,. To mark the centennial of his birth the Smithsonian American Art Museum collected dozens of images that chronicle the life of the 35th president. The Smithsonian American Art Museum allows me to be a guest curator of this exhibit on jfk. I photographed a lot of politicians. I started with Richard Nixon, Governor Brown in california and john f. Kennedy and many of the events he was present at. ,. Why this exhibit here in the American Art Museum at this time . It is the centennial of his birth 100 years ago on may 29, he was born. How do you put an exhibit like this together . First you start with a few researchers. We collected 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. It took about six months and became the basis of a very important book that we published. From those 34,000 odd pictures in the book we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of jf k and his life and times. John f. Kennedy was a modern president who saw americas place in the world. He was a man
I photographed a lot of politicians. I started with Richard Nixon, Governor Brown in california and john f. Kennedy and many of the events he was present at. Tragically, i was in dallas when he was assassinated. Why this exhibit here in the American Art Museum at this time . Well, its the centennial of his birth. In hundred years ago on may 29 he was born. How do you put an exhibit like this together . Where do you start . First you start with a few researchers. We collected 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. It took about six months and it became the basis of a very important book that we published with harper collins. From those 34,000 pictures in the 400 and some odd pictures in the book we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of jfk and his life and times. Jfk was a modern resident. John f. Kennedy was a president who saw americas place in the world. He was a man who understood history, who served in world war ii. He understood the issues of civil r
Very often if you look through the past to catch up. The military thinking and strategy. It tends to stay in the past war and Technology Goes ahead and the military thinking has to catch up with technology. What we see in the American Civil War is that most military was along the lines of the American Revolution. In other words, warfare that had happened decades earlier or even napoleon just a few years earlier. That was a hero. A lot of the american generals, their hero was napoleon bonaparte. They thought was the greatest general in the world. And the strategist. But the problem was they had you up and where they were planning, making their planning, based on old weapons. That is one thing im going to get to. The advanced weaponry that goes into the American Civil War and how that is going to affect have casualties happen. First of all, basic weapon. Its actually an american copy of a french musket that was used at the time. This is the french call it a surely bill but it is a single
Muskets, carbines and revolvers. The professor describes technological advances that allowed soldiers to fire faster and with more accuracy. All right, guys. How are yall doing today . Welcome to class. Today as i talked about a little bit earlier this week we have a special lecturer here. You may have a class with him. He is the chair of our history and Political Science here at gillford Technical Community college. What you may not know about the doctor is that hes a military historian. Hes an expert in military history. He has published at least four books on anything from weaponry, he collects a host of artifacts which he has brought and will share with us today. He is a phd. Earned his dockerate from texas christian fort worth. It was a while ago but hes an expert. If you get an opportunity to take a class with him, take a class. So were going to continue to and we get to look at the aspect of weaponry and its impact on the war. So without further ado i will hand the class over to
Is hes a military historian. Hes an expert in military history. He is published at least four books on anything from weaponry, weaponry from the civil war, revolutionary war, he collects a host of artifact which is he has brought and will share with us today. Hes a ph. D. He earned his doctorate from Texas Christian University what year was that . It was a while ago. But hes an expert. If you get an opportunity to take a class with him, take a class. Were going to continue to discuss the civil war. We get to look at the aspect of weaponry and its impact on the war. Without further adieu, i will hand the class over to d dr. Kinard. Thank you, doctor. The theme for todays lecture is going to be about technology of warfare. A lot of our classes we deal with the politics of warfare and the historical record of warfare, but a lot of it comes down to the individual in the war field. One thing that i found fascinating in research was looking at the early 19th century, in other words, from the