, was a day that changed my life forever, that changed americas life september 11, 2001. Im going to go through a powerpoint presentation, which is going to outline the historical accounts o
My good friend James Mcpherson. There comes a time in every soldiers career where therell be a sorrowful duty to perform. That duty today belongs to me. I have brought home the fallen body of my commander and my dearest friend. Major general James Mcpherson. Home to his grandmother, mother, family and to his friends. Mac and i met in tennessee and formed an instant friendship. Two young men from ohio whose personal lives and military careers were similar in nature. When general mcpherson was promoted as commander, he chose me as his chief engineer. I joined general mcpherson staff in mississippi. This began our amazing journey that would last more than two years. When i learned general mcpherson had been killed in action, i knew immediately i lost my best friend. The army lost a great commander and a nation lost a soldier who had the wherewithal to unite a divided nation. If i was asked to summarize the general mcphersons personal and military career, i would use these four words. By q